Course Topic Outline
Click on a topic to see readings, in-class exercises, and other materials associated with that class meeting.
Generally, Mondays will be lecture/discussion sessions (meeting in SQH 1105) and Wednesdays will be (usually, not always) hands-on workshop sessions (meeting in SQH 2112 unless otherwise announced). Most of the heavier reading assignments are due on Monday. Note, however, that you will often still have some reading assigned for a Wednesday, even if it’s a workshop. Some of the readings are only available online. These are as much a part of the class as the printed readings, and you can expect to be examined and otherwise held responsible for them. Please bring your books to class.
Abbreviations used: CP = course pack.
01/26/04: Logging On
01/28/04: Poetry and Checkers
02/02/04: Loops and Branches 1.0
02/04/04: Loops and Branches 2.0
02/09/04: Labyrinths (Ergodic Literature)
02/11/04: HTML 1.0
02/16/04: The Book Machine
02/18/04: HTML 2.0
03/01/04: Spatial Texts: Interactive Fiction 1.0
03/03/04: Spatial Texts: Interactive Fiction 2.0
03/08/04: Social Texts: MOOs and MUDs 1.0
03/10/04: Social Texts: MOOs and MUDs 2.0
03/15/04: Catch-Up and Exam Review
03/17/04: Midterm Exam
03/29/04: Writing and/as Code 1.0
03/31/04: Writing and/as Code 2.0
04/05/04: Writing and/as Code 3.0
04/07/04: Writing and/as Code 4.0
04/12/04: Hypertext Before the Web 1.0
04/14/04: Hypertext Before the Web 2.0
04/19/04: Writing for the Web 1.0
04/21/04: Writing for the Web 2.0
05/03/04: Emergent Literature and Smart Texts 1.0
05/05/04: Emergent Literature and Smart Texts 2.0
05/10/04: Logging Off
05/15/04: Final Exam
