Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:  

• Reflect on games from new perspectives (depends on what topics students choose to dive into)
• Discuss the (Finnish) game industry

Credits: 3

Schedule: 14.09.2021 - 03.05.2022

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Miikka Junnila

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  The game seminar is a course where the students have a chance to look at games from different points of view, listening to presentations and discussing them, doing exercises, watching relevant video material and visiting game industry events and companies. It is also supporting the students other game projects by providing an arena where people can test and comment each other s work, and also play other games to increase their knowledge of games and game related phenomena.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  To pass the course the students should be present at least 80% of the time and do the exercises when needed. There are quite few exercises outside class though.

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Most of the work happens during the weekly sessions (48h), but there may be some exercises to do in your own time too (14h)

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  The Game Seminar is meant to be a support course for many other game courses, and thus it's mainly aimed at major and minor game students and may not be as useful for people on it's own

  Teaching Period:

  2020-2021

  (2021, 2022) - No teaching

  Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=DOM-E513601

  Registration for Courses: Sisu replaces Oodi on 9 August, 2021. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-in-aalto-arts

  In WebOodi at least one week before

  The order of priority for admitting students to courses at Aalto ARTS 1.1.2018 onwards (approved by The Committee of Arts, Design and Architecture on 10.10.2017)

  The order of priority is as follows:

  1. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have scheduled it for the current academic year in their personal study plan (HOPS);
  2. exchange students for whom the course is a part of his/her officially approved learning agreement and scheduled to be taken during the current semester;
  3. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have not completed it yet;
  4. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major s or programme s alternative studies and has been scheduled in the student's PSP (HOPS) for the current academic year
  5. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major s or programme s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
  6. students for whom the course is compulsory for their minor;
  7. students, for whom the course is part of his/her minor subject s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
  8. students who have applied for the course through a student mobility scheme (internal mobility within Aalto University, flexible study right (JOO) studies etc.);
  9. other students.

   

  Courses that are intended to be multidisciplinary (e.g. UWAS courses) may apply an order of priority based on the learning outcomes of the course, while bearing in mind the university obligation of enabling students to complete their degrees within the normative duration of study set for the degree. The order of priority does not apply to courses organised by the Centre for General Studies or doctoral courses.

  This decision on the order of priority does not influence the right of the teacher to define prerequisites for the course.

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