Easiest SOC classes at UCSB
Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.
- SOC 199: INDEPENDENT STUDIES Average GPA 3.99, 226 students
- SOC 152C Average GPA 3.98, 658 students
- SOC 196HR Average GPA 3.97, 152 students
- SOC 196H: HONORS PRACTICUM Average GPA 3.96, 101 students
- SOC 203 Average GPA 3.95, 102 students
- SOC 1H Average GPA 3.94, 320 students
- SOC 294: SPECIAL TOPICS Average GPA 3.94, 311 students
- SOC 207C Average GPA 3.93, 102 students
- SOC 130EV Average GPA 3.92, 249 students
- SOC 207B Average GPA 3.91, 123 students
- SOC 207A: SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY Average GPA 3.90, 125 students
- SOC 134EC Average GPA 3.86, 510 students
- SOC 134A: ACTIVISM Average GPA 3.85, 421 students
- SOC 134CJ Average GPA 3.82, 174 students
- SOC 205A Average GPA 3.82, 143 students
- SOC 134RC Average GPA 3.81, 378 students
- SOC 152B Average GPA 3.78, 696 students
- SOC 130SD Average GPA 3.78, 421 students
- SOC 205B: DATA ANALYSIS SOC Average GPA 3.76, 132 students
- SOC 156B Average GPA 3.75, 150 students
- SOC 144LY Average GPA 3.75, 111 students
- SOC 108G Average GPA 3.74, 733 students
- SOC 170J: JUVENILE JUSTICE Average GPA 3.59, 1,538 students
- SOC 136C Average GPA 3.59, 586 students
- SOC 118GC Average GPA 3.59, 195 students
- SOC 130GC Average GPA 3.57, 176 students
- SOC 174P Average GPA 3.52, 409 students
- SOC 140 Average GPA 3.50, 703 students
- SOC 156A Average GPA 3.50, 648 students
- SOC 134LA Average GPA 3.50, 555 students
- SOC 118L Average GPA 3.50, 149 students
- SOC 149 Average GPA 3.46, 351 students
- SOC 108C: CULTURAL ANALYSIS Average GPA 3.45, 2,639 students
- SOC 131: POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY Average GPA 3.45, 2,131 students
- SOC 185F Average GPA 3.45, 1,020 students
- SOC 173R Average GPA 3.44, 675 students
- SOC 130C Average GPA 3.44, 180 students
- SOC 118CW Average GPA 3.43, 1,394 students
- SOC 134F Average GPA 3.43, 726 students
- SOC 185N Average GPA 3.42, 528 students
- SOC 164 Average GPA 3.41, 2,444 students
- SOC 172 Average GPA 3.41, 1,564 students
- SOC 108F Average GPA 3.40, 1,346 students
- SOC 130ST Average GPA 3.40, 643 students
- SOC 118GK Average GPA 3.39, 342 students
- SOC 155M Average GPA 3.39, 298 students
- SOC 118TV Average GPA 3.38, 174 students
- SOC 1: INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY Average GPA 3.36, 25,265 students
- SOC 122GI: GLOBAL INEQUALITIES Average GPA 3.36, 1,932 students
- SOC 144 Average GPA 3.36, 1,348 students
- SOC 174: CRIMINAL JUSTICE Average GPA 3.36, 998 students
- SOC 118B Average GPA 3.36, 471 students
- SOC 167 Average GPA 3.35, 1,003 students
- SOC 185S: SPEC TOP SOC THEORY Average GPA 3.34, 2,548 students
- SOC 185E: INTRO TO ETHNOMETH Average GPA 3.34, 1,579 students
- SOC 145: SOCIAL INEQUALITIES Average GPA 3.33, 3,087 students
- SOC 108ST: SP TOPICS-METHODS Average GPA 3.33, 2,634 students
- SOC 122: SOCIAL STRAT Average GPA 3.33, 2,399 students
- SOC 170: SOC DEVIANT BEHAVR Average GPA 3.33, 1,211 students
- SOC 155: SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER Average GPA 3.33, 1,007 students
- SOC 126U Average GPA 3.33, 103 students
- SOC 146: SPECIAL TOPICS Average GPA 3.32, 2,227 students
- SOC 185C: CULTURAL THEORY Average GPA 3.31, 2,005 students
- SOC 185GT Average GPA 3.31, 200 students
- SOC 159LG Average GPA 3.31, 132 students
- SOC 147: ISSUES IN SOC PSYCH Average GPA 3.30, 2,288 students
- SOC 126: URBAN SOCIETY Average GPA 3.30, 1,494 students
- SOC 144LI Average GPA 3.30, 323 students
- SOC 130GR: GLOBAL & RESIST Average GPA 3.29, 1,099 students
- SOC 130 Average GPA 3.29, 152 students
- SOC 134: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS Average GPA 3.28, 2,683 students
- SOC 138G Average GPA 3.28, 1,261 students
- SOC 185D Average GPA 3.28, 610 students
- SOC 155A Average GPA 3.28, 308 students
- SOC 185A: DEVELOP SOC THOUGHT Average GPA 3.27, 1,341 students
- SOC 185G: GENDER INEQUALITY Average GPA 3.26, 1,971 students
- SOC 108: METHODS OF RESEARCH Average GPA 3.26, 1,815 students
- SOC 124 Average GPA 3.26, 1,153 students
- SOC 130SG: SOC GLOBALIZATION Average GPA 3.25, 2,167 students
- SOC 108A Average GPA 3.25, 1,291 students
- SOC 136A Average GPA 3.25, 1,018 students
- SOC 128: RACE AND ETHNICITY Average GPA 3.24, 1,955 students
- SOC 173: SOCIOLOGY OF LAW Average GPA 3.24, 1,920 students
- SOC 185M: MARXIST&CRIT THEORY Average GPA 3.24, 803 students
- SOC 118PC Average GPA 3.24, 179 students
- SOC 139RN Average GPA 3.23, 1,111 students
- SOC 155W: CONTEMP CHICANAS Average GPA 3.23, 904 students
- SOC 144S: SEXUALITY AND RACE Average GPA 3.23, 824 students
- SOC 10: LOGICS OF INQUIRY Average GPA 3.23, 675 students
- SOC 144LA: US LATINA ACTIVISM Average GPA 3.23, 451 students
- SOC 118QC Average GPA 3.23, 328 students
- SOC 118CI Average GPA 3.23, 252 students
- SOC 121LS Average GPA 3.23, 144 students
- SOC 134N Average GPA 3.22, 355 students
- SOC 118GR Average GPA 3.22, 194 students
- SOC 154A: SOC OF FAMILIES Average GPA 3.21, 1,748 students
- SOC 139A Average GPA 3.20, 242 students
- SOC 105E: ENVIRONMENTAL SOC Average GPA 3.18, 1,393 students
- SOC 130A Average GPA 3.18, 271 students
- SOC 159S Average GPA 3.18, 191 students
See also: Hardest classes, UCSB course catalog, SOC course catalog.