| Sep 9 | Introduction | |
| Sep 11 | Background
Mumford, “Utopia, The City and The Machine” (online) | |
| Sep 16 | Simulacron–3: Redefining god | leader: Julia |
| Sep 18 | Simulacron–3: Digital world work | |
| Sep 23 | Simulacron–3
Tolkien, “On Fairy Stories” | presenter: Jessica
resp: Drew |
| Sep 25 | “True Names”: Digital fantasy | |
| Sep 30 | “True Names”
Bachelard, chapter 1 (first three sections) and chapter 9 | presenter: Julia
resp: Ryan |
| Oct 2 | Neuromancer: Body, gender, and sex | |
| Oct 7 | Neuromancer: Digital and natural imagery | leader: Brooke |
| Oct 9 | Neuromancer
Foucault, “Different Spaces” | presenter: Brittney
resp: Jessica |
| Oct 21 | Baudrillard, “The Precession of Simulacra”
Baudrillard, “Simulacra and Science Fiction” | presenter: Drew
resp: Julia |
| Oct 23 | The Matrix: Baudrillardian worlds | |
| Oct 28 | The Matrix Reloaded: Remythologizing
Dodge and Kitchin, “Geographies of Cyberspace” (online) | presenter: Ryan
resp: Brooke |
| Oct 30 | The Matrix Revolutions: Digital and mechanical imagery | leader: Drew |
| Nov 4 | Snow Crash: Hiro and YT as heroes | |
| Nov 6 | Snow Crash: The geography of the metaverse | |
| Nov 11 | Snow Crash: Contagion and control | |
| Nov 13 | Snow Crash
Soja, “Simcities” | presenter: Brooke
resp: Brittney |
| Nov 18 | Second Life | |
| Nov 20 | Second Life | |
| Nov 25 | Tron: The bifurcated hero | leader: Ryan |
| Nov 27 | Tron: Legacy: Heterotopias and fertility | leader: Jessica |
| Dec 2 | Ready Player One: Real and digital landscapes | leader: Brittney |
| Dec 4 | Ready Player One: Identity and heroism | |