UK university offers Masters degree in Facebook, Twitter

Updated on: 30 March,2009 09:44 AM IST |
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The 1-year course comes at a steep price of Rs 3 lakh

The 1-year course comes at a steep price of Rs 3 lakh

They take it so seriously that they are now offering a Masters degree covering sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Bebo.

Students will learn how to set up blogs and podcasts online and also how to use the sites in communications and marketing during the one-year Masters degree in Social Media.

The u00a34,400 (Rs 3 lakh) one-year MA in Social Media will start next year at Birmingham City University. It has been advertised through a video on the university's website.

Its convenor, Jon Hickman, said he had received a good response from potential students. He said, "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."

However, one Birmingham-based student, 20-year-old Jamie Waterman, said, "It's of no interest to me whatsoever. Virtually all of the content of this course is so basic it can be self-taught. It's a complete waste of university resources."

School kids will be taught to Twitter

In a shake-up of primary school lessons in Britain, students will be taught Twitter instead of history .

Teachers will be able to ditch lessons about Queen Victoria and the World War II. But pupils must learn how
to Twitter posting instant online updates about their lives.

How to blog and podcast will also be taught.
Under proposed changes the 13 traditional subjects will be replaced with six.

This would give heads more freedom to decide what to teach.

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