Hardest SOC classes at UC Davis

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

SOC 148: Collective Behavior Average GPA 2.59, 379 students
SOC 180A: Complex Organizations Average GPA 2.74, 620 students
SOC 160: Environmental Sociology Average GPA 2.86, 719 students
SOC 159: Work & Employment Average GPA 2.94, 652 students
SOC 030A: Multicultural Societies Average GPA 2.94, 164 students
SOC 118: Political Sociology Average GPA 2.95, 1,031 students
SOC 124: Edu & Inequality in Us Average GPA 3.00, 645 students
SOC 141: Indust & Social Change Average GPA 3.00, 638 students
SOC 056Y: Intro to Social Stats Average GPA 3.02, 121 students
SOC 185Y: Social Policy (hybrid) Average GPA 3.03, 290 students
SOC 143A: Urban Society Average GPA 3.04, 197 students
SOC 126: Social Interaction Average GPA 3.09, 1,471 students
SOC 131: The Family Average GPA 3.09, 1,408 students
SOC 155: Sociology of Law Average GPA 3.09, 1,178 students
SOC 100: Sociological Theory Average GPA 3.10, 2,305 students
SOC 140: Social Stratification Average GPA 3.10, 1,116 students
SOC 170: Population Average GPA 3.11, 579 students
SOC 145A: Third World Dev Average GPA 3.11, 318 students
SOC 046A: Intro Social Rsch Average GPA 3.13, 975 students
SOC 046B: Int Social Research Average GPA 3.13, 942 students
SOC 004: Immigration Average GPA 3.14, 1,189 students
SOC 120: Deviance Average GPA 3.14, 894 students
SOC 178: Punishment & Corrections Average GPA 3.15, 577 students
SOC 006: Health & Illness Average GPA 3.16, 634 students
SOC 165: Death and Dying Average GPA 3.16, 201 students
SOC 162: Culture & Health Average GPA 3.17, 1,401 students
SOC 125: Sociology of Culture Average GPA 3.19, 961 students
SOC 011: Labor Average GPA 3.19, 335 students
SOC 153: Sociology of Childhood Average GPA 3.20, 490 students
SOC 188: Mkts/cult/ineq in China Average GPA 3.20, 271 students
SOC 128: Interracial Dynamic Average GPA 3.20, 166 students
SOC 122: Soc of Adolescence Average GPA 3.21, 475 students
SOC 106: Intermed Soc Stat Average GPA 3.21, 372 students
SOC 025: Popular Culture Average GPA 3.22, 795 students
SOC 007: Race & Ethnicity Average GPA 3.23, 604 students
SOC 150: Criminology Average GPA 3.24, 1,468 students
SOC 056: Intro to Social Stats Average GPA 3.25, 1,499 students
SOC 152: Juvenile Delinquency Average GPA 3.25, 1,124 students
SOC 151: The Criminal Justice Sys Average GPA 3.26, 1,398 students
SOC 135: Social Relationships Average GPA 3.27, 1,344 students
SOC 156: Social Movements Average GPA 3.27, 607 students
SOC 133: Sex Stratification Average GPA 3.27, 363 students
SOC 002: Self & Society Average GPA 3.30, 3,467 students
SOC 130: Race Relations Average GPA 3.33, 1,295 students
SOC 172: Race, Gender, and Class Average GPA 3.33, 412 students
SOC 146: Sociology of Religion Average GPA 3.33, 353 students
SOC 005: Global Social Change Average GPA 3.34, 1,233 students
SOC 001: Intro Sociology Average GPA 3.35, 6,778 students
SOC 132: Gender Average GPA 3.35, 1,557 students
SOC 163: Population Health Average GPA 3.35, 706 students
SOC 003: Social Problems Average GPA 3.39, 3,486 students
SOC 171: Violence and Inequality Average GPA 3.40, 1,064 students
SOC 104: International Migration Average GPA 3.45, 571 students
SOC 046: Intro Social Resrch Meth Average GPA 3.46, 1,350 students
SOC 138: Economic Sociology Average GPA 3.46, 229 students
SOC 185: Social Policy Average GPA 3.52, 971 students
SOC 157: Social Conflict Average GPA 3.53, 323 students
SOC 139: Corporations & Society Average GPA 3.63, 429 students
SOC 164: Health Policy Average GPA 3.66, 1,046 students
SOC 195: Seminar Average GPA 3.66, 567 students
SOC 001V: Intro to Sociology Average GPA 3.66, 420 students
SOC 176: Sociology of Knowledge Average GPA 3.68, 115 students