ENGL 315 - Game Studies and Design

Credits: (3)

Instructional Method: Lecture
Examination of the history, theory, culture, and design of video games and tabletop (board) games, including the critical methods that inform the way players appreciate games. Students will analyze leisure and serious games, compare game traditions, explore how games often neglect to represent diverse identities, discuss the business of gaming, develop a game prototype using the professional tools and project management processes of game design, and critically reflect on those processes.

Note(s): Applied Learning designated course.