# Calendar

The calendar below provides information on course's lecture (Lec) and lab (Lab) sessions.

Course Calendar
SES # | TOPICS
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Lec 1 | Introduction
Lab 1 | Doctor Strangelove
Lec 2 | Fictions of War, Philosophy of War, History of War
Lab 2 | Ran Air Force
Lec 3 | WWII: Code Wars
Lab 3 | Akira
Lab 4 | Rumsfeld's War
Lec 5 | The New War Machines Guest Speaker: Owen Cote, Associate Director of Security Studies at MIT
Lab 5 | Eternal War Research Topics: Discussion of Final Papers and Projects Control Room
Lec 6 | History of War Technologies/War Games
Lab 6 | War Games
Lec 7 | First-Person Shooters
Lab 7 | The Fog of War
Lec 8 | Virtuous War Guest Speaker: James der Derian
Lab 8 | Virtual War After 9/11 Wag the Dog
Lec 9 | Man Machines: Race and War Guest Speakers: Director Reggie Hudlin and Comic Artist Kyle Baker, Birth of a Nation Comic Book Project
Lab 9 | Birth of a Nation and Hearts of the World
Lec 10 | 21 Century War: The War in Iraq and the Branding of Terrorism
Lab 10 | Battle of Algiers
Lec 11 | Project Presentations
Lab 11 | Project Presentations (cont.)
Lec 12 | Project Presentations (cont.)
Lab 12 | Project Presentations (cont.)