Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Esports
Do you enjoy gaming? Do you love the idea of competitive gaming and the challenge of difficult games? Would you like an understanding of how the professional Esports industry works? Perhaps you’d like a career as a professional gamer or to study Esports at university?
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Course Information for Students
Who is this course for?
Do you enjoy gaming?
Do you love the idea of competitive gaming and the challenge of difficult games? Would you like an understanding of how the professional Esports industry works? Perhaps you’d like a career as a professional gamer or to study Esports at university?
Endorsed by The British Esports Association, the Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Esports will give you a solid foundation in understanding how the Esports industry works. The Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Esports is a career-focused course with industry endorsement that will enable you to develop your underpinning knowledge, technical and transferable skills and to gain experience in a variety of different sections of the Esports industry.
Studying for the Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Esports will allow you access to employment in a wider range of Esports areas. This qualification also offers you the opportunity to progress to further study and higher education.
Equivalent to one A-level, the Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Esports is designed to be studied alongside other A-levels or Level 3 qualifications as part of a two-year study programme. Complementary qualifications to support career progression are Level 3 Nationals in Information Technology, Creative Media, Sport and Business.
If you would like to develop a range of skills within the Esports and related industries, then this is the qualification for you.
Entry Requirements
Typically, you will have at least five GCSEs graded A*- C/9 – 4, including English Language and Maths. Alternatively you may have equivalent intermediate qualifications at Merit grade or above, along with GCSE grade 4/C in English Language and Maths.
Importantly, a university application will probably require five GCSEs graded C/4 or above, including both English Language and Maths GCSE at grade 4/C or above.
What will you learn?
The qualification is equivalent in size to one A-level.
You will study four mandatory units:
- Unit 1: Introduction to Esports
- Unit 2: Esports Skills, Strategies and Analysis
- Unit 3: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the Esports Industry
- Unit 4: Health, Wellbeing and Fitness for Esports Players
The mandatory content allows you to develop your technical skills across the different unit areas. Performance in all units is graded at Pass, Merit or Distinction. These unit grades are then converted into points and added together to determine the overall grade for the qualification.
Whilst you will attend guided learning directed by tutors, you will also be expected to carry out private independent study and research as well as to prepare and undertake assessments for each unit.
How will you learn?
This course will be delivered on-site.
What will you need to bring with you?
N/A
How will you be assessed?
There are no externally assessed units in this qualification.
All units are internally assessed via various methods:
- assignments
- practical projects
- presentations
- research activities
As assessments are internally assessed, they are subject to external standards verification processes.
Where next?
Further Study
You 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.
Careers
The primary focus of the Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Esports is to allow you to progress to employment across a range of roles.
Jobs that are available in these areas include:
• Esports player
• Team coach
• Social media influencer
• Data analyst.
Who do you contact for more information?
For more information contact Derby College on 0800 0280289 or enquiries@derby-college.ac.uk
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Course Information Last Updated On: October 12, 2021 2:42 pm
