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M.A. (Sociology)


Duration:

2 Years

Eligibility:

Graduation

Course Duration: Two Year

Course Eligibility: Graduation or equivalent with at least 50% marks.

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

Entrance/Eligibility Test: As per University Rules

Course Syllabus 

Semester - I

Society and Culturein India

Ill-fare Issues and Social Movements in India

Sociological Thought–I (Functionalist and Conflict Traditions)

Sociology of Gender

Research Methodology-I

Semester - II

Sociology and Social Anthropology in India.

Sociology of Culture and Everyday Life

Sociological Thought–II (Structuralist and Interactionist Traditions)

Research Methodology-II and Statistics

Population and Society; Sociological Theory Practicum

Semester – III

Social Theory-I

Rural Sociology and Urban Sociology

Later Indian Sociological and Social Anthropological Theories

Industrial Sociology

Society and Culture in Bengal

Semester – IV

Social Theory–II

Social Theory–III

Sociology of Development and Sociology of Environment

Tribal Society in India

Dissertation Based on Fieldwor