Hardest SOC classes at UCSB

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

  1. SOC 133 Average GPA 2.81, 217 students
  2. SOC 154EC Average GPA 2.84, 171 students
  3. SOC 142 Average GPA 2.91, 4,089 students
  4. SOC 134R Average GPA 2.94, 341 students
  5. SOC 185DG Average GPA 2.96, 784 students
  6. SOC 176A Average GPA 2.96, 377 students
  7. SOC 130SR: SOC REV Average GPA 2.98, 124 students
  8. SOC 152A Average GPA 3.02, 23,408 students
  9. SOC 185P Average GPA 3.02, 622 students
  10. SOC 150 Average GPA 3.03, 464 students
  11. SOC 108E: EXPERIMENT METHODS Average GPA 3.04, 113 students
  12. SOC 157: SOC OF SEXUALITY Average GPA 3.05, 283 students
  13. SOC 176D Average GPA 3.07, 126 students
  14. SOC 155T: SOC OF GIRLS Average GPA 3.08, 794 students
  15. SOC 130ME: SOC CHNGE MID EAST Average GPA 3.11, 1,013 students
  16. SOC 139C: MULTIRACIAL IDENT. Average GPA 3.11, 421 students
  17. SOC 151 Average GPA 3.13, 599 students
  18. SOC 118C Average GPA 3.14, 1,283 students
  19. SOC 134G Average GPA 3.15, 764 students
  20. SOC 159M Average GPA 3.15, 484 students
  21. SOC 154R Average GPA 3.15, 151 students
  22. SOC 153 Average GPA 3.16, 2,065 students
  23. SOC 185RT Average GPA 3.16, 363 students
  24. SOC 130LA: SOCIAL CHNGE LAT AM Average GPA 3.17, 2,161 students
  25. SOC 105E: ENVIRONMENTAL SOC Average GPA 3.18, 1,393 students
  26. SOC 130A Average GPA 3.18, 271 students
  27. SOC 159S Average GPA 3.18, 191 students
  28. SOC 139A Average GPA 3.20, 242 students
  29. SOC 154A: SOC OF FAMILIES Average GPA 3.21, 1,748 students
  30. SOC 134N Average GPA 3.22, 355 students
  31. SOC 118GR Average GPA 3.22, 194 students
  32. SOC 139RN Average GPA 3.23, 1,111 students
  33. SOC 155W: CONTEMP CHICANAS Average GPA 3.23, 904 students
  34. SOC 144S: SEXUALITY AND RACE Average GPA 3.23, 824 students
  35. SOC 10: LOGICS OF INQUIRY Average GPA 3.23, 675 students
  36. SOC 144LA: US LATINA ACTIVISM Average GPA 3.23, 451 students
  37. SOC 118QC Average GPA 3.23, 328 students
  38. SOC 118CI Average GPA 3.23, 252 students
  39. SOC 121LS Average GPA 3.23, 144 students
  40. SOC 128: RACE AND ETHNICITY Average GPA 3.24, 1,955 students
  41. SOC 173: SOCIOLOGY OF LAW Average GPA 3.24, 1,920 students
  42. SOC 185M: MARXIST&CRIT THEORY Average GPA 3.24, 803 students
  43. SOC 118PC Average GPA 3.24, 179 students
  44. SOC 130SG: SOC GLOBALIZATION Average GPA 3.25, 2,167 students
  45. SOC 108A Average GPA 3.25, 1,291 students
  46. SOC 136A Average GPA 3.25, 1,018 students
  47. SOC 185G: GENDER INEQUALITY Average GPA 3.26, 1,971 students
  48. SOC 108: METHODS OF RESEARCH Average GPA 3.26, 1,815 students
  49. SOC 124 Average GPA 3.26, 1,153 students
  50. SOC 185A: DEVELOP SOC THOUGHT Average GPA 3.27, 1,341 students
  51. SOC 134: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS Average GPA 3.28, 2,683 students
  52. SOC 138G Average GPA 3.28, 1,261 students
  53. SOC 185D Average GPA 3.28, 610 students
  54. SOC 155A Average GPA 3.28, 308 students
  55. SOC 130GR: GLOBAL & RESIST Average GPA 3.29, 1,099 students
  56. SOC 130 Average GPA 3.29, 152 students
  57. SOC 147: ISSUES IN SOC PSYCH Average GPA 3.30, 2,288 students
  58. SOC 126: URBAN SOCIETY Average GPA 3.30, 1,494 students
  59. SOC 144LI Average GPA 3.30, 323 students
  60. SOC 185C: CULTURAL THEORY Average GPA 3.31, 2,005 students
  61. SOC 185GT Average GPA 3.31, 200 students
  62. SOC 159LG Average GPA 3.31, 132 students
  63. SOC 146: SPECIAL TOPICS Average GPA 3.32, 2,227 students
  64. SOC 145: SOCIAL INEQUALITIES Average GPA 3.33, 3,087 students
  65. SOC 108ST: SP TOPICS-METHODS Average GPA 3.33, 2,634 students
  66. SOC 122: SOCIAL STRAT Average GPA 3.33, 2,399 students
  67. SOC 170: SOC DEVIANT BEHAVR Average GPA 3.33, 1,211 students
  68. SOC 155: SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER Average GPA 3.33, 1,007 students
  69. SOC 126U Average GPA 3.33, 103 students
  70. SOC 185S: SPEC TOP SOC THEORY Average GPA 3.34, 2,548 students
  71. SOC 185E: INTRO TO ETHNOMETH Average GPA 3.34, 1,579 students
  72. SOC 167 Average GPA 3.35, 1,003 students
  73. SOC 1: INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY Average GPA 3.36, 25,265 students
  74. SOC 122GI: GLOBAL INEQUALITIES Average GPA 3.36, 1,932 students
  75. SOC 144 Average GPA 3.36, 1,348 students
  76. SOC 174: CRIMINAL JUSTICE Average GPA 3.36, 998 students
  77. SOC 118B Average GPA 3.36, 471 students
  78. SOC 118TV Average GPA 3.38, 174 students
  79. SOC 118GK Average GPA 3.39, 342 students
  80. SOC 155M Average GPA 3.39, 298 students
  81. SOC 108F Average GPA 3.40, 1,346 students
  82. SOC 130ST Average GPA 3.40, 643 students
  83. SOC 164 Average GPA 3.41, 2,444 students
  84. SOC 172 Average GPA 3.41, 1,564 students
  85. SOC 185N Average GPA 3.42, 528 students
  86. SOC 118CW Average GPA 3.43, 1,394 students
  87. SOC 134F Average GPA 3.43, 726 students
  88. SOC 173R Average GPA 3.44, 675 students
  89. SOC 130C Average GPA 3.44, 180 students
  90. SOC 108C: CULTURAL ANALYSIS Average GPA 3.45, 2,639 students
  91. SOC 131: POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY Average GPA 3.45, 2,131 students
  92. SOC 185F Average GPA 3.45, 1,020 students
  93. SOC 149 Average GPA 3.46, 351 students
  94. SOC 140 Average GPA 3.50, 703 students
  95. SOC 156A Average GPA 3.50, 648 students
  96. SOC 134LA Average GPA 3.50, 555 students
  97. SOC 118L Average GPA 3.50, 149 students
  98. SOC 174P Average GPA 3.52, 409 students
  99. SOC 130GC Average GPA 3.57, 176 students
  100. SOC 170J: JUVENILE JUSTICE Average GPA 3.59, 1,538 students

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