Social Psychology vs Sociology: the person in the group, or the group itself?

Social psychology looks at the individual in a social setting: why one person changes an attitude, conforms, helps or acts aggressively. Sociology looks at the setting itself: groups, institutions, inequality and how whole societies change. They meet on topics such as prejudice, groups, race and gender.

UPI Study's Advanced Social Psychology is a psychology course (Psychology 310), but NCCRS recommends it for 3 semester hours in Psychology or Sociology, in the lower or the upper division category. Your college decides where it counts.

The Advanced Social Psychology syllabus lists no prerequisites. If you are new to the subject, Introduction to Psychology has a chapter on social psychology (attitudes, conformity, prejudice, helping) that gives you a first look.

Advanced Social Psychology: NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours, lower or upper division, in Psychology among other subjects. Introduction to Sociology: NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours, lower division, in Sociology among other subjects; ACE recommends 3 (ACE ID UPIS-0005).

Advanced Social Psychology: Psychology or Sociology. Introduction to Sociology: Sociology. Your college decides which requirement each one fills.

Advanced Social Psychology: 12 chapters and 67 instructional hours. Introduction to Sociology: 14 chapters and 68 instructional hours. Both are self-paced, so you finish as fast or as slow as you want.

Advanced Social Psychology: 100 multiple-choice questions, 25% of the grade. Introduction to Sociology: 100 multiple-choice questions, 50% of the grade.

Advanced Social Psychology: Myers, David. Social Psychology. 11th ed., McGraw-Hill Education (optional). Introduction to Sociology: Conerly, Tonja R., et al. Introduction to Sociology 3e. OpenStax, 2021.

Advanced Social Psychology: NCCRS only. Introduction to Sociology: yes, ACE ID UPIS-0005, 3 semester hours. ACE listings run three years and UPI Study renews them as they end; credit you have earned stays valid for 10 years.

Introduction to Criminology. In the “Society and behavior” order on the Psychology and social science courses page, it follows Introduction to Sociology. Your program may set its own order.

Take it again: a failed Advanced Social Psychology final comes with one free retake (fail that and you restart the course). A passed final can be retaken too, but the original score stands; for quizzes, the average of your first two attempts counts.

Yes, online: under light proctoring (no camera) if you already have 70% before it, otherwise under full proctoring. The quizzes and the assignment are open-book; the Advanced Social Psychology final is not.

ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities. Search your school in Find My College and ask your registrar which courses Psychology 310 and Sociology 110 would count as. For the registrar: Advanced Social Psychology's NCCRS recommendation lists Psychology and Introduction to Sociology's NCCRS recommendation lists Sociology.