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SYLLABUS		PAPERS	CLASS NOTES	FILMS	ANNOUNCEMENTS

Week	Class Film	Saturday Film
DISASTER FROM OUTER SPACE
1.	War of the Worlds 1953	The Day the Earth Caught Fire 1961
2.	Quatermass and the Pit 1967	When Worlds Collide 1951
Additional films for this section: Day of the Triffids The Thing Crack in the World Meteor Deep Impact Armeggedon The Day the Sky Exploded Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
RELIGION AND DISASTER
3.	The Last Wave 1977	Seventh Sign 1988
Additional films for this section: Sodom and Gomorrah Ten Commandments Noah's Ark
NATURAL DISASTERS
4.	Twister 1996	Meteor 1979
5.	Last Days of Pompeii 1935	Dante's Peak 1997
Additional films for this section: The Rains Came Dam Busters Night of the Twisters Hurricane Tidal Wave Hard Rain Volcano Krakatoa, East of Java San Francisco, Earthquake
PLAGUES
6.	Panic in the Streets 1950	So Long at the Fair 1950
7.	28 Days Later 2002	Outbreak 1995
Additional films for this section: Twelve Monkeys
TECHNOLOGY GONE AWRY: THE "BIG CAST" DISASTER FILMS
8.	Fate is the Hunter 1964	Airport 1970
9.	Night to Remember 1958	Perfect Storm 2000
10.	Towering Inferno 1974	Kameradschaft 1931
11.	Poseidon Adventure 1972	The Rains Came 1939
Additional films for this section: Titanic Hindenburg Colossus the Forbin Project Die Hard High and Mighty Airport Airport ‘77
WARFARE AND NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST
12.	On the Beach 1959	Things to Come 1936
Additional films for this section: The World the Flesh and the Devil Omega Man Ladybug, Ladybug, The Day After
MONSTERS
13.	The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms 1953	Them! 1954
Additional films for this section: Godzilla Gorgo Beginning of the End King Kong
CROSSING GENRES
14.	Men in Black 1997	Mars Attacks! 1996
Additional films for this section: Horn Blows at Midnight Ghostbusters Ghostbusters II Mars Attacks Dr. Strangelove San Francisco

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