Hardest SOC classes at CSUN

Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.

1. SOC 305: CULTURE AND PERS Average GPA 2.46, 2,088 students
2. SOC 476: Social Movements Average GPA 2.46, 173 students
3. SOC 202: Soc Analysis Average GPA 2.48, 465 students
4. SOC 424: STATISTICAL TECHN Average GPA 2.60, 2,851 students
5. SOC 200: SOCIAL CRISES Average GPA 2.60, 178 students
6. SOC 345: SOC PSYCHOLOGY Average GPA 2.63, 811 students
7. SOC 150: INTRO SOCIOLOGY Average GPA 2.64, 7,446 students
8. SOC 348: JUV DELINQUENCY Average GPA 2.73, 543 students
9. SOC 335: JEWSH IDENTITY US Average GPA 2.73, 105 students
10. SOC 304: SOC OF DEVIANCE Average GPA 2.74, 625 students
11. SOC 497: RESEARCH METHODS Average GPA 2.79, 2,732 students
12. SOC 303: FAMILY Average GPA 2.84, 461 students
13. SOC 350: POPULATION DYNMCS Average GPA 2.87, 259 students
14. SOC 430: THEORY I CLASSICAL Average GPA 2.91, 3,052 students
15. SOC 424L: STAT TECH LAB Average GPA 2.93, 2,843 students
16. SOC 468: THEORY II CONTEMP Average GPA 2.94, 2,556 students
17. SOC 355: CRIMINOLOGY Average GPA 2.96, 345 students
18. SOC 401: CLASS STATUS+POWR Average GPA 3.04, 1,212 students
19. SOC 434: SOC OF LAW Average GPA 3.04, 380 students
20. SOC 396ME: Ppl Soc Cult Mideast Average GPA 3.10, 105 students
21. SOC 601: CLASSICAL THEORY Average GPA 3.17, 102 students
22. SOC 433: SOC GLOBALIZATION Average GPA 3.18, 206 students
23. SOC 370: POLITICAL SOCIOL Average GPA 3.19, 279 students
24. SOC 467: SOC OF RELIGION Average GPA 3.19, 142 students
25. SOC 497L: METH SOC LAB Average GPA 3.23, 2,704 students
26. SOC 411: SOC OF EDUCATION Average GPA 3.25, 453 students
27. SOC 426: Social Legislatn Average GPA 3.28, 989 students
28. SOC 400: ORGTHEORY Average GPA 3.32, 388 students
29. SOC 230: HUMAN SEX BEHAVOR Average GPA 3.35, 543 students
30. SOC 307: SOC RACE ETHNCTY Average GPA 3.39, 2,442 students
31. SOC 450: MEDICAL SOC Average GPA 3.39, 158 students
32. SOC 325: SEX ROLES + WORK Average GPA 3.40, 585 students
33. SOC 451: Soc Aspcts/hum Sx Average GPA 3.42, 176 students
34. SOC 492: Hum Beh Soc Envir Average GPA 3.43, 405 students
35. SOC 357: AOP SW PRACTICE Average GPA 3.46, 503 students
36. SOC 324: SOC OF SEX GENDER Average GPA 3.49, 2,017 students
37. SOC 410: URBAN SOCIOLOGY Average GPA 3.49, 360 students
38. SOC 356: SOC WELFARE INSTS Average GPA 3.59, 963 students
39. SOC 493: DIVERSITY & S J Average GPA 3.61, 525 students
40. SOC 461: SOC IMMIGRATION Average GPA 3.61, 446 students
41. SOC 340: SOC OF WORK Average GPA 3.63, 626 students
42. SOC 440: SOC OF AGING Average GPA 3.65, 570 students
43. SOC 452: SOCIOLOGY OF LGBT Average GPA 3.65, 548 students

See also: Easiest classes, CSUN course catalog, SOC course catalog.