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. Â

4 credits Communication Intensive HASS Inquiry
Prereqs:
none

Past Term Data

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2023
History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI] [HInq]
  • Ralph G Noble
Seats Taken: 24/22
History And Culture Of Games (4c) [CI] [HInq]
  • Nicholas J. Mizer
Seats Taken: 0/38
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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