Signum University — Blackberry

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Module	Preceptor	Sector	Portals	Occurrences
A Journey Through The History of the Hobbit Series		Fantasy Studies	Fairy Tales Fantasy JRR Tolkien
A Journey Through The History of the Hobbit 1 First in the Series		Fantasy Studies	Fairy Tales Fantasy JRR Tolkien	Spotlight May 2024
A Journey Through The History of the Hobbit 2 Continuing Series		Fantasy Studies	Fairy Tales Fantasy JRR Tolkien	July 2024
A Journey Through The History of the Hobbit 3 Continuing Series		Fantasy Studies	Fairy Tales Fantasy JRR Tolkien	September 2024
Book Club: Dune by Frank Herbert First in the Series	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	Creative Writing Fantasy Science Fiction Worldbuilding	May 2023
Book Club: Dune by Frank Herbert (Part III: The Prophet) Continuing Series	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	Creative Writing Fantasy Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: Dune by Frank Herbert (Part II: Muad’dib) Continuing Series	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	Creative Writing Fantasy Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: Dune by Frank Herbert (Series) Series	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	Creative Writing Fall Survey 2023 Fantasy May Showcase 2023 Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell	Pilar Barrera	General Humanities	Fantasy Shakespeare Women's Studies
Book Club: Children of Dune (Part 1 of 2) Series	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	Adaptation Theory Fantasy Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: Children of Dune (Part 2 of 2) Continuing Series	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	Adaptation Theory Fantasy Science Fiction Worldbuilding
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: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets		Fantasy Studies	Children’s Literature Fairy Tales Fantasy Monsters
Book Club: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Monsters	July 2024
Book Club: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Magic Monsters
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
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: Pitching Your Story	Julian Barr	Creative Writing	Creative Writing Fantasy Film Studies Science Fiction Workshops
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
Creative Writing: Writing Computers	Daroc Alden Sparrow Alden	Creative Writing	Anthropocene Collaborative Feedback Fantasy Science Fiction Weird Fiction Workshops Worldbuilding
Discovering the Discworld: Quis Custodiet Custard?		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Fantasy Magic Pratchett
Discovering the Discworld: The Existential Angst of Death		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Fantasy Magic Pratchett
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
Encountering the Japanese Weird through Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan	Pilar Barrera Robert Steed	Fantasy Studies	Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan May Showcase 2023 Monsters	May 2023
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends: Part 1 First in the Series	Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	Fantasy Studies	Anime East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 Fantasy Japan Monsters
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends: Part 2 Continuing Series	Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	Fantasy Studies	Anime East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan Monsters
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends: Part 3 Continuing Series	Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	Fantasy Studies	Anime East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan Monsters
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends Series Series		Fantasy Studies	Anime East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan Monsters
Exploring Violet Evergarden	Nancy "Anni" Foasberg Bronwyn Rivera	Fantasy Studies	Anime East Asian Studies Fantasy Japan Travel Literature
Fantasy Book Club: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	Elise Trudel Cedeño	Fantasy Studies	Children’s Literature CS Lewis Fantasy
Fantasy Book Club: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	Elise Trudel Cedeño		Children’s Literature CS Lewis Fantasy
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
Ink Spots and Tea Stains: What we Learn from C.S. Lewis's Writing Habits	Brenton Dickieson	Creative Writing	Archival Research Arthurian Literature British Literature Children’s Literature Composition Crafting Creative Writing CS Lewis Digital Humanities Fantasy JRR Tolkien Owen Barfield Poetry Science Fiction The Inklings The Middle Ages Worldbuilding
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
Introduction to Oscar Wilde's Fairy Tales: A House of Pomegranates		Fantasy Studies	Children’s Literature Fairy Tales Fantasy
Introduction to Oscar Wilde's Fairy Tales: The Happy Prince and Other Tales	Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies	Children’s Literature Fairy Tales Fantasy
Inventing the Holy Grail: Chretien de Troyes's complete “Perceval"		General Humanities	Arthurian Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Religious Studies The Middle Ages
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters Series	Sara Brown Patrick Lyon	Fantasy Studies	Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Linguistics Poetry The Inklings Worldbuilding
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters 1 First in the Series		Fantasy Studies	Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Linguistics Poetry The Inklings Worldbuilding
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters 2 Continuing Series		Fantasy Studies	Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Linguistics Poetry The Inklings Worldbuilding
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters 3 Continuing Series		Fantasy Studies	Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Linguistics Poetry The Inklings Worldbuilding	May 2024 (1)
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters 4 Continuing Series		Fantasy Studies	Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Linguistics Poetry The Inklings Worldbuilding	June 2024
Loving the Alien	Jennie Starstuff	General Humanities	Fall Survey 2023 Fantasy Science Fiction
Meeting the Horned God of the Witches	Anna Milon	Fantasy Studies	Children’s Literature Ecocriticism Fantasy Gothic Literature May Showcase 2023 Weird Fiction	May 2023
Nordic Madness: Exploring Children's Literature in Three Nordic Authors	Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies	Children’s Literature Fairy Tales Fantasy
Reading L.M. Montgomery as Fantasy: Part 1: Anne of Green Gables	Brenton Dickieson	General Humanities	Canada Children’s Literature Creative Writing Fairy Tales Fantasy Lucy Maud Montgomery Magic Modernism Romanticism Speculative Fiction Women's Studies Worldbuilding Young Adult Fiction
Reading Middle English: An introduction to Middle English Language and Literature	Liam Daley	Language	Beginning Languages British Literature Drama Fantasy History Literacy The Middle Ages
Representing Utopia through the Ages	Hamish Williams	General Humanities	British Literature Classical Literature Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Ethics Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Oct Showcase 2023 Philosophy The Greco-Roman World Travel Literature Utopias Worldbuilding	October 2023
Russian Fairy Tales: Journeys, Quests, and Chicken Legs	Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies	Children’s Literature Cultural Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy
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
Shakespeare's Epic Fairy Tales: "The Winter's Tale" and "The Two Noble Kinsmen"		General Humanities	Adaptation Theory British Literature Drama Fairy Tales Fantasy History Renaissance Shakespeare The Middle Ages Travel Literature
Star Wars and Joseph Campbell	Julian Barr	General Humanities	Comparative Mythology Creative Writing Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 Fantasy Film Studies Science Fiction
The Andre Norton Nebula Award		General Humanities	Children’s Literature Fantasy Science Fiction Young Adult Fiction	June 2024
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 Minoans and Modernity: Minotaurs, Labyrinths, and Other Myths	Hamish Williams	General Humanities	Ancient Middle East Archaeology British Literature Children’s Literature Classical Literature Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Film Studies History Modernism Monsters Science Fiction The Greco-Roman World Travel Literature Utopias
The Trojan Quest: Aeneid 1	Julian Barr	General Humanities	Classical Literature Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Fantasy History Magic Monsters Poetry The Greco-Roman World
The Witch in Fact and Fiction	Anna Milon	Fantasy Studies	Children’s Literature Fall Survey 2023 Fantasy History Magic
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's Poetry		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy JRR Tolkien Poetry The Inklings
Viking Hogwarts: The World Of Old Norse Sorcery 1		General Humanities	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic May Showcase 2024 Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking history	May 2024 September 2024
Viking Hogwarts: The World of Old Norse Sorcery 2		General Humanities	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic Monsters Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking history
Wayward Children Novella Series Series		Fantasy Studies	Fairy Tales Fantasy Weird Fiction
Wayward Children Novellas: Part 1 First in the Series	Laurel Stevens	Fantasy Studies	Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 Fantasy May Showcase 2023 Weird Fiction	May 2023
Wayward Children Novellas: Part 2 Continuing Series	Laurel Stevens	Fantasy Studies	Book series Fantasy Gothic Literature Monsters Novellas Weird Fiction
Wayward Children Novellas: Part 3 Continuing Series	Laurel Stevens	Fantasy Studies	Book series Fairy Tales Fantasy Literacy Monsters Novellas Weird Fiction
Yōkai and Legends: Exploring the Weird in Japanese and Latin American Cultures		Fantasy Studies	Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan Latin American Studies Magic Monsters

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