SOCY at University of Maryland, College Park

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 201Introductory Statistics for Sociologyopens 15 courses (15 directly)
• SOCY 202Introduction to Research Methods in Sociologyopens 15 courses (15 directly)
• SOCY 203Sociological Theoryopens 1 course (1 directly)
• SOCY 381Honors Independent Research in Sociologyopens 1 course (1 directly)
• SOCY 490Experimental Research Practicumopens 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 26 SOCY and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 61 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 491

  1. MATH 107Introduction to Math Modeling and Probability
  2. SOCY 201Introductory Statistics for Sociology
  3. SOCY 490Experimental Research Practicum
  4. SOCY 491Experimental Research Design

• 3 courses deep, ending at SOCY 383

  1. SOCY 380Honors Independent Reading in Sociology
  2. SOCY 381Honors Independent Research in Sociology
  3. SOCY 383Honors Thesis Research

• 3 courses deep, ending at SOCY 461

  1. SOCY 100Introduction to Sociology
  2. SOCY 202Introduction to Research Methods in Sociology
  3. SOCY 461Sociology in Action: Research and Community Engagement in Prince George's County

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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