BA Esports Business and Entertainment at West Virginia University

Programme overview

West Virginia University’s Esports Program integrates academic study, competitive gaming, and student engagement to prepare graduates for careers in the rapidly evolving esports and digital entertainment industries. The program’s flagship major, Esports Business and Entertainment, provides an interdisciplinary curriculum that examines the business, media, event production, and cultural dimensions of competitive gaming and interactive entertainment. The program connects academic learning with applied experiences in competitive esports, digital media production, and industry engagement.

Faculty: College of Applied Human Sciences | Study mode: full-time | Location: Morgantown, WV, United States

What you will study

Required coursework includes Exploration of Esports and Interactive Gaming, Event Management and Production in Competitive Gaming, Esports Business, Esports Governance, Esports Marketing, Sport and Performance Enhancement, Beyond the Odds: The Operations and Ethics of Sports Gambling. Programme/major requirements total 45 credit hours.

Career pathways

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Application information

Entry requirements

Programme-level admission/progression (WVU catalogue): First-time students who meet University requirements are directly admitted to the Esports Business and Entertainment major. Students admitted from other majors within WVU must be in good academic standing (2.0 GPA). Students transferring from another institution must be in good academic standing (2.0 GPA). On-Campus Major Code:5549 Online Major Code: 5555

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer (international undergraduate deadlines are published for all three terms). WVU has rolling admissions and admits students year-round.

First-time freshman application deadlines: Fall, August 1; Spring, December 1. Rolling admissions. Apply with the WVU application or the Common Application; the application fee is $20 for West Virginia residents, $65 for out-of-state students and $75 for international students. SAT/ACT scores are optional for an admissions decision, though a few majors and scholarships require them; no essays or recommendations are required.

Transfer application deadlines: Fall, August 1; Spring, December 1. The nonrefundable application fee is $65 for domestic and $75 for international students; applicants need at least 24 transferable credit hours and a minimum 2.0 GPA.

International undergraduate applicants apply by June 1 for Fall (all documents by July 1), October 1 for Spring (documents by November 1) and February 15 for Summer (documents by April 1); the nonrefundable application fee is $75.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.wvu.edu/undergraduate/

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