Esports (Top Up) BA (Hons)
University of East London
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Docklands Campus

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Full Time

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SEP-26

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1 Year

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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The BA (Hons) Esports focuses on the business of esports. Youll learn everything required to host small- and large-scale events including developing skills for single player and multi-player team events. Youll have the opportunity to create business plans to build teams and create online communities and promote events through digital marketing. Youll also explore the culture of esports, its audience and fan base as well as a variety of the most popular current game genres.  As the sector grows, ...Read more

The BA (Hons) Esports focuses on the business of esports. You'll learn everything required to host small- and large-scale events including developing skills for single player and multi-player team events. You'll have the opportunity to create business plans to build teams and create online communities and promote events through digital marketing. You'll also explore the culture of esports, its audience and fan base as well as a variety of the most popular current game genres.  As the sector grows, the ethical and legislative regulations are trying to keep pace and you’ll learn how these issues are affecting the esports environment. You will benefit from a mixture of theoretical input but also the links between theory and practice to ensure the relevance of your studies to employability. This means you'll develop solid business principles alongside contemporary sector knowledge, and plenty of hands-on experience working in areas related to your field of study.Specifically for esports there are careers in esports marketing, event management and production – esports, esports content creation and esports analysis. Entertainment in stadia, arena and theatre venues require similar supervisory, operational and junior management roles. UEL is connected to a number of trade and professional associations whose membership comprises employers and operatives from across the events and esports industries.

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9/279
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126th

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£15,560 per year

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University of East London
University of East London , London

The University of East London (UEL) is based in a particularly vibrant and diverse part of London, boasting two modern campuses located...

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University of East London
University Way London Greater London E16 2RD United Kingdom
Nearest tube station: Cyprus  0.1 miles away Nearest train station: North Woolwich  0.3 miles away
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