OntarioLearn Course Details Start at 09/09/2025
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Course Details
| Course Title |
The Video Game West |
| Conestoga Course Code |
OLRN2360 |
| Host College |
Sault College |
| OntarioLearn Course Code |
SA-OEL848 |
| Start Date |
09/09/2025 |
| End Date |
12/16/2025 |
| Course Fee |
$381.50 |
| Hours |
42 |
| Pre-requisites |
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| Course Description |
This online course will allow students to explore North American history & issues, technological developments, and contemporary societal connections via the Western video game genre. Following an introduction to the history of the North American West and the Western genre, students will be grounded in a basic understanding of video games and then will study select Western games & related aspects. Themes to be examined include westward expansion, the growth of technology, race relations, historical figures, and the video game in popular culture. Assignments will allow students to creatively explore the contemporary connections to such themes. |
| Midterm Exam Format |
No exam requirement |
| Final Exam Format |
No exam requirement |
| Final Exam Group |
09/09/2025 |
| Other Evaluation Details |
Major Reflective Assignment 25%, Participation 20%, Reflective Assignment Proposal 5%,Tests 50% |
| Minimum Passing Mark |
50 |
| Mandatory Chats |
No |
| Mandatory Group Work |
no |
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| Platform |
Blackboard |
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| Textbook Information |
No textbook required |
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