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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

SOC 421 - Classical Social Theory



Major social theorists of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries whose works have led to the development of sociology as a distinct discipline. Includes Durkheim, Marx, Simmel, and Weber.

Credits: 3
Prerequisites: SOC 101  or SOC 102  
Notes: This course is crosslisted with SOC 621. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

Fulfills the UNLV General Education Social Science Requirement.