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This course examines the social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of digital games. There are no pre-requisites. After successful completion of the course you should be able to:

Demonstrate, through discussion and written work, an understanding of major areas within the sociological and cultural study of computer gaming.
Independently identify critical questions/problems/domains within this domain and be able to select an appropriate method for examination.
Undertake a scholarly social science literature review relevant to the area.
Provide evidence, rigorous analysis, and argumentation via discussion and written work.

This course will take place in person, though there may occasionally be online elements (forum posts, etc). The scheduled activities consist of reading research articles, short lectures, discussions, group exercises, presentations, and writing.

12 units / HASS-S

W 7-10, 56-180