Your Esports major requires specific courses during your four years at Syracuse University to ensure a well-rounded education. This is a summary of your complete degree requirements. Be sure to consult your adviser in the Newhouse Academic Advising Office with any questions.

 

Overview

Total: 126 Credits for Esports –  Newhouse/Falk Students

• A minimum of 126 credits is required for graduation.
• A minimum of 63 credits MUST be from courses taught by the College of Arts and Sciences.
• 36 credits of Esports Major Core requirements
• 21 credits of Esports Track coursework (Business and Management Track/ Communications Track/ Media and Design Track)
  *Students must declare their track no later than Spring semester of Sophomore Year*
• 6 credits of Open Elective (PED courses cannot count towards this requirement)

 

 

 

 

Esports – Liberal Arts Core

Most of your Esports Core requirements will count towards the 63 credits of Arts & Science needed to graduate.

*Note that NOT ALL CORE REQUIREMENTS ARE A&S CREDIT. Please refer to the University Course Catalog*

Esports – Skills Requirements:
19 credits (6 courses)

• FYS 101 – First Year Seminar
• Basic Writing (one course)
• Foreign Languages (two courses)
• MAT 121 or MAT 221 – Business & Management Track must take MAT 221
• CRS 325 – Presentational Speaking

Esports – Divisional Requirements:
48 credits (~13 courses) 

Mathematics and Natural Sciences
7 credits (2 courses)

1. NSD 225 – Nutrition in Health (ALL TRACKS)
2. Natural Science with Lab  (Esports Communications Track and Media & Design Track)
   OR 
   MAT 284 – Business Calculus (Business & Management Track)

 

Social Sciences
9 credits (3 courses)

1. ECN 101 – Introductory Microeconomics
2. ECN 102 – Introductory Macroeconomics
3. MAX 132 – Global Community

Humanities
6 credits (2 courses)

1. ENG 156 – Interpretation of Games 
2. Choose ONE of the following:
   ENG 319 – Topics in Game Studies
   ENG 329 – Theorizing Games and Game Design
   ENG 339 – Identity and Representation in Games
   ENG 379 – Games and Esports in Culture

Plus 22 credits of Liberal Arts Electives
(~7 courses)
Below is a list of recommended electives. Students may choose to take courses from various Arts and Sciences departments, or tailor their electives and complete an Arts & Sciences based minor.

• HUM 141 – Computing Culture: Technology and the Humanities
• PHI 378 – Minds and Machines
• PSY 205 – Foundations of Human Behavior
• SOC 367 – Sociology of Sports

 

Esports Major Requirements 

36 credits

• All Esports majors begin with
  COM 117: Multimedia Storytelling and
  SPM 205: Principles and Contemporary Issues in Sport Management, which will be completed by the end of the first semester.
• All students are required to pass a Grammar Competency Test which they will take at the beginning of the fall term.

 

 

 

 

 

Esports – Major Track

21 Credits

Your track will consist of 21 credits of coursework relating to your chosen track. Students must declare their track no later than spring semester of sophomore year.

Track Options

1. Business and Management Track
2. Communications Track
3. Media and Design Track

 

 

 

Esports – Open Electives

6 Credits

Students choose six credits of coursework from any school or college that they have the requisites for and that has the capacity. PED courses may not be used to fulfill the open elective requirements. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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