FUS101 Schedule

This course is divided into 15 units. The first 3 reading assignments are posted and are intended to lay foundation for the study of futurism and to correct any misconceptions as to the nature of futurist studies. Assignments 4-7 introduce the student to two very different views of reality from which events are valued and interpreted. Assignments 8-14 cover specific topic areas. The final assignment provides the opportunity to bring it all together and develop your own concept of what the future might bring

Unit 1	What is Futurism? Why Study the Future?
Unit 2	The nature of change. Concepts of History and Time
Unit 3	Paradigms. Frameworks for perceptions of Reality
Unit 4	Discussion of Sagan's Work. Positive Aspects
Unit 5	Discussion of Sagan's Work. Negative Aspects
Unit 6	Discussion on Talbot. Positive Aspects
Unit 7	Discussion on Talbot. Negative Aspects
Unit 8	Genetics and Biotechnology
Unit 9	Political, Economic, and Social Institutions of the Future
Unit 10	Medicine: Conventional vs Alternative
Unit 11	Religion, Spirituality
Unit 12	Demographics. The Future Role of the Individual
Unit 13	Beyond Planet Earth -- "Space, The Final Frontier"
Unit 14	Science Fiction, or, Is it?
Unit 15	"Predict the future"