Ever wish you could get a degree in your knowledge of the ins and outs of Facebook? It looks like Birmingham City University has answered your prayers. The British school announced that it will be offering a degree in "social media" next year, which will be a year-long course that covers everything from social networks, to blogging, to podcasts. Now your Tweets and Facebook updates will be in the name of research.

"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," the course's professor, Jon Hickman told The Telegraph. "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."

The course, which will start next year, was advertised through a makeshift video on the university's website. In response to those who don't see social media as an area of study, Hickman described how the course had to conform to academic standards before it was approved by education committees as a worthy course to undertake. "Social media is very important for jobs within the marketing and communications sector, as a skill set within other jobs, and as an industry within itself."