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Global Education, Global Acceptance

Develops an empirical understanding of the social world.
Enhances value commitments to fairness, social justice, and the inclusion of everyone in society.
Includes a Personality Development Programme for holistic development.
Provides the best internship programmes through associations with renowned private and govt. agencies.
Rigorous Field Work Practicum to enhance students’ observation and comprehension abilities.

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Programme Overview

B. A. Sociology is committed to command leadership coming from all walks of life. The programme is specifically designed to identify and address community needs and issues, including poverty and oppression, cultural diversity, and social and economic justice. In pursuit of its educational goals, the programme is dedicated to excellence in teaching, research, scholarship, lifelong learning, and community service.

Programme Educational Outcomes

To integrate sociological theory, research, and data to assess various explanations of social phenomena.
To understand and demonstrate the analysis of how social issues arise in contemporary Indian society and the interplay between class, gender, caste, sexuality, religion, and other social groups.
To apply social theories to understand the society in which we live.
To communicate in a precise, nuanced and coherent manner in both written and oral communication.
To learn and understand the use of sociological knowledge, skills, and theories to engage with the world around us, and to promote social justice and harmony.

Programme Outcomes

Acquire knowledge of the humanities and social sciences through the study of Sociology.
Develop an understanding of the socio-economic, political, psychological, and cultural forces that impact people's lives.
Develop the ability to comprehend the structures and functions of social institutions.
Analyze the changes taking place in society through sociological lenses.
Examine the socio-cultural factors that affect the health of society.
Develop critical thinking skills for analyzing social phenomena.
Identify and design solutions for social issues through fieldwork skills.

Programme Specific Outcomes

To obtain knowledge of sociological concepts to understand society.
To apprehend the diversities of societies with special reference to Indian Society.
To develop an understanding of society through sociological theories.
To build social skills and increase tolerance levels through an understanding of diversities existing in society.
To implement sociological knowledge in various aspects of social life.
To enhance the students’ scientific temperament in addressing social realities.
To bring out issues related to development approaches and the issues involved in them.

Curriculum Details

Odd Semester

This is the programme's first semester.

Courses for this semester

FUNDAMENTALS OF SOCIOLOGY

Course Overview

This course is an introduction to the concepts of Sociology. It will help the students to understand the relevance of the subject, for which it was developed. The course intends to familiarise the students with the basic concepts of society, community, social groups, social processes, social stratification etc.

Course Outcomes

Demonstrate the nature, scope, and significance of Sociology and its relationship with other social sciences.
Familiarise with elementary notions like society, community, association, norms, and values, etc.
Realize and recognize the presence of various social groups, social institutions and social processes in human society, which are responsible for the functioning of human society.

SOCIAL CHANGE, CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT

Course Overview

This course talks about culture and social change in the society and how development happens in the society. This course explains in detail about the significance of socialization in human life. It has put a light on the necessity of social control in human life. This course has introduced the factors responsible for bringing social change in the society, besides taking into account the obstacles that have come in the way of social change.

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand the concept of culture and socialization and also to make the students realize the role of culture and socialization in shaping human personality
Learn and understand the necessity of social control in human society and also the mechanisms through which social control is exercised in human society.
Analyze the obstacles that are coming in the way of social change in society.

SOCIOLOGY OF INDIA

Course Overview

The course seeks to introduce some major sociological concepts and terminologies. A pure grasp, from the demographic structure of India to the significant understanding of various tribes in India. It lets us investigate the development of sociology as a discipline right from core concepts like Sanskritization to contemporary concepts like urban society, giving a wholesome knowledge in the field.

Course Outcomes

Adds to the sociological interpretation of Indian culture and society.
Comprehend the basic institutions, structure and types of Indian society.
Adds to learning about the process of social changes in India.

INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Overview

The course is a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental principles, theories and research in modern psychology. It is an academic and applied discipline involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. This paper spans some central areas of interest such as: Memory, Forgetting, Learning etc. It also familiarize the students with the most essential fundamental physiological processes underlying psychological events.

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand the human thought process.
Identify the major fields of study and theoretical perspectives within psychology and articulate their similarities and differences.
Articulate the basic principles, major theories, and research concerning learning and cognition.

INTRODUCTORY ENGLISH

Course Overview

This course brings the students an opportunity to learn basic grammar to be integrated into their writing and speaking skills. All the modules are meant for enhancing their professional success. Each topic of grammar would be followed by practice and exercises that they would find interesting. Students will also be taught the theories and other nuances of communication.

Course Outcomes

Enable learners to recognize the structure of a sentence and its variations as they learn to understand, speak and write
Improve the learners’ pronunciation.
Improve writing and speaking skills

Even Semester

This is the programme's second semester.

Courses for this semester

SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS

Course Overview

The course is a general introduction to the methodologies of sociological research. It will enable students to develop a sound understanding of both quantitative and qualitative research.

Course Outcomes

Gain sociological research both from a theoretical and methodological perspective.
Learn and understand the importance of research in social sciences.
Develop an ability to acquire the art of data collection.

ENGLISH II

Course Overview

The course emphasizes improving the skills of the students in areas such as reading, writing, communication and comprehension, interview, presentation, etc. It also focuses on knowledge of literature like poems and novels.

Course Outcomes

Learn, understand, and enjoy the different genres of literature like short stories and poems.
Learn the rules and methods of writing letters, CVs, and resumes.
Develop an ability to write answers themselves based on reading and comprehension.

PSYCHOLOGY II

Course Overview

The course will provide an idea regarding the fundamental processes underlying human behavior and apply the principles of psychology in day-to-day life for a better understanding of themselves and others. It focuses on understanding the concept of individual differences to promote self-reflection and understanding of self and others.

Course Outcomes

Acquire knowledge to become familiarize the students with the concept of IQ.
Learn to apply the psychological principles in their day- to-day life.
Learn to articulate the basic principles, major theories, and research concerning learning and cognition.

ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH II

Course Overview

The course focuses on analyzing the work(s) of literature in one or more interpretive contexts or frameworks. It emphasises poems, prose, and drama depicting the lives of the people and their relationship with society. The course will guide the students in creating aesthetic structures for the genre in which they are writing.

Course Outcomes

Learn to analyze the role that intersections among race, gender, class, sexuality, and/or national or global history play in literary studies
Learn to identify, analyze, interpret, and describe the critical ideas, values, and themes that appear in literary and cultural texts and understand the way these ideas, values, and themes inform and impact culture and society, both now and in the past.
Learn and understand society through literature.

FIELD WORK

Course Overview

The course aims to expose the students to rural settings to understand the social reality which they have been studying theoretically. It will make the students feel close to the rural community and its settings so that they understand the dynamics and issues in the rural society and become aware of the sensitivities of people while dealing with social issues.

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand the social reality in the rural context.
Learn and understand the rural social problems objectively.
Develop professional skills like documentation, reporting, communication skills.

SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS

Course Overview

The course is a general introduction to the methodologies of sociological research. It will enable students to develop a sound understanding of both quantitative and qualitative research.

Course Outcomes

Gain the sociological research both from a theoretical and methodological perspective.
Learn and understand the importance of research in social sciences.
Acquire the art of data collection.

FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT

Course Overview

The course is used to satisfy the social science bachelor’s requirement. This course is an introduction to the study of how classical theories are impacting our social lives and holds the importance to understand social reality. The course talks about important concepts like the division of labor in society and its applicability. The course also talks about class and class struggle. Important concepts like religion, suicide, power, authority, and bureaucracy are covered in this syllabus.

Course Outcomes

Learn to demonstrate the nature, scope, and importance of Sociology and its association with classical sociological thoughts.
Learn to identify the elementary notions of social theory.
Learn to analyze the relationship of classical social theory with the contemporary nature of the society.

FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR

Course Overview

Course Outcomes

Acquire knowledge to become familiarize with the concept of IQ.
Learn to apply the psychological principles in their day- to-day life.
Learn to articulate the basic principles, major theories, and research concerning learning and cognition.

ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH II

Course Overview

Course Outcomes

Learn to analyze the role that intersections among race, gender, class, sexuality, and/or national or global history play in literary studies
Learn to identify, analyze, interpret, and describe the critical ideas, values, and themes that appear in literary and cultural texts and understand the way these ideas, values, and themes inform and impact culture and society, both now and in the past.
Learn and understand society through literature.

FIELD WORK â€“ (ETHNOGRAPHY-RURAL)

Course Overview

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand the social reality in the rural context.
Learn and understand the rural social problems objectively.
Learn and understand the contribution of various organizations in solving the social problems.

Odd Semester

This is the programme's third semester.

Courses for this semester

SOCIOLOGY OF INDIAN SOCIETY

Course Overview

The course will enable the students to understand the unity and diversity of Indian society and the key concepts, structures, and institutions. It will also enable the students to understand the social and cultural processes in the context of India.

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand the demographic structure of Indian society.
Learn to apprehend the status of women in India from ancient times onwards.
Learn and understand the tribal societies in India.

SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN INDIA

Course Overview

The course is an introduction to the concept of development. It emphasized the models of economic development and its relationship with society. The course also focuses on the preservation and proper utilization of natural resources, for the environment. Topics to be emphasized include planning, urbanization, education, bureaucracy, socio-economic development, and its barriers.

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand the concept, types, and models of development.
Learn to analyze the types and models of development.
Learn to demonstrate the relationship between social structure and the process of development.

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Course Overview

Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary course including topics from various subjects like geology, physics, chemistry, biology, ecology, earth science, and many others. The basic aim of the course is to focus on the environment and different processes that take place on Earth. Relevant issues of global warming, pollution, floods, earthquakes, waste management, and sustainable development have been given a lot of importance in the course.

Course Outcomes

Gain in-depth knowledge of natural processes that sustain life, and govern the economy.
Learn the ethical, cross-cultural, and historical context of environmental issues and the links between human and natural systems.
Learn and understand the concept of biodiversity and respect them.

PSYCHOLOGY III

Course Overview

The course aims to make the students understand the journey of the ‘emerging discipline’ of social psychology and to identify the various landmarks of social psychology. It emphasises making the students learn the close link between social psychology and related disciplines along with identifying different mechanisms behind forming social perception and social influence in society.

Course Outcomes

Learn the origin, development, nature and scope of social psychology.
Learn to examine the relationship of social psychology with other social sciences.
Learn and understand the significance of social behavior, social interaction, and social influence.

INDUSTRIAL VIVA

Course Overview

The course is intended to make the students ready for the interview by developing their interview skills to achieve success in their careers.

Course Outcomes

Develop their communication skills
Develop their leadership skills
Learn to work in a team and solve the problems

CONCURRENT FIELD WORK

Course Overview

The course aims to expose the students to urban settings to understand the social reality which they have been studying theoretically. It will make the students feel close to the urban community and its settings so that they can understand the dynamics and issues in the urban society that will help to resolve the urban problems.

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand the urban community and its settings.
Learn and understand the dynamics and issues of urban society.
Learn to build awareness about the sensitivities of people in dealing with social issues.

SOCIOLOGY OF INDIAN SOCIETY

Course Overview

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand the demographic structure of Indian society.
Learn to apprehend the status of women in India from ancient times onwards.
Learn about the process of social changes in India.

INDIAN SOCIETY: ISSUES AND PROBLEMS

Course Overview

The course aims to acquaint the students with the conceptual meaning, nature, and intensity of the gravity of social problems. The course is designed to identify and analyze some emerging social issues and problems from a sociological perspective.

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand the conceptual meaning, nature, and gravity of social problems
Learn and understand the emerging contemporary social issues and problems.
Develop the capacity to understand and analyze the roots of social problems in Indian society.

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Course Overview

The course aims to make the students understand the journey of the ‘emerging discipline’ of social psychology and to identify the various landmarks of social psychology. It emphasizes making the students learn the close link between social psychology and related disciplines along with identifying different mechanisms behind forming social perception and social influence in society.

Course Outcomes

Learn the origin, development, nature and scope of social psychology.
Learn to examine the relationship of social psychology with other social sciences.
Learn and understand the significance of social behavior, social interaction, and social influence.

FIELD WORK - (ETHNOGRAPHY - URBAN)

Course Overview

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand the urban community and its settings.
Learn and understand the dynamics and issues of urban society.
Learn to build awareness about the sensitivities of people in dealing with social issues.

Even Semester

This is the programme's fourth semester.

Courses for this semester

RURAL SOCIOLOGY

Course Overview

The course aims at acquainting the students of Sociology with the conceptual framework of Rural Society. It will enable the students to understand the rural social, economic, and political structure and helps to familiarize the students with different development programs that are implemented in rural areas.

Course Outcomes

Learn about the conceptual framework of rural society.
Learn to demonstrate the rural social, economic and political structure.
Learn about governmental initiatives in rural areas.

SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT

Course Overview

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand the concept, types, and models of development.
Learn to analyze the types and models of development.
Learn to demonstrate the relationship between social structure and the process of development.

SOCIETIES IN NORTH EAST INDIA

Course Overview

The course aims at providing a sociological understanding of Northeastern Societies. It will enable the students to provide a multi-dimensional understanding of Northeast India.

Course Outcomes

Learn the contemporary socio-political issues and the challenges of the state.
Learn to apprehend North-East India with respect to tribes, castes, ethnicity, and matrilineal society.
Learn to identify pertinent emerging issues in contemporary North-eastern society.

PSYCHOLOGY IV

Course Overview

The course will provide the students with a comprehensive idea of counselling, starting from stages of counselling and proceeding towards different counselling techniques and understanding ethical issues of counselling.

Course Outcomes

Learn to identify the various areas of counseling.
Learn to recognize the need and techniques of Counselling.
Learn to demonstrate an understanding of theoretical, principles and types of Psychological Counselling.

INDUSTRIAL VIVA (SOCIOLOGY)

Course Overview

The course aims to enhance communication skills, and personality and boost the confidence of the students in facing the interview. The course comprises a viva-voce in which comprehensive questions are asked relevant to the subject. An external examiner will be invited and the student will be assessed based on the performance in the viva-voce.

Course Outcomes

Develop the personality of the students.
Learn to improve the communication skills
Learn to balance confidence with humility

CONCURRENT FIELD WORK

Course Overview

The course will make the students understand the problems of society and use the different methods of research methodology along with the development of innovative ideas.

Course Outcomes

Learn to observe the social reality.
Learn to apply the theoretical knowledge in the field setting.
Learn to develop the research skills.

RURAL SOCIOLOGY

Course Overview

Course Outcomes

Learn about the conceptual framework of rural society.
Learn about the rural social, economic and political structure.
Learn about the governmental initiatives in rural areas.

SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT

Course Overview

The course aims to acquaint the students with the conceptual meaning of the Sociology of development and the models of Economic development. It will also help to familiarize the students with the structural aspects of development.

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand the concept of development.
Learn and understand the types and models of development.
Learn and understand the composition of social structure in the process of development.

SOCIETIES IN NORTH- EAST INDIA

Course Overview

The course aims at providing a sociological understanding of Northeastern Societies. It will provide a multi-dimensional understanding of Northeast India.

Course Outcomes

Learn the contemporary socio-political issues and the challenges of the state.
Learn to identify pertinent emerging issues in contemporary North eastern society
Learn and understand the impact of globalization in North-east region

INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY

Course Overview

This course gives students a comprehensive idea of Counselling, starting from the Stages of counseling and proceeding toward different counseling techniques and understanding the ethical issues of counseling.

Course Outcomes

Learn to identify various areas of counseling.
Learn to recognize the need and techniques of counselling.
Learn to demonstrate understanding of theoretical, principles and types of Psychological Counselling.

MINOR RESEARCH STUDY I

Course Overview

The course will make the students understand the problems of the society and to use the different methods of research methodology along with the development of innovative ideas.

Course Outcomes

Learn to observe the social reality.
Learn to apply the theoretical knowledge in the field setting.
Learn to develop the research skills.

Odd Semester

This is the programme's fifth semester.

Courses for this semester

CRIME AND SOCIETY

Course Overview

The course aims at acquainting the students of Sociology with the conceptual framework of recent trends in criminology, changing profile of crime and criminals. It also prepares the students for the professional roles of correctional agents in agencies of criminal justice administration.

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand the concept of crime.
Learn to explain the theoretical approaches to crime.
Learn to identify the new forms and recent trends of crime.

INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY

Course Overview

The course aims at acquainting the students of Sociology with the theoretical knowledge on Sociology of Industry and to prepare the students for professional roles of Social structure of the industry and its practical aspects. It will also acquaint the students with the development of industries in India.

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand the Sociology of Industry.
Learn to demonstrate the structure of various organization.
Learn to examine the trade union and the importance of labour welfare in the society.

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Course Overview

The course will highlight the importance of science and technology in human lives. The course will help to understand the impact of science and technology on human lives in a wider context and to understand the changes brought in by technology to different spheres of human lives.

Course Outcomes

Learn to enable the students to understand the importance of science and technology in human civilization.
Learn and understand how science and technology fit into the wider context of society, culture, and politics.
Learn to apprehend the social change brought by technology.

MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

Course Overview

The course is aimed at understanding the concept of health from a sociological perspective. The course will help in understanding the hospital as a social institution. It will also introduce concepts like the sick role and would present various sociological theories to understand health and healthcare.

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand the concept of health through sociological lenses.
Learn to examine the inter-relationship between society and health.
Learn to comprehend the health problems of the community.

INDUSTRIAL VIVA (SOCIOLOGY)

Course Overview

Course Outcomes

Develop the personality of the students
Learn to improve the communication skills
Learn to balance confidence with humility

CONCURRENT FIELD WORK

Course Overview

The course aims to develop research skills and the skills for identifying research problems. It will make the students understand the problems of society like safe drinking water, ill health, illiteracy, etc.

Course Outcomes

Learn to formulate the research problem.
Learn and understand the different steps of the research process.
Learn to know the process of data collection and data analysis.

E-LEARNING

Course Overview

The course is provided through the Coursera Platform, which is an online course where students are allowed to take courses/courses per semester based on the hours with relevance to the credit, and the courses are provided by international universities across the world. During the courses, students have to submit assignments and quizzes.

Course Outcomes

Learn to broaden the mind set by studying the courses provided by different universities
Gain new skills which will help in career development
Gain Knowledge from different platforms

Even Semester

This is the programme's sixth semester.

Courses for this semester

URBAN SOCIOLOGY

Course Overview

The course aims to introduce the students to the concepts of urban society and its dynamics. The course seeks critical thinking development processes and policy perspectives on urban areas.

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand the phenomenon of urban life and the idea of urbanism.
Learn about urban processes such as development and displacement.
Learn to analyze urban issues and urban governance.

GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIETY

Course Overview

The course aims to introduce the students to Sociology to the concept, characteristics, and issues relating to globalization and to familiarize the students with the various agencies involved in the process of globalization. It will acquaint the students with the Indian experience of globalization and reflect on its problems and prospects.

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand the concept and the various agencies of globalization.
Learn to demonstrate the relationship between globalization and culture.
Learn to examine the impact of globalization.

POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY

Course Overview

The course deals mainly with the relationship between the state and society. The nature of power, the ideology of power, and mechanisms of social transformations in the state are looked at. The main aim is to acquaint the students with the functioning of political systems and processes as well as generate young minds into re-evaluating their role as citizens of the state and make them aware of the political processes in India.

Course Outcomes

Develop an understanding regarding the nature, scope, and subject matter of political sociology.
Develop an in-depth understanding about the different political system functioning in human society.
Learn different theoretical and conceptual issues in political sociology.

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Course Overview

The paper aims to introduce the students of Sociology to the principles of manpower, management, and development. The emphasis is on imparting skills to enable the students to work in groups.

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand the concept and importance of Human resources in the organization.
Learn to examine the man power planning and its techniques.
Learn and understand the recruitment process and performance appraisal.

CONCURRENT FIELD WORK

Course Overview

The course aims to develop the research skills of the students and helps them to identify the research problems. It will help to understand the emerging problems of society.

Course Outcomes

Learn to formulate the research problem.
Learn and understand the different steps of the research process.
Learn the process of data collection and data analysis.

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