SOCIOL 20Introduction to Sociological Research Methods
Sociology · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Introduction to methods used in contemporary sociological research, with focus on issues of research design, data collection, and analysis of data. Fieldwork may be required.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2026
- Summer 2026
- Fall 2026
- Winter 2027
- Spring 2027
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.
SOCIOL 20
- SOCIOL 143Human Health and Society
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.