High School: How Social Media Drives Political and Social Change

Empower your voice: Harness social media for positive political change.

 

In this online course, students will explore how social media can affect political change, specifically how social media can be used to affect positive change. Through lectures, discussion and real-life examples participants will learn how the internet and social media affects politics and how social media has been used to create social change. Additionally, students will create their own social media campaign to spotlight a political or social issue of their choosing.

What You Will Learn

Students in High School: How Social Media Drives Political and Social Change will:

• Explore how social media drives political and social change
• Learn about youth led political and social activism
• Explore how social media has changed politics

Return to the Sally Ride Science online professional website here. 

Note: Upon successful enrollment of a section, students will receive a confirmation email from our Student Services team. This email will include a link to an authorization form that is required to be completed within 72-hours of enrollment.

Course Number: POLI-90006
Credit: 1.50 unit(s)

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7/8/2024 - 7/12/2024

$175

Live Online

Closed

• SECTION ID:

  180059

• CLASS TYPE:

  Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published times (time/date).

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Cervantes, Lizeth

  Ms. Cervantes received her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley in Political Science with a minor in English. During college, she started tutoring as part of her work-study program. It was then that she realized she enjoyed working with young minds. After college, she worked with Native American Students for over ten years. Currently, she works for a non-profit organization that provides legal education and free legal consultation to the underserved population. In her free time, she is also pursuing a certificate program to become a certified court interpreter.

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No textbook required.

• POLICIES:

  Early enrollment advised.
  No UCSD parking permit required.
  No visitors permitted.
  Pre-enrollment required.
  No refunds after: 5/31/2024.
  

• NOTE:

  This is a live online course. Instructor will contact student 24-hours in advance of start date with Zoom information (please check email associated with STUDENT'S account - not parent's account). Students must come prepared to class sessions with a pen/pencil and notebook/paper. Contact srs@ucsd.edu with questions. If a student decides to drop from the course, they can receive a full refund until 5/13/24 and a half refund until 5/31/24. No refunds will be granted starting 6/1/24.

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
7/8/2024	Mon	9:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.
7/9/2024	Tue	9:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.
7/10/2024	Wed	9:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.
7/11/2024	Thu	9:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.
7/12/2024	Fri	9:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.