SYG 2000

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Principles of Sociology

3 credits

Offered: Fall, Spring & Summer

Sociology

Gen Ed: Social & Behavioral Sciences

Social structures, institutions, and inequality. Pairs with PSY 2012 to cover the MCAT Psych/Soc section.

Typical workload: ~3 hrs/week outside class

Do not delay. UF lists this in critical tracking for 4 majors, and 26 courses sit downstream of it in the prerequisite graph. Pushing it back can push back everything behind it.

Why students take this

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Scheduled in 4 of 81 UF model plans, usually in semester 1 (freshman year) and part of critical tracking for 4 majors.

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Nursing

Sociology

Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management

Prerequisites

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No prerequisites. Open to take anytime.

Usually taken with

Courses UF model plans put in the same semester as SYG 2000.

PSY 2012 · 2 plans

What it unlocks

26 courses list this as a prerequisite (directly or downstream).

FYC 3001 · Principles of Family, Youth and Community Sciences

FYC 3112 · Contemporary Family Problems and Interventions

FYC 4126 · Urban and Rural America in Transition

FYC 4212 · Contemporary Youth Problems and Solutions

SPS 3004 · Psychology in the Schools

SYD 3395 · Sociology of Globalization

SYD 4510 · Environmental Sociology

SYD 4620 · People, Places, and Belonging

SYO 4300 · Political Sociology

SYO 4414 · Mental Health in Society

SYO 4530 · Social Inequality

SYO 4533 · Digital Inequalities

SYP 4060 · Sociology of Human Sexuality

SYP 4306 · Empathy, Leadership, and Civic Engagement

SYP 4520 · Criminology

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