Hardest SOC classes at UCR

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

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

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