CS 175 Communications Security and Social Movements
Equips students with the theory and practice of communications security. Explores how social movements can remain effective in the context of mass surveillance and state repression.
Notes
Lower Division Transfer (LDT) Course
General Education Requirements
AGS Social Science, Cultural Literacy AAOTS, AAOT Social Sciences, AS Difference, Power & Discrim
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Explain how difference is socially constructed. Using historical and contemporary examples, describe how perceived differences, combined with unequal distribution of power across economic, social, and political institutions, result in discrimination. Analyze ways in which the interactions of social categories, such as race, ethnicity, social class, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and age, are related to difference, power, and discrimination in the United States of America. Understand concepts of communication security and basic encryption. Effectively use and explain to others secure online communication tools. Describe and contextualize uses of surveillance to suppress social movements both historically and currently. Identify existing and potential uses of secure online communication tools to enhance the effectiveness of social movements.