Social Media Marketing

Grades 9-12

BU512SFA9

Social Media Marketing

Here's your chance to take marketing to the next level! Obviously, social media is a huge part of almost everyone’s lives. It is now essential to marketing and business success as well. Become a digital marketer and learn to apply marketing fundamentals using popular social media platforms like TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more. Creating content, ads, posts and analyzing marketing data in simulations and projects will be fun and practical. Social Media Marketing students will be involved with operating the Cougar Gear Kiosk (student store) and other school promotion projects. Scroll down to see questions and answers about this class!

Length: Semester ● Credit: 0.5 ● Prerequisite: Marketing 1

  • You will have the opportunity to meet the Career-Related Learning Experience (CRLE) graduation requirement in this course.

Diploma Credit Area: Applied/Fine Arts (FA)

If you have already fulfilled your FA requirement, this course will transcribe as elective (EL) credit.

Course Q&A

What can I expect in this class?

In this brand-new class, you'll learn about marketing with social media and digital media. Create content and posts for TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, Instagram, and more through simulations and projects.

What about homework?

Social Media Marketing has a light homework load. You'll spend some time completing projects at home that cannot be done here at school on social media.

What about tests?


Why should I take this class?

You should take Social Media Marketing if you want to take what you learned in Marketing 1 and transfer it to digital marketing concepts.

Is there a prerequisite for this class?

You'll need to complete Marketing 1 before you take Social Media Marketing.

What else do I need to know about this class?

This is a new class starting in the 2022-2023 school year!