Department of Sociology

The result of Higher secondary  in the  2018-19 is  93.63%. and of Degree General 94% and Major 1^st best  100 % . 6 nos .of students amongst the major 1^ST Batch students got position within 20.

Snigdha Rani Gogoi 1^st class 7^{th (2020)}

Gitashree Tamuli 1^st class 2^nd .(2019)

Chaymoni Turi 1^st class 6^th position. (2019)

Rashmi Chutia  1^st class 11^th position

Mouchami Hazarika  1^st class  18^th position

Kumkum Ramchairy 1^st class 19^th position

Munu Gowala 1^st class 19^th position .

In H.S. level MONISHA BORAH stood 9^th position in this year and she has secured Highest Marks in Sociology 97%  in the State under AHSEC .

Department of Sociology

Programme Specific Outcomes (POS)

B.A. (Sociology)

1. The programme seeks to develop in students the sociological knowledge and skills that will enable them to think critically and imaginatively about society and social issues.
2. Better understanding of real life situation. The ability to apply sociological concepts and theories to the real world and ultimately to their everyday lives.
3. Develop sociological understanding .The ability to demonstrate sociological understanding of social phenomena.
4. Professional and career opportunities. Students will have the opportunity to join professional careers in sociology and allied fields.
5. Students of sociology stream have to work beyond the class room boundary at the time of field study activities. As a result good communication skill develops while interacting with local people.

Course Outcomes (Cos)

B.A. sociology (core)

Semester-1

CO 1: Introduction to Sociology

Objective: The mandate of the course is to introduce the discipline to students from diverse trainings and capabilities. The course is intended to introduce the students to a sociological way of thinking.

Outcome: After the completion of the course, students would be able to explain social facts and society related concepts .They would be in a position to define and exemplify social facts.

Co 2: Sociology of India

Objective: This course introduces the processes and modes of construction of knowledge of India. Further, it aims to draw attention to the key concepts and institutions which are useful for the understanding of Indian society.

Outcome: After the completion of the course, the learners will be in a position to understand major social institutions like marriage, family, kinship, religion, caste and their important role in the society.

Semester 2

CO 3: Introduction to sociology II

Objective: The course aims to provide a general introduction to sociological thought. The focus is on studying from the original texts to give the students a flavour of how over a period of time thinkers have conceptualized various aspect of society.

Outcome: Students would be in a position to think critically about various aspects from thinkers point of view.

CO 4: Sociology of India II

Objective: This course aims to draw attention to the variety of ideas and debates about India. Further it critically engages with the multiple socio-political forces and ideologies which shape the terrain of the nation.

Outcome: After the completion of the course, analytical thinking of the student will grow about various aspects of society.

Semester 3

CO 5: Political Sociology

Objective: This course introduces the students to major theoretical debates and concepts in political; sociology, while situating these within contemporary political issues.

Outcome: After the completion of the course, comparative understanding of political relationships through themes such as power, governance and state and society relationship will grow.

CO 6: Sociology of Religion

Objective: The course lays primacy to the understanding of religious over individual religions. Drawing heavily from classical writings on the subject it reinforces importance of the positions developed in these texts.

Outcome: After the completion of the course, the learners shall in a position to understand linkage between social and religious aspects.

CO 7: Sociology of Gender

Objective: The course introduces gender as a critical sociological lens of enquiry in relation to various social fields.

Outcome: After end of these course , students will be able to practice sociological research methods and use critical thinking skills to analyse how gender is socially constructed and controlled.

Semester 4

CO 8: Economic Sociology

Objective: The course provides an understanding of the social and cultural bases of economic activity.

Outcome: This course highlights the significance of sociological analysis for the study of economic processes in local and global contexts.

CO 9: Sociology of Kinship

Objective: This course aims to introduce general principles of kinship and marriage by reference to key terms and theoretical statement by ethnographers.

Outcome: Kinship decides who can marry with whom and where marital relationships are taboo. Study of kinship is important because it determines a cultures world view of society.

C0 10: Social Stratification

Objective: This course introduces students to sociological study of social inequalities.

Outcome: It acquaints students with principle theoretical perspectives on and diverse forms of social inequality in articulation with each other.