The Interactive Media and Game Development (IMGD) seminar is a a
weekly (or so) meeting on developing courses and a curriculum for
IMGD. The goal is to have informal discussions about IMGD syllabi,
text books, class projects and more. Specific courses that are being
developed concurrently with the seminar are ID 110x Critical Game
Studies, ID 111x The Game Development Process, and ID 211x Social
Issues in Game Development. However, topics are not limited to only
those pertaining to the above courses and it is likely other course
content and research content will be discussed as well.
May 25: David Finkel. "Thoughts on Critical Game Studies"
(Slides)
June 01: Dean O'Donnell. "Outline of Interactive Media Courses"
June 08: Mark Claypool. "Notes on the Game Development Process"
(Slides)
June 15: Fred Bianchi. "Social Issues - A Course Under Construction!"
(Slides)
June 22: (No Meeting).
June 29: David Finkel. "Critical Game Studies, Part II -
Storytelling and Games" (Slides)
(Handout 1) (Handout 2)
July 06: Dean O'Donnell. "Stories and Games - the Course Instead of
the Week" (Slides)
July 13: (No Meeting).
July 20: Mark Claypool. "Projects for the Game Development Process
Class"
(Slides)
July 27: (No Meeting).
August 03: (No Meeting).
August 10: Dean O'Donnell.
"Social Implications of Games/Gaming"
(Slides)
August 17: (No Meeting).
August 24: Mark Claypool. "The Effects of Loss and Latency on
User Performance in Unreal Tournament 2003" (Slides)
Some related programs:
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Carnegie Mellon University offers a master's degree (an MA) in
Entertainment Technology
http://www.etc.cmu.edu/curriculum.html
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Southern Methodist University has a program called The
Guildhall which offers a non-degree certificate program in game
development. They offer tracks in artistic development, level design,
and software engineering.
http://guildhall.smu.edu/
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers a program called
Comparative Media Studies, which offers undergraduate and graduate
programs that focus on the study of games and other media, but not
their development.
http://web.mit.edu/cms/
- Rochester Institute of
Technology offers a concentration
within their IT program in game programming, and is developing a
master's program in game development.
http://www.cs.rit.edu/
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has a program in electronic media,
arts, and communication (EMAC) that provides a B.S. degree from the
Languages and Arts departments.
http://www.emac.rpi.edu/
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Champlain college started a bachelor's degree in Electronic Game and
Interactive
Development
that consists of eight game development courses followed
by specialization in Game Design or Art and Animation.
http://www.champlain.edu/majors/egame/
Some related industry conventions:
Some related research conferences:
claypool at cs.wpi.edu
Mon May 24 11:01:31 EDT 2004
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