Maharshi Dayanand University - MDU Courses

M.A. (Sociology)

Course Detail

Semester – I

1. Compulsory Subject
   • Introduction to Sociology
   • Sociological Thinkers
   • Indian Society : Structure & Change
   • Research Methods and Techniques
2. Select any one
   • Sociology of Marginalized Communities
   • Health and Society
   • Social Anthropology
   • Sociology of Education

Semester – II

1. Compulsory Subjaect
   • Statistics and Social Research
   • Perspectives to Understand Indian Society
   • Sociology of Kinship, Marriage & Family
2. Select any one from each group
   1.  
      • Rural Development in India
      • Political Sociology
      • Globalization and Society
   1.  
      • Economy and Society
      • Industrial Sociology
      • Social Psychology
   • Group-A
   • Group-B

Semester – III

1. Compulsory Subject
   • Classical Sociology Theory
   • Computer Applications in Social Research
   • Rural Sociology
2. Select any one
   1.  
      • Sociology of Population Studies
      • Sociology of Mass Communication & Popular Culture
      • Sociology of Human Rights & Duties
   1.  
      • Sociology of Environment
      • Social Problems in India
      • Social of Peasantry
   • Group-A
   • Group-B

Semester – IV

1. Compulsory Papers
   1.  
      • Ethnicity, Pluralism and Nation
      • Social Policy and Planning
      • Optional Papers
   1.  
      • Sociology of Deviance & Crime
      • Urban Sociology
      • Optional Papers
   1.  
      • Gender & Society
      • Sociol Movements
   • Stratification and Mobility
   • Contemporary Sociology Theory
   • Select any one from each group
   • Group- A
   • Group- B
   • Group- C