Description

UNCW offers two certificates and a minor that have a gaming focus. At the undergraduate level we have the Esports Performance and Management Certificate and a Game Engineering Minor. At the graduate level we offer the Esports Performance, Management, & Leadership, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate. See descriptions for both esports certificate below. More about all of these programs can be found in the UNCW academic catalogue.

Undergraduate Program

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Esports Performance & Management Certificate (Fully Online)

15 credits
All undergrad students can enroll. There is no order of courses.

Required courses:

• MIT 470 - Introduction to Gaming and Esports
• MIT 472 - Streaming audio and video for Esports and Gaming
• MIT 473 - Esports Media and Content (*MIT 473 counts as a University Studies Information Literacy Course)

Then choose 2 courses (6 credits) from the following:

Esports:

• MIT 498 - Gaming and Esports Performance and Practice Internship
• MIT 476 - Esports and Gaming Capstone
• MIT 150- Game Theory (This course is part of our Game Engineering minor)

Marketing:

• MKT 340 - Principles of Marketing
• MKT 342 - Social Media Marketing
• MKT 345 - Sports Marketing

Communication:

• COM 280 - Introduction to Digital Media Production
• COM 380 - Field Video Production 1
• COM 382 - Studio Video Production 1
• COM 355 - Communication Analysis
• COM 465 - Media and Popular Culture

Film Studies:

• FST 200 - Introduction to Film Study
• FST 201 - Introduction to Film Production
• FST 301 - Film Tools and Techniques
• FST 302 - Intermediate Film Production
• FST 394 - Sound Design

Business Management:

• EBD 280 - Entrepreneurship for Non-Business Majors
• EBD 281 - Creativity and Innovation
• EBD 301 - Managing Money in an Entrepreneurial Venture
• EBD 302 - Growing and Managing the Business
• MGT 350 - Principles of Management

Tourism, Recreation, and Sport:

• REC 270 - Program Planning and Leadership
• REC 391 - Sport, Culture and Society
• REC 380 - Marketing for Recreation, Sport Leadership and Tourism
• REC 381 - Meetings, Expositions, Special Events and Conventions
• REC 393 - Campus Recreation and Sports Administration
• REC 394 - Recreational Sports and Fitness Facility Operations
• REC 396 - Leisure, Health, and Wellbeing
• REC 397 - Collegiate and Professional Sport Management

Graduate Program

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Esports Performance, Management, & Leadership, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate

15 credits

The following courses are required:

• MIT 570 - Esports and Gaming Fundamentals
• MIT 572 - Streaming for Esports & Gaming
• MIT 573 - Media Design & Development for Esports
• MIT 575 - Esports and Gaming Performance, Management Internship
• MIT 576 - Esports and Gaming Performance, Management, and Leadership Capstone