Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Generated from Utah Valley University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate SOC coursework.
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 SOC 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 29 SOC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 9 more SOC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on SOC, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
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Distribution Courses:; Biology; Physical Science; Personal, Professional, & Civic Growth; Humanities Distribution; Social/Behavioral Science distribution; Fine Arts Distribution
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Discipline Core Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Complete 23 credits of any SOC classes (at least 12 credits must be upper division courses); Elective Requirements:; 15 credits any course numbered 3000 or higher; 33 credits any course numbered 1000 or higher
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Distribution Courses:; Biology; Physical Science; Personal, Professional, & Civic Growth; Humanities Distribution (Fulfilled with Foreign Language 2020G/2020 course)*; Social/Behavioral Science Distribution; Fine Arts Distribution
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Distribution Courses:; Humanities; Physical Science ( ENVT 1110 or GEOG 1000 is recommended); Life Science ( BIOL 1010 or BIOL 1610 is recommended); Fine Arts; Social/Behavioral Science; Personal, Professional, and Civic Growth
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Distribution Courses:; Life Science; Humanities Distribution; Fine Arts Distribution; Personal, Professional, and Civic Growth
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: ENGL 2010
The deepest prerequisite chains in SOC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at SOC 4100
3 courses deep, ending at SOC 3030
3 courses deep, ending at SOC 3800
2 courses deep, ending at SOC 3501
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Complete 23 credits of any SOC classes (at least 12 credits must be upper division courses); Elective Requirements:; 15 credits any course number 3000 or higher; 20 credits any course numbered 1000 or higher; Complete 12 credits of one Foreign Language, including ASL (Foreign Language 2020G/2020* course fulfills Humanities Distribution)*
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Complete six credits from the following; Complete 12 credits from the following physical and life science courses; Complete 12 credits from the following social science and humanities classes
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Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Choose any classes. It is recommended that you select classes listed in the categories above that have not been taken or select from the courses below. It is also recommended to select classes from the following prefixes: GEOG, GEO, ENVT, ENST, AIST, ANTH, SOC, BIOL, CHEM, PHYS, NSS, HIST, GIS, MATH, STAT, CS, REC, PHIL, ENTR, ARC, ART, HUM, ENGL,METO, PJST, POLS, MGMT.
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Select 15 credits from the following physical and life science courses; Select 15 credits from the following social science classes; Electives; Choose any classes from the following list or any classes from the following prefixes: GEOG, GEO, ENVT, ENST, AIST, ANTH, SOC, BIOL, CHEM, PHYS, NSS, HIST, GIS, MATH, STAT, CS.
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Elective Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Take 11 credits from the following electives:; Other advisor approved upper division elective
All SOC courses in the UVU catalog
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