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MPhil/PhD_Program_in_Sociology
The_Centre_offers_two_separate_programs_at_the_MPhil/PhD_level.
Integrated_MPhil_Program_followed_by_the_PhD_Program
The_course_work_for_the_MPhil_program_is_divided_into_six_broad_areas:
Theories_of_Social_Systems_and_Social_Structures
Methodology_of_Social_Sciences_and_Techniques_of_Social_Research
Sociological_Study_of_Economy,_Polity,_Family,_and_Religion_with_special_reference_to_India
Cultural_Analysis
Analysis_of_Social_Change_and_Development,_Gender_Studies.
Modern_Indian_Social_Thought.
Direct_PhD_program
The_stipulated_minimum_qualifications_for_the_direct_PhD_program_have_been_specified_in_the_prospectus_of_the_University.
The_following_thematic_areas_have_been_identified_under_the_Centre_for_Advanced_Studies_program,_where_members_of_our_faculty_are_engaged_in_research:
Economy,_Society_and_Culture_in_the_Era_of_Globalization
Ethnicity,_Caste,_Identity_and_Social_Movements
Sociology_of_Knowledge,_including_indigenous_knowledge_and_Indian_social_thought
Sociology_of_sciences_and_technology_including_information_and_communication
The_Centre_also_engages_in_conducting_research_on_themes_relating_to_the_sociology_of_modernization,_post_modernity,_globalization,_development,_social_change,_social_movements,_sociology_of_professions,_sociology_of_knowledge,_religion,_agrarian_relations,_sociology_of_minorities,_marginal_social_groups_and_communities,_sociology_of_medicine/science,_sociology_of_communication,_Indian_diaspora,_social_ecology_and_NGOs,_gender,_family_and_kinship,_youth_delinquency,_mass_media_and_cultural_analysis.
The_University_Grants_Commission_selected_the_Centre_for_special_assistance_and_the_prestigious_Dr._Ambedkar_Chair_of_the_Ministry_of_Social_Justice_and_Empowerment,_Government_of_India_has_also_been_instituted_at_the_Centre._Currently,_the_Centre_has_been_granted_the_status_of_Centre_for_Advanced_Studies_by_the_University_Grants_Commission.
The_Centre_awards_2_MPhil/PhD_Fellowships_under_the_Dr._Ambedkar_Chair_in_Sociology._Our_departmental_library_possesses_a_vast_collection_of_publications_on_the_core_thematic_concerns._We_have_also_developed_a_special_collaborative_program,_the_Global_Studies_Program,_with_the_Institute_for_Sociology,_Albert_Ludwigs_University,_Freiburg,_Germany,_and_Kwazulu_Natal_University,_Durban,_South_Africa
MPhil_Courses
The_MPhil_program_consists_of_several_compulsory_and_optional_courses.
Compulsory_Courses
SS_601N_-_Theoretical_Orientations_in_Sociological_Analysis
SS_607N_-_Methods_of_Social_Sciences
Optional_Courses
SS_602N_-_Theories_of_Social_Systems_and_Social_Structure
SS_603N_-_Society,_Culture_and_Personality
SS_604N_-_Social_System_Analysis_-_Structural_and_Functional_Models
SS_605N_-_Marxist_and_Dialectical_Models
SS_606N_-_Social_Systems_Analysis_-_Action,_Symbolic_and_Phenomenological
SS_608N_-_Research_Designs_and_Analysis_of_Data
SS_609N_-_Interviewing_in_Social_Research
SS_610N_-_Scaling_Techniques_and_Factor_Analysis
SS_611N_-_Observational_Methods_and_Qualitative_Data
SS_612N_-_Projective_Methods_and_Psychological_Research
SS_613N_-_Documentary_and_Content_Analysis
SS_614N_-_Analysis_of_Social_Networks_and_Action-sets
SS_615N_-_Historical_Method_in_Sociology
SS_616N_-_Sociology_of_Modernization_and_Development
SS_617N_-_Politics_and_Social_Change
SS_618N_-_Professional_Systems_and_Professionalisation
SS_619N_-_Migration,_Adaptation_and_Change_-_Overseas_Indian_Communities
SS_620N_-_Youth,_Identity_and_Social_Change
SS_621N_-_Education_and_Society
SS_622N_-_Social_Structure,_Values_and_Religious_Systems
SS_623N_-_Systems_of_Family_and_Kinship
SS_624N_-_Social_Structure_of_Socialist_Societies_-_China,_Soviet_Russia,_Yugoslavia_and_Cuba
SS_625N_-_Social_Mobility,_Social_Differentiation_and_Social_Change
SS_626N_-_Ethnic_Groups_and_Communities_-_Problems_of_Identity_and_Nation-building
SS_627N_-_Study_of_Social_Movements_and_Revolutions
SS_628N_-_Family_Structure,_Economic_Growth_and_Modernization
SS_629N_-_Science,_Technology_and_Social_Change
SS_630N_-_Textual_Analysis_in_Cultural_Context_-_The_Social_Anthropology_of_Civilization
SS_631N_-_Ethnicity,_Identity_and_Modernity_-_The_case_of_South_and_South-East_Asia
SS_632N_-_Democracy,_Mass-Media_and_Nation-building
SS_633N_-_Industrialisation_and_Social_Change_-_Perspectives_from_the_Third_World
SS_634N_-_Modes_of_Symbolic_Communication_-_Belief,_Ritual_and_Art
SS_635N_-_Themes_in_Gender_-_Culture_and_Society
SS:636N_-_Health,_Culture_and_Society
Note:_All_MPhil_Courses_carry_4_credits_each._Students_are_required_to_take_2_compulsory_courses_and_2_optional_courses._They_are_also_required_to_write_a_dissertation_based_on_library_work_and_analysis_of_secondary_data._The_dissertation_carries_8_credits._According_to_the_MPhil_Ordinance_of_the_University,_the_students_must_complete_at_least_50_per_cent_of_the_course_work_(i.e.,_2_courses)_in_the_first_semester_itself._However,_those_students_who_secure_a_minimum_CGPA_of_A_Minus_(7.0_on_the_9_point_scale_of_evaluation)_in_the_course-work_can_opt_for_the_PhD_program_without_writing_the_MPhil_dissertation.