Here is a loose schedule of all the class ideas brought forth for MYST University, teachers are needed for all classes, but ones marked with an (X) will not be covered if they do not have an instructor

University of MYST Class schedule 2010

X = classes that need a teacher or they will not take place
* = classes I plan on personally teaching

Semester One: Crossings (Late March)

Week 1: A running start - Welcome to MYST university
March 20th and 21st
Opening lecture - Timelines
(*) Science 101: The science (and rules) of linking
(X) Language 101: Basic spoken D'ni
History 101: Who were the D'ni?
Politics 101: Who are the DRC?
Psychology 101: The Atrus family dynamic
Ages 101: Whole worlds at your fingertips
Study group 101: Staying after class is fun
Joirnalography 101: An inside view
Archeology 101: Where we stand
Unknown 101: Yeesha and the Bahro
Culture 101: The many cultures of D'ni

Week 2: The beginning - The story of Atrus
March 27th and 28th
Opening lecture: Atrus and the stranger
History 102: Stranger in strange lands - The story of MYST in depth
Ages 102: The worlds of MYST
Study group 201: Intro to the book of Atrus
History 103: The tyrant - The story of Riven in depth
Ages 103: The ages of Riven
Science 102: Fringe linking - the links of Reven
Journalography 102: the journals of Myst and Riven



Semester Two: Legends (Early April)

Week 3: The D'ni - The Gaternay era and The era of kings
April 3rd and 4th
Opening lecture: A rich and varied culture
(X) Language 201: Advanced spoken D'ni (Part one)
History 201: Welcome to Gaternay
Science 201: Origins of "The Art"
History 202: The move to Earth
(X) Politics 201: The actions of the kings in depth
Culture 201: The life of the poor
Archeology 201: Important construction from the era of kings
Study Group 201: The Hall of Kings, and Kings stories

Week 4: The Fall of D'ni (the Era of the councils)
April 10th and 11th
Opening lecture: The changing times
(X) Language 202: Advanced Spoken D'ni (Part two)
History 203: The last king
(X) Politics 202: The councils and guilds in depth
Culture 202: The life of the rich
Archeology 202: Important construction from the era of the councils
History 204: The writing on the wall - Why D'ni fell
Study group 202: The fall of D'ni - (The book of T'anna)



Semester 3: New beginnings (Late April)

Week 5: The first restoration - myst 3 and the book of D'ni
April 17th and 18th
Opening lecture: The return
History 301: The tale of Exile
Ages 301: lessons - The ages of exile in dpeth
Archeology 301: Remains to be seen - D'ni after the fall
History 302: The new D'ni - Reeleshan
Study group 301: The book of D'ni
Journalography 301: The journals of Exile

Week 6: Where one journey begins... - The events of URU:ABM, Prologue/Beta
April 24th and 25th
Opening lecture: The DRC
History 303: Rediscovery - the history of the DRC
Ages 302: The ages of ABM
History 304: Welcome (and farewell) to URU
Ages 303: The ages of "To D'ni" and POTS
Open fourm 301: Tales from Prologue and D'mala
Study group 302: The story of uru
Journalography 302: The journals of URU


Semester 4: The End of an Era (Early May)

Week 7: ... A previous journey ends - The events of Myst IV and V
May 1st and 2nd
Opening lecture: an ending has been written
History 401: The story of revelation
Ages 401: The ages of Revelation
History 402: The story of EOA
Ages 402: ALmost live - The end of ages
Unknown 401: Enter the grower - Yeesha
Unknown 402: Creatures of the night - The Bahro
Journalography 401: The journals of revelation and EOA

Week 8: The second restoration part 2 - the events/content of MOUL
May 8th and 9th
Opening lecture: URU again, Welcome to MOUL
History 403: Enter Cate - The first few months
Ages 403: Gardens and pods - the first MOUL ages
History 404: The MOUL episode stories
Ages 404: the episode Ages
Politics 401: End end of an era - The MOUL closing
Open forum 401: First person stories from MOUL
Study group 401: Then and now - MOUL through the months



Graduation week: Saving the best for last (Mid May)

Week 9: Putting it all to use - becoming an uru master and graduation
May 15th and 16th
Opening lecture: The big leages of D'ni knowledge
(X) Language 501: Written D'ni - The cavern translations
Math 501: The D'ni numbering system
(*) Science 501: D'ni technology in depth
Politics 501: Being clever - How to give hints
(*) Unknown 501: Simple fixes for common problems

how exactly are these classes going to work (how often do they meet, what is the expected goals, do i need to know every single detail about a subject to teach it) ?

is it too late to add a class to the curriculum ?

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Excellent choices here. I'd definitely be interested in teaching some. As you can see, my specialty is early D'ni history, politics, and culture from Garternay to the end of Age of Kings, with a good bit of knowledge covering all of D'ni history and politics.

Classes that are my specialty that I would very much like to teach:

Culture 101: The many cultures of D'ni
History 201: Welcome to Garternay
History 202: The move to Earth
History 203: The last king
Politics 201: The actions of the kings in depth
Politics 202: The councils and guilds in depth

Classes I am quite capable of teaching, if no other teachers can be found:

History 101: Who were the D'ni?
Unknown 101: Yeesha and the Bahro
History 102: Stranger in strange lands - The story of MYST in depth
History 103: The tyrant - The story of Riven in depth
Study group 201: Intro to the book of Atrus
Culture 201: The life of the poor
Archeology 201: Important construction from the era of kings
Study Group 201: The Hall of Kings, and Kings stories
Culture 202: The life of the rich
Archeology 202: Important construction from the era of the councils
History 204: The writing on the wall - Why D'ni fell
Study group 202: The fall of D'ni - (The book of Ti'anna)
Archeology 301: Remains to be seen - D'ni after the fall
Study group 301: The book of D'ni
Unknown 401: Enter the grower - Yeesha
Unknown 402: Creatures of the night - The Bahro

Possible elective classes I could teach:

To the Surface - Theories of D'ni interaction with surface cultures
The Religion of D'ni

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Next SoDK Meeting: Sunday, March 28, 20:00 (8 PM) MST (10 PM EST, 2 AM GMT)
Subject: D'ni Law and Punishment
Moderator: Ahlehn

Info from the meeting...

* if you take a class you can make your own lesson on it... each class will only have one session, so only prepare whatever you feel you can cover in the 40 minutes each class will have (each class will then have 20 minutes for a small Q&A session before the next class begins)

* each class will be done TWICE (for the people abroad who cant catch afternoon classes) so we may need 2 teachers for some of them (if you cant deal with covering 2 time zones) the start times for the classes have yet to be set

* there will be 6-8 classes every weekend (half on Saturday, half on Sunday)... the only classes that will bleed into the week itself are the study groups and journalography classes

* at some point this week i will hold a meeting for all teachers interested in covering a class, but for the meantime i just want an idea of which subjects will have an instructor and which ones do not

* I am in desperate need of a reader for the MYST books and journals, as well as an instructor for the D'ni language classes

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hm, well as interested in this idea as i am, i am unfortunately not sufficiently knowledgeable about the topics on that list. if a topic could be added however i would greatly enjoy lecturing on age design. discussing teledahn's sun, the final area of ahnonay, perhaps also the rotating buildings of gahreesen. perhaps minkata and its oddly still suns....

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1helios1, It sounds like you could help with some of the age classes, yes

Mother of mercy, I have enough trouble with University as it is, the last thing I want is to start taking classes in a game.

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perhaps you could tell me more about what you had in mind for those classes

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This sounds awesome, can't wait to attend the classes

It looks like the plan is to fit twelve 40-minute lessons into a weekend? That's 4 hours per day? Sounds a bit long for one day, perhaps. Well, we'll see

Also, I know a thing or two about D'ni language and could easily gather some more knowledge on it to create lessons about it. So, if you don't find someone who already has this knowledge, I'm volunteering for the position

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yeah but something tells me that the first week classes will be slightly shorter than the following weeks

Also, as it stands most of the classes have at least one of the 2 required instructors for it... so this is becoming a very real possibility

I've been told I have an excellent reading voice. I'd be willing to be your "reader" if I can fit it into my schedule.

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As I've said in previous times, I'd be will ing to teach something other than history. There are always new, current events, that people could be learning about as well! (Recent History, I mean)

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Wow, that classes list is very interesting!! It would be awesome if I could attend all of them
I used to teach something of general D'ni Culture but I don't think I'm enough knowledgeable for going to the the depth required for your classes, I'll just attend.

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I'd love to attend! RL won't leave me much time in March, but I'll do my best. Awesome project.

Recent History would be much appreciated

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I just verified that my microphone works, so if you need an extra individual for D'ni linguistics, I'm available. I know a few others had already spoken up at last night's meeting. And to them, I'd be willing to even just help prepare lectures and not give them -- I've spent four years of my life studying Latin and Attic Greek philology and might be able to give a few pointers for teaching the translation class.