A survey of final project courses in game programs: Considerations for teaching capstone

Proceedings of DiGRA 2011 Conference: Think Design Play

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zagal, Jose P ^a   Sharp, John ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capstone course; Curriculum design; Final project course; Game education

Indexed keywords

CAPSTONE COURSE; CAPSTONE PROJECTS; CURRICULUM DESIGNS; GAME DESIGN; PROJECT COURSE;

DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS; TEACHING;

CURRICULA;

EID: 84873380870     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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