Course summary

• Prepare for the degree with an extra foundation year at the start.
• Learn the skills needed to manage esport event experiences.
• Prepare for a career in a multifaceted, exciting field.
• Benefit from a unique blend of event management and media training.
• Study the essential aspects of journalism, sports reporting, commentary and media management needed for esports.

Esports is competitive video gaming where individuals or teams play against each other online and at spectator events. This innovative course blends the established subject areas of event management and journalism with an introduction to esports culture, content creation and business planning. Ultimately, you’ll host your own events — getting valuable experience for an exciting career.

 How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

A variety of learning and teaching methods are used to help you develop the knowledge, understanding and skills needed for an esports career.

The approaches vary between modules. They include formal lectures, seminars, problem-solving exercises, case studies, individual and group presentations and directed learning activities.

Throughout, you’ll be taught by subject experts from esports, media and event management.

You learn through

• active and experiential learning
• using critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, creativity and innovation
• collaboration and team working
• live projects — working with real clients to deliver consultancy-based projects, such as live esports events

In the foundation year, you'll study wider business topics, while specialising in your chosen subject area. You'll learn useful skills such as academic writing, work in diverse teams and learn to utilise a wide variety of data sources. In doing so, you'll fully prepare yourself for undergraduate study.

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

• esports social media and content creation
• esports league and tournament management/operations
• esports business development
• campaign marketing and sales
• esports journalism and editorial operations
• esports event management

Modules

Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances.

You will be able to complete a placement year as part of this course. See the modules table below for further information.