[game_preservation] Game graduate school?

[Devin Monnens]

Generally, the best programs for design...

USC with Tracy Fullerton
MIT
Carnegie Mellon
GIT with Ian Bogost
Digipen(?)

Top for theory is Utrecht.

I dint know too many other places with PhD in game studies but would be I interested to know. 

The sleep of Reason produces monsters.

On Oct 4, 2010, at 12:58 PM, Rowan Kaiser <rowankaiser at gmail.com> wrote:


> f general things about grad school. My partner already has a Masters and is applying for Ph.D programs. But she wants to go to a traditional Literature or Composition, and can easily find websites that have the Top X Programs for Renaissance Literature or whatever. I've only been able to find video game-based programs haphazardly. For example, the Comparative Media Studies program at MIT is one that I've had my eye on: http://cms.mit.edu/academics/graduate_program.php On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Michelle Hinn wrote: > >> Most important thing about grad school is understanding what you want to > >> do. You don't go to grad school on a whim. > >> > >> The second most important thing is finding the right program. This > >> involves two things. One, what is being taught there and Two, who is > >> doing the teaching. If you know who you want to work with for the next > >> 2-6 years, then this makes it a better decision. Also - make sure that > >> professor is going to be there while you are working! A lot of times, > >> they just go on sabbatical! > > > > Definitely go where the people you want to work with are. I'd recommend > you actualy pick a place with more than one person you'd like to work with. > You never know what will happen... Also, once you've applied and (hopefully) > been accepted, DEFINITELY visit the places before making a decision. > > I cannot agree more!! I got stuck in this position, had no one doing > anything in gaming by the time I was working on my dissertation (thus having > to convince a committee of anyone I could find to agree to have their name > on *anything* gaming -- especially something positive about gaming rather > than *games ruin our brains* studies), and I taught the ONLY course on game > design on a TA salary and an overcrowded student situation (I had students > just ask to sit in because there was nothing at all for anyone, especially > undergraduates). > > I'd suggest (sorry if this has been suggested already and I didn't read it > thoroughly) coming up with a list of schools (maybe a top 5) and including > (1) why the program is appealing (2) faculty you want to work with and then > maybe posting (if you want to put it out there for debate) here and on the > game education SIG list) to see what people have to say. Too many schools > are saying that "oh of course we offer game studies" because it's trendy > only to drop it quickly due to budget cuts, people moving (getting better > offers elsewhere usually!), etc. > > Good luck -- and DON'T consider University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign if > that was at all on your list...no support here and nothing going on. > > Michelle > > _______________________________________________ > game_preservation mailing list > game_preservation at igda.org > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/game_preservation > --90e6ba539efa8bb3e70491cf2160 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable @Jose - I have a B.A. in History from Antioch College.

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> @Michelle - That's a pity, I have something of a connection at Illinois, but I believe she teaches Women's Studies, so probably irrelevant anyway.

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> I'm aware of general things about grad school. My partner already has a Masters and is applying for Ph.D programs. But she wants to go to a traditional Literature or Composition, and can easily find websites that have the Top X Programs for Renaissance Literature or whatever. I've only been able to find video game-based programs haphazardly. For example, the Comparative Media Studies program at MIT is one that I've had my eye on: http://cms.mit.edu/academics/graduate_program.php

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> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Michelle Hinn <hinn at uiuc.edu> w

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> have the Top X Programs for Renaissance Literature or whatever. I've only

> been able to find video game-based programs haphazardly. For example, the

> Comparative Media

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