Board Games: History, Culture, Strategy
MUSE/Engl 96IQ, Fall 2009
Tu-Th 3:00-4:15, Clark 135

SJSU's brick logo turned into a pair of dice

Instructor: D. Mesher
Office: FO 220 -- Hours: Tu-Th 1:30-3:00 pm
Phone: 924-4440 -- Email: mesher@email.sjsu.edu
Peer Mentor: Bridget Ore
Email: orebridget@yahoo.com

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  • Assignments and Materials:
    1. Printable Game Boards
    2. First Journal Assignment: Letter to My Future Self, due 9/1
    3. First Essay, due 9/10
    4. Other Journal Assignments, due 9/24, 10/15, 11/12, 12/3
    5. Oral Presentation.
    6. Five-Year Planning Assignment due 9/29.
    7. Second Essay, due 10/6
    8. Snakes and Ladders SJSU Game, due 10/8.
    9. Final Essay, parts due 10/22, 11/5 and 11/19
    10. Hex-Board War Game, due 11/24
    11. Final Project: "The Game of SJSU," due 12/1


  • Figure out your own grade, by downloading the following Excel file (requires Microsoft Excel program or another spreadsheet):

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