eSports and the Digital Gaming Ecosystem

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This course examines the eSports and digital gaming industries through a variety of perspectives including game development, competitive gaming, content creation, design, broadcasting, networking, digital citizenship and entrepreneurship. Students will participate in hands on activities within a laboratory environment, and participate in individual and team-based scholarship focused on the digital gaming and simulation. In addition, professionalism, ethical implications, and intersectional issues within the digital gaming ecosystem will also be discussed.