Number of Credit Hours
15 Credit Hours
Around 5 Courses
Courses You Could Take
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This course examines the history of illustration and sequential art, with an emphasis on the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Topics include social, political, and aesthetic impact on the development of and roles played by illustration and sequential art. Students will discuss issues related to how illustration and sequential art have shaped (and been shaped by) changing critical an popular perceptions of those art forms, and, in particular, the rise of visual and material culture studies. Significant readings are incorporated into class discussions.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: ART 2520 or ART 3500 with a grade of C or higher
Hours:
3
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Games and sports are found in nearly every culture and historical period. This course explores the historical and cultural aspects of gaming, placing games within a larger media landscape while also emphasizing what makes gaming distinct. Throughout the semester students will examine the history of digital games as both commercial products and artistic forms, starting with early board games and continuing to the current landscape of digital games.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: MDST 2400
Hours:
3
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Video games are complex systems of meaning and representation that create experiences for players, and this course is a theoretical and philosophical exploration of the video game as a cultural form and media text. Although video games are a newer entrant into the media landscape, they occupy a central and growing role that has connections to other media within the cultural landscape, as well as properties that are distinct to gaming. This course explores this ambivalent nature of video games as distinct media objects and as part of a larger media landscape, employing a vocabulary that challenges existing notions of critical media theory and posits the significance of video games in the digital world.
Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: MDST 2400
Hours:
3
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