INF STD 20Digital Cultures and Societies
Information Studies · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Examination of social and cultural contexts of global digital networks and systems. Exploration of ethical, infrastructural, and political questions raised at intersection of technologies and cultures. Topics include data surveillance, algorithms, artificial intelligence (AI) systems, digital economies and labor, social media revolutions, indigenous and non-Western uses of technology, digital media literacies, and more.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.