# History And Culture Of Games

## GSAS-1600

This course surveys 5000 years of game history, from ancient Sumer/Sumerian to the latest next-generation consoles and MMOGs. In parallel with this historical tour, several major theories will be examined about the nature of play and the nature of games. Along the way, it will also look at how games and play influence the cultures they are found in, and how culture in turn influences how people structure their leisure time will also be considered.

4 credits Communication Intensive HASS Inquiry
Cross-listed with:
GSAS-1600 History And Culture Of Games
Prereqs:
none

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2026 |  |  |

2025

History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI] [HInq]

- Robert F. Nideffer

Seats Taken: 21/38

History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI] [HInq]

- Nicholas J. Mizer

Seats Taken: 36/38

2024

History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI] [HInq]

- Brandi Lee Ann Brace

Seats Taken: 41/38

History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI] [HInq]

- Nicholas J. Mizer
- Yiyuan Zeng

Seats Taken: 41/38

2023

History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI] [HInq]

- Ralph G Noble

Seats Taken: 23/22

History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI] [HInq]

- Brandi Lee Ann Brace

Seats Taken: 18/19

2022

History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI] [HInq]

- Nicholas J. Mizer

Seats Taken: 24/22

History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI] [HInq]

- Nicholas J. Mizer

Seats Taken: 43/38

2021

History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI] [HInq]

- Nicholas J. Mizer

Seats Taken: 21/19

History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI] [HInq]

- Nicholas J. Mizer

Seats Taken: 25/19

2020

History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI] [HInq]

- Nicholas J. Mizer
- Michael F Lynch

Seats Taken: 55/57

History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI]

- Michael F Lynch

Seats Taken: 18/19

History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI] [HInq]

- Nicholas J. Mizer

Seats Taken: 42/38

2019

History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI]

- Rebecca Kane Rouse
- Michael F Lynch

Seats Taken: 44/38

History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI]

- Michael F Lynch

Seats Taken: 25/25

History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI] [HInq]

- Nicholas J. Mizer
- Rebecca Kane Rouse

Seats Taken: 72/76

2018

History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI]

- Michael F Lynch
- Rebecca Kane Rouse

Seats Taken: 37/38

History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI]

- Michael F Lynch

Seats Taken: 5/50

History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI]

- Rebecca Kane Rouse

Seats Taken: 15/19

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