[game_preservation] Game graduate school?

[Devin Monnens]

For preservation, Delaware is where it's at. Talk to Rachel Donahue. There
really aren't too many other places offering game preservation-related
degrees.

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Dan Pinchbeck <dan.pinchbeck at port.ac.uk>wrote:


> Absolutely. A good 'research culture' is important, but it all rests on the

> key supervisor. And ideally, talk to them at some length beforehand, as it's

> not just their specialism that will make a big impact, but their ability to

> support and push you forwards. There's a big difference between an expert

> and an expert with an ability to supervise...

>

> It depends on your subject area within games: Jose is right about

> Scandinavian programs. For a more practice-orientated approach, I usually

> recommend USC and Georgia Tech in the States, Abertay in the UK, Brunel (UK)

> are also really good.

>

> Cheers,

>

> Dan

>

>

> PS - of course, if it's about *preservation*, good luck and let us know if

> you find somewhere. In the US, ol' Henry is a good a place to start as

> any...

>

>

>

>

>

> On 5 Oct 2010, at 01:57, Jose P. Zagal wrote:

>

>

>>  Top for theory is Utrecht.

>>>

>>

>> ITU Copenhagen is also good... or for that matter, most places with game

>> programs in Scandinavia (including Finland). Just follow the names of people

>> you're interested in find out where they're at. :-)

>>

>>

>>

>> Jose

>>

>>

>>> 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

>>> <mailto: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 > > _______________________________________________ >

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>>>> charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable @Jose -

>>>> I have a B.A. in History from Antioch College.

>>>>

>>>> @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.

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> 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>

>>>> http://cms.mit.edu/academics/graduate_program.php

>>>>

>>>> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Michelle Hinn <

>>>> <mailto:hinn at uiuc.edu>hinn at uiuc.edu <mailto:hinn at uiuc.edu>> w

>>>> hat

>>>> 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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> Dr Dan Pinchbeck

> Reader in Computer Games

> University of Portsmouth, UK

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