SOCIOL 114Social Data Science
Sociology · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Data analysis, and way social theory and data are linked. Covers data and computing environment, regression analysis, causal analysis, and machine learning. Offers tools for conducting quantitative analyses of social phenomenon, including emerging computational methods. Integrates substance and method. Draws on literature in social inequality to demonstrate applications of studied methods.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
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