{"id":19762,"date":"2021-04-04T14:52:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T14:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=19762"},"modified":"2023-10-18T19:32:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T19:32:47","slug":"a-brief-history-of-time-travel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/first-year\/discovery-core\/winter-dcx\/a-brief-history-of-time-travel","title":{"rendered":"A Brief History of Time Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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a Discovery Core Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

May be taken as\u00a0BCORE 115 (Social Sciences)<\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0BCORE 116 (Social Sciences)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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About This Course <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

What do the television series Doctor Who, H.G. Wells book, The Time Machine, the Hindu myth Mahabharata, and quantum physics have in common? Each depicts ways people have used to explore time travel. This course will allow students to explore time travel from a variety of perspectives: science, technology, history, philosophy, religion, and popular culture. Our interest in time travel continues to grow not only through books, movies, television and popular culture but through science and technology. What makes the idea of time travel so powerful that it resonates in each of us, and to what lengths are we going today to make it a reality?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this interdisciplinary course, students will have the opportunity to look at the topic of time travel not only through popular culture (television, film, literature, and games) but through philosophy, psychology and through the sciences (quantum physics, human consciousness and computer science) Students will be able to research and explore one or more of these topics building on the skills and topics learned in Fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Course materials will come not only from science fiction but from television (Doctor Who, Black Mirror, Russian Doll, Star Trek), films such as The Time Machine, Back to the Future, Time Bandit, Doctor Strange, and Run Lola Run, along with video games and literature. The course will look at the time travel from a historical and philosophical perspective along with offering students the opportunity to explore how science and technology address this subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students will not only be able to hone their research and communication skills but will address themes through group projects and hearing from with local experts and faculty working in these fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Wanda Gregory (She\/Her\/Hers)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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About Professor Gregory <\/h3>\n\n\n\n