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VideoGames & Learning explores current research on videogames, critically reflecting on their educational merits, drawbacks, and cultural impact on thinking.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.86 GPA, 95.8% A/AB (n=189 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.90 GPA, 96.8% A/AB (n=186 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.86 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=185 letter grades).
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Game Design I explores fundamentals of game design and developing skills in designing interactive systems for educational, museum, and technology-mediated settings.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 91.9% A/AB (n=37 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.92 GPA, 94.7% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Independent Study is a student-designed opportunity to explore a subject in depth.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Explore the expressive, social, and cultural impact of games as a medium through focused creation of a single capstone project. Develop an analog or digital game depending on interest and skill set. Designed to build skills in designing interactive games using an iterative approach that incorporates user testing and feedback. Focuses on design practices common to all games which can be applied by a game designer working in any medium, including sports, board games, computer games, and videogames. Opportunities to explore a wide variety of independent games as well as the platforms used to create them.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.85 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.83 GPA, 95.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026A Master's independent study course providing a student-designed opportunity to explore a subject in depth.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Distinct courses recorded per term
Explore courses taught by this instructor →| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2027 | CURRIC 277 | Videogames & Learning |
| Spring 2027 | CURRIC 357 | Game Design I |
| Spring 2027 | CURRIC 399 | Independent Study |
| Spring 2027 | CURRIC 432 | Game Design II |
| Spring 2027 | CURRIC 799 | Master's Independent Study |
| Fall 2026 | CURRIC 277 | Videogames & Learning |
| Fall 2026 | CURRIC 357 | Game Design I |
| Fall 2026 | CURRIC 576 | Topics in Game Design |
| Fall 2026 | FOLKLORE 530 | Topics in Folklore |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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