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De Anza College

SOC 20

Social Problems · 4 units · used in 72 transfer pathways

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About this course

An exploration of sociological perspectives on contemporary social problems. The social processes through which issues come to be viewed as social problems and the dynamics through which groups attempt to respond to and solve these problems will be examined.

Sections this term

Fall 2026 · updated Sep 3, 3:00 PM UTC

No section is scheduled at De Anza College for Fall 2026. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Prerequisites

The De Anza catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

Advisory: “ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.

Transfer pathways that use SOC 20

ASSIST maps SOC 20 to a requirement in 72 published pathways from De Anza College — 24 shown.

The other FHDA college

The district declares these courses cross-listed with SOC 20. That is a district equivalence, recorded in the colleges’ own course data — it is not an ASSIST articulation, and whether it satisfies a particular transfer requirement is a separate question shown on the pathway pages.

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