Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- ways of communicating an informed and critical understanding of your work in the context of the your study.
- the relevance of key discipline-specific theoretical and contextual themes to your work;
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Demonstrate that you can articulate and communicate in a professional manner appropriate to the chosen topic.
- identify, select and draw upon a wide range of visual, printed and electronic sources.
- demonstrate organisational skills;
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- formulate and develop an idea and broadly research its context;
- recognise useful links between contextual data.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Lecture | 8 |
Seminar | 16 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 10 |
Follow-up work | 14 |
Wider reading or practice | 40 |
Completion of assessment task | 62 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Internet Resources
DiGRA (Digital Games Research Association).
Panopto Recordings (via Blackboard).
GAME.
Textbooks
Isbister, K. (2016). How Games Move Us. MIT Press.
Sharp, J. (2015). Works of Game. MIT Press.
Sicart, M. (2014). Play Matters. MIT Press.
Costikyan, G. (2013). Uncertainty in Games. MIT Press.
Juul, J. (2013). The Art of Failure. MIT Press.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Essay proposal
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Formative feedback is given during the module.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External