SOCY at University of Colorado Boulder

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate SOCY coursework.

• SOCY 3001Classical Theoryopens 15 courses (14.5 directly)
• SOCY 3201Sociological Research Methodsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• SOCY 3301Survey Methodsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• SOCY 4014Criminologyopens 1 course (1 directly)
• SOCY 6111Stats 2: Statistic Analysisopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate SOCY work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 55 SOCY and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 80 more SOCY courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on SOCY, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in SOCY. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at SOCY 4441

  1. SOCY 1001Introduction to Sociology
  2. SOCY 3001Classical Theory
  3. SOCY 3301Survey Methods
  4. SOCY 4441Senior Honors Seminar 1

• 3 courses deep, ending at SOCY 4104

  1. SOCY 1001Introduction to Sociology
  2. SOCY 4014Criminology
  3. SOCY 4104The Death Penalty in America

• 3 courses deep, ending at SOCY 7111

  1. SOCY 5111Statistics 1: Introduction to Social Statistics
  2. SOCY 6111Stats 2: Statistic Analysis
  3. SOCY 7111Data III--Advanced Data Analysis

• 2 courses deep, ending at SOCY 3201

  1. ANTH 4000Quantitative Methods in Anthropology
  2. SOCY 3201Sociological Research Methods

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for SOCY yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under SOCY yet.

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Department events

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