University to offer a master’s degree in Facebook
March 31, 2009
Birmingham City University has announced through an advertisement on the university website it will be offering a one-year master’s degree teaching students about social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Bebo.
The admission course fees are set at £4,400 to get your MA in Social Media which will also explain how to set up blogs and publish podcasts.
The course, which will be offered from next year, will consider social networking sites as communications and marketing tools.
Jon Hickman, the course leader, said he had received a good response from potential students and he defended the decision to offer the course:
What Else:“It’s not for freaks or IT geeks, the tools learnt on this course will be accessible to many people.
“During the course we will consider what people can do on Facebook and Twitter, and how they can be used for communication and marketing purposes.
“There has been significant interest in the course already, and it will definitely appeal to students looking to go into professions including journalism and PR.”