Esports Certificate

Undergraduate Certificate in Esports

The College of Liberal Arts is pleased to announce its interdisciplinary undergraduate certificate in Esports. An Esports certificate brings together the fields of graphic design, gaming, communication, and cultural production to provide a comprehensive understanding of Esports and the on-line gaming industry.

The certificate is comprised of courses that support the gaming industry including video games, communications, music industry technology, graphic design, and digital imaging. The undergraduate certificate in Esports will include 12 credit hours from the list of courses below or other relevant special topics courses with the approval of the advisor.

There is one required course: HIST 3303 (History of Video Games). Students can count toward the certificate no more than two courses from a single department, though more than two courses in a department may count toward a major or minor.

REQUIRED COURSE: HIST 3303 History of Video Games

ELECTIVES (Select three from the following):

ART & ART HISTORY

  • ART 4330 2D Game Creation
  • ART 4364 Mobile App Design
  • ART 4392 Special Studies (when the topic is relevant)

MODERN LANGUAGES

  • MODL 3310 Localization & Translation I
  • MODL 3311 Localization & Translation II

COMMUNICATION

  • COMM 3300 Communication Technology
  • COMM 3303 Communication Graphics
  • COMM 4393 Communication Topics (when the topic is relevant)
  • COMM 3346/DS 3346 Disability in Mass Media

MUSIC

  • MUSI 3320 Music and Technology in Game Audio
  • MUSI 3394 Digital Music Technology

DISABILITY STUDIES

  • DS 3346/COMM 3346 Disability in Mass Media
  • DS 3355/THEA 3355 Universal Design & Accessibility in the Performing Arts

PHILOSOPHY AND HUMANITIES

  • PHIL 3340 Topics in Applied Ethics (when the topic is relevant)

ENGLISH

  • ENGL 4374 Game Studies
  • ENGL 4375 Topics in Digital Studies (when the topic is relevant)

SOCIOLOGY

  • SOCI 1310 Introduction to Popular Culture
  • SOCI 3341 Sociology of Sport
  • SOCI 3380 Science and Technology in Society

HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY

  • HIST 3301 Technology, Culture, & Society
  • HIST 4327/DS 3327 Cyborgs and Prosthetics

THEATRE ARTS AND DANCE

  • THEA 3355/DS 3355 Universal Design & Accessibility in the Performing Arts

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS-ECONOMICS

  • ECON 4331 Seminar in Economics (when the topic is relevant)

Questions?

Contact Sarah Lock for inquiries.

sarah.lock@uta.edu