Program Overview

Social Media and Society

Overview

In a few short years, social media has profoundly changed the global communication landscape. With the advent of social media tools such Facebook, YouTube, Wikipedia, and Twitter, more and more people are connecting and collaborating online, and creating and distributing content in ways we have never seen before. This course will provide a summary of the major developments in social media and will examine how social media is changing media, business, government, the economy, development, and education in fundamental ways. Students will be introduced to a variety of social media environments and will gain hands-on experience with many of the leading social media applications. This course requires active participation of students and a willingness to immerse in social media practices.

Admission Requirements

You may enroll in a Continuing Education course at Canadore College if you are 19 years of age or older or if you have earned an Ontario Secondary School Diploma/Ontario Secondary School Graduation Diploma or equivalent.

Registration

We recommend that you use a computer to complete the online registration process as you may encounter an error if using a device such as a phone or tablet.

What You Need

Most college level courses require textbooks; textbooks are not included in the course fees. It is the student’s responsibility to purchase any required textbooks.

Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes represent culminating demonstrations of learning and achievement. In addition, learning outcomes are interrelated and cannot be viewed in isolation of one another. As such, they should be viewed as a comprehensive whole. They describe performances that demonstrate that significant integrated learning by graduates of the program has been achieved.

Program Information

• Overview
• Admission Requirements
• Registration
• What You Need
• Learning Outcomes
• Experiential Learning

Course Details

• Code: BUS236
• Type: Part-Time
• Intake:
• Campus: Online
• Duration: 14 weeks

Additional Information

• This course requires active participation of students and a willingness to immerse in social media practices.
• Students will be introduced to a variety of social media environments and will gain hands-on experience with many of the leading social media applications.