Sociology at Boston College
Boston College Sociology courses: 53 listings with descriptions, sections, instructor ratings, and teaching history.
Sociology at Boston College offers 53 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 from Rate My Professors where available, each labelled with its source. Teaching records here cover 58 instructors across 16 terms, from Fall 2021 to Fall 2026.
1000-level courses
- SOCY1001 Introductory Sociology
- 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
- SOCY1299 Sociology of Care
- SOCY1432 Conspiracy in Context: Media, Belief, and Society
- SOCY1500 Global Perspectives on Climate Justice
- SOCY1714 Consumer Culture: Past, Present, and Sustainable Futures
- 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.
- SOCY2200 Statistics
- SOCY2202 Introduction to Social Work
- SOCY2210 Research Methods
- SOCY2215 Social Theory
- SOCY2225 Introduction to Feminisms
- SOCY2600 Blues, Hip Hop & Place: Black Life in the United States and Brazil
3000-level courses
- SOCY3081 Authoritarianism in the Digital Era: Power, Affect, and Action
- SOCY3128 Sociology of Reproduction
- SOCY3133 Culture and Inequality in Environmentalism
- SOCY3310 Studies in Crime and Social Justice
- SOCY3322 Consumption, Health, and the Environment
- SOCY3355 Sustainable Cities
- SOCY3358 Gender and Sports
- SOCY3368 Masculinity, Sexuality, and Difference
- SOCY3375 American Economic Crisis and Social Change
- SOCY3377 Sociology of Revolutions
- SOCY3391 Social Movements
- SOCY3393 Critical Sociology in a Time of Planetary Peril: Power, Control, and Resistance
- SOCY3450 Fighting for Black Lives: Health and Social Movements
- SOCY3562 Environmental Sociology I
- SOCY3621 The Internet and the Intimate: Gender, Sexuality, and the Body Online
- SOCY3655 Beyond Belief: Conspiracy Theories & Media Manipulation
- SOCY3703 Statistics II
- SOCY3791 Public Safety and Criminal Justice: Politics, Policy, and Progress
- SOCY3921 From Raw to Ready: Practical Data Processing and Preparation in R
4000-level courses
5000-level courses
6000-level courses
7000-level courses
- SOCY7171 Work, Health, Aging, Family, Life course (WHAFL) Research Workshop
- SOCY7703 Multivariate Statistics
- SOCY7710 Social Inquiry Research Seminar
- SOCY7715 Classical Social Theory
- SOCY7761 Second Year Graduate Writing Seminar
- SOCY7779 Environmental Sociology Workshop I