After SOC 3204
Gateway: SOC 3204
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 Virginia Tech’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 46 SOC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 56 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.
Degree Core Requirementschoose 1
Sociology; Take in the order listed; Africana Studies, Indigenous Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies Elective Courses; Subtotal
1 course from1 required
Choose 1choose 1
Degree Core Requirementschoose 1
Introductory Requirements; Foundations of Psychology; Select two of the following:; 4000-Level Lecture Course with Co-Requisite One-Credit Laboratory; Development Lecture/Lab; Cognition and Learning Lecture/Lab; Biological Lecture/Lab; Interpersonal Psychology Lecture/Lab; Industrial/Organizational and Workplace Psychology Lecture Lab; Psychology Special Topics Senior Seminar; Subtotal
1 course from1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in SOC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at SOC 4194
3 courses deep, ending at SOC 4204
2 courses deep, ending at SOC 3144
2 courses deep, ending at SOC 4114
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Pathways to General Educationall required
All students must fulfill the requirements of the Pathways for General Education Curriculum. Check the Undergraduate Course Catalog & Academic Policies for prerequisites; Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse; Select three credits in Pathway 1a; Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities; Select six hours in Pathway 2; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences; Select six hours
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Additional Course Requirementschoose 1
Electives within Psychology; Select three of the following (9 credits, at least 3 credits must be at the 4000 level):; Developmental and Focus; Cognition and Learning Focus; Biological Focus; Interpersonal Focus; Industrial/Organizational and Workplace Psychology Focus; Clinical Focus; Other Electives; First Year Experience; Science Requirement for Psychology; Exploring Data; Exploring Humanity; S
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
All ofall required
All ofall required
All ofall required
All ofall required
All ofall required
All ofall required
All ofall required
Choose 1choose 1
Pathways to General Educationchoose 1
See relevant pages in Psychology Student Handbook for further information; Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse; Select three credits in Pathway 1a; Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities; Select six credits in Pathway 2; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences; Select six credits in Pathway 3; Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences; Select six credits in
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Pathways to General Education2 required · verify with the official sheet
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse; Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences; Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences; Select six credits in Pathway 4; Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking; Select six additional credits in Pathway 5a and/or Pathway 5f such that at least three credits are in Pa
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Cognate Electivechoose 1
Subtotal
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Pathways to General Education2 required · verify with the official sheet
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse; Select three credits in Pathway 1a; Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities; Select six credits in Pathway 2; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences; Select six credits in Pathway 3; Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences; Select six credits of lecture in Pathway 4; Select two credits of lab in Pathway 4; Pathways Conc
Major Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Subtotal; Human Development Electives; Select three of the following (at least two must be at the 3000 or 4000 level):; Content Electives; Select two of the following specific courses or courses from HD 1XXX, HD 2XXX, HD 3XXX, NEUR 2XXX, NEUR 3XXX, SOC 2XXX, SOC 3XXX, SOC 4XXX, WGS 2XXX, WGS 3XXX, and/or WGS 4XXX content courses. Enrollment is subject to space available and prerequisites completed
Pathways to General Education2 required · verify with the official sheet
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse; Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities; Select six credits in Pathway 2; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences; Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences; Select six credits in Pathway 4; Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking; Select six additional credits in Pathway 5a and/or Pathway 5f such that
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
All SOC courses in the Virginia Tech catalog
Grade medians are for verified students. Sign in with your school email to see them.
Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for SOC yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under SOC yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
SOC does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Virginia Tech campus feed.