Course Application: Speculative Worldbuilding for Storytellers and Narrative Designers
This interdisciplinary seminar explores how fictional worlds operate as structured models of society, drawing on speculative fiction, history, anthropology, and political theory. Students analyze how environments, institutions, culture, memory, and technology shape social order, while building a single evolving science fiction or fantasy world across the semester. The course culminates in a cohesive “world dossier” integrating these elements into a fully realized speculative society that can be used as a platform for creative projects.


This six-session class meets in Brooklyn on July 15, 22, 29 and August 12, 19, 26 (Wednesdays) at 6:30pm.
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What is your name? *
Why do you want to take this class? *
Please tell me a bit about your prior experience with worldbuilding and narrative projects. Do you identify as a prose fiction writer, a dramatist/screenwriter, a game designer, a futurist thinker, or some other stripe of creative? *
If you have an idea already, what kind of final project are you hoping to produce? *
What narrative works do you find most inspiring? *
This is a six-session course held on Wednesdays at 6:30pm in July and August. You will derive the most value from attending all sessions; I do not recommend missing more than one session. How many sessions do you anticipate needing to miss? *
Will you be taking this class by yourself, or will you be taking it with a collaborator? If the latter, please name your collaborator. (They will need to fill out their own application.) *
Do you anticipate requiring financial assistance with tuition ($250-500 for the term, sliding scale)? If so, please elaborate. *
Do you anticipate requiring any accommodations in order to take this class? If so, please describe them. (I will make reasonable attempts at accessibility.) *
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