Cultivating Transformational Communities
Course, Master's level, 5SD320
Spring 2024 Spring 2024, Flexible, 50%, Distance learning, English
- Location
- Flexible
- Pace of study
- 50%
- Teaching form
- Distance learning
- Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
- 0
- Number of optional on-campus meetings
- 0
- Instructional time
- Mixed
- Study period
- 25 March 2024–2 June 2024
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
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A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university, and Introduction to Transformative Game Design, 7.5 credits, and Transformative Game Design 1, 7.5 credits. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
- Selection
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Higher education credits (maximum 285 credits)
- Fees
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If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 15,000
- Total tuition fee: SEK 15,000
- Application deadline
- 16 October 2023
- Application code
- UU-04831
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 4 March 2024–25 March 2024
- Information on registration from the department
About the course
Do you want to use analogue role-playing games in your career in the helping profession? At the Department of Game Design, you can study the power of transformative play as a vehicle for personal and social growth. Building on the work done in the previous courses Introduction to Transformative Game Design, Transformative Game Design 1 and Transformative Game Design 2, this course will examine best practices from leisure, therapeutic, and educational playful communities with an emphasis on establishing and maintaining safety. It's the fourth of four (4) courses which together make you eligible for the Certificate in Transformative Game Design.
The course is online and run at half-time (50%) at the Master's level. Half-time means that students should expect to set aside twenty (20) hours per week for work, including: extensive reading and watching videos; engagement in written asynchronous discussion forums and peer reviews; writing journals, professional documents, and academic papers; and meeting synchronously over video conferencing with their playtest groups a minimum of three (3) times per course.
Note: Admission to this course will not grant you a visa in Sweden.
Outline for distance course: The course is net-based and has no mandatory physical meetings. To follow the course, you will need a computer with an internet connection.