The BTEC Level 3 National Diploma in Esports has been developed to meet the demand for skills in esports.
The qualifications include a breadth of transferable skills that enable learners to experience different areas of esports to aid their progression to employment, either directly or via further study.
Esports offers a unique opportunity to study a sector that crosses over multiple subject areas such as sport, marketing, enterprise, IT and the creatives. It provides an opportunity for alignment of social, physical, mental and financial skills into one qualification to deepen and expand learning.
These are skills that are highly valued in the changing and fluid workplace. Learners must apply strategy, skill and teamwork to be successful.
The diploma is usually taken over 2 years, and provides the UCAS points equivalent of 2 single A-Level subjects (dependent on resulting grades).
This is a career focused qualification with industry endorsement that enables learners to learn underpinning knowledge, develop technical and transferable skills, and gain experience in a variety of different sections of the esports industry.
Learners taking this qualification will study 5 mandatory units:
The mandatory content allows learners to develop their technical skills across the different unit areas, supported by underpinning knowledge, and provides the opportunity for learners to relate these to the esports industry.
Learners will also be able to choose 4 optional units up to a total of 360 GLH. The optional units are intended to give breadth of choice for learners to gain depth in a range of units across the esports areas of employment, such as sport, media, IT and business enterprise, in addition to those learned in the mandatory units.
Jobs that are available in these areas include:
The qualification attracts UCAS Tariff points and is recognised by higher education providers as contributing to entry requirements for many related courses.
When taken in a 2 year, full time study programme, learners can progress to higher education degree programmes, such as a BA (Hons) in Events Management, a BA (Hons) in Media or a BA (Hons) in Esports, as well as accessing other higher education programmes.
Learners should check entry requirements for specific degree programmes with providers.
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