| Course Descritption: | This is an introduction to computer game design with an overview of game theory. |
| Prerequisites: | Permission of Program Director |
| Textbook and Resources: | SAMS Teach Yourself Game Programming; Game Theory, Raoger McCain |
| Office Location: | CL 3033 |
| Office Phone: | 770.499.3402 |
| Fax Number: | 770.423.6731 |
| Email: | khoganso@kennesaw.edu |
| Website: | http://science.kennesaw.edu/~khoganso/ |
| Learning Outcomes: |
As a result of completing this course, students will be able to build introductory games for the PC and understand basic game theory |
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Diversity Statement: |
| Withdrawal Policy: The last day to withdraw without academic penalty is #########. Ceasing to attend class or oral notice thereof DOES NOT constitute official withdrawal from the course. Students who simply stop attending classes without officially withdrawing usually are assigned failing grades. Students wishing to withdraw after the scheduled change period (add/drop) must obtain and complete a withdrawal form from the Academic Services Department in the Registrar's Office. |
| Email Policy: The appropriate email account to use is your Kennesaw email account (netid@students.kennesaw.edu) and mail messages sent through your specific WebCT course (http://courses.kennesaw.edu). Emails sent from other email domains may not reach the instructor's mailbox. In order to ensure receipt/responses to your email be sure that you communicate with the instructor via your Kennesaw email account or via WebCT |
| Enrollment Policy: Only those students who are enrolled in the class may attend lectures, receive assignments, take quizzes and exams, and receive a grade in the class. If a student is administratively withdrawn from this course, they will not be permitted to attend class nor will they receive any grade for the class. |
| Electronic Devices In order to minimize the level of distraction, all beepers and cellular phones must be on quiet mode during class meeting times. Students may use their MSACS provided laptop for note taking. Recording of lectures by any method requires prior approval of the instructor. Students using a laptop in class should not check their email, browse the web, or in other way detract from the focus of the class. |
| Classroom Behavior Students are reminded to conduct themselves in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct, as published in the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs. Every KSU student is responsible for upholding the provision. For more details, visit http://ww.kennesaw.edu/academicaffairs/acadpubs/ucat2003-04/x.genpolicies%20.pdf . Students who are in violation of this policy will be asked to leave the classroom and may be subject to disciplinary action by the University. |
Student Email and Web Account Access:
| KSU uses a central authentication server that will allow one username and password to be used by all KSU users to access an increasing variety of applications (email, WebCT etc.) This unified network identification is referred to as your "NetID". The source for university-provided email and web space for students is located at http://students.kennesaw.edu . Students have access to this system once they have established their NetID. This system will provide email service through a web based interface, FTP and SFTP. |
| How to Activate your NetID: To activate your NetID go to http://netid.kennesaw.edu and click on the "Sign up Now!" link. You will be asked to provide information to verify your identity and set your password. This password will only be for NetID enabled applications. |
| How to Look Up a NetID: After you have activated your NetID, you can look up other users by logging into http://netid.kennesaw.edu/ and clicking on Directory Search. |
| How to Send Email: For student email, your NetID in combination with the new email address would look like netid@students.kennesaw.edu . |
| Web Address: For student web address, your NETID in combination with the new server address would look like http://students.kennesaw.edu/~netid. If you have problems please call the Service Desk at ext. 6999 or
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| Computing in the Information Age Scholarship
(CIAS) Funded by the National Science Foundation, the Computing in the Information Age Scholarship (http://cias.kennesaw.edu) provides selected CSIS majors with $1,500 per semester. The purpose of the scholarship is to increase retention in the computing sciences by providing aid to high-achieving students with financial need, and involving them in scholarly activities with CSIS faculty. |
Tentative Lecture Schedule for 1 Hour Course: Subject to change
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Week |
Date |
Topic |
Chapters |
1 |
August 26 |
Class Overview; Conflict, Stragey & Games | Chapter 1 |
2 |
September 2 |
Game Representation | Chapter 2 |
3 |
September 9 |
Dominant Strategies & Social Dilemmas | Chapter 3 |
4 |
September 16 |
Nash Equilibrium | Chapter 4 |
5 |
September 23 |
Classical Cases in Game Theory | Chapter 5 |
6 |
September 30 |
Three Person Games | Chapter 6 |
7 |
October 7 |
Probability and Game Theory | Chapter 7 |
8 |
October 14 |
Midterm Exam | Chapters 1-7 |
9 |
October 21 |
Duopoly Strategies and Prices | Chapter 10 |
10 |
October 28 |
N-Person Games | Chapter 11 |
11 |
November 4 |
Cooperative Games | Chapter 12 |
12 |
November 11 |
Economics and Game Theory | Chapter 13 |
13 |
November 18 |
Voting Games | Chapter 19 |
14 |
November 25 |
Fall Break | |
15 |
November 25 |
Games and Experiments | Chapter 20 |
16 |
December 4 |
Review for Final Exam | |
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| Holidays/No Class: | Nov. 24 - 28: Fall Break - NO CLASSES | ||
| Last day to withdraw without penalty: | October 18 | ||
| Last day of class: | For our class is December 4 | ||
| Final Exam: | December 10-16: | ||
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Hours Enrolled |
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| Assessment: | 3 Credit Hours | 1 Credit Hour |
| Programs | 30% | 0% |
| MidTerm | 35% | 50% |
| Final Exam | 35% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | |
| Grade Evaluation: | ||
| 90 - 100 | A | |
| 75 - 89 | B | |
| 60-74 | C | |
| 59 - 0 | F | |
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| Please be aware of and follow all computer lab user policies |
| Burruss Building The labs on the fourth floor of the Burruss Building are open 7 days each week. See the schedule below. The Burruss labs are open most holidays however they are closed during most semester breaks. Be prepared to show your current student ID card upon entering the lab. The telephone number of the Burruss Building lab is 770-423-6110. LAB HOURS: SUMMER HOURS: |
| Science and Mathematics Building The lab in SC 228 of the Science and Mathematics Building is open as listed below. The telephone number of the Science and Mathematics Building lab is 770-499-3351. Monday - Thursday 9:00 am - 8:00 pm Friday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Saturday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Sunday Closed |
| Effective Fall Semester, 2001 (9/13), the OwlPrint system (student
network printing/copying solution) will be in place in the KSU library as
well as all the open labs and lab/electronic classroom combinations across
campus. Students must have an OwlPrint card to use printing/copying services. While in a classroom situation, faculty/staff will use their department OwlPrint cards to give student access to the printer/copier. Students will not be required to use their own personal OwlPrint card for any printing while in a classroom setting. |
| A standard questionnaire (described below) will be administered during the last two weeks of the semester in all classes. Additional questions developed by the college or instructor(s) may be included as well. It is important that each student provide meaningful feedback to the instructor(s) so that changes can be made in the course to continually improve its effectiveness. We value student feedback about the course, our teaching styles, and course materials, so as to improve our teaching and your learning. At a minimum, the following two questions will be asked: 1) Identify the aspects of the course that most contributed to your learning (include examples of specific materials, exercises and/or the faculty member's approach to teaching and mentoring), and 2) Identify the aspects of the course, if any, that might be improved (include examples of specific materials, exercises and/or the faculty member's approach to teaching and mentoring). |
| The final grades for this course will be posted to the student's permanent record using the KSU Banner system. Students may acquire their final grades by accessing their Banner account online. Grades are no longer mailed to students. Students needing verification of grades or enrollment should request either an official transcript or an enrollment verification through the Office of the Registrar. |
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All MSIS students are required to have a copy of the American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Manual, available in the KSU bookstore and elsewhere. When any portion of another author's work is used, whether it be from a
course textbook or outside work, including the World Wide Web, in whole,
in part, or paraphrased, that work must be cited. Proper citation formats
are provided on the reverse of this document. Failure to do so can result
in Academic Misconduct Proceedings. There are two components to a proper citation: the text citation and
the reference or endnote. The text citation will usually consist of the
author's or authors' last name(s) and the year of the publication. The
endnote citation will read as follows: |
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Books
A reference for a single-author book:
A reference for a multi-author book:
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Journals
Journal Reference:
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Conference Proceeding
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World Wide Web (from http://www.apa.org/books/pubmant.html): Minimum requirements for documenting a reference from the web should include: a document title or description, a date (either the date of publication, update, or retrieval date), a complete URL. If possible, identify the author(s) of the document. Entire site no specific page.
No reference entry is needed. |
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Citing Specific Documents on a Web Site:
If the primary author is not available for the body citation, the first key word is to be used:
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| Every KSU student is responsible for upholding the provisions of the
Student Code of Conduct, as published in the Undergraduate and Graduate
Catalogs. Section II of the Student Code of Conduct addresses the
University's policy on academic honesty, including provisions regarding
plagiarism and cheating, unauthorized access to University materials,
misrepresentation/falsification of University records or academic work,
malicious removal, retention, or destruction of library materials,
malicious/intentional misuse of computer facilities and/or services, and
misuse of student identification cards. Incidents of alleged academic
misconduct will be handled through the established procedures of the
University Judiciary Program, which includes either an "informal"
resolution by a faculty member, resulting in a grade adjustment, or a
formal hearing procedure, which may subject a student to the Code of
Conduct's minimum one semester suspension requirement.
Students are encouraged to study together and to work together on class assignments and lab exercises; however, the provisions of the STUDENT CONDUCT REGULATIONS, II. Academic Honesty, KSC Undergraduate Catalog will be strictly enforced in this class. Frequently students will be provided with "take-home" exams or exercises. It is the student's responsibility to ensure they fully understand to what extent they may collaborate or discuss content with other students. No exam work may be performed with the assistance of others or outside material unless specifically instructed as permissible. If an exam or assignment is designated "no outside assistance" this includes, but is not limited to, peers, books, publications, the Internet and the WWW. If a student is instructed to provide citations for sources, proper use of citation support is expected. Additional information can be found at the following locations. http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html |
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