Department of Sociology

Sociology is the science of society, whose major concern is sociological analysis. The scope and its focus is identical with no other sciences. As a discipline it has placed high importance to methods of research, and has its own areas of study or fields of inquiry. The Department of Sociology at Rayburn College was established in the year 2012 with the vision to equip students with sociological knowledge by providing value-based quality education and methodological and theoretical insights to enable students to analyze society and its dynamics, and produce academically-oriented, socially sensitive and responsible citizens. The department educates its students to understand social structures, social processes, social dynamics and social change in their own social context. The department believes in the all-round development of its students, and apart from academic lectures and classroom discussions, it engages its students in presentations, seminars, workshops, field trips and excursions.

At the undergraduate level, there are total eighteen Sociology Core Courses that students are required to take across eight semesters. All the Core Courses are compulsory. In addition to core courses in Sociology, a student of BA Programme Sociology will choose four Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) Courses, Six Generic Elective Courses (GEC) and eight value addition courses across the entire semesters.

The department has introduced its postgraduate M.A. Programme in Sociology in the year 2024, which is a two years course consisting of Four Semesters. The Syllabus is divided into 14 Core papers (5 in the first semester, 4 in second semester, 2 in third semester and 3 in fourth semester) and 4 DSE / Discipline Specific Elective papers  and 2 Generic Electives (GE).

Mission

• To motivate and facilitate students in understanding emerging social issues, social changes and their ongoing dynamics.
• To relentlessly strive for quality education by offering education through various mediums, in order to usher the holistic development of students.
• To promote the intellectual development of students and instill social and moral values to help them make significant contributions for the development of society.

The department has produced several university rank holders till date, as listed below:

List of University Toppers

Best Practices

• Orientation, seminar and interaction programmes for students and faculty
• ICT-based teaching learning in addition to conventional methods (Smart TV/ Projector, Google meet, Zoom Meeting)
• WhatsApp group created for easy dissemination of study materials and information
• Organized field trip
• Participated in various competition held at the district level
• Student mentoring is taken care of with utmost concern