Signum University — Blackberry

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Module	Preceptor	Sector	Portals	Occurrences
Advanced Old English Readings: Beowulf I NOT PUBLIC	Larry Swain	Language	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Monsters Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages
Advanced Old English Readings: Beowulf II NOT PUBLIC	Larry Swain	Language	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Monsters Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages
Big Bold Beowulf: A Study of the Poem	Larry Swain	General Humanities	Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Monsters Poetry The Middle Ages
Book Club: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Ha! Ha! You’re Mine!	Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies	British Literature Classical Literature Gothic Literature Monsters Romanticism Science Fiction
Book Club: Chapterhouse Dune 1		Fantasy Studies	Dune Fantasy Frank Herbert Monsters Science Fiction Worldbuilding	December 2024
Book Club: Chapterhouse Dune 2		Fantasy Studies	Dune Fantasy Frank Herbert Monsters Science Fiction Worldbuilding	January 2025
Book Club: Chapterhouse Dune Non-Sequential Series		Fantasy Studies	Dune Fantasy Frank Herbert Monsters 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 Goblet of Fire 1		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Monsters
Book Club: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Monsters
Book Club: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Non-Sequential Series		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Monsters
Book Club: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Monsters
Book Club: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	British Literature Children’s Literature Fantasy Magic Monsters
Book Club: Heretics of Dune 1		Fantasy Studies	Dune Fantasy Frank Herbert Monsters Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: Heretics of Dune 2		Fantasy Studies	Dune Fantasy Frank Herbert Monsters Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: Heretics of Dune Non-Sequential Series		Fantasy Studies	Dune Fantasy Frank Herbert Monsters Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander NOT PUBLIC	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	Children’s Literature Comparative Mythology Creative Writing Epic Fantasy Fantasy Lloyd Alexander Magic Monsters Worldbuilding
Book Club: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone	Laurel Stevens	Fantasy Studies	Fall Survey 2023 Monsters Science Fiction Time Travel
Children's Literature Modules: Exploring the Magic, Depth, and Adventures in Children's Books		General Humanities	British Literature Children’s Literature Classical Literature Fairy Tales Fantasy Magic Monsters Worldbuilding Young Adult Fiction
Creative Writing: A Flash of Brilliance Writing Flash Fiction		Creative Writing	Collaborative Feedback Composition Creative Writing Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy Magic Metaphysics Monsters Science Fiction Time Travel Weird Fiction Workshops Worldbuilding
Encountering the Japanese Weird through Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan NOT PUBLIC	Pilar Barrera Robert Steed	Fantasy Studies	Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan May Showcase 2023 Monsters
Exploring Death's End NOT PUBLIC	Robert Steed Jennie Starstuff	Fantasy Studies	China East Asian Studies Monsters Science Fiction
Exploring Journey to the West 西遊記	Robert Steed	Fantasy Studies	China East Asian Studies Monsters The Middle Ages Travel Literature
Exploring Mushi Shi 蟲師 NOT PUBLIC	Robert Steed	Fantasy Studies	Anime East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Japan Monsters Religious Studies Travel Literature
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends Non-Sequential Series		Fantasy Studies	Anime East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan Monsters
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends: Part 1	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 NOT PUBLIC	Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	Fantasy Studies	Anime East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan Monsters
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends: Part 3 NOT PUBLIC	Nancy "Anni" Foasberg	Fantasy Studies	Anime East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan Monsters
Exploring Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 2 NOT PUBLIC	Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies	Monsters Science Fiction
Exploring The Remembrance of Earth's Past Non-Sequential Series NOT PUBLIC	Robert Steed Jennie Starstuff	Fantasy Studies	China East Asian Studies Monsters Science Fiction
Fairy Tales in The Witcher’s World NOT PUBLIC	Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies	Fairy Tales Monsters
Fairy Tales Studies: Exploring Fairy Tales from Around the World and from Different Authors		Fantasy Studies	Adaptation Theory British Literature Children’s Literature Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Fairy Tales Fantasy Japan Magic Monsters Worldbuilding
Frankenstein: A Masterpiece of Modern Science Fiction NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	Monsters Science Fiction
Here Be Dragons NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	Children’s Literature CS Lewis JRR Tolkien Monsters The Middle Ages
Midst: Adventures in Unusual Storytelling		General Humanities	Adaptation Theory Creative Writing Fantasy Metaphysics Monsters Music Science Fiction 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
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Text, Translation, Film	Liam Daley	General Humanities	Adaptation Theory Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 Film Studies JRR Tolkien Monsters The Middle Ages
Medieval Monsters: Grendel NOT PUBLIC	Chris Pipkin	General Humanities	Monsters Poetry The Middle Ages
The Argonauts: Apollonius of Rhodes NOT PUBLIC	Julian Barr	General Humanities	Classical Literature Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Fantasy History Magic Monsters The Greco-Roman World Travel Literature
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 NOT PUBLIC	Julian Barr	General Humanities	Classical Literature Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Fantasy History Magic Monsters Poetry The Greco-Roman World
The Women of Beowulf	Chris Vaccaro	Fantasy Studies	Beginning Languages Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 JRR Tolkien Monsters Poetry The Middle Ages Women's Studies
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
Video Game Studies	Wesley Schantz	General Humanities	Adaptation Theory Anime Children’s Literature Digital Humanities Fall Survey 2023 Film Studies History Japan Monsters Music Philosophy Poetry Science Fiction Video Games	November 2022
Viking Hogwarts: Battle Magic and Mythology		General Humanities	Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Fantasy Germanic Studies History Magic Monsters Religious Studies The Middle Ages Viking Age
Wayward Children Novellas: Part 2	Laurel Stevens	Fantasy Studies	Book series Fantasy Gothic Literature Monsters Novellas Weird Fiction
Wayward Children Novellas: Part 3	Laurel Stevens	Fantasy Studies	Book series Fairy Tales Fantasy Literacy Monsters Novellas Weird Fiction
Writers' Workshop Writing the Other: The Different Body Problem	Christopher Bartlett	Creative Writing	Children’s Literature Collaborative Feedback Creative Writing Fall Survey 2023 Monsters Oct Showcase 2023 Science Fiction Weird Fiction Workshops	October 2023
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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