Signum University — Blackberry

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Module	Preceptor	Sector	Portals	Occurrences
An Introduction to the Oddest Inkling NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	Charles Williams Metaphysics Poetry Religious Studies Science Fiction The Inklings Weird Fiction
"Arrival" and Adaptation NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	Film Studies Linguistics Science Fiction
Asimov's Foundation, an Intro NOT PUBLIC	Carrie Gross	Fantasy Studies	Science Fiction
Biological Concepts in Fantasy and Science Fiction NOT PUBLIC	Ryan Kimbell	Fantasy Studies	Fall Survey 2023 Science Fiction
Book Club: Dune by Frank Herbert Non-Sequential Series	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	Creative Writing Dune Fall Survey 2023 Fantasy Frank Herbert May Showcase 2023 Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: Dune by Frank Herbert (Part I: Dune)	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	Creative Writing Dune Fantasy Frank Herbert Science Fiction Worldbuilding	May 2023
Book Club: Dune by Frank Herbert (Part III: The Prophet)	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	Creative Writing Dune Fantasy Frank Herbert Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: Dune by Frank Herbert (Part II: Muad’dib)	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	Creative Writing Dune Fantasy Frank Herbert Science Fiction Worldbuilding
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: Children of Dune 1 NOT PUBLIC	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	Adaptation Theory Fantasy Frank Herbert Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: Children of Dune 2 NOT PUBLIC	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	Adaptation Theory Fantasy Frank Herbert Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: Children of Dune Non-Sequential Series NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	Adaptation Theory Fantasy Frank Herbert Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: Dune Messiah NOT PUBLIC	Julian Barr	Fantasy Studies	Adaptation Theory Dune Epic Fantasy Fantasy Frank Herbert Religious Studies Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Book Club: God Emperor of Dune 1 NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	Dune Frank Herbert Science Fiction
Book Club: God Emperor of Dune 2 NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	Dune Frank Herbert Science Fiction
Book Club: God Emperor of Dune Non-Sequential Series NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	Dune Frank Herbert Science Fiction
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: 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
Book Club: Sequels of Dune		Fantasy Studies	Epic Fantasy Fantasy Science Fiction
Chinese History for Fans of Chinese Media NOT PUBLIC	Robert Steed	General Humanities	China Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies History Poetry Religious Studies Science Fiction The Middle Ages
Constructed and Fictional Languages in Science Fiction	Shawn Gaffney	General Humanities	Invented Languages Linguistics Science 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
Creative Writing: Cultures in Fantasy and Science Fiction NOT PUBLIC	Julian Barr	Creative Writing	Creative Writing Epic Fantasy Fantasy Science Fiction Workshops Worldbuilding
Creative Writing: Fantastic Beasts and How to Write Them NOT PUBLIC	Julian Barr	Creative Writing	Collaborative Feedback Creative Writing Epic Fantasy Fantasy Science Fiction Workshops Worldbuilding
Creative Writing: History and Politics in Fantasy and Science Fiction NOT PUBLIC	Julian Barr	Creative Writing	Creative Writing Epic Fantasy Fantasy Science Fiction Workshops Worldbuilding
Creative Writing: Pitching Your Story NOT PUBLIC	Julian Barr	Creative Writing	Creative Writing Fantasy Film Studies Science Fiction Workshops
Creative Writing: Religion in Fantasy and Science Fiction NOT PUBLIC	Julian Barr	Creative Writing	Creative Writing Epic Fantasy Fantasy Science Fiction Workshops Worldbuilding
Creative Writing: Science Fiction Workshop NOT PUBLIC	Sparrow F. Alden	Creative Writing	Creative Writing Science Fiction Skills Workshops Worldbuilding
Creative Writing: Stories in the Darkness NOT PUBLIC	Jennie Starstuff Sparrow F. Alden	Creative Writing	Collaborative Feedback Creative Writing Science Fiction Skills Weird Fiction Workshops
Creative Writing: Writing Computers NOT PUBLIC	Daroc Alden Sparrow F. Alden	Creative Writing	Anthropocene Collaborative Feedback Fantasy Science Fiction Weird Fiction Workshops Worldbuilding
Don't Panic! Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy NOT PUBLIC	Carrie Gross	Fantasy Studies	Fall Survey 2023 Science Fiction
Dune: A Study in Adaptation		Fantasy Studies	Adaptation Theory Film Studies Science Fiction Video Games
Exploring Death's End NOT PUBLIC	Robert Steed Jennie Starstuff	Fantasy Studies	China East Asian Studies Monsters Science Fiction
Exploring Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 2 NOT PUBLIC	Pilar Barrera	Fantasy Studies	Monsters Science Fiction
Exploring The Dark Forest NOT PUBLIC	Robert Steed Jennie Starstuff	Fantasy Studies	China East Asian Studies 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
Exploring The Three Body Problem NOT PUBLIC	Robert Steed Jennie Starstuff	Fantasy Studies	China East Asian Studies Science Fiction
Exploring William Gibson's Jackpot		Fantasy Studies	Anthropocene Fall Survey 2023 Science Fiction Time Travel
Exploring William Gibson's Jackpot: Agency		Fantasy Studies	Anthropocene Science Fiction Time Travel Weird Fiction
FanFiction: The Vorkosigan Saga NOT PUBLIC	Sparrow F. Alden	Creative Writing	Creative Writing Science Fiction Skills Workshops
Frankenstein: A Masterpiece of Modern Science Fiction NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	Monsters Science Fiction
Geology of Fictional Worlds	Shawn Gaffney	Fantasy Studies	Creative Writing Fall Survey 2023 Science Fiction Worldbuilding
H.P. Lovecraft: Maker of Modern Horror NOT PUBLIC	Kenneth Hite	Fantasy Studies	Gothic Literature May Showcase 2023 Science Fiction Weird Fiction
Babylon 5: Who Are You?	Faith Acker	Fantasy Studies	Science Fiction
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep / Blade Runner - A Study in Adaptation NOT PUBLIC	Julian Barr	General Humanities	Adaptation Theory Science Fiction Worldbuilding
Gojira, Then and Now NOT PUBLIC	Joshua Sosa	Fantasy Studies	Ecocriticism Film Studies Japan Science Fiction
Imagination Unhinged at the End of the World Non-Sequential Series		Fantasy Studies	Fantasy Gothic Literature Latin American Studies Science Fiction Speculative Fiction Women's Studies
Imagination Unhinged at the End of the World: Chile’s Extraordinary Science Fiction and Fantasy I		Fantasy Studies	Fantasy Gothic Literature Latin American Studies Science Fiction Speculative Fiction Women's Studies
Imagination Unhinged at the End of the World: Chile’s Extraordinary Science Fiction and Fantasy II		Fantasy Studies	Fantasy Gothic Literature Latin American Studies Science Fiction Speculative Fiction Women's Studies
Midst: Adventures in Unusual Storytelling		General Humanities	Adaptation Theory Creative Writing Fantasy Metaphysics Monsters Music Science Fiction Worldbuilding
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
Isaac Asimov's Foundation I & II NOT PUBLIC	Carrie Gross	General Humanities	Science Fiction
Klingon Series NOT PUBLIC	David Trimboli	Language	Beginning Languages Fall Survey 2023 Invented Languages Science Fiction
Klingon 1 First in the Series NOT PUBLIC	David Trimboli	Language	Beginning Languages Invented Languages Language Modules - First in the Series Science Fiction
Klingon 2 Continuing Series NOT PUBLIC	David Trimboli	Language	Invented Languages Science Fiction
Loving the Alien	Jennie Starstuff	General Humanities	Fall Survey 2023 Fantasy Science Fiction
MaddAddam: Biological Dystopia (Part 1: Oryx and Crake) NOT PUBLIC	Jennie Starstuff	General Humanities	Science Fiction
Meet The Last Man	Amy H. Sturgis	General Humanities	Anthropocene British Literature Ecocriticism Gothic Literature Romanticism Science Fiction
Plague Literature NOT PUBLIC		General Humanities	Poetry Science Fiction
Ransom The Field Linguist? A Sociolinguist’s Reading NOT PUBLIC		General Humanities	CS Lewis Invented Languages Linguistics Science Fiction The Inklings Travel Literature
Reading Lewis' Ransom Cycle NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	CS Lewis Religious Studies Science Fiction The Inklings
Star Wars and Joseph Campbell NOT PUBLIC	Julian Barr	General Humanities	Comparative Mythology Creative Writing Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 Fantasy Film Studies Science Fiction
Star Wars: Mysteries of the Force		Fantasy Studies	Comparative Mythology Epic Fantasy Science Fiction Star Wars
The Andre Norton Nebula Award		General Humanities	Children’s Literature Fantasy Science Fiction Young Adult Fiction
The Art of Adaptation NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	Adaptation Theory Film Studies Science Fiction
The Films of Shinkai Makoto 新海誠		Fantasy Studies	Anime East Asian Studies Film Studies Japan Science Fiction	Spotlight December 2024
"The Last of Us" in Adaptation	Dominic Nardi	General Humanities	Adaptation Theory Film Studies Science Fiction Video Games
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
Three from the Big Three NOT PUBLIC		General Humanities	Science Fiction
Trees Are People Too (And They Probably Don't Want to Hug You) NOT PUBLIC	Chris Pipkin	Fantasy Studies	Fall Survey 2023 Science Fiction The Greco-Roman World The Middle Ages Weird Fiction
Video Game Storytelling	Dominic Nardi	General Humanities	Digital Humanities Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 Science Fiction Video Games
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
World-Building for SFF Writers NOT PUBLIC		Creative Writing	Creative Writing JRR Tolkien Le Guin Metaphysics Science Fiction The Inklings Weird Fiction Worldbuilding
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

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