ESports and Sports Media BA (Hons)

Our BA (Hons) Esports & Sports Media course offers hands on broadcast production and journalism experience with a key focus on the rapidly-growing esports industry. You will study esports team structures, branding and coaching alongside sports journalism, live event broadcasting and client directed production. We also consider the ethical challenges within esports and gaming, how the esports unique ecosystem operates, the impact of our consumption of sports, and the psychological and physiological research currently used in both industries.<br/><br/>You will be taught by experienced industry personnel from both esports and sports industries with a range of special guest speakers covering team managers, commentators/casters and journalists. We are also proudly sponsored by HyperX and DXRacer and more. Examine the nature of contemporary media, how it operates, how it differs from traditional journalism, and understand the way sports narratives are organised and structured, as well as learn the key principles of camera and microphone operation