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M.A. (Sociology)


Duration:

2 Years

Eligibility:

Graduation

Course Duration: 2 Years

Course Eligibility: Graduation with 50% marks

Admission Criteria: Merit in qualifying examination, subject to eligibility criteria.

Entrance/Eligibility Test: As per University Rules

Course Syllabus 

Semester I

Sociological Theory

Research Methodology

Study of Sociological Text

Optional Paper

Development Studies

Perspectives on Indian Society

Sociology of Religion

Sociology of Change

Semester II

Sociological Theory

Research Methodology

Study of Sociological Text

Optional Paper

Society and Social Change in Assam

Rural Society in India

Sociology of South Asia

Semester III

Sociological Theory (Recent Development)

Sociology in India

Study of Sociological Text

Optional Paper

Urban Society in India

Gender and Society

Sociology of South Asia

Sociology of Indian Diaspora

Population and Society

Semester IV

Social and New Social Movements

Study of Sociological Text

Comprehensive viva voce to be conducted in the presence of an external examiner and the faculty at

the end of the fourth/ final semester

Optional Paper

Sociology of Ethnicity and Identity

Gender and Society- 2

Dissertation (on any topic of choice in consultation with the supervisor)

Environment and Society

Criminology

Globalization and Society-