International Esports Business & Events Management

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to College of Esports BA (Hons) International Esports Business & Events Management course developing your talent, resilience and identity in the context of the exciting and international world of esports with our unique TRI-Curriculum approach. This course examines esports & events management from several perspectives namely professional gaming, environmental sustainability, event monetisation, event production, and international business.

WHY ARE WE DIFFERENT & UNIQUE?

The College of Esports is a boutique university-level institution for a modern world:

• A world-first in higher education dedicated to the world of esports and gaming.

• Exclusive university-level partner of the British Esports Federation.

• An iconic campus set within Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

• Our unique TRI-Curriculum approach.

WHY STUDY THIS COURSE?

This exciting degree combines your enthusiasm for esports and gaming with your chosen subject of events management; allowing you to learn through the lens of your passion.

Our iconic campus is located in the epicentre of world-class event venues in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, ensuring that you, your skills, and educational experience have a unique setting and platform. With esports events playing an ever-increasing contribution to the industry, you are in the best place to maximise your knowledge in such an exciting setting. Our campus will host esports events of many different sizes and types throughout the period of your studies, giving you the chance to gain hands-on experience, and will provide a strong foundation in all that is events management within the context of esports.

Modules such as ‘SEO & Digital Marketing’ and ‘Marketing & PR for Events’ are in vital in broadening your understanding and can be put into practice in year one with our external partners and your own business ideas.

Our ‘Technology for Esports Events’ module will allow you to understand the technical and practical requirements to manage differing event types for a successful delivery.

In your second year, our academic modules, such as ‘Esports Events Monetisation’, will provide you with skills to maximise financial impact, with ‘Managing Customer Experience’ to provide balance for employers.

To ensure your events are ethical and environmentally appropriate, the ‘Sustainable Events Management’ module will provide essential skills for your career and society as a whole.

THE AIMS OF THIS COURSE:

• To prepare you for a career in the global esports business or further study with the skills of enquiry, within an evidence-based practice-led, knowledge applied interdisciplinary curriculum and performative research framework.

• To prepare you with the competencies needed to adapt and thrive in life’s continuously changing environments, employment and an increasingly diverse global society.

• To prepare your moral and ethical compass through opportunities to reflect personally and professionally, make an active contribution as global citizens.

College of Esports degrees are awarded by Health Sciences University.

Year 1 - Level 4 / 20 Credit Units
Marketing & PR for Events
Foundations of Leadership and Management
Technology for Esports Events
SEO & Digital Marketing
Global Esports Management and Events Industry
International Esports Business Environment

Year 2 - Level 5 / 20 Credit Units
Enquiry Based Learning and Research Practice
Sustainable Events Management
Esports Events Monetisation
Esports and Social Enterprises
Managing Customer Experience
Esports Regulation, Rules and Risks

Year 3 - Level 6 / 20 Credit Units
Research Project
Managing Events & the Law
Professional Development Placement
Strategic Entrepreneurship
Strategic Events Management
Managing HR for Events

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS