Program & Course
After successful completion of the three-year B.A. (Honours) degree program in Sociology, students should be able to achieve the following objectives/ outcomes:
Program Specific Outcomes (PSO):
- Develop a strong foundation of Sociology as a distinctive discipline in Social Science arena, its nature, scope and relationship with other social sciences, basic concepts, principles and different perspectives in studying macro social structures- social groups, social stratification, basic social institutions, social processes, social problems etc., and their applications to understand and analyze the inherent complexity of social life as a whole. Build a conception about Sociology in India and the study of Indian society and social structure.
- Conceptualise with critical appraisal the grand theories of Sociology and contemporary social issues along with the History of emergence of Sociology in Classical era, the Western Classical Sociological thought and the contributions of the pioneers of Sociology in India.
- Understand the significance of Sociology in studying human societies with variable features and attaining different positions across a variable continuum of stages of technological, economic and social development and change. Conceptualize the process of social change, development of modern organizations, and the importance of demography in bringing about social change. Understand the methodology of Sociological research, its importance and application with different approaches to understand, analyze and resolve social issues for a better life in society as a whole.
- Undertake a firsthand experience of sociological research in form of survey based dissertation with social issues of individual interest. Be competent to analyze, understand the problem at hand through literature survey; to develop research question, to decide on proper methodology and limitations; to collect, analyse and interpret the data to arrive at unbiased conclusions and offer suggestions (if any). Troubleshoot problems and devise alternatives to existing procedures.
Course Outcomes (CO):
CO1: Understand the Principles of Sociology and develop knowledge about basic social institutions.
CO2: Develop understanding about the society in India, conceptualize social problems (with several concrete contemporary examples that the global society as well as India is concerned with), build substantial knowledge about the social Welfare measures and policies adopted in India for addressing several social problems.
CO3: Develop conceptual knowledge about the grand Sociological theories and build up theoretical understanding about the mutual interaction, inter-relation and interdependence of man and society.
CO4: Appreciate the contributions of Western and Indian thinkers in the realm of Sociology.
CO5: Understand and explore the vast and diverse fields of Rural and Urban Sociology.
CO6: Develop comprehensive understanding of Social Change and Development. Build substantive knowledge in Social Demography.
CO7: Explore and understand the field of Social Anthropology and develop comprehensive understanding about the structure and functioning of Modern Organizations.
CO8: Be competent in understanding and applying Sociological Research Methodology towards conceptualizing and operationalizing social issues with their inherent complexities into sociological research questions and reaching solutions through rigorous application of scientific reasoning and methodological precision.
