DEPARTMENT HEAD
Jamsedur Rahman Associate Professor & Chairman [email protected]
Sociology is the systematic study of societies. Sociologists study what societies are, how they are organized, how they change, and how they persist. We also investigate the effects of social networks and institutions on how people act, think, and feel.
Sociology is more important than ever. Many controversies today involve basic questions about how we should organize our societies. But too many powerful voices in politics, media, and government today express contempt for expertise and scholarly inquiry.
The Department of Sociology at the Dhaka International University was founded in 1996 with a vision of sociology that encompasses the study of social theory, history, and culture around the world. We offer training in a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches, from the humanistic to the computational. We have particular concentrations of expertise in the sociology of international migration; science, knowledge, and social movements; and social inequalities.
An undergraduate major in sociology offers rigorous preparation for graduate study in sociology, political science, and other social and behavioral sciences. It is also an excellent preparation for professional training in social work. Sociology major provides a strong foundation for careers in the private sector, government, and non-profit organizations. I invite students interested in pursuing sociology major or minor to meet with our undergraduate coordinator for more specific information and advice on requirements, courses, and departmental activities in general.
PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
- To introduce students with a broad spectrum of sociological knowledge, including its perspective, origin and applications.
- To articulate and integrate the concepts, theories and research findings within sociology.
- To identify the basic methodological approaches and conceptualize the role of the methods in building sociological knowledge based on empirical data.
- To apply the basic statistical tests used in the social sciences to respond to the research questions and social facts.
- To develop the ability to gather literary information; to think critically, logically and creatively, and to communicate effectively.
- To enhance the educational foundation for increasing student’s involvement in graduate study and a wide variety of carriers.
FACILITIES
GALLERY
Our students engage themselves in various interesting extra curricular activities all through the year.
SYLLABUS
Sociology, though a relatively new discipline, today occupies the central position among the Social Sciences. It is indeed widely considered as the Social Science per excellence. Proper study of Sociology is therefore a demand of our time. In preparing the four-year BSS Honours program, efforts have been made not only to highlight the concepts, methodology and theories of the discipline in its current form but also to focus on the special needs of our own. Provision has been made for empirical and field study as well. The program also seeks to explore the frontiers between sociology and other social sciences such as social history, political science, social philosophy, social psychology and, last but not the least, social anthropology which is closely akin to sociology. The purpose is to broaden the horizon of young learners so that they are in a position to understand and appreciate the scope of the discipline as well as the changing human society in a better way
Admission Requirements
A prospective BSS (Hons.) in Sociology student must have minimum seceond division/GPA 2.5 in S.S.C and H.S.C or equivalent 'O' & 'A' level or successful completion of twelve years of studies at high school level from abroad or equivalent. He/She will have to appear at an admission test. The graduates who have completed BSS (Four years) in Sociology with minimum CGPA 2.50 out of 4.00 from a recognized university are eligible for admission in the regular MSS in Sociology (1 Year) Program. For MSS in Sociology (2 Years) Program the applicants must have at least Bachelor Degree with GPA-2.00 (minimum) from any discipline.
| 1st Semester | 2nd Semester | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit | Course Code | Course Title | Credit |
| 0314-1101 | Introduction to Sociology [Part-I] | 3 | 0314-1207 | Introduction to Sociology [Part-II] | 3 |
| 0314-1102 | Introduction to Anthropology | 3 | 0314-1208 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| 0312-1103 | Elements of Political Science | 3 | 0314-1209 | History of Political Thought | 3 |
| 0222-1104 | Liberation War and the Emergence of Bangladesh | 3 | 0311-1210 | Principles of Economics | 3 |
| 0232-1105 | Bengali Language and Literature | 3 | 0231-1211 | Basic English Language | 3 |
| 0613-1106 | Fundamentals of Computer | 3 | 0314-1212 | Seminar &Viva-voce | 2 |
| Total Credit | 18 | Total Credit | 17 | ||
| 3rd Semester | 4th Semester | ||||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit | Course Code | Course Title | Credit |
| 0421-2113 | Criminology | 3 | 0223-2219 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| 0314-2114 | Social Problems in Bangladesh | 3 | 0314-2220 | Social History | 3 |
| 0314-2115 | Western Social Thought | 3 | 0314-2221 | Sociology of Education | 3 |
| 0312-2116 | Political Development in Bangladesh | 3 | 0320-2222 | Sociology of Mass Communication | 3 |
| 03142117 | Social Demography | 3 | 0314-2223 | Social Structure of Bangladesh | 3 |
| 0231-2118 | Functional English | 3 | 0314-2224 | Seminar & Viva-voce | 2 |
| Total Credit | 18 | Total Credit | 17 | ||
| 5th Semester | 6th Semester | ||||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit | Course Code | Course Title | Credit |
| 0542-3125 | Elementary Social Statistics | 3 | 0542-3231 | Advanced Statistics | 3 |
| 0314-3126 | Classical Sociological Theory | 3 | 0314-3232 | Contemporary Sociological Theory | 3 |
| 0314-3127 | Industrial Sociology | 3 | 0314-3233 | Social Research Methods (Part-I) | 3 |
| 0222-3128 | World Civilization | 3 | 0314-3234 | Rural Sociology | 3 |
| 0314-3129 | Social Thought in the East | 3 | 0314-3235 | Gender and Development | 3 |
| 0314-3130 | Political Sociology | 3 | 0314-3236 | Seminar &Viva-voce | 2 |
| Total Credit | 18 | Total Credit | 17 | ||
| 7th Semester | 8th Semester | ||||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit | Course Code | Course Title | Credit |
| 0314-4137 | Medical Sociology | 3 | 0314-4243 | Post-modernism | 3 |
| 0314-4138 | Social Inequality | 3 | 0314-4244 | Sociology of Globalization | 3 |
| 0314-4139 | Social Research Methods (Part-ii) | 3 | 0314-4245 | Sociology of Disaster | 3 |
| 0314-4140 | Urban Sociology | 3 | 0314-4246 | Research Monograph | 3 |
| 0314-4141 | Environmental Sociology | 3 | 0314-4247 | Comprehensive & Viva-voce | 4 |
| 0314-4142 | Sociology of Development and Under Development | 3 | |||
| Total Credit | 18 | Total Credit | 17 | ||
| Total Credit: 140 | |||||
Sociology, though a relatively new discipline, today occupies the central position among the Social Sciences. It is indeed widely considered as the Social Science per excellence. Proper study of Sociology is therefore a demand of our time. In preparing the four-year BSS Honours program, efforts have been made not only to highlight the concepts, methodology and theories of the discipline in its current form but also to focus on the special needs of our own. Provision has been made for empirical and field study as well. The program also seeks to explore the frontiers between sociology and other social sciences such as social history, political science, social philosophy, social psychology and, last but not the least, social anthropology which is closely akin to sociology. The purpose is to broaden the horizon of young learners so that they are in a position to understand and appreciate the scope of the discipline as well as the changing human society in a better way
Admission Requirements
A prospective BSS (Hons.) in Sociology student must have minimum seceond division/GPA 2.5 in S.S.C and H.S.C or equivalent 'O' & 'A' level or successful completion of twelve years of studies at high school level from abroad or equivalent. He/She will have to appear at an admission test. The graduates who have completed BSS (Four years) in Sociology with minimum CGPA 2.50 out of 4.00 from a recognized university are eligible for admission in the regular MSS in Sociology (1 Year) Program. For MSS in Sociology (2 Years) Program the applicants must have at least Bachelor Degree with GPA-2.00 (minimum) from any discipline.
| 1st Semester | 2nd Semester | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Course Code | Course Title | Credit | Course Code | Course Title | Credit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0314-11501 | Advanced Social Research and Theory Construction | 3 | 0314-12508 | Social Change | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0314-11502 | Advanced Sociological Theory | 3 | 0314-12509 | Sociology of Development and Modernization | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0314-11503 | Marxist Sociology | 3 | 0314-12510 | Disaster Management and Vulnerability | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0314-11504 | Social Inequality | 3 | 0314-12511 | Sociology of Poverty | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0314-11505 | Human Rights | 3 | 0314-12512 | Gerontology | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0314-11506 S | Sociology of Migration | 3 | 0314-12513 | Research Monograph | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0314-11507 | 0314-12514 | Comprehensive and Viva-voce | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Credit | 18 | Total Credit | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Credit: 41
Sociology, though a relatively new discipline, today occupies the central position among the Social Sciences. It is indeed widely considered as the Social Science per excellence. Proper study of Sociology is therefore a demand of our time. In preparing the four-year BSS Honours program, efforts have been made not only to highlight the concepts, methodology and theories of the discipline in its current form but also to focus on the special needs of our own. Provision has been made for empirical and field study as well. The program also seeks to explore the frontiers between sociology and other social sciences such as social history, political science, social philosophy, social psychology and, last but not the least, social anthropology which is closely akin to sociology. The purpose is to broaden the horizon of young learners so that they are in a position to understand and appreciate the scope of the discipline as well as the changing human society in a better way Admission Requirements A prospective BSS (Hons.) in Sociology student must have minimum seceond division/GPA 2.5 in S.S.C and H.S.C or equivalent 'O' & 'A' level or successful completion of twelve years of studies at high school level from abroad or equivalent. He/She will have to appear at an admission test. The graduates who have completed BSS (Four years) in Sociology with minimum CGPA 2.50 out of 4.00 from a recognized university are eligible for admission in the regular MSS in Sociology (1 Year) Program. For MSS in Sociology (2 Years) Program the applicants must have at least Bachelor Degree with GPA-2.00 (minimum) from any discipline.
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Sociology, though a relatively new discipline, today occupies the central position among the Social Sciences. It is indeed widely considered as the Social Science per excellence. Proper study of Sociology is therefore a demand of our time. In preparing the four-year BSS Honours program, efforts have been made not only to highlight the concepts, methodology and theories of the discipline in its current form but also to focus on the special needs of our own. Provision has been made for empirical and field study as well. The program also seeks to explore the frontiers between sociology and other social sciences such as social history, political science, social philosophy, social psychology and, last but not the least, social anthropology which is closely akin to sociology. The purpose is to broaden the horizon of young learners so that they are in a position to understand and appreciate the scope of the discipline as well as the changing human society in a better way
Admission Requirements
A prospective BSS (Hons.) in Sociology student must have minimum seceond division/GPA 2.5 in S.S.C and H.S.C or equivalent 'O' & 'A' level or successful completion of twelve years of studies at high school level from abroad or equivalent. He/She will have to appear at an admission test. The graduates who have completed BSS (Four years) in Sociology with minimum CGPA 2.50 out of 4.00 from a recognized university are eligible for admission in the regular MSS in Sociology (1 Year) Program. For MSS in Sociology (2 Years) Program the applicants must have at least Bachelor Degree with GPA-2.00 (minimum) from any discipline.
| 1st Semester | 2nd Semester | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit | Course Code | Course Title | Credit |
| 0314-1101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 | 0314-1206 | Social Statistics | 3 |
| 0314-1102 | Introduction to Anthropology | 3 | 0314-1207 | Classical Sociological Theory | 3 |
| 0314-1103 | History of Political Thought | 3 | 0314-1208 | Environmental Sociology | 3 |
| 0314-1104 | Social Structure of Bangladesh | 3 | 0314-1209 | Social History | 3 |
| 0314-1105 | Rural and Urban Sociology | 3 | 0314-1210 | Criminology | 3 |
| 0314-1211 | Seminar and Viva-Voce | 2 | |||
| Total Credit | 15 | Total Credit | 17 | ||
| 3rd Semester | 4th Semester | ||||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit | Course Code | Course Title | Credit |
| 0314-2101 | Contemporary Sociological Theory | 3 | 0314-2206 | Social Demography | 3 |
| 0314-2102 | Research Methodology | 3 | 0314-2207 | Gerontology | 3 |
| 0314-2103 | Sociology of Development and Modernization | 3 | 0314-2208 | Human Rights | 3 |
| 0314-2104 | Social Inequality | 3 | 0314-2209 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| 0314-2105 | World Civilization | 3 | 0314-2210 | Research Monograph | 3 |
| 0314-2211 | Seminar and Viva-Voce | 2 | |||
| Total Credit | 15 | Total Credit | 17 | ||
| Total Credit: 64 | |||||
FACULTY MEMBERS
Tahmina Khan
Professor
Tanjila Shabnam
Associate Professor
Abdur Rahim Mollah
Associate Professor
Md. Nasimuzzaman Khan
Assistant Professor
Jamsedur Rahman
Associate Professor & Chairman
Md. Touhiduzzaman
Lecturer
Bushra Islam
Lecturer
Md. Sohel Rana
Lecturer
Tanjuma Mohima
Lecturer
Farhana Islam
Lecturer
Rokeya Parvin
Lecturer
Kamrunnahar Koli
Lecturer
Farhana Yasmin
Lecturer
Sharmin Sultana
Lecturer
