New PG Course introduced

We are happy to introduce 

M.A. Course in SOCIOLOGY 

from this academic year 2011-12.

This new Masters degree has been designed to reflect current developments in the field. The course provides the opportunity for you to advance your knowledge of sociological theory and explore the debates at the forefront of the discipline, as well as receiving research methods training.

Objectives:

• Develop critical skills and advance your knowledge of Sociology.

• Explore key issues and debates with a focus on social inequalities and current social issues. 

• Develop an understanding of a wide range of global issues. 

• Opportunity to learn Research Techniques and apply them to present a dissertation on a chosen current social issue. 

• Learn from expert & experienced staff with specialisms in the study of disaster, gender and other subaltern social categories.

Eligibility:

1)   A candidate who has passed the three year B.A. Examination of any recognized University or equivalent thereto with Sociology as one of the core subjects, shall be eligible for admission to M.A. course in Sociology.

2)   A General merit candidate should have secured at least 50% marks in aggregate and 55% in Sociology in the degree course. For candidates belonging to SC/St/BT and OBC, it is relaxed to 45% both in aggregate marks and marks secured in Sociology.

Advantages of joining this College:

1.      We are an established college with a standing of over 7 decades imparting quality education.

2.      Distinguished and highly reputed scholars who have a long standing teaching and research experience at the P.G. Level will be a part of the faculty.

3.      Our college can boast of a library which has more than 80,000 books on the shelves and over 200 periodicals both national and international. The Library is totally computerized with internet facility. Despite being an undergraduate college, the library has vast ranging titles in Sociology that caters even to the PG level.

4.      Students are encouraged to participate in seminars/conferences as a part of the process of learning;

5.      Students are also given opportunities to participate, plan and organize seminars/workshops on their own in order to inculcate professionalism;

6.      As students of the department, they are entitled to become members of the Bangalore Social Sciences Forum, which regularly organizes lectures, seminars, academic contests and film shows on social science subjects. This will broaden their horizon of knowledge.