Video Game Studies (MCC232)

Points: 

4

Enrolment Options: 

Murdoch: S2-internal

[see Teaching Periods and Census Dates] 

Description: 

The interactive digital game has become a worldwide phenomenon, and is now recognised as an important economic, aesthetic and cultural form. In this unit students examine a range of game types, from the closed microworlds of console games to the modifiable and networked PC game. The unit explores existing game genres and interface design, new conceptual and technical innovations in game development, the emerging field of ludology or game studies, and issues relating to interactivity and gameplay in simulated environments.

Contact time: 

Lectures: 1 hour per week; tutorials: 1.5 hours per week.

Prerequisites: 

Nil.

Exclusions: 

Students who have successfully completed MCC232 Games and Future Technologies may not enrol in this unit for credit.

Notes: 

Graduate, Postgraduate and Honours students should enrol in the higher-level code for this unit.

Used in these Courses: 

Games Art and Design (BDMedia)
Games Software Design and Production (BSc)
Interactive Digital Design (BDMedia)

Used in these Minors: 

Games Design
New Media

Video Game Studies (MCC532)

as for MCC232, except as follows

Points: 

4

Enrolment Options: 

Murdoch: S2-internal

[see Teaching Periods and Census Dates] 

Prerequisites: 

Enrolment in an Honours, Graduate or Postgraduate course.

Exclusions: 

Students who have successfully completed MCC432 Games and Future Technologies may not enrol in this unit for credit.