Sociology at Boston College
Boston College Sociology courses: 82 listings with descriptions, sections, instructor ratings, and teaching history.
Sociology at Boston College offers 82 courses in the current catalog, from SOCY1001 Introductory Sociology to SOCY9999 Doctoral Continuation. Each course page on Linden Study shows the catalog description, credits and prerequisites, the sections offered each term, and the instructors who have taught it, with aggregate ratings from Boston College's published course evaluations and the number of responses behind each one. Teaching records here cover 77 instructors across 17 terms, from Fall 2021 to Spring 2027.
1000-level courses
- SOCY1001 Introductory Sociology
- SOCY1002 Introduction to Sociology for Healthcare Professions
- SOCY1030 Deviance and Social Control
- SOCY1036 Introduction to Latin American Societies
- SOCY1039 African World Perspectives
- SOCY1043 Introduction to African-American Society
- SOCY1049 Social Problems
- SOCY1058 Sociology of the Family
- SOCY1072 Inequality in America
- SOCY1078 Sociology of Health and Illness
- SOCY1133 Self, Health, and Illness: Societal Perspectives
- SOCY1333 Data, Power, and the Making of Modern Science: Sociological Perspectives
- SOCY1432 Conspiracy in Context: Media, Belief, and Society
- SOCY1500 Global Perspectives on Climate Justice
- SOCY1714 Consumer Culture: Past, Present, and Sustainable Futures
- SOCY1718 How Sports Explain America: The Sociology of Sports in the United States
- SOCY1986 Why is Everything Falling Apart? From Global Problems to Global Action
- SOCY1987 You have 4 months to learn: Latina and Latino people in the USA
2000-level courses
- SOCY2000 Oh my God! A Sociological Intro to Religion in the U.S.
- SOCY2066 Readings in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- SOCY2182 Gender, Identity, and Sexuality
- SOCY2200 Statistics
- SOCY2202 Introduction to Social Work
- SOCY2210 Research Methods
- SOCY2215 Social Theory
- SOCY2220 Intimate Matters: Sexuality, Sexual Health, and Society
- SOCY2225 Introduction to Feminisms
- SOCY2250 Perspectives on War, Aggression, and Conflict Resolution I
- SOCY2379 Language and Ethnicity
- SOCY2600 Blues, Hip Hop & Place: Black Life in the United States and Brazil
- SOCY2605 Hip Hop and Black Social Life
3000-level courses
- SOCY3072 A Self of One's Own: Work and Meaning from Weber to Brave New World to AI
- SOCY3081 Authoritarianism in the Digital Era: Power, Affect, and Action
- SOCY3083 The Paradox of Education: Opportunity and Inequality
- SOCY3084 Voices of South Africa
- SOCY3087 AI and Society
- SOCY3089 The Business of Flourishing: Culture, Markets, and the Pursuit of Wellness
- SOCY3128 Sociology of Reproduction
- SOCY3133 Culture and Inequality in Environmentalism
- SOCY3187 Race, Region, and the American City
- SOCY3223 Tattoos and Religion. Studying a neglected spiritual practice.
- SOCY3304 Race, Ethnicity, and Popular Culture
- SOCY3309 Restoration and Repair: Justice System Innovations
- SOCY3310 Studies in Crime and Social Justice
- SOCY3316 The Sociology of W.E.B. DuBois
- SOCY3322 Consumption, Health, and the Environment
- SOCY3346 Environmental Justice
- SOCY3355 Sustainable Cities
- SOCY3358 Gender and Sports
- SOCY3361 Family and Work
- SOCY3368 Masculinity, Sexuality, and Difference
- SOCY3375 American Economic Crisis and Social Change
- SOCY3377 Sociology of Revolutions
- SOCY3391 Social Movements
- SOCY3450 Fighting for Black Lives: Health and Social Movements
- SOCY3515 Wars and Revolutions in the Middle East
- SOCY3562 Environmental Sociology I
- SOCY3621 The Internet and the Intimate: Gender, Sexuality, and the Body Online
- SOCY3655 Beyond Belief: Conspiracy Theories & Media Manipulation
- SOCY3791 Public Safety and Criminal Justice: Politics, Policy, and Progress
4000-level courses
- SOCY4400 Racialized Medicine
- SOCY4901 Reading and Research
- SOCY4902 Reading and Research
- SOCY4931 Important Readings in Sociology
- SOCY4961 Senior Honors Seminar
- SOCY4962 Advanced Independent Research
- SOCY4963 Senior Honors Thesis
5000-level courses
- SOCY5118 Theory-Driven Qualitative Research
- SOCY5187 Black Feminisms: Power, Praxis, and Possibilities
- SOCY5530 Studies in Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
6000-level courses
7000-level courses
- SOCY7171 Work, Health, Aging, Family, Life course (WHAFL) Research Workshop
- SOCY7702 Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis
- SOCY7703 Multivariate Statistics
- SOCY7710 Social Inquiry Research Seminar
- SOCY7715 Classical Social Theory
- SOCY7716 Contemporary Social Theory
- SOCY7760 First Year Research Seminar
- SOCY7761 Second Year Graduate Writing Seminar
- SOCY7779 Environmental Sociology Workshop I