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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | NMC008 | ||||
Course Name: | Game Studies | ||||
Semester: | Spring | ||||
Course Credits: |
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Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
Type of course: | University Elective | ||||
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Mode of Delivery: | E-Learning | ||||
Course Coordinator: | Öğr. Gör. ZEYNEP BURCU KAYA ALPAN | ||||
Course Lecturer(s): | Zeynep Burcu Kaya Alpan | ||||
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Course Objectives: | This course will introduce key areas of game studies to students, enabling them to explore and research academic areas of game studies on their own. |
Course Content: | Within the scope of the course, the basic concepts of game studies, preliminary academics and their texts are introduced. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Defines and critically discusses key areas of game studies. 2) Introduces students with a dynamic and interdisciplinary field of the academia and its preliminary researchers. 3) Encourages students to independently discuss games and game studies in their everyday lives. 4) Empower them with the necessary lexicon to critique digital games and game cultures. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to game studies and exploring the syllabus. | |
2) | Defining Games, Rules and Play | |
3) | A Brief History of Game Studies | |
4) | Digital Games as an Art Form | |
5) | Representation and Identity in Games and Game Cultures | |
6) | Games for Change | |
7) | Overview of previous lectures. | |
8) | Midterm Exam | |
9) | Digital Game Design Processes | |
10) | Production, Marketing and Labor in Digital Games | |
11) | Game Criticism and Game Journalism | |
12) | Examining selected games regarding previous lectures. | |
13) | Overview of the lectures. | |
14) | Final exam  |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | An Introduction To Game Studies: Games In Culture, Frans Mäyrä, SAGE Publications, 2008. Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals, Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman, The MIT Press, 2004. The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies, Mark J.P. Wolf, Bernard Perron, Routledge, 2013. |
References: | Man, Play and Games, Roger Caillois, 2001. The Video Game Debate: Unravelling The Physical, Social, And Psychological Effects Of Video Games, Rachel Kowert, Thorsten Quandt, Routledge, 2015. |
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Program Outcomes | |||||||||||||||
1) She/he gains knowledge of and develops values on technical, aesthetic, cultural, historical, social and ethical dimensions of architecture with a scientific and critical approach. | |||||||||||||||
2) She/he integrates architectural practice with environmental, economic and social sustainability principles. | |||||||||||||||
3) She/he has the knowledge and ability to provide and implement interactions between urban planning, urban design and architectural projects. | |||||||||||||||
4) Gains the ability to identify architectural potentials and problems based on data collection, analysis, interpretation and critical thinking, in order to cultivate concepts and determine strategies for action. | |||||||||||||||
5) She/he is able to interrelate theory, design and construction practices. | |||||||||||||||
6) She/he will be able to produce architectural design, presentation, implementation, management and supervision stages both independently and collectively for different contexts and scales and through a responsive approach to social, functional, technical and aesthetic requirements. | |||||||||||||||
7) In addition to traditional methods, she/he interactively uses the emerging information technologies required by the field. | |||||||||||||||
8) To analyze and document the historical and conservation characteristics of the built environment; taking into account of the balance between protection and use, she/he has the ability and necessary knowledge in renovation and restoration issues. | |||||||||||||||
9) She / he gains the ability to cooperate with different disciplines on the conception and design of the built environment, as an individual and/or as a team member. | |||||||||||||||
10) Has knowledge on and comprehension of professional ethics and codes of conduct, legal and managerial regulations, standards, rights and responsibilities and processes in the field of architecture. | |||||||||||||||
11) Can produce design, know-how and knowledge for the improvement of different and changing social needs, and for the enhancement of life quality. | |||||||||||||||
12) She/he has the knowledge and responsibility to design solidly built structures and takes into account of the risks of natural disaster. | |||||||||||||||
13) She/he monitors new developments in architectural theory and practice and is open to lifelong learning. | |||||||||||||||
14) She/he takes responsibility for the improvement of social consciousness in the field of architecture, and for the endorsement and defense of ecological and urban rights. | |||||||||||||||
15) Has architectural communication skills in a foreign language. |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | She/he gains knowledge of and develops values on technical, aesthetic, cultural, historical, social and ethical dimensions of architecture with a scientific and critical approach. | |
2) | She/he integrates architectural practice with environmental, economic and social sustainability principles. | |
3) | She/he has the knowledge and ability to provide and implement interactions between urban planning, urban design and architectural projects. | |
4) | Gains the ability to identify architectural potentials and problems based on data collection, analysis, interpretation and critical thinking, in order to cultivate concepts and determine strategies for action. | |
5) | She/he is able to interrelate theory, design and construction practices. | |
6) | She/he will be able to produce architectural design, presentation, implementation, management and supervision stages both independently and collectively for different contexts and scales and through a responsive approach to social, functional, technical and aesthetic requirements. | |
7) | In addition to traditional methods, she/he interactively uses the emerging information technologies required by the field. | |
8) | To analyze and document the historical and conservation characteristics of the built environment; taking into account of the balance between protection and use, she/he has the ability and necessary knowledge in renovation and restoration issues. | |
9) | She / he gains the ability to cooperate with different disciplines on the conception and design of the built environment, as an individual and/or as a team member. | |
10) | Has knowledge on and comprehension of professional ethics and codes of conduct, legal and managerial regulations, standards, rights and responsibilities and processes in the field of architecture. | |
11) | Can produce design, know-how and knowledge for the improvement of different and changing social needs, and for the enhancement of life quality. | |
12) | She/he has the knowledge and responsibility to design solidly built structures and takes into account of the risks of natural disaster. | |
13) | She/he monitors new developments in architectural theory and practice and is open to lifelong learning. | |
14) | She/he takes responsibility for the improvement of social consciousness in the field of architecture, and for the endorsement and defense of ecological and urban rights. | |
15) | Has architectural communication skills in a foreign language. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 60 |
total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Preparation for the Activity | Spent for the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | Workload | ||
Course Hours | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Homework Assignments | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Midterms | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Final | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total Workload | 0 |