Category: Odd + Funny, Technology Author : Duncan Riley Posted: March 29, 2009
Tags : england, Facebook, WTF
Birmingham City University in the United Kingdom has launched a Masters in Social Networking.
The Masters Degree doesn’t come cheap at £4,400 (US$6,327) (well, maybe compared to the United States) but it allows you to be a Masters of Facebook, according to the Daily Mail.
The degree is being pitched at PR professionals. Course convener Jon Hickman: “It’s not for freaks or IT geeks. The tools learned on this course will be accessible to many people. It will definitely appeal to students looking to go into professions including journalism and PR.”
One student though wasn’t as enthusiastic, saying that “virtually all of the content of this course is so basic it can be self-taught….In fact most people know all this stuff already. I think it’s a complete waste of university resources.”
Mar 30, 2009
Master's degree in social bookmarking, am I hearing it right? If it's true then, you will see plenty of people with master's degree in coming years! LOL!
Mar 30, 2009
Problem is that these sites change so much. What works today is going to be out of date in a week.
Mar 30, 2009
Love the picture.
It's worth mentioning that when I was interviewed I made it very clear that this is not an MA in “Facebookology”.
We're a bit disappointed that the student quoted doesn't seem to have read the course description:
http://www.mediacourses.com/courses.asp?cat=2&c…
There is much more to this degree than self-taught facebook skills.