GSD 390

Spring 2023 All Classes

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Special Topics in Game Studies & Design

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Credit: 1 TO 3 hours.

Advanced study or skills-based instruction in an emerging or special topic related to Game Studies and Design not covered in normal course offerings.

Approved for Letter and S/U grading. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Other prerequisites as specified for each topic offering. See Class Schedule.

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GSD 390 class schedule data for spring 2023
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
74997	Laboratory-Discussion	DB2	2:00PM -4:00PM	R	G8A Foreign Languages Building	Baird, D	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/13/23-05/03/23 Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Advanced Unreal Section Info: This course is intended to be an advanced course on the video game development engine Unreal Engine. It will further your knowledge about the interfaces, systems, structure, and general workings of UE. Over the course of the class you will be putting together a simple game that can act as both a personal reference for what you’ve learned as well as a demo for your portfolio. The course is intended to be for experienced developers who seek advanced knowledge of UE’s features.
74893	Lecture-Discussion	DBU	5:30PM -7:30PM	F	241 Armory	Baird, D	Part of Term: A Date Range: 01/17/23-03/10/23 Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Introduction to Unreal
75015	Lecture-Discussion	JVA	1:00PM -2:50PM	T	G8A Foreign Languages Building	Velazquez, J	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/13/23-05/03/23 Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Introduction to Blender Section Info: This course is designed to build a strong foundation for Game Art Development. You will become familiar with Blender’s interface and navigating the 3-D workspace, build a strong working knowledge of the basics for 3-D modeling and design. You will learn the basic skills needed to create 3-D models and apply textures and lighting and get a feel for animating, and rendering. Blender is available for Windows and Mac OS. Beginners welcome! The only prerequisite is an understanding of how to use a computer.
74959	Laboratory-Discussion	TJS	1:00PM -2:50PM	W	ARR Grainger Engineering Library	Toenjes, J	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/13/23-05/03/23 Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Human Animation for VR Section Info: Creation and implementation of human animation in virtual reality through use of various motion capture technologies. Rigging skeletons and mapping animations onto avatars in Unreal Engine to create a database of publicly available animations, culminating in a VR application created by students in the class.
74968	Laboratory	WGP	5:00PM -6:40PM	M	182 Armory	Gillespie, W	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Literature Lab: Books as Games Section Info: Literature Laboratory explores traditions of constrained, experimental, and electronic literature, with an emphasis on multi-sequential storytelling. Students will explore a variety of unique writing practices, from Choose-Your-Own-Adventure through the Oulipo, to see how writers have fused literature with play, and to learn techniques applicable to fiction, poetry, hybrid, game design, and digital media.