SOCIOL

Sociology

115 courses on record · 2 with sections in Fall 2026

Live section data currently covers GE courses; the rest is filled in by a nightly pass, so this department is likely running more than is listed here.

115 courses

Lower division 11

Lower division courses in Sociology
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	This term
1	Introductory Sociology GE	3.51 n=5,775	2 sections
M5	Social Organization of Black Communities GE	3.84 n=365	—
19	Fiat Lux Freshman Seminars	no letter grades	—
20	Introduction to Sociological Research Methods	3.10 n=2,506	—
40	American Racism: Psychosocial Analysis GE	no grade history	—
51	Sociology of Migration GE	no grade history	—
M72A	Sex from Biology to Gendered Society GE	no grade history	1 section
M72B	Sex from Biology to Gendered Society GE	no grade history	—
M72CW	Sex from Biology to Gendered Society: Special Topics GE	no grade history	—
89	Honors Seminars: Honors Seminar for Sociology 20	3.90 n=206	—
98TW	Politics of Nature: Global Perspectives on Land, Resources, and Climate	3.36 n=19 small sample	—

Upper division 64

Upper division courses in Sociology
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	This term
101	Development of Sociological Theory	3.15 n=2,654	—
102	Contemporary Sociological Theory	3.20 n=2,490	—
110	Comparative and Historical Methods	3.37 n=936	—
111	Social Networks	3.48 n=1,359	—
113	Statistical and Computer Methods for Social Research	3.18 n=218	—
114	Social Data Science	3.63 n=113	—
M115	Environmental Sociology	3.30 n=202	—
M120	Disability Rights Law	3.53 n=12 small sample	—
121	Sociology of Religion	3.38 n=474	—
122	Sociology of Violence	3.65 n=859	—
123	Social Change	3.00 n=98	—
CM124A	Conversational Structures I	3.30 n=290	—
CM125	Talk and Social Institutions	3.28 n=323	—
128	Sociology of Emotions	2.75 n=273	—
130	Self and Society	3.19 n=665	—
131	Careers in Sociology	3.77 n=464	—
132	Social Psychology: Sociological Approaches	3.28 n=1,053	—
133	Collective Behavior	2.90 n=231	—
134	Culture and Personality	3.08 n=588	—
135	Sociology of Body	3.22 n=531	—
M136	Eating Society: Science and Politics of Food from Individual to Planetary Health	3.46 n=98	—
138	Death, Dying, and Afterlife	3.34 n=559	—
M139	Asian Community: Border-Crossing, Diasporic Formation, and Social Transformation	3.09 n=175	—
140	Negotiating Medical Care: Physician-Patient Conversations	3.02 n=499	—
M144	Stress and Society: Biology and Inequality	no grade history	—
145	Sociology of Deviant Behavior	3.67 n=841	—
147A	Sociology of Crime	3.37 n=605	—
M148	Sociology of Mental Illness	2.48 n=235	—
151	Comparative Immigration	3.24 n=185	—
152	Comparative Immigrant Integration in the U.S.	3.29 n=266	—
M153	Chinese Immigration	3.44 n=19 small sample	—
154	Race and Ethnicity in Latin America	2.86 n=181	—
M155	Latinos in U.S.	3.64 n=56	—
156	Race and Ethnicity in American Life	3.57 n=728	—
158	Urban Sociology	3.54 n=684	—
M161	Comparative American Indian Societies	no grade history	—
M162	Sociology of Gender	3.49 n=948	—
M164	Politics of Reproduction	3.26 n=156	—
170	Medical Sociology	3.45 n=415	—
171	Occupations and Professions	3.64 n=653	—
172	Entrepreneurship	3.73 n=477	—
173	Economy and Society	2.71 n=703	—
M174	Sociology of Family	3.75 n=226	—
M175	Sociology of Education	3.66 n=1,248	—
M176	Sociology of Mass Communication	3.12 n=734	—
180A	Special Topics in Sociology: Sociology of Housing and Homelessness	3.27 n=875	—
180B	Special Topics in Sociology	3.54 n=424	—
180C	Special Topics in Sociology	3.18 n=27	—
180D	Special Topics in Sociology	3.31 n=296	—
181A	Sociology of Global China	3.15 n=259	—
182	Political Sociology	3.02 n=568	—
185	American Society	3.10 n=381	—
189	Advanced Honors Seminars: Advanced Honors Seminar for Sociology M162	3.93 n=222	—
191C	Undergraduate Seminar: Money and Emotions	3.56 n=73	—
191F	Undergraduate Seminar: Sociology of Globalization	3.46 n=14 small sample	—
191H	Honors Seminars: Sociology	3.77 n=72	—
191NY	Undergraduate Seminar: Urban and Suburban Sociology in New York City	3.88 n=122	—
191R	Undergraduate Seminar: Cultural Sociology	3.88 n=122	—
191V	Variable Topics Research Seminars: Sociology: Media and Immigration	3.65 n=242	—
M194DC	Quarter in Washington, DC, Research Seminar	no grade history	—
195CE	Community and Corporate Internships in Sociology	3.88 n=220	—
198A	Honors Research in Sociology	3.84 n=67	—
198B	Honors Research in Sociology	3.81 n=57	—
198C	Honors Research in Sociology	3.76 n=42	—

Graduate 40

Graduate courses in Sociology
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	This term
201A	Proseminar: Sociology	no letter grades	—
201B	Proseminar: Sociology	no letter grades	—
201C	Proseminar: Sociology	no letter grades	—
202A	Theory and Research in Sociology	no letter grades	—
202B	Theory and Research in Sociology	3.87 n=50	—
203	How to Write a Lot	3.60 n=10 small sample	—
204	Topics in Sociological Theorizing: Seminar 1	3.81 n=43	—
208A	Social Network Methods	3.78 n=24	—
208B	Social Network Methods	3.75 n=19 small sample	—
210A	Intermediate Statistical Methods I	3.63 n=24	—
210B	Intermediate Statistical Methods II	3.66 n=34	—
211A	Comparative and Historical Methods: Strategies of Research and Conceptualization	no letter grades	—
211B	Comparative and Historical Methods: Research Techniques	3.78 n=28	—
212A	Quantitative Data Analysis	3.67 n=12 small sample	—
212B	Quantitative Data Analysis	3.82 n=26	—
212C	Study Design and Other Issues in Quantitative Data Analysis	3.68 n=10 small sample	—
216A	Survey Research Design	3.72 n=13 small sample	—
216B	Survey Research Design	no grade history	—
217A	Analyzing Ethnographies	3.66 n=11 small sample	—
217B	Ethnographic Fieldwork	no letter grades	—
217C	Ethnographic Fieldwork	3.77 n=23	—
M225A	Applications of Economic Theory: California Population Research Topical Seminar Series	no letter grades	—
235B	Race/Ethnicity in U.S.	3.77 n=34	—
236A	International Migration	3.79 n=31	—
M236B	International Migration	3.57 n=12 small sample	—
237	Seminar: Theory and Research in Comparative Social Analysis	no letter grades	—
M238	Sociology of Gender and Sexuality	3.70 n=13 small sample	—
239A	Social Stratification, Mobility, and Inequality	no grade history	—
C244A	Conversational Structures I	3.54 n=5 small sample	—
245	Cultural Sociology: Classical and Contemporary Approaches	3.48 n=12 small sample	—
250	Sociology of Health	3.70 n=11 small sample	—
C258	Talk and Social Institutions	no grade history	—
260	Economy and Society	3.62 n=9 small sample	—
265	Problems in Organization Theory	3.72 n=13 small sample	—
285A	Special Topics in Sociology: Race and Ethnicity in Latin America	3.81 n=35	—
285B	Special Topics in Sociology	3.71 n=16 small sample	—
285E	Special Topics in Sociology	3.68 n=10 small sample	—
289A	Practicum in Conversation Analysis: Data Analysis	no letter grades	—
295	Working Group in Sociology	no letter grades	—
495	Supervised Teaching of Sociology	no letter grades	—

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the department average, so a course taught once to a dozen students sits near the department mean rather than at whatever those twelve happened to get. The figure is always shown — small sample marks where it rests mostly on that prior.