SOC courses at Stanford
147 SOC courses in Stanford’s catalog, with ratings and hours per week from real student evaluations.
- SOC 1: Introduction to Sociology5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
- SOC 2: Self and Society: Introduction to Social Psychology (PSYCH 70)4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
- SOC 4: The Sociology of Music (AMSTUD 4, CSRE 4)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
- SOC 8: Sport, Competition, and Society4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
- SOC 10: Introduction to Computational Social Science4 units · 4.5/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
- SOC 11N: The Data Scientist as Detective3 units · 5.0/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
- SOC 12N: Just Data: Re-Imagining Inequality Research (FEMGEN 12N, HUMBIO 12N)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
- SOC 13: Democracy and Disagreement (COMM 3, CSRE 31, HISTORY 3C, PHIL 30, POLISCI 31, PSYCH 31A, PUBLPOL 3, RELIGST 23X)1-2 units · 5.0/5 rating · 3 hrs/wk
- SOC 14N: Inequality in American Society3 units
- SOC 16Q: Beyond Choice: The Social Dimensions of Reproduction3 units
- SOC 22: Which Side of History? How Democracy, Technology, and Our Lives Are Being Reshaped in 2025 (COMM 3B, EDUC 71)1 unit
- SOC 46N: Race, Identity, and Ethnic Formation (FEMGEN 46N)3 units · 5.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
- SOC 100: Introduction to Urban Studies (HISTORY 107, URBANST 110)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
- SOC 101: Foundations of Global Black Diaspora Studies I: Diaspora, Literature, Cosmopolitanism (AFRICAAM 123, ANTHRO 123X, SOC 201)5 units
- SOC 103: Human and Planetary Health (MED 103, PUBLPOL 183, SUSTAIN 103)3 units · 4.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
- SOC 112A: How We Free Us: Activism and Community (AFRICAAM 212, SOC 212A)4-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
- SOC 114: Economic Sociology (SOC 214)4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
- SOC 115: Global Human Rights and Local Practices (HUMRTS 122, INTLPOL 282, INTNLREL 125, SOC 215)3-5 units
- SOC 118: Social Movements and Collective Action (SOC 218)4 units
- SOC 126: Introduction to Social Networks (SOC 226)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
- SOC 127: Data Science for Social Impact (COMM 140X, DATASCI 154, EARTHSYS 153, ECON 163, MS&E 134, POLISCI 154, PUBLPOL 155)5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 11 hrs/wk
- SOC 129X: Urban Education (AFRICAAM 112, CSRE 112X, EDUC 112, EDUC 212, SOC 229X, URBANST 115)3-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
- SOC 130: Education and Society (EDUC 120C, EDUC 220C, SOC 230)4-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
- SOC 142: Sociology of Gender (FEMGEN 142, FEMGEN 242, SOC 242)4 units · 4.5/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
- SOC 145: Race and Ethnic Relations in the USA (CSRE 145, SOC 245)4 units
- SOC 149: The Urban Underclass (CSRE 149A, SOC 249, URBANST 112)5 units
- SOC 150: The 2026 US election: How to Understand and Participate (AMSTUD 151A, POLISCI 150, PUBLPOL 152, SOC 250)4 units
- SOC 155: The Changing American Family (FEMGEN 155, FEMGEN 255, SOC 255)5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
- SOC 156A: The Changing American City (AMSTUD 156, CSRE 156, SOC 256A, URBANST 156A)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 11 hrs/wk
- SOC 160: Formal Organizations (SOC 260)4 units
- SOC 167A: Asia-Pacific Transformation (INTLPOL 244D, SOC 267A)4 units
- SOC 170: Classics of Modern Social Theory (SOC 270)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 11 hrs/wk
- SOC 171: Bodies and Persons: Anthropological Perspective (ANTHRO 173)5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
- SOC 173: Gender and Higher Education: National and Global Perspectives (EDUC 173, EDUC 273, FEMGEN 173, SOC 273)3-4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
- SOC 174: Social Computing (CS 278, SOC 274)3-4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
- SOC 175: China's Political Economy (GLOBAL 194, SOC 275)4 units · 4.5/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
- SOC 179A: Crime and Punishment in America (AFRICAAM 179A, AMSTUD 179A, CSRE 179A, SOC 279A)4-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
- SOC 179N: The Science of Diverse Communities (CSRE 30N, EDUC 30N, PSYCH 30N)3 units
- SOC 180A: Foundations of Social Research (SOC 280A)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
- SOC 180B: Introduction to Data Analysis (SOC 280B)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
- SOC 189: Race and Immigration (CSRE 289, SOC 289)4-5 units
- SOC 190: Undergraduate Individual Study1-5 units
- SOC 190A: Public Service for Social Impact: Pathways to Purposeful Careers (CSRE 190A, ENGLISH 180, INTNLREL 74, POLISCI 74B, PSYCH 190A, PUBLPOL 75B, SYMSYS 193, URBANST 190A)1-2 units
- SOC 191: Undergraduate Directed Research1-5 units
- SOC 192: Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship1-5 units
- SOC 193: Undergraduate Teaching Apprenticeship1-5 units
- SOC 194: Computational Undergraduate Research1-5 units
- SOC 196: Senior Thesis1-15 units
- SOC 198: Undergraduate Internship Practicum1-2 units
- SOC 201: Foundations of Global Black Diaspora Studies I: Diaspora, Literature, Cosmopolitanism (AFRICAAM 123, ANTHRO 123X, SOC 101)5 units
- SOC 202: Junior Seminar: Preparation for Research5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
- SOC 204A: Capstone Research Seminar: Part I3 units · 4.5/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
- SOC 204B: Capstone Research Seminar: Part II2 units · 4.8/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
- SOC 204C: Capstone Research Seminar: Part III2 units · 5.0/5 rating · 13 hrs/wk
- SOC 210: Seminar in Organizations and Institutions (EDUC 456)1 unit · 4.5/5 rating · 2 hrs/wk
- SOC 212: The Role of the Privileged in Reducing Inequality and Advancing Social Justice (SOC 110)1 unit · 5.0/5 rating · 4 hrs/wk
- SOC 212A: How We Free Us: Activism and Community (AFRICAAM 212, SOC 112A)4-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
- SOC 214: Economic Sociology (SOC 114)4 units
- SOC 215: Global Human Rights and Local Practices (HUMRTS 122, INTLPOL 282, INTNLREL 125, SOC 115)3-5 units
- SOC 218: Social Movements and Collective Action (SOC 118)4 units
- SOC 225: The New Ecology of Early Childhood: Real World Implications for Policy, Research, and Practice (EDUC 324, PEDS 234, PSYCH 228)4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
- SOC 226: Introduction to Social Networks (SOC 126)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
- SOC 229X: Urban Education (AFRICAAM 112, CSRE 112X, EDUC 112, EDUC 212, SOC 129X, URBANST 115)3-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
- SOC 230: Education and Society (EDUC 120C, EDUC 220C, SOC 130)4-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
- SOC 231: Global Social Change, Sustainable Development, and Education (EBS 306, EDUC 136, EDUC 306D)3 units
- SOC 237: Seminar: Preparing for Leadership in Early Childhood Policy, Research, and Practice (EDUC 336, PSYCH 286A)1 unit · 4.5/5 rating · 5 hrs/wk
- SOC 242: Sociology of Gender (FEMGEN 142, FEMGEN 242, SOC 142)4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
- SOC 245: Race and Ethnic Relations in the USA (CSRE 145, SOC 145)4 units
- SOC 249: The Urban Underclass (CSRE 149A, SOC 149, URBANST 112)5 units
- SOC 250: The 2026 US election: How to Understand and Participate (AMSTUD 151A, POLISCI 150, PUBLPOL 152, SOC 150)4 units
- SOC 255: The Changing American Family (FEMGEN 155, FEMGEN 255, SOC 155)5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
- SOC 256A: The Changing American City (AMSTUD 156, CSRE 156, SOC 156A, URBANST 156A)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 12 hrs/wk
- SOC 258B: Quasi-Experimental Research Design & Analysis (EDUC 430B)3-5 units
- SOC 258C: Using Data to Describe the World: Descriptive Social Science Research Techniques (EDUC 430C)3-5 units
- SOC 260: Formal Organizations (SOC 160)4 units
- SOC 267A: Asia-Pacific Transformation (INTLPOL 244D, SOC 167A)4 units
- SOC 270: Classics of Modern Social Theory (SOC 170)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
- SOC 273: Gender and Higher Education: National and Global Perspectives (EDUC 173, EDUC 273, FEMGEN 173, SOC 173)3-4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
- SOC 274: Social Computing (CS 278, SOC 174)3-4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
- SOC 275: China's Political Economy (GLOBAL 194, SOC 175)4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
- SOC 279A: Crime and Punishment in America (AFRICAAM 179A, AMSTUD 179A, CSRE 179A, SOC 179A)4-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
- SOC 280A: Foundations of Social Research (SOC 180A)4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 12 hrs/wk
- SOC 280B: Introduction to Data Analysis (SOC 180B)4 units
- SOC 289: Race and Immigration (CSRE 289, SOC 189)4-5 units
- SOC 290: Coterminal MA individual study1-5 units
- SOC 291: Coterminal MA directed research1-5 units
- SOC 292: Coterminal MA research apprenticeship1-5 units
- SOC 297: Globalization and Higher Education (EDUC 349)3-4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
- SOC 300: Workshop: The Art and Joy of Teaching2 units · 5.0/5 rating · 3 hrs/wk
- SOC 302A: Introduction to Education Data Science: Data Processing (EDUC 423A)3-4 units
- SOC 302B: Introduction to Education Data Science: Data Analysis (EDUC 423B)3-4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
- SOC 303: Educational Opportunity Research Lab (EDUC 303)1-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
- SOC 305: Graduate Proseminar1 unit · 4.5/5 rating · 1 hrs/wk
- SOC 306: Social Theory & Education (CSRE 406, EDUC 406)3-5 units
- SOC 308: Social Demography4-5 units
- SOC 309: Nations and Nationalism3-5 units
- SOC 310: Political Sociology4-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
- SOC 311A: Workshop: Comparative Sociology (EDUC 387)1-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 3 hrs/wk
- SOC 312: Law and Society3-5 units
- SOC 315W: Workshop: Economy and Society1-2 units · 5.0/5 rating · 3 hrs/wk
- SOC 317W: Computational Sociology (EDUC 317)1-2 units · 4.0/5 rating · 3 hrs/wk
- SOC 318: Social Movements and Collective Action4-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
- SOC 319: Ethnographic Methods (COMM 314)1-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 12 hrs/wk
- SOC 321: Nonprofits, Philanthropy & Society (EDUC 321, PUBLPOL 321)3-4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
- SOC 325W: Workshop: Graduate Family1-2 units · 5.0/5 rating · 4 hrs/wk
- SOC 326: Identity Politics (POLISCI 426)3-5 units
- SOC 327: Social Movements & Education (CSRE 328, EDUC 327)3-4 units
- SOC 330: Sociology of Science (EDUC 120, EDUC 320, STS 200Q)3-4 units
- SOC 336: Economic Sociology of Markets and Organizations3 units
- SOC 339: Gender Meanings and Processes5 units
- SOC 340: Social Stratification4-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
- SOC 340L: Center on Poverty and Inequality Lab1 unit · 4.5/5 rating · 2 hrs/wk
- SOC 343W: Gender and Gender Inequality Workshop1-3 units · 5.0/5 rating · 3 hrs/wk
- SOC 344: Intersectionality: Theory, Methods & Research4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
- SOC 346A: Ethnographies of Race, Crime, and Justice (SOC 246A)4-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 11 hrs/wk
- SOC 349: Race, Space, and Stratification (CSRE 349)3-5 units
- SOC 350: Sociology of Race4 units
- SOC 350W: Workshop: Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Nation1-3 units · 5.0/5 rating · 4 hrs/wk
- SOC 358: Sociology of Immigration5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 15 hrs/wk
- SOC 360: Doctoral Research Seminar on Technology & Organizations (MS&E 386)3 units · 4.5/5 rating · 11 hrs/wk
- SOC 361W: Workshop: Networks and Organizations (EDUC 361)1-3 units · 5.0/5 rating · 5 hrs/wk
- SOC 363A: Seminar on Organizational Theory (EDUC 375A, MS&E 389)5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 20 hrs/wk
- SOC 364B: Survey Lab II (POLISCI 423B)1-5 units
- SOC 368W: Workshop: China Social Science (POLISCI 448R)1 unit · 5.0/5 rating · 3 hrs/wk
- SOC 370A: Sociological Theory: Crisis, Continuity, and Change5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 12 hrs/wk
- SOC 372: Theoretical Analysis and Research Design3-5 units
- SOC 373: The Quantitative Study of Educational and Social Inequality (EDUC 483)3-5 units · 3.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
- SOC 375W: Workshop: Politics, Morality, and Hierarchy1-2 units · 5.0/5 rating · 2 hrs/wk
- SOC 378: Seminar on Institutional Theory and World Society1-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
- SOC 380: Qualitative Methods3-5 units · 4.8/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
- SOC 380W: Workshop: Qualitative and Fieldwork Methods1-3 units · 5.0/5 rating · 5 hrs/wk
- SOC 381: Statistics for an open science: Foundation5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 14 hrs/wk
- SOC 382: Statistics for an Open Science: Explanation4-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
- SOC 383: Statistics for an Open Science: Modeling5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
- SOC 384: Advanced Regression Analysis (EDUC 326)3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
- SOC 385A: Research Practicum I2 units · 4.3/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
- SOC 385B: Research Practicum II2 units · 4.5/5 rating · 5 hrs/wk
- SOC 386: Meso-Organizational Theory (MS&E 382)3 units
- SOC 386E: Research Practicum V1 unit
- SOC 390: Graduate Individual Study1-5 units
- SOC 391: Graduate Directed Research1-5 units
- SOC 392: Curricular Practical Training1-5 units
- SOC 393: Teaching Apprenticeship1-15 units
- SOC 396: Sociology Colloquium1 unit · 4.5/5 rating · 1 hrs/wk
- SOC 398: The Social Psychology of Contemporary American Politics (PSYCH 270, SOC 298)4-5 units
- SOC 801: TGR PROJECT0 units
- SOC 802: TGR Dissertation0 units