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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

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To provide a platform to the students to exhibit their talents and creativity.
To raise the standards of the students and make them employable.
To cater positive attitude among our students and give them lessons of life.
To inculcate social awareness, leadership skills, soft skills etc among our students.
To develop the language skills of the students to use it effectively and efficiently in every situation
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Sociology is the science that deals with the study of the manifestations, systems and social relations, a careful analytical and descriptive study through the pursuit of different research methods, in order to reach the rules and laws governing the conduct of these phenomena and social relations.
The Sociology Department has 5 key Aims for students taking and completing the course:
1. Understand and be able to apply a sociological perspective proficiently to a range of social issues, as demonstrated by:
-- Describing and giving examples of how a sociological perspective and the discipline of sociology differs from and is similar to the other social sciences.
-- Describing how a sociological perspective and the discipline of sociology contribute to the liberal arts understanding of social reality.
-- Applying the sociological imagination, sociological principles, and concepts to their own lives and to social problems.
2. Demonstrate an ability to think critically, as evidenced by:
-- Using sociological research and analytical skills to critically evaluate claims made about social reality.
--Showing how patterns of thought and knowledge are influenced by culture and social structure.
3. Master fundamental sociological theory and concepts, as demonstrated by:
-- Defining, giving examples, and demonstrating the relevance of the following: culture, social change, socialization, stratification, social structure, institutions, and differentiations by race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class.
-- Comparing and contrasting basic theoretical orientations.
-- Applying sociological theories and concepts to social phenomena, both locally and globally.
4. Demonstrate a complex understanding of how difference and patterns of inequality in Indian society as well as across the globe are produced and sustained, as demonstrated by:
-- Describing the significance of empirical variation by race, class, and gender/sexuality invarious part of Indian society and international contexts.
-- Describing the role of collective action, culture, structure, and the institutionalization of culture and policies (both formal and informal) in constructing and sustaining difference and inequality.
-- Describing the intersecting nature of structures of inequality and privilege and the varied ways in which these are experienced by others and themselves.
-- Proficiently applying sociological concepts to analyze the great moral issues of our time including poverty, racism, sexism, homophobia, genocide, war and peace, religious tolerance and intolerance, the defense of human rights, and the environmental impact of human activity.
5. Demonstrate at horough understanding of the role of evidence in sociological thinking and how empirical evidence may be collected and analyzed to answer sociological questions, as demonstrated by:
-- Defining and explaining the relevance of key qualitative and quantitative methodological concepts.
-- Describing the general role of empirical investigation in building sociological knowledge.
-- Comparing and contrasting the basic methodological approaches for gathering data.
-- Designing are search project in an area of choice and explaining why various decisions(concerning sampling, data collection, analysis etc.) were made.
The Sociology Department&rsquo;s goal is that all students of sociology honours course would beable to achieve three levels of mastery by graduation -
Knowledge &ndash; Correct understanding via clear description/definition of key concepts.
Application &ndash; Correct use of key concepts to explain social phenomena.
Integration &ndash; Effective connection of key concepts/processes employed to explain social phenomena.
This science also means understanding the natureof various social realities so that this society can draw up strategic plans,set goals and programs that will work to increase progress and raise society.