SOC 302Lower division3 credit hours

SOC 302 Introduction to the Study of Society

Since 2011, SOC 302 has averaged 3.39 with 43% A’s. In Spring 2026 it averaged 3.71, above the 3.57 average for undergraduate SOC classes that term.

By Sulayman Bowles · Grade data updated October 27, 2026

Credit hours: 3
Level: Lower division
Class hours a week: 3
Grading: Letter grade or pass/fail, your choice
Repeat for credit: No
Core curriculum: Social and behavioral sciences (080)
Texas common number: SOCI 1301
Latest grades: Summer 2026

What grades did students get?

Term

Spring 2026: 909 letter grades, 3.71 average GPA, 71% A’s, 17 sections

71%A

11%A−

6%B+

4%B

3%B−

1%C+

1%C

0%C−

1%D+

0%D

0%D−

1%F

Bars show the selected term. Short lines show all terms combined.

Grade counts

Grade	Students	Share	All terms
A	646	71.1%	43.2%
A−	102	11.2%	16.0%
B+	53	5.8%	11.0%
B	37	4.1%	11.3%
B−	25	2.8%	6.2%
C+	9	1.0%	3.5%
C	11	1.2%	3.7%
C−	4	0.4%	1.6%
D+	5	0.6%	0.7%
D	3	0.3%	0.9%
D−	2	0.2%	0.4%
F	12	1.3%	1.4%
Q, W, CR, and others	40	Not in the average

How have grades changed?

UT’s grade reports show 46 terms from Summer 2011 to Summer 2026 (15 falls, 15 springs, and 16 summers).

Spring 2026 3.71 average · 71% A’s · 909 grades

SOC 302 average GPAAll undergraduate SOC classesLetter grades each term

Every term

Term	Sections	Letter grades	Average GPA	A’s
Summer 2026	2	304	3.80	80.9%
Spring 2026	17	909	3.71	71.1%
Fall 2025	21	845	3.75	74.7%
Summer 2025	2	239	3.68	70.7%
Spring 2025	13	781	3.70	68.1%
Fall 2024	33	856	3.59	58.3%
Summer 2024	2	278	3.53	65.5%
Spring 2024	30	707	3.54	52.2%
Fall 2023	37	1,023	3.59	57.8%
Summer 2023	2	260	3.55	56.2%
Spring 2023	28	757	3.62	58.0%
Fall 2022	37	1,042	3.58	57.3%
Summer 2022	1	91	3.37	49.5%
Spring 2022	34	817	3.59	55.7%
Fall 2021	37	936	3.51	46.5%
Summer 2021	1	91	3.66	61.5%
Spring 2021	18	640	3.69	61.4%
Fall 2020	30	932	3.70	69.1%
Summer 2020	2	180	3.73	70.0%
Spring 2020	30	907	3.85	78.9%
Fall 2019	33	1,048	3.41	41.3%
Summer 2019	2	92	3.49	58.7%
Spring 2019	35	1,149	3.55	55.0%
Fall 2018	33	996	3.33	34.1%
Summer 2018	2	51	3.43	31.4%
Spring 2018	27	714	3.31	36.8%
Fall 2017	33	953	3.19	22.6%
Summer 2017	2	50	3.33	30.0%
Spring 2017	29	769	3.24	34.7%
Fall 2016	33	975	3.05	16.3%
Summer 2016	2	51	3.46	45.1%
Spring 2016	30	674	3.24	28.0%
Fall 2015	39	986	3.18	22.8%
Summer 2015	2	51	3.43	29.4%
Spring 2015	30	890	3.24	30.1%
Fall 2014	25	738	3.17	16.5%
Summer 2014	2	56	3.55	44.6%
Spring 2014	24	714	3.07	23.2%
Fall 2013	37	1,127	3.01	16.1%
Summer 2013	2	44	2.89	18.2%
Spring 2013	24	628	2.84	15.6%
Fall 2012	37	1,082	3.08	18.7%
Summer 2012	2	51	3.42	37.3%
Spring 2012	28	675	2.94	19.6%
Fall 2011	31	932	2.94	16.6%
Summer 2011	2	50	3.49	44.0%

What’s SOC 302 about?

The nature of human societies, social processes, social interaction, and the sociological approach. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester.

What comes before and after?

Prerequisites

None listed in UT’s catalog.

This class

SOC 302Introduction to the Study of Society3.39

Leads to

SOC 379NConference Course SOC 379PUndergraduate Research Opportunity

More SOC classes

SOC 302PPhysical Activity and Society3.17

All Sociology classes

How we got this

Class details come from UT’s Sociology catalog page, checked October 27, 2026.

Grades come from UT’s grade dashboard, updated October 27, 2026. UT leaves out some small classes to protect students’ privacy. Past grades describe earlier terms; your section, instructor, and effort shape yours.

We count each A–F grade once. A’s counts A grades, and A− has its own bar. Subject averages use every letter grade in that subject and level that term, including this class. How the averages are calculated.

Before you register

Sections, times, and seats change every term. Check SOC 302 in UT’s class schedule for the semester you’re planning.

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