[game_edu] Request for Assistance: Game Studies Course

[Stacey Simmons]

HI Matt,

There are many educational opportunities, including many meetings that  
address these issues.  There will be on this summer in Plano Texas,  
and a few more.  Susan is also a wonderful speaker and great  
collaborator, I would highly recommend bringing her to your campus to  
help.

Also, there are a number of professional groups that have resources,  
IGDA Education Framework for example, the IGDA Education SIG is  
chaired by Susan, and she knows loads of people!  So there are likely  
more meetings going on around the country.

Best of luck,

Stacey


Stacey Simmons, Ph.D.
Director, Baton Rouge Digital Industries Consortium
Director, Red Stick International Animation Festival
Louisiana State University
Shaw Center for the Arts
100 Lafayette Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
ssimmons at cct.lsu.edu
225-389-7182


On Mar 13, 2008, at 4:19 PM, Archer, Matthew wrote:


> Hello list members,

>

> My name is Matt Archer.  I’m a professor of anthropology at Sierra  

> College, located just outside of Sacramento, CA.  I’m writing this  

> brief email to request a bit of assistance in starting a game  

> studies course at my college.

>

> In general, I would like to propose a course to our curriculum  

> committee on Game Studies, which would survey the literature in that  

> emerging field, address methods for researching games, and to use  

> that theoretical and research based background to work towards a  

> game design project.  I’m excited about the idea and would love to  

> get it “on the books” here.  The challenge is that I have been  

> informed that I will be unable to do so unless I can demonstrate  

> that such a class exists as a lower division class somewhere else in  

> California (though perhaps beyond California might work as well).   

> I’ve looked at many colleges.  But to search every department’s  

> lower-division course listings at every college in California is a  

> daunting task.  I’m hoping that someone participating in this list  

> might have knowledge of a related lower-division course which I can  

> use to demonstrate the viability and transferability of the course  

> I’d like to propose.

>

> Thank you very much for taking the time to read this request.  And  

> thank you in advance for any assistance you may be able to provide.

>

> Be well.

>

> Matt Archer

> Marcher at SierraCollege.edu

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