HIST339R
Special Topics in History; A World of Warcraft: Video Games and the Representation of History
Students will take a thematic approach to how history is both remembered and recreated through the medium of video games, such as Age of Empires, Total War, Assassin's Creed, and Civilization. In analyzing how these video games portray past wars and cultures, we will examine what really happened according to primary sources, as well as the benefits and pitfalls of recreating the past through popular media.
Sister Courses: HIST339A, HIST339B, HIST339C, HIST339D, HIST339E, HIST339F, HIST339I, HIST339J, HIST339K, HIST339L, HIST339N, HIST339O, HIST339P, HIST339Q, HIST339T, HIST339V, HIST339W, HIST339X, HIST339Y, HIST339Z
Spring 2025
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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.
Average GPA of 3.28 between 50 students*
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.