Easiest SOC classes at UCR

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

SOC 185 Average GPA 3.93, 108 students
SOC 164: Racial&ethnic Diversity Issues Average GPA 3.84, 124 students
SOC 028: Intro to Sociology of Gender Average GPA 3.80, 826 students
SOC 177G: Topics Soc Psyc:soc Orientaton Average GPA 3.72, 207 students
SOC 124: SPORTS, COMPETITION, AND SOCIETY Average GPA 3.65, 305 students
SOC 149: ORGANIZED CRIME Average GPA 3.58, 304 students
SOC 134: Law,race,class,gender,&culture Average GPA 3.57, 1,156 students
SOC 146: Gender in Global Perspective Average GPA 3.52, 631 students
SOC 137: Population Average GPA 3.50, 148 students
SOC 140: THE SOCIOLOGY OF WOMEN Average GPA 3.49, 1,659 students
SOC 031: COUPLES AND FAMILIES Average GPA 3.45, 568 students
SOC 131F: Selected Ethnic Groups Average GPA 3.43, 224 students
SOC 161: Immigration and Society Average GPA 3.39, 674 students
SOC 127: Sociological Detrminnts Health Average GPA 3.37, 1,064 students
SOC 139: MASS MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE Average GPA 3.36, 114 students
SOC 130: RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS Average GPA 3.35, 1,631 students
SOC 142: Sociology of the Family Average GPA 3.23, 1,866 students
SOC 129: Racism in Western Society Average GPA 3.20, 822 students
SOC 112S: SOCIOLOGY OF THE LABOR MOVEMENT Average GPA 3.19, 165 students
SOC 110: MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS Average GPA 3.18, 698 students
SOC 183H: AGING IN AMERICA Average GPA 3.18, 428 students
SOC 179: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND COLLECTIVE ACTION Average GPA 3.16, 178 students
SOC 128: CHICANO SOCIOLOGY Average GPA 3.13, 138 students
SOC 159: SOCIOLOGY OF LAW Average GPA 3.11, 746 students
SOC 168: DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY Average GPA 3.10, 2,540 students
SOC 181: World-systems and Globalizatn Average GPA 3.09, 142 students
SOC 001: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY Average GPA 3.08, 16,835 students
SOC 144: Family Violence Average GPA 3.08, 1,659 students
SOC 133: Inequality and Social Class Average GPA 3.08, 1,381 students
SOC 002S: Sociological Foundations Average GPA 3.08, 1,039 students
SOC 112: Sociology of the Labor Movemnt Average GPA 3.07, 174 students
SOC 169: MODERN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY Average GPA 3.05, 1,864 students
SOC 002R: RACIAL AND ETHNIC ISSUES IN AMERICAN SOCIETY Average GPA 3.04, 316 students
SOC 005: STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Average GPA 2.96, 3,197 students
SOC 010: The Sociological Imagination Average GPA 2.89, 1,722 students
SOC 181S: World -systems and Globalizatn Average GPA 2.88, 378 students
SOC 128S: Chicano Sociology Average GPA 2.88, 317 students
SOC 173: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: SOCIOLOGICAL ORIENTATION Average GPA 2.86, 1,090 students
SOC 143: URBAN SOCIOLOGY Average GPA 2.85, 432 students
SOC 189: GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT Average GPA 2.83, 624 students
SOC 147: CORRECTIONS Average GPA 2.81, 443 students
SOC 002F: The City Average GPA 2.81, 134 students
SOC 151: FORMAL ORGANIZATIONS Average GPA 2.80, 2,438 students
SOC 150: Sociolgy of Economc Organzatns Average GPA 2.80, 1,195 students
SOC 167: Medical Sociology Average GPA 2.80, 622 students
SOC 002M: INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY Average GPA 2.79, 670 students
SOC 180: DEVIANCE AND CONTROL Average GPA 2.75, 1,057 students
SOC 004: METHODS OF SOCIOLOGICAL INQUIRY Average GPA 2.74, 4,964 students
SOC 002I: INEQUALITY IN AMERICAN SOCIETY Average GPA 2.74, 386 students
SOC 174: Socializatn & Personality Average GPA 2.72, 656 students
SOC 002G: INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL CHANGE AND INEQUALITY Average GPA 2.72, 499 students
SOC 182: Urban Problems Average GPA 2.72, 301 students
SOC 003: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN SOCIOLOGY Average GPA 2.70, 4,685 students
SOC 175: Social Roles and Interaction Average GPA 2.70, 694 students
SOC 020: American Society Average GPA 2.69, 570 students
SOC 135S: Conflict Average GPA 2.68, 834 students
SOC 178: SOCIOLOGY OF EMOTIONS Average GPA 2.65, 396 students
SOC 030: IDENTITY AND SOCIETY Average GPA 2.60, 1,020 students
SOC 122: SOCIAL CHANGE Average GPA 2.56, 1,091 students
SOC 160: SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION Average GPA 2.54, 575 students
SOC 121: Sociology of the 1960s Average GPA 2.53, 266 students
SOC 184: ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY Average GPA 2.51, 784 students
SOC 176: Sociology of Work in Orgnzatns Average GPA 2.51, 210 students
SOC 002J: JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Average GPA 2.30, 554 students
SOC 135 Average GPA 2.30, 200 students
SOC 157 Average GPA 1.96, 176 students
SOC 123: Human Societies Average GPA 1.94, 138 students