Course · MKT 382

Social Media Marketing

A this discipline course at Arizona Christian University.

Credits
3 Credits
Level
Undergraduate
Format
Lecture + discussion
Typical Terms
Fall

Course Description

This course gives an overview of social media marketing and helps students learn the usage of social media tools for marketing purposes. The course will increase students' working knowledge of the four zones of social media (community, publishing, entertainment, and commerce). Students will learn how social media can be used to build brands, conduct business, support causes, rally the masses, and build and maintain relationships. The course will also cover the relevance and importance of social media tools to new and emerging marketing processes, as well as how they integrate with the marketing plan as a whole.

Taught By

Offered 2026-2027: Fall Traditional.

Stone Barnard

2026-2027: Fall Traditional

Prerequisites

Corequisites

  • None

Learning Outcomes

1

Engage the Course Material

Build a working understanding of social media marketing as the course's central subject.

2

Apply Discipline Methods

Use the methods, vocabulary, and frameworks of the discipline to address course problems.

3

Connect Course Content

Connect this course's content to broader work in the discipline and related fields.

4

Demonstrate Course Competencies

Demonstrate the specific competencies the course is designed to develop.

Biblical Worldview Connection

A Biblical Worldview treats business as real work done among real people — meaning craft, integrity, and service belong in the same conversation as strategy and outcomes.

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