Courses
Courses offered at the Undergraduate levels for each of the two disciplines taught by the department are as follows:
In the First Year bachelors sociology class there are two divisions which engage a total of about 180-190 students. These divisions carry forward to the Second Year and each of the core disciplines (like Sociology and Anthropology) splits into two papers unlike one in the First Year.
Course Plan
Semester I to Semester VISociology
First Year
ASOC0101/0201 - Introduction to Sociology I and II
Second Year
ASOC0301 - Classical Theories
ASOC0302 - Indian Sociology
ASOC0401 - Globalization and Social Trends
ASOC0402 - Sociology: Themes and Issues
Applied Component: Market Research Concepts and Approaches and Leisure Studies.
Cross Faculty: Science of Culture and Science, Technology and Social Change: Some Issues and Challenges
Third Year
ASOC0501/0601 - Modern Sociological Theories I/II
ASOC0502 - Urban Sociology
ASOC0602 - Sociology of the Life Course
ASOC0503 - Popular Culture
ASOC0603 - Sociology of Food
ASOC0504/0604 - Sociology of Work and Management I/II
ASOC0505/0605 - Media, Culture and Society I/II (Applied Component)
ASOC0506/0606 - Gender Studies I (Applied Component)
ASOC0507 - Research Methods in Sociology I/II
ASOC0508/0608 - Popular and Subaltern Movements I/II
ASOC0509/0609 - Sociology of Human Resource Development (Applied Component)
Anthropology
First Year
AANT0101 - Introduction to Anthropology
Second Year
AANT0301 - Ethnography: Themes and Issues I
AANT0401 - Ethnography: Themes and Issues II
AANT0302 - Anthropology of Religion
AANT0402 - Culture Studies
Third Year
AANT0501/0601 - Anthropology: Perspectives, Themes and Frameworks I/II
AANT0502/0602 - Anthropology of Development I/II
AANT0503/0603 - Applied Anthropology I/II
Subject Combination Options at FY/SY/TY levels: Details are available in the college handbook.
Number of seats at SY/TY level: There is no fixed number assigned to the batch intake. Each year a varying number of students enter into the first year but their subject choices in the third year are granted on a merit-based procedure. Each batch size varies across years.