Doesn't seem THAT out there as a course. It's a masters so presumably to get on it a degree in some form of literacy is required and then the masters is just taking that broad degree and specializing in comics. Could even be quite useful if you want to get into comic editing/writing/etc...
Brilliant, I could get that already, ive been revising all my childhood.
Its not surprising that you can do degrees in anything really given that the student is paying for it. So long as there is a customer there will be a supplier. Doesnt mean it will be worth anything in the end though.
And a PhD in comic studies will also be available to those who have completed the MLitt course.Dr Murray added: "Employability is an important consideration for any postgraduate programme, and it lies at the heart of what we aim to do with this course.
"There will be practical advice on publishing and developing a career as a comics scholar, writer or artist, and we hope to arrange work placements for students."
Much worse options out there IMHO and it is a post grad programme
I studied bandes dessinées as a part of my degree. All part of studying a wide spectrum of media and culture, I felt. Interesting stuff.
Why not have a post grad on that, seems as valid a topic as any literary pursuit these days.
These, however....
[url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article6829650.ece ]Hairdressing-salon management — University of Derby
Fashion-and-lifestyle products — Southampton Solent University
Watersports science and development — University of Portsmouth
Sports-surfaces management — Glyndwr University
Contemporary circus and physical performance — Bath Spa University
Equestrian psychology — Glyndwr University
Cruise management — University of Plymouth
Surf science and technology — University of Plymouth
Pop-music performance — University of East London
Sexual-health studies — University of Central Lancashire
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Note that the Dimstitute is there in second... 😉
In fairness those courses are just specialisms within other subjects.
Watersports Sci and Dev could be a masters on a mechanical or aeronautical engineering degree and involve lots of studying/designing hydrodynamic testing etc on boats?
And don't forget, the nurse at your gum clinic will have had to do a course in how to identify scrot rot, so someone has to offer it.
Hairdressing management, so youve been a hairdresser for X years and want to open a sallon, you'll need to do accountancy and various other business courses, so why not do them all at once?
How many on here would do a bike shop management course before opening a shop? How often are there threads on here saying XYZ are crap. Those would be avoided if the owners went on said course? How much would someone on a hairdressing website mock that course?