Stanford University offering course in Facebook application design this fall

CS 377W
“Create Engaging Web Applications Using Metrics and Learning on Facebook”
3-5 units
Tues & Thurs: 2:15 – 5:05

Although the Facebook Platform only launched three and a half months ago, Facebook marketing guru Dave McClure and BJ Fogg, Director of Stanford’s Persuasive Technology Lab, have teamed up to lead an experimental new course in Facebook application design.

The course will actually not focus on the technical aspects of Platform development, but rather it will bear the thumbprints of McClure’s passion for startup metrics and Fogg’s focus on designing persuasive and engaging user experiences.

Fogg and McClure hope to attract students from various departments (including the business school), and students will work on small teams to create three projects throughout the quarter.

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