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Department of Sociology

College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences · University of Houston
45,768 grades87 courses46 professors35 terms

Department and course prefixes as University of Houston lists them in its own catalog.

3.06
average GPA across 45,768 grades
−2% vs. University of Houston overall (3.11)
78%
A or B
of 45,768 grades
13.4%
D, F or withdrew
of 47,802 enrolled
A51.2%
B27.2%
C12.0%
Every term against the 3.06 department average 35 terms
Fall 2013Spring 2025
Course prefixes · 3
PrefixDistributionGPAGrades
SOC · 84 courses
3.02 −1% vs. department 38,576
SOCI · 1 course
3.23 +6% vs. department 7,130
POPH · 2 courses
3.50 +15% vs. department 62
Most taken
Courses with a grade record · 87
CourseDistributionGPAvs. deptGrades
1000 level3 courses
SOC 1300 · Introduction To Sociology
2.80 −9% vs. dept 14,046
SOC 1301 · Honors Intro To Sociology
3.68 +20% vs. dept 230
SOCI 1301 · Introduction To Sociology
3.23 +6% vs. dept 7,130
2000 level1 course
3000 level57 courses
SOC 3311 · Sociology of Law
3.09 +1% vs. dept 630
SOC 3312 · Sociology of Deviance
3.12 +2% vs. dept 1,039
SOC 3313 · Criminology
2.90 −5% vs. dept 1,159
SOC 3314 · Juvenille Delinquency
3.39 +11% vs. dept 320
SOC 3315 · Sexuality and Society
2.99 −2% vs. dept 956
SOC 3316 · Sociology of Sport
3.20 +5% vs. dept 557
SOC 3318 · Intro To Social Work
3.31 +8% vs. dept 387
SOC 3321 · African-American Family
2.48 −19% vs. dept 70
SOC 3324 · Hispanic Identity
3.27 +7% vs. dept 39
SOC 3330 · Intro-Social Psych
2.66 −13% vs. dept 265
SOC 3335 · Sociology of Punishment
3.61 +18% vs. dept 191
SOC 3337 · Women and Crime
3.16 +3% vs. dept 69
SOC 3338 · Punishment in the U.S.
3.26 +7% vs. dept 75
SOC 3340 · Sociology of Film
3.45 +13% vs. dept 451
SOC 3341 · Organizations
2.76 −10% vs. dept 83
SOC 3342 · Sociology of Work
2.83 −8% vs. dept 472
SOC 3343 · Social Movements
3.37 +10% vs. dept 383
SOC 3344 · Sociology of Aging
3.38 +10% vs. dept 243
SOC 3349 · Sociology of Culture
3.31 +8% vs. dept 932
SOC 3350 · Sociology of the Body
2.62 −14% vs. dept 327
SOC 3351 · Soc Class&Mobilty in Am
2.71 −11% vs. dept 905
SOC 3352 · Social Demography
3.35 +10% vs. dept 378
SOC 3355 · Sociology of India
3.02 −1% vs. dept 453
SOC 3357 · Urban Sociology
3.50 +14% vs. dept 251
SOC 3360 · Sociology of Food
3.06 +0% vs. dept 338
SOC 3365 · Sociology of Education
3.17 +4% vs. dept 368
SOC 3366 · Sociology of Art
3.66 +20% vs. dept 153
SOC 3370 · Popular Music and Society
3.38 +10% vs. dept 180
SOC 3371 · Sociology of the Family
3.06 +0% vs. dept 952
SOC 3372 · Mexican American Family
2.70 −12% vs. dept 55
SOC 3375 · Religion and Society
3.16 +3% vs. dept 287
SOC 3380 · Intro/Soc Health Care
3.45 +13% vs. dept 1,075
SOC 3390 · Sociology of Gender
3.25 +6% vs. dept 1,239
SOC 3395 · Careers in Sociology
3.31 +8% vs. dept 238
SOC 3397 · Sel-Topics in Sociology
3.26 +7% vs. dept 865
SOC 3399 · Senior Honors Thesis
4.00 +31% vs. dept 3
SOC 3400 · Intro To Social Statistics
2.87 −6% vs. dept 920
4000 level2 courses
SOC 4394 · Internship in Sociology
3.59 +17% vs. dept 75
SOC 4399 · Senior Honors Thesis
4.00 +31% vs. dept 3
6000 level20 courses
7000 level4 courses
SOC 7199 · Thesis
4.00 +31% vs. dept 2
SOC 7399 · Masters Thesis
4.00 +31% vs. dept 35
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