1.19.2004
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
Books for purchase are available at the bookstore. Any additional material will be handed out in class. Attendance is crucial to this course. Your class participation and attendance record will account for 20% of your final grade. All students are required to meet with Professor Krapp at least once during the semester. You may make an appointment only if you cannot come to office hours. The course will take place as lecture/discussion and students will be required to write two papers (8-10 pages in length) (80% of the final grade). Late work will be accepted only if prior approval has been granted. To request an incomplete, you must download and complete an Agreement for the Completion of Incomplete Work at http://advisingtools.class.umn.edu/cgep/gradingpolicies.html. Students with disabilities should inform the professor immediately, and any special arrangements that are required will be made at the beginning of the semester. Students with questions should consult the Disability Services Website at http://ds.umn.edu/ The Student Dispute Resolution Center website covers issues of academic misconduct and sexual harassment at http://www.tc.umn.edu/~sos/
SYLLABUS: Classes meet weekly in Blegen 440, a west bank computer lab, on Wednesdays Wed 1/21/03 to 5/8/03, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Details tba (see www.hydrapoetics.com).
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
William Gibson: Neuromancer, 0441569595
Lev Manovich: Language of New Media, 0262632551
Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash, 0553380958
Geert Lovink: Dark Fiber, 0262621800
John Johnston: Literature Media Information Systems, 9057010615
Steven Levy: Hackers; Heroes of the Computer Revoluation, 0141000511
Douglas Thomas: Hacker Culture, 0816633452
Books for purchase are available at the bookstore. Any additional material will be handed out in class. Attendance is crucial to this course. Your class participation and attendance record will account for 20% of your final grade. All students are required to meet with Professor Krapp at least once during the semester. You may make an appointment only if you cannot come to office hours. The course will take place as lecture/discussion and students will be required to write two papers (8-10 pages in length) (80% of the final grade). Late work will be accepted only if prior approval has been granted. To request an incomplete, you must download and complete an Agreement for the Completion of Incomplete Work at http://advisingtools.class.umn.edu/cgep/gradingpolicies.html. Students with disabilities should inform the professor immediately, and any special arrangements that are required will be made at the beginning of the semester. Students with questions should consult the Disability Services Website at http://ds.umn.edu/ The Student Dispute Resolution Center website covers issues of academic misconduct and sexual harassment at http://www.tc.umn.edu/~sos/
SYLLABUS: Classes meet weekly in Blegen 440, a west bank computer lab, on Wednesdays Wed 1/21/03 to 5/8/03, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Details tba (see www.hydrapoetics.com).
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
William Gibson: Neuromancer, 0441569595
Lev Manovich: Language of New Media, 0262632551
Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash, 0553380958
Geert Lovink: Dark Fiber, 0262621800
John Johnston: Literature Media Information Systems, 9057010615
Steven Levy: Hackers; Heroes of the Computer Revoluation, 0141000511
Douglas Thomas: Hacker Culture, 0816633452
