A university in the U.K. is offering a masters degree in social networking – and catching flak for doing so. “Students on the £4,000 (approx. $6,000 U.S.) one-year Social Media degree, offered by Birmingham City University, will explore how we communicate on the websites and how they can be used for marketing,” the Guardian newspaper reports.
Sounds like an easy A, but not even students are buying it.”A complete waste of university resources,” says a 20-year old at the college. “It’s of no interest to me whatsoever. Virtually all of the content of this course is so basic it can be self-taught.”
”A complete waste of university resources,” says a 20-year old at the college. “It’s of no interest to me whatsoever. Virtually all of the content of this course is so basic it can be self-taught.”
Sigh–but can he teach it to a forty something teacher?
Comment by Margo/Mom — April 2, 2009 @ 3:18 pm
At $6000 US per student, exactly how does this program waste the school’s resources? It sounds like a money maker to me. So what if twentysomethings weaned on the web aren’t the market. Sell it to fortysomethings like Margo/Mom. She doesn’t think it is such a bad idea. Personally, I think it is a great idea. I am an entrepreneur, not 20 y/o, and I would love to take that course. It would give me street creds. It would teach me what I would need to know to succeed on the web. I could get a masters in a year. Awesome. Where do I sign up?
Rocky
Comment by Rocky Dail — April 5, 2009 @ 12:35 am