Esports Coaching & Management (with Foundation Year)
Entry requirements
A level
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
UCAS Tariff
About this course
**INTRODUCTION**
Welcome to College of Esports BA (Hons) Esports Coaching & Management course which focuses on developing your Talent, Resilience and Identity in the context of the exciting and international world of esports through our unique TRI-Curriculum approach.
Your course examines esports from several perspectives, namely competitive coaching and development, sports psychology and player welfare.
**WHY ARE WE DIFFERENT & UNIQUE?**
The College of Esports is a new boutique university-level institution for a modern world:
**A world first in higher education dedicated to the world of esports
Exclusive Higher Education accreditation with British Esports Association
An iconic campus set within Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Our TRI-Curriculum**
**WHY STUDY THIS COURSE?**
This exciting degree combines your enthusiasm for esports and gaming with coaching and management; allowing you to learn through the lens of your passion.
Your modules have been carefully selected to create an enjoyable and engaging journey as well as challenging for you as a student and combines best-practice coaching knowledge from traditional elite sport and business.
This blend will provide a strong foundation in all that is coaching and management within the context of esports and ensure that via your TRI-Curriculum, you will be able to apply your knowledge through work experience within the industry from an early stage.
Your modules such as Fundamentals of Esports Coaching and Foundation of Teaching and Learning allow you to put your skills into practice from year one.
Importantly, the ability to vocationally apply your knowledge into the esports industry from your first year will help to create a strong personal portfolio of evidence and track record of your work and achievements to support employability.
Thus, we will work together on your exit strategy from early in your degree programme.
As you progress into your second year, our new academic areas such as Player Psychology in Esports and Movement Science for Esports dovetail perfectly with the more traditional subjects such as Esports, Regulation & Risk and your Inclusion module.
They complement with Esports & Social Enterprises, plus your learnings from year one to be able to further stretch your options and opportunities to work and engage with the esports sector.
As your journey matures into your final year, our new subjects we have developed namely High Performance Esports Coaching and Player Management Welfare will pull together your knowledge in preparation for your exciting career.
**The aims of this course are:**
To prepare you for a career in the global esports business or further study.
To prepare you 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.
**Foundation Year - Level 3 / 30 Credit Units**
- Academic Skills and Personal Development
- Esports Contemporary Issues in Esports
- Employability Skills in Esports
- Leadership Through Esports
**Year 1 - Level 4 / 20 Credit Units**
Approaches to Personal and Professional Development
Foundations of Leadership and Management in and through esports
Motor Control, Motor Learning, Growth and Development
Fundamentals of Esports Coaching
Foundations of Teaching and Learning
International Esports Business Environment
**Year 2 - Level 5 / 20 Credit Units**
Enquiry Based Learning and Research Practice
Movement Science for esports
Player Psychology in Esports
Esports & Social Enterprises
Inclusion for Special Educational Needs and Disability
Esports Regulation, Rules and Risks
**Year 3 - Level 6 / 20 Credit Units**
Research Project
Managing Esports Online Communities
Professional Development Placement
Strategic Esports Development
Player Management & Welfare
High Performance Esports Coaching
Tuition fees
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Extra funding
We offer scholarships via our School & College Partner Programme for students studying at our partner institutions.
Please ask your current School/College for details.
Our School & College Partner Programme (SCPP) is aimed at schools and colleges that currently deliver (or will deliver) the Pearson BTEC in Esports; as well as schools and colleges with a passion for the esports sector. As we are the exclusively accredited university-level institution by the British Esports Association, we complement perfectly the progression from the accredited BTEC in Esports by Pearson. Thus, ensuring that your students progress from one accredited course to another in a seamless manner. This progression between these two accredited environments provides you with confidence as the current custodian of your students’ future. Schools and colleges that are part of this programme benefit of the following: Opportunity for your students to access the College of Esports tuition fee scholarships: we can work with you on specific criteria that is important to your school or college Co-branded information (and use of CoEs logo) for your institutional-community to demonstrate progression for your students and College of Esports at your own recruitment events Access to the unique Leadership in Esports Qualification (worth 16 UCAS points) that can be delivered to your students whilst studying with you at Level 3 The ability to hold events within our campus and gaming arena facilities Guaranteed interview for all your students wishing to attend the College of Esports Your school or college to attend student experience days Bespoke student visits to our campus Access to our guest speaker series
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