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soc

soc

1 8.9
A course about how people and groups behave
  • noun
  • Jargon
translation icon : sociología
  • You read Freud in Soc Sci I; your professors talked about it, taught it, and lent you books on it.
  • PSY for psychology, SOC
  • SOC for sociology, USH
  • Soc Sci

Examples

  • I'm excited to learn about social behavior in my soc class this semester.

  • Stay cool, Ben from soc class.

    It Chapter Two (2019)

  • So I teach intro to soc classes.

    Hit & Run (2012)

  • Deciding how to vote in an election or other balloting: ECON 3, SOC 4, USH 4

    Academic text (2004)

  • Speaking knowledgeably and positively about one's ethnic, religious, or socioeconomic heritage -- PSY 2, SOC 3, USH 6, WH 5

    Academic text (2004)

  • FoodShare was interested in engaging immigrant gardeners in the broader CFS movement and used the SOC project as a way to connect the gardeners to each other and the movement, and as a way to explore barriers to their participation.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The professor assigned reading on cultural norms for our soc course.

  • She studied hard for her final exam in soc to understand societal issues better.

Synonyms

sociology
vssoc
  • Specialized
50 3.9

The study of how people live and work together

is the informal short form used for that academic subject or course

Surface Forms

soc singular
socs plural

Etymology

Soc is a short form of sociology, which is the 'study of society'. The start 'soc-' is the same as in social and society, so a soc class is about people and groups.