Back to the Past: Gaming and Design for Immersive Role Play

HUB XC 411

  • Creativity/Innovation
  • Research and Information Literacy
  • Teamwork/Collaboration
  • Writing-Intensive Course

In this game-based Cross-College Challenge (XCC) course, students will play and then design an immersive role-playing game for the Reacting to the Past (RTTP) consortium, our community partner. RTTP uses active, experiential learning to help students engage with important social, political, historical, and cultural debates. Student teams will research, create, playtest, and pitch their own micro-games based on controversies broadly related to topics such as social justice, science and technology, law, and/or focused in the Northeast. Effective Spring 2025, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Creativity/Innovation, Research and Information Literacy, Teamwork/Collaboration, Writing-Intensive Course.

FALL 2025 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Lamontagne CGS 123 TR 11:00 am-12:15 pm Prerequisites: CASEN120 or CASWR120,or KHCST111 or CGSRH101 or equivalent course which fulfills First-year Writing Hub Requirement.

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