Hardest SOC classes at UNLV

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

1. SOC 471: Race and Ethnic Relations Average GPA 2.88, 632 students
2. SOC 404: Stat Meth Soc Sci Average GPA 2.96, 715 students
3. SOC 445: Men in Society Average GPA 2.98, 206 students
4. SOC 403: Techniques of Social Research Average GPA 3.00, 1,309 students
5. SOC 441: Social Inequality Average GPA 3.03, 1,131 students
6. SOC 443: Urban Sociology Average GPA 3.03, 375 students
7. SOC 431: Crime and Criminal Behavior Average GPA 3.04, 958 students
8. SOC 205: Ethnic Grps in Contem Soc Average GPA 3.04, 159 students
9. SOC 449: Sex and Social Arrangements Average GPA 3.06, 606 students
10. SOC 458: Soc of Mental Health Average GPA 3.10, 132 students
11. SOC 413: Sociology of Sport Average GPA 3.11, 373 students
12. SOC 407: Environment & Society Average GPA 3.13, 110 students
13. SOC 101: Principles of Sociology Average GPA 3.17, 25,090 students
14. SOC 470: Sociology of Deviance Average GPA 3.18, 471 students
15. SOC 415: World Population Prb Average GPA 3.21, 430 students
16. SOC 453: Gender and Society Average GPA 3.22, 522 students
17. SOC 451: Russian Society in Trans Average GPA 3.22, 155 students
18. SOC 474: Sociology of Religion Average GPA 3.23, 1,064 students
19. SOC 102: Contemporary Socl Issues Average GPA 3.25, 611 students
20. SOC 434: Penology & Social Control Average GPA 3.26, 298 students
21. SOC 421: Classical Social Theory Average GPA 3.27, 1,259 students
22. SOC 447: Marriage and the Family Average GPA 3.29, 3,114 students
23. SOC 416: Soc of Work & Occup Average GPA 3.30, 139 students
24. SOC 429: Globalization Average GPA 3.31, 455 students
25. SOC 417: Soc of Leisure Average GPA 3.34, 202 students
26. SOC 438X: Culture of Reproduction Average GPA 3.35, 132 students
27. SOC 469: Global Migrations Average GPA 3.36, 166 students
28. SOC 479: Conflict and Society Average GPA 3.36, 127 students
29. SOC 422: Modern Soc Theory Average GPA 3.38, 754 students
30. SOC 497*: Spec Topics Soc Average GPA 3.39, 215 students
31. SOC 484: Sociology of Death and Dying Average GPA 3.41, 158 students
32. SOC 410*: Sociology of Aging Average GPA 3.41, 119 students
33. SOC 466: Sociology of Medicine Average GPA 3.47, 843 students
34. SOC 456: Life, Death, and Sex Average GPA 3.47, 213 students
35. SOC 489: Capstone in Sociology Average GPA 3.52, 401 students
36. SOC 459: Soc Dilemmas of Climate Chng Average GPA 3.52, 112 students
37. SOC 428: Spec Top Comp Soc Average GPA 3.54, 140 students
38. SOC 433: Juvenile Delin Average GPA 3.56, 260 students
39. SOC 438: The Culture and Politics of Reproduction Average GPA 3.70, 119 students

See also: Easiest classes, UNLV course catalog, SOC course catalog.