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Department of Sociology

Profile

Department of Sociology established in the year 1994, is one of the initial Departments of the College with a Bachelor of Arts course with Sociology as one of the elective subjects. The Department has highly qualified and dedicated faculty with a vision to impart the knowledge of sociology as based on values of ethics and morality capable of providing right grooming and holistic development of the students. The faculty is striving hard to motivate more and more students to learn Sociology and attain greater understanding of different areas of Sociology. At Present the department has the strength of 295 students in DSC and DSE courses, and 68 students in GE courses.

  1. Name of the Department: Sociology
  2. Year of establishment: 1994
  3. Names of Programs / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., etc.): UG 
  4. Name of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments / units involved: Nil
  5. Annual/Semester/Choice Based Credit System (programme wise): Annual (CBCS) in UG
  6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: Nil.
  7. Details of courses / programs discontinued (if any) with reasons: Nil.
SWOC analysis of the department:

Strength

  1. There are number of books available in the main college library for sociology
  2. Highest strength of students in comparison of nearby colleges.

Weakness

  1. Poor communication skill due to rural background of students.
  2. Lack of separate department and faculty room.
  3. High Student - Teacher ratio.
  4. Un familiarity to subject, very few schools offering sociology subject at Higher Secondary level.

Opportunities

  1. To work with various NGOs.
  2. Participation of government officers & Social Workers as the resource persons in the teaching of some chapters.
  3. To create awareness about various social problems among the students and the society.
  4. To participate in welfare activities

Challenges

  1. To introduce interdisciplinary courses.
  2. To introduce career-oriented courses.
  3. To promote research activity.

Future plans of the department:

  1. Encourage students to pursue higher studies.
  2. Encourage students to prepare for various competitive examinations.
  3. To develop the basic concept of MORALITY among students.