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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Media and Entertainment, Esports and Gaming Content Creation Concentration, B.S.


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College of Media and Entertainment 
615-898-2695
Richard Lewis, program coordinator
Richard.Lewis@mtsu.edu
 

Utilizing the college core and a set of campus wide interdisciplinary courses that provide the broad range of skills needed in the esports industry, the Esports and Gaming Content Creation concentration teaches students about the aesthetics, ethics, marketing, and technology needed to create gaming related content and streams. Students choose from a list of minors that will provide an opportunity to develop specific skills within an area of professional interest.

NOTE: Majors must complete all major course requirements with a grade of C (2.00) or better.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Media and Entertainment, Esports and Gaming Content Creation Concentration, B.S., Academic Map  

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirements 48 hours*
*Minor (see options below) 15-18 hours
Electives 13-22 hours
TOTAL 120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

True Blue Core


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:

Major Requirements (48 hours)


Esports and Gaming Content Creation Concentration Requirements (12 hours)


*Minor (15-18 hours)


Minor must be selected from one of the following options: Advertising Minor , Interactive Media Minor , Journalism Minor , Live Video Production Minor , Public Relations Minor , Sports Media Minor , or Video Post-Production Minor .

Electives (13-22 hours)


Curriculum: Media and Entertainment, Esports and Gaming Content Creation


Freshman Fall


Subtotal: 15 hours


Freshman Spring


  • Information Literacy 3 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
  • History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
  • Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
  • Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 hours


Sophomore Fall


Subtotal: 15 hours


Sophomore Spring


Subtotal: 16 hours


Junior Fall


Subtotal: 15 hours


Junior Spring


Subtotal: 15 hours


Senior Fall


Subtotal: 15 hours


Senior Spring


Subtotal: 13 hours


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