You want to turn your hobby into a profession? With the new Digital Business Management | Focus Gaming & Esports degree program at the Digital Business University (DBU), it's easy.
Gaming and Esports are no longer the prejudiced nerd topics they once were. The gaming industry is rapidly growing and now accounts for a huge share of our current media world - and Esports has also become a real industry.
Events like the League of Legends World Championship captivates millions of viewers every year and fill entire sports arenas. This year, esports even made it to the Olympics, albeit with somewhat strange games.
So it's no wonder that there are more and more jobs to be filled in the field of gaming and Esports. So far, however, it's still hard to find universities offering degrees that are specifically designed for gaming and Esports.
For all those who are currently looking for the right degree program, we would like to introduce you to the Digital Business University (DBU) and its new degree program Digital Business Management | Focus Gaming & Esports.
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Introducing DBU
DBU is a state-recognized private university in Berlin. It offers numerous accredited bachelor's, master's, and MBA degree programs, the content and concept of which are geared to the needs of the digital age. To this end, the degree programs always combine a sound academic education with a practical professional orientation. This means that there is always a focus on the practical application of the knowledge acquired.
All degree programs take place online, with voluntary on-site attendance events - and they can be individually adapted to students' life circumstances. For example, you can complete your bachelor's degree full-time (i.e. 6 semesters) or part-time (i.e. 12 semesters); semesters off are of course also possible. Depending on your previous studies or work experience, you can also have achievements credited to your studies and thus shorten the study time.
Since it is a private university, you will of course have to pay tuition fees, which vary depending on the degree and study model you choose. But don't worry, there are numerous ways to finance your studies, such as BAföG, student loans or scholarships. The DBU also offers personal counseling in that regard.
That's How It Works: Digital Business Management | Focus Gaming & Esports Degree
Now you know what's up with DBU, but let's take a closer look at the degree in question: Digital Business Management | Focus Gaming & Esports.
This is a bachelor's degree program that usually consists of 28 modules and a bachelor's thesis in six semesters. 22 of the modules focus on Digital Business Management, four cover Gaming & Esports and two are elective modules that you can choose according to your own interests.
The main part of the program consists of digital business management modules such as mathematics and statistics, marketing, human resources management, accounting, data science and business analytics to name a few.
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The focus on Gaming and Esports then comes to fruition through the following four modules:
Introduction To Gaming & Esports Management
As the name suggests, you will get an overview of the actual subject area Gaming & Esports. The goal is to understand the basic business models of the ecosystem and to be able to develop your own strategies and concepts.
Trends And Transformation Processes In The Gaming & Esports Industry
Here, trends and challenges in the industry are examined using case studies as examples.
Practice Project: Gaming & Esports Industry
In this practical project, students create an analysis of the initial situation, develop methodical approaches to the solution and plan suitable implementation measures. The goal is the independent execution of a complex management task in the gaming & Esports industry.
Research Project: Gaming & Esports Industry
Here you will work in a group on a research project in the field of gaming & Esports. For this purpose, you have to conduct your own research and apply empirical methods.
In the 5th and 6th semester you have to take one elective module each, where you can choose from the following topics:
- Marketing, sponsoring, communication & community management in gaming & Esports
- HR transformation through Gaming & Esport
- Video game journalism
- Game testing
- Narrative game design - possible applications in classical business functions
Overall, you get a kind-of business studies degree with a focus on gaming & Esports. Here you can see the most important points of the Digital Business Management | Focus Gaming & Esports study program summarized again:
- Degree program: Digital Business Management | Focus Gaming & Esports (B.Sc.)
- Degree: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), state recognized and internationally valid
- Teaching language: German (prerequisite C1)
- Credit Points: 180 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System)
- Duration of study: 36 months full-time study (6 semesters), 72 months part-time study (12 semesters)
- Tuition fees: 520€ per month (full-time) or 290€ per month (part-time)
- Start: Winter semester, flexible start possible by arrangement
- Admission: (Fach-)Abitur or subject-linked university entrance qualification or university entrance qualification for vocationally qualified students
- Study concept: Innovative DBU learning concept - online study combined with optional classroom events at the campus in Berlin
- Exams: Online exams as well as course work and course-related certificates of achievement.
- Crediting: Crediting of achievements already rendered