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Want a crash course in Science Fiction and Fantasy fandom? Or at least a crash course in ApolloCon? Pick up a copy of the ApolloCon 101 course guide (available in the Ops Office) and follow the instructions. Pursue Associate, Ordinary, and Honors level achievement in Spec Fic Fandom! Show us your finished course work to receive a completion certificate (by mail), and a chance to win a special prize. Participation is limited. First come, first enrolled!

1. Register for ApolloCon 101 at Con Ops. Be sure we can read your mailing address so we can send you your Certificate of Completion.
2. Choose "classes" from among the Panels and Activities listed inside this Course Guide. Use your Program Book and Pocket Program to help make your choices.
3. Attend/Visit your chosen classes.
4. Have your attendance validated by having a Panel's Member or an ApolloCon staffer initial the box for that class in this Course Guide.
5. Bring your Course Guide to Con Ops for grading by 02:00pm (1400 hours) on Sunday.

Classes are divided into three groups: Core, Options, and Electives. Each Level of Achievement requires a minimum number of classes from each group, as shown below.

• Firing Off the Canon: The Spec Fic *Should Reads* and Why
• Art GoH: Brad Foster Slideshow and Q&A
• Fandom 101: A Newcomers Guide to the Culture of Speculative Fiction
• Media Round Up 2008
• 2001: A Space Odyssey - Yesterday's Tomorrow

• Consuite
• Dealers' Room
• Art Show
• Media Room
• Con Ops
• Any Reading

• 101 uses for... Obsolete Media!
• Comparing SF Lit & SF in other Media
• Costuming 101: Building, Wearing, and Loving Costumes
• ARG WTF? An Introduction to the Concepts of Alternate Reality Gaming
• Besides Blood, Sweat, and Inspiration: What Does It Take to Be a Writer
• It's ALIVE! The Mad Scientist in Media
• How to Be a Guest Liaison