UNCW Esports Classes
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. More about all of these programs can be found in the UNCW academic catalogue.
Undergraduate Programs
Esports Performance & Management Certificate (Fully Online)
15 credits - All undergraduate 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
Choose 2 courses (6 credits) from:
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 Programs
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