Sociology

2026-2027

236 courses

SOC 1Introduction to Sociology
SOC 10Introduction to Computational Social Science
SOC 100Introduction to Urban Studies (HISTORY 107, URBANST 110)
SOC 101Foundations of Global Black Diaspora Studies I: Diaspora, Literature, Cosmopolitanism (AFRICAAM 123, ANTHRO 123X, SOC 201)
SOC 103Human and Planetary Health (MED 103, PUBLPOL 183, SUSTAIN 103)
SOC 103DEnvironment and Society
SOC 107EEducation and Inequality: Big Data for Large-Scale Problems (EDUC 107, EDUC 207, SOC 205)
SOC 108Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (AMSTUD 107, CSRE 108, FEMGEN 101, HISTORY 108A)
SOC 110The Role of the Privileged in Reducing Inequality and Advancing Social Justice (SOC 212)
SOC 111State and Society in Korea (INTNLREL 143, SOC 211)
SOC 112Comparative Democratic Development (POLISCI 147)
SOC 112AHow We Free Us: Activism and Community (AFRICAAM 212, SOC 212A)
SOC 113QAsian Americans at the Margins: Exploring Asian Identities in the United States
SOC 114Economic Sociology (SOC 214)
SOC 115Global Human Rights and Local Practices (HUMRTS 122, INTLPOL 282, INTNLREL 125, SOC 215)
SOC 116The Logic of Governance in Contemporary China (INTLPOL 224C, SOC 216)
SOC 117AChina Under Mao (SOC 217A)
SOC 118Social Movements and Collective Action (SOC 218)
SOC 11NThe Data Scientist as Detective
SOC 121DPeople Analytics: Data and Algorithms as Managerial Tools
SOC 122Race, Family, and the State (CSRE 122)
SOC 123Designing Cities for a Migrating World (DESIGN 210)
SOC 123DMental Health from Crisis to Construction
SOC 124DThe Sociology of Nature
SOC 125The Rape Tax: Understanding the Financial Consequences of Sexual Assault and Trauma (FEMGEN 125S)
SOC 126Introduction to Social Networks (SOC 226)
SOC 127Data Science for Social Impact (COMM 140X, DATASCI 154, EARTHSYS 153, ECON 163, MS&E 134, POLISCI 154, PUBLPOL 155)
SOC 128DAnalytics for a Changing Climate: Introduction to Social Data Science
SOC 129DFood, Sustainability, and Culture
SOC 129XUrban Education (AFRICAAM 112, CSRE 112X, EDUC 112, EDUC 212, SOC 229X, URBANST 115)
SOC 12NJust Data: Re-Imagining Inequality Research (FEMGEN 12N, HUMBIO 12N)
SOC 12SCGuaranteed Income: A Bold Experiment to Reduce Inequality
SOC 13Democracy and Disagreement (COMM 3, CSRE 31, HISTORY 3C, PHIL 30, POLISCI 31, PSYCH 31A, PUBLPOL 3, RELIGST 23X)
SOC 130Education and Society (EDUC 120C, EDUC 220C, SOC 230)
SOC 130DGames, Competition, and Play
SOC 132DBody Politics: Desirability, disability, and other ways that society puts meaning on our bodies
SOC 133DGlobalization and Social Change
SOC 134Gender and Education in Global and Comparative Perspectives (EDUC 197, FEMGEN 297)
SOC 136Sociology of Law (SOC 236)
SOC 137DHow We Live and Die: The Social Context of Health and Health Care
SOC 13SCThe American Voices Project: Building a New Tool for Listening to the People
SOC 142Sociology of Gender (FEMGEN 142, FEMGEN 242, SOC 242)
SOC 145Race and Ethnic Relations in the USA (CSRE 145, SOC 245)
SOC 146Introduction to Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (ARTHIST 98, CSRE 100, EDUC 166C, ENGLISH 172D, FILMEDIA 98, PSYCH 155, TAPS 165)
SOC 147Race and Ethnicity Around the World (CSRE 147A, SOC 247)
SOC 149The Urban Underclass (CSRE 149A, SOC 249, URBANST 112)
SOC 14NInequality in American Society
SOC 150The 2026 US election: How to Understand and Participate (AMSTUD 151A, POLISCI 150, PUBLPOL 152, SOC 250)
SOC 152The Social Determinants of Health (SOC 252)
SOC 154The Politics of Algorithms (COMM 154, COMM 254, CSRE 154T, SOC 254C)
SOC 154AAmerican Disaster (AMSTUD 154D, ENGLISH 154D)
SOC 154DData, Algorithms, and Inequality in the Digital Age
SOC 155The Changing American Family (FEMGEN 155, FEMGEN 255, SOC 255)
SOC 156AThe Changing American City (AMSTUD 156, CSRE 156, SOC 256A, URBANST 156A)
SOC 15NChina's Journey to the Present
SOC 160Formal Organizations (SOC 260)
SOC 167AAsia-Pacific Transformation (INTLPOL 244D, SOC 267A)
SOC 168ARace, Nature, and the City (CSRE 168, EARTHSYS 169, URBANST 168)
SOC 169BRace and Ethnicity in Urban California: Research Seminar (AMSTUD 169B, CSRE 260B, URBANST 169B)
SOC 16QBeyond Choice: The Social Dimensions of Reproduction
SOC 170Classics of Modern Social Theory (SOC 270)
SOC 171Bodies and Persons: Anthropological Perspective (ANTHRO 173, CSRE 175)
SOC 173Gender and Higher Education: National and Global Perspectives (EDUC 173, EDUC 273, FEMGEN 173, SOC 273)
SOC 174Social Computing (CS 278, SOC 274)
SOC 175China's Political Economy (GLOBAL 194, SOC 275)
SOC 179ACrime and Punishment in America (AFRICAAM 179A, AMSTUD 179A, CSRE 179A, SOC 279A)
SOC 179NThe Science of Diverse Communities (CSRE 30N, EDUC 30N, PSYCH 30N)
SOC 180AFoundations of Social Research (SOC 280A)
SOC 180BIntroduction to Data Analysis (SOC 280B)
SOC 181Black Marxism: Race, Class, and Liberation (AFRICAAM 170, AMSTUD 170)
SOC 183DDrugs, Self, and Society
SOC 185DGender and Politics
SOC 187Ethics, Morality, and Markets (SOC 287)
SOC 188One in Five: Public Health, Policy & Politics of Campus Sexual Assault (ANES 143, FEMGEN 143, SOC 288)
SOC 189Race and Immigration (CSRE 289, SOC 289)
SOC 190Undergraduate Individual Study
SOC 190APublic Service for Social Impact: Pathways to Purposeful Careers (CSRE 190A, ENGLISH 180, INTNLREL 74, POLISCI 74B, PSYCH 190A, PUBLPOL 75B, SYMSYS 193, URBANST 190A)
SOC 191Undergraduate Directed Research
SOC 192Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship
SOC 193Undergraduate Teaching Apprenticeship