Hardest SOC classes at UIUC

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

  1. SOC 270: Global Demography Average GPA 2.97, 464 students
  2. SOC 280: Intro to Social Statistics Average GPA 3.06, 782 students
  3. SOC 273: Social Persp on the Family Average GPA 3.09, 276 students
  4. SOC 485: Intermediate Social Statistics Average GPA 3.09, 136 students
  5. SOC 101: Sociology of Gender Average GPA 3.10, 1,131 students
  6. SOC 450: Senior Capstone Seminar Average GPA 3.15, 163 students
  7. SOC 170: America's Immigrant Society Average GPA 3.16, 106 students
  8. SOC 196: Race, Beauty, and Embodiment Average GPA 3.17, 617 students
  9. SOC 470: Social Movements Average GPA 3.23, 150 students
  10. SOC 480: Methods of Field Research Average GPA 3.26, 360 students
  11. SOC 364: Impacts of Globalization Average GPA 3.28, 560 students
  12. SOC 373: Social Inequality Average GPA 3.31, 551 students
  13. SOC 380: Social Research Methods Average GPA 3.33, 1,189 students
  14. SOC 162: Intro to Intl Health Policy Average GPA 3.33, 878 students
  15. SOC 161: Introduction to Poverty Average GPA 3.33, 427 students
  16. SOC 396: Law and the Commons Average GPA 3.35, 599 students
  17. SOC 225: Race and Ethnicity Average GPA 3.36, 924 students
  18. SOC 200: Intro to Sociological Theory Average GPA 3.37, 2,319 students
  19. SOC 122: Africa in World Perspective Average GPA 3.40, 125 students
  20. SOC 160: Global Ineq and Social Change Average GPA 3.41, 948 students
  21. SOC 274: Health, Illness and Society Average GPA 3.42, 252 students
  22. SOC 310: Sociology of Deviance Average GPA 3.44, 1,585 students
  23. SOC 226: Political Sociology Average GPA 3.44, 596 students
  24. SOC 100: Introduction to Sociology Average GPA 3.45, 17,428 students
  25. SOC 275: Criminology Average GPA 3.48, 2,409 students
  26. SOC 163: Social Problems Average GPA 3.48, 461 students
  27. SOC 261: Gender Transnatl Perspective Average GPA 3.49, 110 students
  28. SOC 350: Technology and Society Average GPA 3.51, 1,085 students
  29. SOC 378: Sociology of Law Average GPA 3.61, 558 students
  30. SOC 479: Law and Society Average GPA 3.63, 722 students
  31. SOC 375: Criminal Justice System Average GPA 3.69, 541 students
  32. SOC 199: Career Dev for Sociology Major Average GPA 3.70, 179 students

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