Signum University — Blackberry

Welcome to SPACE, our adult continuing education program which offers interactive monthly courses for personal enrichment! Learn more here.

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Module	Preceptor	Sector	Portals	Occurrences
Book Club: Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	Creative Writing Dungeons & Dragons Epic Fantasy Fantasy Magic Margaret Weiss Tracy Hickman Worldbuilding
Book Club: Dune Messiah	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	Adaptation Theory Epic Fantasy Fantasy Religious Studies Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	Children’s Literature Comparative Mythology Creative Writing Epic Fantasy Fantasy Lloyd Alexander Magic Monsters Worldbuilding
Book Club: The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	Children’s Literature Christopher Paolini Creative Writing Epic Fantasy Fantasy Worldbuilding
Book Club: The Sword of Shannara Trilogy by Terry Brooks	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	Creative Writing Epic Fantasy Fantasy Worldbuilding
Chrétien de Troyes: "Lancelot, Knight of the Cart" and "Erec & Enide"	Liam Daley	General Humanities	Arthurian Literature Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy History The Middle Ages
Chretien de Troyes: “Yvain, Knight of the Lion” and “Cliges”		General Humanities	Arthurian Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy The Middle Ages
Cosmere Club - Mistborn Series	Keli Fancher	Fantasy Studies	Epic Fantasy Fall Survey 2023
Cosmere Club - Mistborn: The Final Empire First in the Series	Keli Fancher	Fantasy Studies	Epic Fantasy
Cosmere Club - Mistborn: The Hero of Ages Continuing Series	Keli Fancher	Fantasy Studies	Epic Fantasy
Cosmere Club - Mistborn: The Well of Ascension Continuing Series	Keli Fancher	Fantasy Studies	Epic Fantasy
Creative Writing: Cultures in Fantasy and Science Fiction	Julian Barr	Creative Writing	Creative Writing Epic Fantasy Fantasy Science Fiction Workshops Worldbuilding
Creative Writing: Fantastic Beasts and How to Write Them	Julian Barr	Creative Writing	Collaborative Feedback Creative Writing Epic Fantasy Fantasy Science Fiction Workshops Worldbuilding
Creative Writing: Historical Fantasy	Julian Barr	Creative Writing	Collaborative Feedback Creative Writing Epic Fantasy Fantasy History Magic Workshops Worldbuilding
Creative Writing: History and Politics in Fantasy and Science Fiction	Julian Barr	Creative Writing	Creative Writing Epic Fantasy Fantasy Science Fiction Workshops Worldbuilding
Creative Writing: Religion in Fantasy and Science Fiction	Julian Barr	Creative Writing	Creative Writing Epic Fantasy Fantasy Science Fiction Workshops Worldbuilding
Creative Writing: World-Building in Action	Julian Barr	Creative Writing	Collaborative Feedback Composition Creative Writing Education Epic Fantasy Fall Survey 2023 Fantasy JRR Tolkien Le Guin Skills Workshops Worldbuilding
Earendel Sprang Up From The Ocean's Cup: The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien		Fantasy Studies	Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Poetry Religious Studies	January 2025
His Dark Materials in Context: The Amber Spyglass	Faith Acker Gabriel Schenk	Fantasy Studies	British Literature Children’s Literature Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy Philosophy Women's Studies Worldbuilding
His Dark Materials in Context: The Golden Compass	Faith Acker Gabriel Schenk	Fantasy Studies	British Literature Children’s Literature Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 Fantasy Philosophy Women's Studies Worldbuilding
His Dark Materials in Context: The Subtle Knife	Faith Acker Gabriel Schenk	Fantasy Studies	British Literature Children’s Literature Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy Philosophy Women's Studies Worldbuilding
Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's "The Death of King Arthur"	Liam Daley	General Humanities	Arthurian Literature British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy History Le Morte Darthur The Middle Ages
In the Age of Wonder: The Many Themes of Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal		Fantasy Studies	Anthropocene Comparative Mythology Drama Ecocriticism Epic Fantasy Ethics Fairy Tales Fantasy Film Studies Magic Metaphysics Monsters Weird Fiction Worldbuilding	June 2024
Inventing the Holy Grail: Chretien de Troyes's complete “Perceval"		General Humanities	Arthurian Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Religious Studies The Middle Ages
Readings in Middle High German: König Rother	Isaac Schendel	Language	Advanced Languages Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 Germanic Studies Linguistics The Middle Ages
Shakespeare's Epic Fairy Tales: Pericles and Cymbeline	Liam Daley	General Humanities	British Literature Drama Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy History Magic Renaissance Shakespeare The Middle Ages
Star Wars: Mysteries of the Force		Fantasy Studies	Comparative Mythology Epic Fantasy Science Fiction Star Wars
The Argonauts: Apollonius of Rhodes	Julian Barr	General Humanities	Classical Literature Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Fantasy History Magic Monsters The Greco-Roman World Travel Literature
The Dark is Rising Sequence Series	Sara Brown	Fantasy Studies	British Literature Children’s Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Magic
The Dark is Rising Sequence 1: Over Sea, Under Stone First in the Series	Sara Brown	Fantasy Studies	British Literature Children’s Literature Epic Fantasy Fall Survey 2023 Fantasy Magic
The Trojan Quest: Aeneid 1	Julian Barr	General Humanities	Classical Literature Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Fantasy History Magic Monsters Poetry The Greco-Roman World
Tolkien and the Classical World		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Classical Literature Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Ethics Fantasy History JRR Tolkien May Showcase 2024 Philosophy Poetry The Greco-Roman World	May 2024 Spotlight July 2024
Tolkien and the Romantics: Dark Romanticism and the Gothic Literary Tradition	Will Sherwood	General Humanities	Anthropocene British Literature Classical Literature Ecocriticism Epic Fantasy Fantasy Gothic Literature JRR Tolkien Literacy Magic Metaphysics Monsters Philosophy Poetry Romanticism The Middle Ages
Tolkien and the Romantics: Forging Myth and History	Will Sherwood	General Humanities	Anthropocene Arthurian Literature British Literature Classical Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Gothic Literature History JRR Tolkien Literacy Magic Metaphysics Monsters Philosophy Poetry Romanticism The Middle Ages Time Travel Travel Literature Worldbuilding
Tolkien and the Romantics: Imagining and Dreaming	Will Sherwood	General Humanities	British Literature Classical Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Gothic Literature JRR Tolkien Literacy Magic Metaphysics Oct Showcase 2023 Owen Barfield Poetry Romanticism The Inklings The Middle Ages Time Travel	October 2023
Tolkien and the Romantics: Nature and Ecology	Will Sherwood	Fantasy Studies	Anthropocene British Literature Ecocriticism Epic Fantasy JRR Tolkien Legacy Literacy Metaphysics Philosophy Romanticism Travel Literature Women's Studies
Tolkien's Poetry		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy JRR Tolkien Poetry The Inklings
Utopias and dystopias in The Fellowship of the Ring		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Children’s Literature Epic Fantasy	August 2024

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