Initiation and brief overview
The Department of Sociology started in 2003 and has been operating as an Honours Department since 2008. From its inception, the Department has a good academic record with a high pass percentage for all its outgoing batches. The Department has also consistently produced University rankers. At present, the Department has a four-member faculty (2 Assistant Professors, 1 SACT I and 1 SACT II lecturer) with different specializations who teach various papers of the discipline.
Vision and outlook
The Department strives to inculcate a strong sociological sense among students with a specific focus on developing their analytical and writing abilities. At the same time, it focuses on introducing students to empirical field-based research which is central to Sociology as a discipline. The Department further ensures that students are well prepared academically and otherwise to chart their career paths in future while applying the skills they have picked up in the three years at this Department.
Methods of Teaching
The Department believes in a comprehensive approach towards teaching keeping in mind the nature and scope of Sociology as a discipline. Apart from the usual lecture method, the Department uses audio-visual aid, such as power point presentations and films to stimulate the learning process and to ensure that students develop a keen and critical sociological sense. The Department also encourages a field-based approach towards Sociology and regularly organizes educational and field trips to expose students to sociological processes and changes in society around them. Projects both individual and group-based also form an integral part of the evaluative scheme for students. Regular assessments through class-tests and written assignments ensure that students are well prepared for their final end-semester examinations.
Email: sociology@rksmvv.ac.in
Department of Sociology
Courses offered
The following courses are offered under the NEP and Choice Based Credit System:
Honours
Generic Elective
General
Major
Minor
Skill Enhancement Courses
NEP Syllabus
https://wbsu.ac.in/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/4.-WBSU-Sociology-UG-Syllabus_Major.pdf
https://wbsu.ac.in/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/5.-WBSU-Sociology-UG-Syllabus_Minor.pdf
https://wbsu.ac.in/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/7.-WBSU-Sociology-UG-Syllabus_SEC.pdf
CBCS Syllabus
https://wbsu.ac.in/web/Syllabus/UG%20Syllabus/sociology-honours-cbcs-draft-syllabus.pdf
https://wbsu.ac.in/web/Syllabus/UG%20Syllabus/sociology-general-cbcs-draft-syllabus.pdf
Programme Outcomes (CBCS)
PO1: Communication Skills : Confident to speak, write, read, listen and understand the English language and one or more Indian languages. Relate the ideas, knowledge, books, and people. Think and decide rationally, and adopt technology and electronic/print media in disseminating thoughts, facts and realities.
PO2: Social responsibility: Develop an obligation to act for the benefit of society at large. Cultivate the responsibility to maintain a balance between the economy and the ecosystems. Nurture a moral obligation to minimize the adverse effect on those immediately around them.
PO3: Critical, logical and rational thinking: Acquire the ability for objective, rational, sceptical, logical, and unbiased analysis of factual evidences to form a judgment or conclusion. Enhance the process of rational thinking, problem solving and analytical evaluation from different perspectives.
PO4: Enlightened and effective Citizenship: Cultivate progressive citizenship for a knowledge society for peace and prosperity of nations and the world. Develop clear, rational and progressive thinking. Participate in decision-making concerning the society and upholding national development, integrity, unity and fraternity.
PO5: Values and Ethics: Recognize the importance, worth and usefulness of principles and standards of behavior and moral dimensions of one’s own decisions and judgements. Be aware of various aspects of social responsibility through social, outreach, and cultural activities during the programme. Shape a personality which understands and appreciates religious and cultural diversity and plurality.
PO6: Sustainable development: Understand, organize and promote the principle of human development goals by sustaining the ability of natural systems, natural resources and ecosystem services upon which the economy and society depends.
PO7: Life-long process of Learning: Cultivate the proficiency to engage in independent, life-long and progressive learning abilities in the broadest context of changing socio-political-economic-cultural and technological scenario.
PO8: Employment Skills: Be prepared for employment in various fields by developing reading, writing and comprehension skills which make the students fit and eligible for jobs in the government and non-government sectors. A broad spectrum study of various subjects helps the students compete in various examinations for employment after graduation.
Programme Specific Outcome
PSO 1: Help students develop a critical sociological imagination and understand, articulate, and apply sociological theory to understand the social worlds they live in.
PSO 2: To observe, explore and process the diversity of Indian society and formulate research to critically understand them.
PSO 3: Students will be able to identify, understand and differentiate between social institutions which form the framework of any society. They will also be able to comprehend the processes through which social structures respond to change and evolve with time.
PSO 4: To formulate hypothesis, measure variables and test, verify and validate sociological theory by applying research methods.
Course Outcome
| Paper | Course Outcome | ||
| CC1 |
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| CC2 | In this paper students will learn about the major discourses related to India and will be better in understanding the Indian society and its various cultural institutions. | ||
| CC3 | Through this paper students are introduced with sociological theory and will increase their sociological knowledge as they come to look at society through the four major perspectives of functionalism, interpretive perspective, conflict and feminist perspective. | ||
| CC4 | This paper enhances the knowledge of students on Indian society as they learn about the various movements of resistance, mobilisation, change and about its state and society. The students are also introduced to the various thinkers who contributed to Indian Sociology. | ||
| CC5 | This course aims to help students understand the relationship between the state and society. It equips students to analyze the historical context of political processes, institutions, and changes, facilitating an understanding of the dynamic nature of political phenomena. By introducing various concepts such as political socialization, political culture, power, and elites, the course enables students to evaluate how major social factors affect political processes. | ||
| CC6 | Students will comprehend key concepts and identities of religion. They will apply sociological perspectives to the study of religion and spirituality using the sociological imagination. Students will analyze the impacts of religion on social class, power, race, gender, sexuality, and age. They will evaluate and critique the concepts of religion put forth by three thinkers: Marx, Weber, and Durkheim, and identify basic issues of religion. | ||
| CC7 | Students will understand gender as a social construct. They will examine the interplay between race, class, gender, sexuality, and other social groups. Students will recognize and assess gender discrimination and inequalities, as well as explore issues related to gender, power, and resistance. | ||
| CC8 | This course provides an understanding of the interrelation between the economy and society. Students will learn theoretical approaches to the economy, the market, and economic behaviour. By studying this course, students will gain knowledge of:
a) Forms of Exchange b) Systems of Production, Circulation, and Consumption. c) Contemporary Issues in Economic Sociology |
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| CC9 | Students will gain deep knowledge of key terms and various approaches regarding kinship. They will comprehend concepts related to family, household, and marriage. This course will enable students to explore and reconceptualize ideas about re-casting kinship. | ||
| CC10 | This course will introduce students to the basic concepts of sociological stratification. Students will learn the theoretical perspectives of social stratification and develop an in-depth understanding of stratification systems such as gender, caste, class, and ethnicity, along with the resulting social inequalities. They will analyze social mobility and changing power relations in the modern world. | ||
| CC11 | The course aims to introduce students to sociological theory and thought. It offers students the chance to familiarize themselves with classical theories of Sociology. | ||
| CC12 | This course will aid students in grasping the fundamentals of sociological research and appreciating the importance of research design and formulation. Through this course, students will analyse:
a) The essence of Sociological Research b) Diverse perspectives on studying social phenomena c) Various modes of inquiry |
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| CC13 | The course familiarizes students with sociological theory. It recognizes Western contributions and analyzes the features of social theory. Additionally, it describes and illustrates the role of theory in building sociological knowledge. | ||
| CC14 | The course introduces research methods. It emphasizes research design, data collection, and analysis. It teaches students the contours of quantitative and qualitative research. Additionally, it acquaints students with field data collection and dissertation writing. | ||
| DSE1 | This course explains important perspectives in Urban Sociology and Politics of Urban Space. It defines basic concepts of urban sociology, identifies the city with concepts of common consumption and social reproduction, and understands the nature, scope, and importance of urban sociology. | ||
| DSE2 | With this course students will get complete knowledge about agrarian societies and agrarian studies, issues in agrarian sociology, themes in agrarian sociology of India and agrarian future. | ||
| DSE3 | The course engages students with work and industry. It facilitates understanding of basic concepts of work and industry and capitalistic notions in Sociology. It encourages exploration of industrial culture and hazards. It will also help students to learn about the dimensions of work and work in the informal sector. | ||
| DSE4 | The course facilitates in-depth knowledge about eminent Indian sociologists. It introduces the Contributions of Select Indian Sociologists and Social Thinkers. It enhances sociological understanding of Indian society and explains how sociologists in India engage with tradition, modernity, caste, tribe, and gender. It acquaints students with continuities and contradictions in Indian society. |
SO Mapping and Bloom’s Taxonomy
| Sl. No. | Course Outcome | Bloom’s Taxonomy | PSO1 | PSO2 | PSO3 | PSO4 | |
| 1. | CC1
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know, understand, comprehend, integrate |
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| 2. | CC2
In this paper students will learn about the major discourses related to India and will be better in understanding the Indian society and its various cultural institutions. |
Learn, understand, trace |
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| 3. | CC3
Through this paper students are introduced with sociological theory and will increase their sociological knowledge as they come to look at society through the four major perspectives of functionalism, interpretive perspective, conflict and feminist perspective |
Know, study, explain, handle |
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| 4. | CC4
This paper enhances the knowledge of students on Indian society as they learn about the various movements of resistance, mobilisation, change and about its state and society. The students are also introduced to the various thinkers who contributed to Indian Sociology. |
Learn, understand, assess, compare |
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| 5. | CC5
This course aims to help students understand the relationship between the state and society. It equips students to analyze the historical context of political processes, institutions, and changes, facilitating an understanding of the dynamic nature of political phenomena. By introducing various concepts such as political socialization, political culture, power, and elites, the course enables students to evaluate how major social factors affect political processes.
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Understand, equip, analyse, facilitate, interpret, apply |
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| 6. | CC6
Students will comprehend key concepts and identities of religion. They will apply sociological perspectives to the study of religion and spirituality using the sociological imagination. Students will analyse the impacts of religion on social class, power, race, gender, sexuality, and age. They will evaluate and critique the concepts of religion put forth by three thinkers: Marx, Weber, and Durkheim, and identify basic issues of religion.
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Comprehend, handle, outline, trace, apply, analyse |
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| 7. | CC7
Students will understand gender as a social construct. They will examine the interplay between race, class, gender, sexuality, and other social groups. Students will recognize and assess gender discrimination and inequalities, as well as explore issues related to gender, power, and resistance.
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Know, recognize, trace, compare, incorporate, explain |
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| 8. | CC8
This course provides an understanding of the interrelation between the economy and society. Students will learn theoretical approaches to the economy, the market, and economic behavior. By studying this course, students will gain knowledge of: a) Forms of Exchange b) Systems of Production, Circulation, and Consumption. c) Contemporary Issues in Economic Sociology |
Understand, analyse, apply, grasp, incorporate |
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| 9. | CC9
Students will gain deep knowledge of key terms and various approaches regarding kinship. They will comprehend concepts related to family, household, and marriage. This course will enable students to explore and reconceptualize ideas about re-casting kinship. |
Know, classify, critique, assess, detail |
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| 10. | CC10
This course will introduce students to the basic concepts of sociological stratification. Students will learn the theoretical perspectives of social stratification and develop an in-depth understanding of stratification systems such as gender, caste, class, and ethnicity, along with the resulting social inequalities. They will analyze social mobility and changing power relations in the modern world. |
Example, reproduce, characterize, explain |
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| 11. | CC11
The course aims to introduce students to sociological theory and thought. It offers students the chance to familiarize themselves with classical theories of Sociology. |
Know, handle, generalise, analyse, apply |
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| 12. | CC12
This course will aid students in grasping the fundamentals of sociological research and appreciating the importance of research design and formulation. Through this course, students will analyze: a) The essence of Sociological Research b) Diverse perspectives on studying social phenomena c) Various modes of inquiry |
Know, test, validate, verify, apply, design incorporate, compare, confirm. | |||||
| 13. | CC13
The course familiarizes students with sociological theory. It recognizes Western contributions and analyzes the features of social theory. Additionally, it describes and illustrates the role of theory in building sociological knowledge. |
Know, analyse, criticize, generalise, apply |
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| 14. | CC14
The course introduces research methods. It emphasizes research design, data collection, and analysis. It teaches students about quantitative and qualitative research. Additionally, it acquaints students with field data collection and dissertation writing. |
Know, test, validate, verify, apply, combine, compare, confirm, design. |
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| 15. | DSE1
The course engages students with work and industry. It facilitates understanding of basic concepts of work and industry and capitalistic notions in Sociology. It encourages exploration of industrial culture and hazards. It will also help students to learn about the dimensions of work and work in the informal sector. |
Facilitate, understand, determine, assess |
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| 16. | DSE2
With this course students will get complete knowledge about agrarian societies and agrarian studies, issues in agrarian sociology, themes in agrarian sociology of India and agrarian future |
Know, generalize, depict, explain |
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| 17. | DSE3
The course engages students with work and industry. It facilitates understanding of basic concepts of work and industry and capitalistic notions in Sociology. It encourages exploration of industrial culture and hazards.It will also help students to learn about the dimensions of work and work in the informal sector. |
Judge, interpret, contrast, explain, compare |
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| 18. | DSE4
The course facilitates in-depth knowledge about eminent Indian sociologists. It introduces the Contributions of Select Indian Sociologists and Social Thinkers. It enhances sociological understanding of Indian society. Analyzes how sociologists in India engage with tradition, modernity, caste, tribe, and gender. It acquaints students with continuities and contradictions in Indian society.
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Defend, critique, interpret, evaluate |
PO and CO matrix
| Sl. No. | CO | PO1 | PO2 | PO3 | PO4 | PO5 | PO6 | PO7 | PO8 | |
| 1. | CC1 | |||||||||
| 2. | CC2 | |||||||||
| 3. | CC3 | |||||||||
| 4. | CC4 | |||||||||
| 5. | CC5 | |||||||||
| 6. | CC6 | |||||||||
| 7. | CC7 | |||||||||
| 8. | CC8 | |||||||||
| 9. | CC9 | |||||||||
| 10. | CC10 | |||||||||
| 11. | CC11 | |||||||||
| 12. | CC12 | |||||||||
| 13. | CC13 | |||||||||
| 14. | CC14 | |||||||||
| 15. | DSE1 | |||||||||
| 16. | DSE2 | |||||||||
| 17. | DSE3 | |||||||||
| 18. | DSE4 | |||||||||
Programme Outcomes (NEP)
PO1: Communication Skills: Confident to speak, write, read, listen and understand the English language and one or more Indian languages. Relate the ideas, knowledge, books, and people. Think and decide rationally, and adopt technology and electronic/print media in disseminating thoughts, facts and realities.
PO2: Social responsibility: Develop an obligation to act for the benefit of society at large. Cultivate the responsibility to maintain a balance between the economy and the ecosystems. Nurture a moral obligation to minimise the adverse effect on those immediately around them.
PO3: Critical, logical and rational thinking: Acquire the ability for objective, rational, sceptical, logical, and unbiased analysis of factual evidence to form a judgment or conclusion. Enhance the process of rational thinking, problem-solving and analytical evaluation from different perspectives.
PO4: Enlightened and Effective Citizenship: Cultivate progressive citizenship for a knowledge society for peace and prosperity of nations and the world. Develop clear, rational and progressive thinking. Participate in decision-making concerning the society and upholding national development, integrity, unity and fraternity.
PO5: Values and Ethics: Recognize the importance, worth and usefulness of principles and standards of behaviour and moral dimensions of one’s decisions and judgements. Be aware of various aspects of social responsibility through social, outreach, and cultural activities during the programme. Shape a personality which understands and appreciates religious and cultural diversity and plurality.
PO6: Sustainable development: Understand, organise and promote the principle of human development goals by sustaining the ability of natural systems, natural resources and ecosystem services upon which the economy and society depend.
PO7: Life-long process of Learning: Cultivate the proficiency to engage in independent, life-long and progressive learning abilities in the broadest context of changing socio-political-economic-cultural and technological scenarios.
PO8: Employment Skills: Be prepared for employment in various fields by developing reading, writing and comprehension skills which make the students fit and eligible for jobs in the government and non-government sectors. A broad spectrum study of various subjects helps the students compete in various examinations for employment after graduation.
Programme Specific Outcome
PSO 1: Help students develop a critical sociological imagination and differentiate between social institutions which form the framework of any society and understand the social worlds they live in.
PSO 2: To observe, explore and process the diversity of Indian society and formulate research to critically understand them.
Course Outcome
| Paper | Course Outcome |
| DS1 | Introduces students to the discipline enabling them to understand and recognize the relationship of Sociology to the other social sciences. Students will identify and define the basic concepts in Sociology. They will analyze and interpret these concepts, apply their understanding to various social contexts, and evaluate the impact of these concepts on societal dynamics. |
| DS2 | Introduces students to the major concepts in Indian Sociology, such as Caste, Village, Family, and Tribe, enabling them to understand and recognize these foundational elements. Students will identify and define these key concepts and analyze their roles within the societal structure of India. They will evaluate and interpret the impact of these concepts on Indian society, apply their knowledge to various sociological contexts, and create critical perspectives to study and examine societal dynamics in India. |
PSO Mapping and Bloom’s Taxonomy
| Sl No. | Course Outcome | Bloom’s Taxonomy | PSO1 | PSO2 |
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Introduces students to the discipline enabling them to understand and recognize the relationship of Sociology to the other social sciences. Students will identify and define the basic concepts in Sociology. They will analyze and interpret these concepts, apply their understanding to various social contexts, and evaluate the impact of these concepts on societal dynamics. | Understand, recognize, analyze, interpret, apply, create
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Introduces students to the major concepts in Indian Sociology, such as Caste, Village, Family, and Tribe, enabling them to understand and recognize these foundational elements. Students will identify and define these key concepts and analyze their roles within the societal structure of India. They will evaluate and interpret the impact of these concepts on Indian society, apply their knowledge to various sociological contexts, and create critical perspectives to study and examine societal dynamics in India. | understand, recognize, identify, define, analyze, examine
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PO and CO matrix
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| 1. | DS1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| 2. | DS2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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Routine 2022-23 (Odd Sem)
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CC5-UKM
GE1-DS |
CC6-AC
DSE2-UKM GGE-DS |
DSE2- AC
GGE-DS CC1-UKM |
CC11-APC
GE3-AC CC2-UKM |
CC12-APC | CC1-
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GE3-BB
CC12-UKM CC2(T)-AC |
GGE-BB
CC2-AC DSE2-UKM |
CC6-UKM | DSE1-APC | DSE1-APC
CC7-BB |
GE1-
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CC5-BB | CC6-AC | CC1-BB
CC12-AC |
GE1-AC
GE3-BB |
DSE1-AC | CC5(T)-
BB |
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CC11-BB
CC6(T)-AC |
CC2-AC | GE3-AC | DSE1-AC
CC1-BB CC5-APC |
DSE2-AC
CC6-APC CC1(T)-BB |
DSE1-
APC |
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GE3-UKM
DSE1(T)-AC GE1-BB CC2-APC |
GGE-APC
CC7-UKM CC12-AC |
CC11-
APC CC7-UKM
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CC5-BB
GE1-UKM |
GE3(T)
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GGE-DS
CC11-BB CC7-UKM |
GGE-DS
CC7-BB DSE2(t)- UKM |
CC6-DS
CC2-BB |
CC12-
DS CC7(t)- BB |
Total number of classes: 72
AC-18
BB-18
UKM-14
APC-14
DS-8
Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhavan
Even Sem Lesson Plan (SOCA) 2023-24
Sociology Department
Semester II
Major: Discipline-Specific Core Course (DS-2)
Introducing Indian Society- I
Total Credit- 5 (75 Hours)
| Name of Teacher | Topics | No of Credit Hours (Approx) |
| Bisaka Blone | 1.1 Caste: Concept, Feature | 10 |
| 1.2 Critique of the Caste System | 10 | |
| 1.4. Disintegration of the Caste system | 5 | |
| Dr. Anasua Chatterjee | 1.3 Caste Mobility: Sanskritization, Westernization | 5 |
| 2.1 Village: Structure and Change | 5 | |
| 2.2 Village: Agrarian Class Structure | 5 | |
| Upashna Karmakar Modak | 3.1 Traditional Joint Family | 7 |
| 3.2 Disintegration Debate | 8 | |
| Aparna Chakraborty | 4.1 Tribe: Problems of definition: The term, Tribes as indigenous, Adivasi Consciousness | 10 |
| 4.2 Tribal Problems | 10 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 75 | |
| Student Activity | 15 |
Minor Discipline Paper 2 (MA-2)
Introducing Indian Society- I
Credits 5 (75 hours)
| Name of Teacher | Topic | No. of Credit Hours |
| Dr. Anasua Chatterjee | 2.3 Agrarian Class Structure | 5 |
| 3.2 Dalit Movement | 10 | |
| Bisaka Blone | 2.1 Caste: Concept, features and critique | 10 |
| Upashna Karmakar Modak | 2.2 Family: Traditional Joint Family and Its Disintegration Debate | 10 |
| 2.3 Village: Village Solidarity | 5 | |
| Aparna Chakraborty | 3.3 Women’s Movement | 10 |
| Trishita Pal | 1. India: Unity and Diversity | 10 |
| 3.1 Farmers’ movement | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 75 | |
| Students Activity | 15 |
Skill Enhancement Course (SEC): Gender Sensitization
(SE-II)
Total Credit -3 (45 hours)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Dr. Anasua Chatterjee | 1.1 Gender as a social construct: Basic concepts: Gender, Sex | 3 |
| 1.2 Gender Socialization, Gender Roles and Stereotyping | 8 | |
| Aparna Chakraborty | 1.1 Gender Basic Concepts: Sexuality, Patriarchy | 4 |
| 2.1 Violence against Women | 10 | |
| Upasana Karmakar Modak | 1.3 Sexual Identities: Heterosexual, Bisexual, Lesbian and homosexual, Transgender, Transvestite, Hijra, Koti | 10 |
| 2.2 Women’s and LGBTQ movement in India | 10 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 45 |
SEMESTER- IV
CORE COURSE- 8;
Economic Sociology (SOCACOR08T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Dr.Anasua Chatterjee | Reciprocity and Gift | 7 |
| Exchange and Money | 7 | |
| Domestic Mode of Production | 5 | |
| Peasant | 5 | |
| Capitalism | 5 | |
| Socialism | 5 | |
| Bisaka Blone | Formalism and Substantivism | 9 |
| New Economic Sociology | 9 | |
| Hunting and Gathering | 5 | |
| Aparna Chakraborty | Development | 9 |
| Globalisation | 9 | |
| Student Activity | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 | |
CORE COURSE- 9;
Sociology of Kinship(SOCACOR09T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Upasana Karmakar Modak | Introduction; Key Terms: Descent, Consanguinity, Filiations, Incest Taboo, Affinity, Family, Residence | 8 |
| Alliance | 7 | |
| Changing Structure and Functions of Marriage, Family and Household | 8 | |
| Meaning, Characteristics and Household Dimensions of joint Family- – Disintegration Debate | 7 | |
| Trishita Pal | Indological | 7 |
| Power and Discrimination in Family, Kinship and Marriage | 7 | |
| Aparna Chakraborty | Marriage Migration | 7 |
| New Reproductive Technologies | 8 | |
| Re-imagining Families: Debates around lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) and Live-in Relationships | 9 | |
| Descent Approach | 7 | |
| Student Activity | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 | |
CORE COURSE- 10;
Social Stratification(SOCACOR10T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Bisaka Blone | Introducing Social Stratification; Forms and Consequences | 5 |
| Functionalism: Talcott Parsons and Robert K. Merton | 6 | |
| Max Weber: Class, Status and Power | 6 | |
| Pierre Bourdieu: Forms of Capital | 6 | |
| Feminist Theory: Patriarchy | 6 | |
| Race and Ethnicity | 10 | |
| Dr.Anasua Chatterjee | Marx: Class | 6 |
| Caste | 10 | |
| Aparna Chakraborty | Globalisation and the Third World; | 5 |
| Economic Inequality and Democracy | 5 | |
| Gendered Stratification: LGBTQ Identities | 10 | |
| Student Activity | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 | |
Generic Elective 04
Methods of Sociological Enquiry (SOCHGEC04T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Dr. Anasua Chatterjee | The Comparative Method | 10 |
| Theory and Research | 9 | |
| Trishita Pal | Qualitative | 10 |
| Bisaka Blone | What is Sociological Research | 9 |
| Objectivity in the Social Sciences | 9 | |
| Reflexivity | 10 | |
| Upasana Karmakar Modak | Analysing Data: Quantitative | 9 |
| The Ethnographic Method | 9 | |
| Student Activity | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 | |
SEMESTER- VI
CORE COURSE- 13; Sociological Thinkers II (SOCACOR13T)
| Name Of Teacher | Topic | Number Of Credit Hours (Approx.) |
| Dr. Anasua Chatterjee | Max Horkheimer, T.W. Adorno and Herbert Marcuse | 25 |
| Ms. Bisaka Blone | Pierre Bourdieu | 8 |
| G. H. Mead and Erving Goffman | 15 | |
| Ms. Aparna Chakraborty | Talcott Parsons | 11 |
| Claude LeviStrauss | 8 | |
| Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann | 8 | |
| Student Activity | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 | |
CORE COURSE- 14;
Sociological Research Methods II (SOCACOR14T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Dr. Anasua Chatterjee | Sampling | 12 |
| Data Collection | 12 | |
| Trishita Pal | Data Analysis | 15 |
| Upasana Karmakar Modak | Statistical Methods | 36 |
| Student Activity | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 | |
DSE- 4; SOCIOLOGY OF WORK (SOCADSE04)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Dr. Anasua Chatterjee | 3. Dimensions of Work | 20 |
| 4.2 Social, Political and Economic Consequences | 5 | |
| Bisaka Blone | 2. Forms of Industrial Culture and Organisation | 20 |
| 4.1 Work in the Informal Sector: Nature and Types | 5 | |
| Aparna Chakraborty | 1. Interlinking Work and Industry | 10 |
| 3. Risk, Hazard and Disaster | 15 | |
| Student Activity | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 | |
DSE- 6; Indian Sociological Traditions (SOCADSE06T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Upasana Karmakar Modak | Radhakamal Mukerjee | 11 |
| D.P Mukherjee | 10 | |
| Verrier Elwin | 11 | |
| Irawati Karve | 11 | |
| Aparna Chakraborty | G.S.Ghurye | 10 |
| M.N Srinivas | 11 | |
| Leela Dube | 11 | |
| Student Activity | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 | |
Discipline Specific Elective 03;
Social Stratification (SOCGDSE03T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Bisaka Blone | Social Stratification: Concept and Approaches | 15 |
| Forms of Social Stratification: Race and Ethnicity | 5 | |
| Trishita Pal | Forms of Social Stratification: Caste and Class, Gendering Inequality, poverty and Social Exclusion | 30 |
| Social Mobility: Meaning, Types and Factors Responsible | 25 | |
| Student Activity | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 | |
Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhavan
Lesson plan (SOCA) 2023-24
Sociology Department
Semester I
Major: Discipline Specific Core Course (DS-1)
Introducing Sociology
Total Credit- 5 (75 Hours)
| Name of Teacher | Topics | No of Credit Hours (Approx) |
| Bisaka Blone | 1.2 Sociology and Common Sense
2.1 Individual and social group 2.2 Culture: Concepts and Meaning, Subculture, Counter Culture, Cultural Lag |
466 |
| Anasua Chatterjee | 2.4 Social processes: Integrative and Disintegrative
2.6 Concept and Theories (Linear and Cyclical) |
66 |
| Upashna Karmakar Modak | 1.2 Sociological Imagination
2.3 Socialization: Concept Processes and Agencies 2.5 Social Control: Types and Agencies |
456 |
| Aparna Chakraborty | 1.1 Emergence of Sociology
1.3 Sociology and Social Anthropology: Relationships |
89 |
| Total Credit Hours | 75 | |
| Student Activity | 15 |
Minor Discipline Paper 1 (MA-1)
Introducing Sociology
Credits 5 (75 hours)
| Name of Teacher | Topic | No. of Credit Hours |
| Aparna Chakraborty | 1.1 Definition and Scope 1.2 Relationship with Anthropology and History2.1 Society; Social interaction; Community; Association; Institution |
783 |
| Bisaka Blone | 2.1 Culture; Cultural lag, social structure; social system; social action; status and role; role conflict; role set; norms and values; folkways and mores; conformity and deviance; law and customs
2.5 Social groups: Concept, Types |
57 |
| Anasua Chatterjee | 2.3 Social Processes: Integrative and Disintegrative 2.6 Social Stratification: Concept, forms, social mobility |
78 |
| Upashna Karmakar Modak | 2.2 Socialization: Concept, Processes and Agencies, nature-nurture debate 2.4 Social Control: Types and Agencies | 78 |
| Total Credit Hours | 75 | |
| Students Activity | 15 |
Skill Enhancement Course (SEC): Development of Social Research Methods (SE-1)
Total Credit -3 (45 hours)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Trishita Pal | 1. The Nature of Social Research 1.1 The concepts of social research 1.2 Quantitative and Qualitative social research 1.3 Mixed Method 3. Further Measurement Issues 3.1 Sources and Types of Data: Primary and Secondary 3.2 Census and Sample Survey: Fundamental Differences 3.3 Description of Data: Tabulation and Graphical Presentation 3.4 Graphical Presentation of Data through MS Excel |
1020 |
| Aparna Chakraborty | 2. Using Series of Numbers to do Social Research 2.1 The levels of measurement
|
15 |
| Total Credit Hours | 45 |
SEMESTER- III
CORE COURSE- 5; Political Sociology (SOCACOR05T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Ms. Bisaka Blone | Meaning and Dimensions of Political Culture
Meaning and types of Political Socialization Agencies of Political Socialization and their role Elites and the Ruling Classes Political Systems: Segmentary, Totalitarian and Democratic Tutorial |
788888 |
| Ms. Upasana Karmakar Modak | Political Parties: Structure and Functions Types of Pressure Groups and their relationship with Political Parties Tutorial |
674 |
| Ms. Aparna Chakraborty | Power and Authority State, Governance and Citizenship Local Governance: Panchayat System Tutorial |
6663 |
| Student Activity | 5 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 | |
CORE COURSE- 6; Sociology of Religion (SOCACOR06T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Dr. Anasua Chatterjee | Emile Durkheim: Society as Sacred
Karl Marx: Religion as Alienation Max Weber: Religion as Social Action The Secularization Debate Tutorial |
67864 |
| Upasana Karmakar Modak | Sacred, Myth, Ritual and Prayer Time-Space Rationality Tutorial |
6654 |
| Aparna Chakraborty | Formulating Religion Religious Fundamentalism Tutorial |
674 |
| Trishita Pal | Religious Individualism and the Boundaries of Religion Religion and Identity: Class, Gender, Sexuality Tutorial |
763 |
| Student Activity | 5 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 | |
CORE COURSE- 7; Sociology of Gender (SOCACOR07T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Bisaka Blone | Class, Caste
Family, Work Religion, Ethnicity Tutorial |
7755 |
| Upasana Karmakar Modak | Gender, Sex, Sexuality Production of Masculinity and Femininity Gender Socialization, Gender Roles and Stereotyping Sexual Identities: Heterosexual, Bisexual, Lesbian and Homosexual, Transgender, Transvestite, Hijra, Koti Social Subordination Violence against Women Women’s and LGBTQ Movements in India Tutorial |
789981010 |
| Student Activity | 5 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 | |
GE-3; Sociological Theories (SOCGCOR03T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Upasana Karmakar Modak | Max Weber (Types of Authority, Ideal Types)
Tutorial |
205 |
| Dr. Anasua Chatterjee | Emile Durkheim
Tutorial |
20
5 |
| Bisaka Blone | Max Weber (Social Action)
Karl Marx Tutorial |
10
20 5 |
| Student Activities | 5 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 |
SEMESTER- V
CORE COURSE – 11; Sociological Thinkers I (SOCACOR11T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Bisaka Blone | Materialist Conception of History
Capitalist Mode of Production Social Action and Ideal Types Religion and Economy Tutorial |
10
10 10 10 10 |
| Aparna Chakraborty | Social Fact
Individual and Society Tutorial |
10
10 5 |
| Students’ Activities | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 |
CORE COURSE- 12; Sociological Research Methods I (SOCACOR12T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Dr. Anasua Chatterjee | Theory and Research
Concepts and Hypothesis Field (Issues and Context) The Scientific Method: Deductive and Inductive Critique of the Scientific Method: Triangulation Field Research Tutorial |
7
7 6 8 6 |
| Bisaka Blone | Objectivity and Reflexivity in Sociology;
Positivism and Empiricism in sociology; Objectivity and Subjectivity; Critique of the Scientific Method: Qualitative. Tutorial |
5
3 3 3 |
| Upasana Karmakar Modak | Types of Research: Basic and Applied, Historical, Empirical, Descriptive, Exploratory, Comparative, Feminist
Content Analysis Tutorial |
73
3 |
| Aparna Chakraborty | Critique of the Scientific Method: Quantitative
Survey Research Case Study Tutorial |
3
5 3 3 |
| Students’ Activities | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 |
DSE- 1; Urban Sociology (SOCADSE01T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Dr. Anasua Chatterjee | What is Urban, Urbanism and the City
Ecological Political Economy Network Tutorial |
7
7 8 7 |
| Aparna Chakraborty | City as Culture
Migration Community Culture and Leisure Tutorial |
10
7 7 7 7 |
| Trishita Pal | Caste, Class and Gender
Tutorial |
7
1 |
| Students’ Activities | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 |
DSE- 2; Agrarian Sociology (SOCADSE02T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Dr. Anasua Chatterjee | The Agrarian Question
The Moral Economy Agrarian Commodity Systems Gender and Agrarian Realities
Tutorial |
7
6 6 3 6 |
| Upasana Karmakar Modak | Agrarian Societies
Agrarian Studies Labour and Agrarian Class Structure Markets, Land Reforms and Green Revolution Agrarian Movements Tutorial |
3
4 8 8 6 6 |
| Trishita Pal | Agrarian Crisis
The Global Agrarian Order Caste and Agrarian Realities Tutorial |
3
3 3 3 |
| Students’ Activities | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 |
Discipline Specific Elective 02 (SOCGDSE02T): Marriage, Family and Kinship
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Trishita Pal | Descent, Alliance
Descent, Filiation, Complementary Filiation Marriage and Alliance Contemporary Issues in Marriage, Family and Kinship Choice and Regulation in Marriage Power and Discrimination in the Family New Reproductive Technologies Marriage Migration Tutorial |
1520
8 |
| Bisaka Blone | Introduction: Kinship, Critique and the Reformulation
Biological and Social Kinship Cultural Kinship Family and Household Structure and Change Reimagining Families Tutorial |
10
15 7 |
| Students’ Activities | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 |
Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhavan
Lesson plan (SOCA) 2023-24
Sociology Department
Semester I
Major: Discipline Specific Core Course (DS-1)
Introducing Sociology
Total Credit- 5 (75 Hours)
| Name of Teacher | Topics | No of Credit Hours (Approx) |
| Bisaka Blone | 1.2 Sociology and Common Sense
2.1 Individual and social group 2.2 Culture: Concepts and Meaning, Subculture, Counter Culture, Cultural Lag |
4
6 6 |
| Anasua Chatterjee | 2.4 Social processes: Integrative and Disintegrative
2.6 Concept and Theories (Linear and Cyclical) |
6
6 |
| Upashna Karmakar Modak | 1.2 Sociological Imagination
2.3 Socialization: Concept Processes and Agencies 2.5 Social Control: Types and Agencies |
4
5 6 |
| Aparna Chakraborty | 1.1 Emergence of Sociology
1.3 Sociology and Social Anthropology: Relationships |
8
9 |
| Total Credit Hours | 75 | |
| Student Activity | 15 |
Minor Discipline Paper 1 (MA-1)
Introducing Sociology
Credits 5 (75 hours)
| Name of Teacher | Topic | No. of Credit Hours |
| Aparna Chakraborty | 1.1 Definition and Scope 1.2 Relationship with Anthropology and History2.1 Society; Social interaction; Community; Association; Institution |
7
8 3 |
| Bisaka Blone | 2.1 Culture; Cultural lag, social structure; social system; social action; status and role; role conflict; role set; norms and values; folkways and mores; conformity and deviance; law and customs
2.5 Social groups: Concept, Types |
5
7 |
| Anasua Chatterjee | 2.3 Social Processes: Integrative and Disintegrative
2.6 Social Stratification: Concept, forms, social mobility |
7
8 |
| Upashna Karmakar Modak | 2.2 Socialization: Concept, Processes and Agencies, nature-nurture debate
2.4 Social Control: Types and Agencies |
7
8 |
| Total Credit Hours | 75 | |
| Students Activity | 15 |
Skill Enhancement Course (SEC): Development of Social Research Methods (SE-1)
Total Credit -3 (45 hours)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Trishita Pal | 1. The Nature of Social Research
1.1 The concepts of social research 1.2 Quantitative and Qualitative social research 1.3 Mixed Method 3. Further Measurement Issues 3.1 Sources and Types of Data: Primary and Secondary 3.2 Census and Sample Survey: Fundamental Differences 3.3 Description of Data: Tabulation and Graphical Presentation 3.4 Graphical Presentation of Data through MS Excel |
10
20 |
| Aparna Chakraborty | 2. Using Series of Numbers to do Social Research
2.1 The levels of measurement
|
15 |
| Total Credit Hours | 45 |
SEMESTER- III
CORE COURSE- 5; Political Sociology (SOCACOR05T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Ms. Bisaka Blone | Meaning and Dimensions of Political Culture
Meaning and types of Political Socialization Agencies of Political Socialization and their role Elites and the Ruling Classes Political Systems: Segmentary, Totalitarian and Democratic Tutorial |
7
8 8 8 8 8 |
| Ms. Upasana Karmakar Modak | Political Parties: Structure and Functions
Types of Pressure Groups and their relationship with Political Parties Tutorial |
6
7 4 |
| Ms. Aparna Chakraborty | Power and Authority
State, Governance and Citizenship Local Governance: Panchayat System Tutorial |
6
6 6 3 |
| Student Activity | 5 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 | |
CORE COURSE- 6; Sociology of Religion (SOCACOR06T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Dr. Anasua Chatterjee | Emile Durkheim: Society as Sacred
Karl Marx: Religion as Alienation Max Weber: Religion as Social Action The Secularization Debate Tutorial |
6
7 8 6 4 |
| Upasana Karmakar Modak | Sacred, Myth, Ritual and Prayer
Time-Space Rationality Tutorial |
6
6 5 4 |
| Aparna Chakraborty | Formulating Religion
Religious Fundamentalism Tutorial |
6
7 4 |
| Trishita Pal | Religious Individualism and the Boundaries of Religion
Religion and Identity: Class, Gender, Sexuality Tutorial |
7
6 3 |
| Student Activity | 5 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 | |
CORE COURSE- 7; Sociology of Gender (SOCACOR07T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Bisaka Blone | Class, Caste
Family, Work Religion, Ethnicity Tutorial |
7
7 5 5 |
| Upasana Karmakar Modak | Gender, Sex, Sexuality
Production of Masculinity and Femininity Gender Socialization, Gender Roles and Stereotyping Sexual Identities: Heterosexual, Bisexual, Lesbian and Homosexual, Transgender, Transvestite, Hijra, Koti Social Subordination Violence against Women Women’s and LGBTQ Movements in India Tutorial |
7
8 9 9 8 10 10 |
| Student Activity | 5 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 | |
GE-3; Sociological Theories (SOCGCOR03T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Upasana Karmakar Modak | Max Weber (Types of Authority, Ideal Types)
Tutorial |
205 |
| Dr. Anasua Chatterjee | Emile Durkheim
Tutorial |
20
5 |
| Bisaka Blone | Max Weber (Social Action)
Karl Marx Tutorial |
10
20 5 |
| Student Activities | 5 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 |
SEMESTER- V
CORE COURSE – 11; Sociological Thinkers I (SOCACOR11T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Bisaka Blone | Materialist Conception of History
Capitalist Mode of Production Social Action and Ideal Types Religion and Economy Tutorial |
10
10 10 10 10 |
| Aparna Chakraborty | Social Fact
Individual and Society Tutorial |
10
10 5 |
| Students’ Activities | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 |
CORE COURSE- 12; Sociological Research Methods I (SOCACOR12T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Dr. Anasua Chatterjee | Theory and Research
Concepts and Hypothesis Field (Issues and Context) The Scientific Method: Deductive and Inductive Critique of the Scientific Method: Triangulation Field Research Tutorial |
7
7 6 8 6 |
| Bisaka Blone | Objectivity and Reflexivity in Sociology;
Positivism and Empiricism in sociology; Objectivity and Subjectivity; Critique of the Scientific Method: Qualitative. Tutorial |
5
3 3 3 |
| Upasana Karmakar Modak | Types of Research: Basic and Applied, Historical, Empirical, Descriptive, Exploratory, Comparative, Feminist
Content Analysis Tutorial |
73
3 |
| Aparna Chakraborty | Critique of the Scientific Method: Quantitative
Survey Research Case Study Tutorial |
3
5 3 3 |
| Students’ Activities | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 |
DSE- 1; Urban Sociology (SOCADSE01T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Dr. Anasua Chatterjee | What is Urban, Urbanism and the City
Ecological Political Economy Network Tutorial |
7
7 8 7 |
| Aparna Chakraborty | City as Culture
Migration Community Culture and Leisure Tutorial |
10
7 7 7 7 |
| Trishita Pal | Caste, Class and Gender
Tutorial |
7
1 |
| Students’ Activities | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 |
DSE- 2; Agrarian Sociology (SOCADSE02T)
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Dr. Anasua Chatterjee | The Agrarian Question
The Moral Economy Agrarian Commodity Systems Gender and Agrarian Realities
Tutorial |
7
6 6 3 6 |
| Upasana Karmakar Modak | Agrarian Societies
Agrarian Studies Labour and Agrarian Class Structure Markets, Land Reforms and Green Revolution Agrarian Movements Tutorial |
3
4 8 8 6 6 |
| Trishita Pal | Agrarian Crisis
The Global Agrarian Order Caste and Agrarian Realities Tutorial |
3
3 3 3 |
| Students’ Activities | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 |
Discipline Specific Elective 02 (SOCGDSE02T): Marriage, Family and Kinship
| NAME OF TEACHER | TOPICS | NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS (APPROX.) |
| Trishita Pal | Descent, Alliance
Descent, Filiation, Complementary Filiation Marriage and Alliance Contemporary Issues in Marriage, Family and Kinship Choice and Regulation in Marriage Power and Discrimination in the Family New Reproductive Technologies Marriage Migration Tutorial |
1520
8 |
| Bisaka Blone | Introduction: Kinship, Critique and the Reformulation
Biological and Social Kinship Cultural Kinship Family and Household Structure and Change Reimagining Families Tutorial |
10
15 7 |
| Students’ Activities | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 90 |
| Study Materials | Download |
| Bourdieu stratification forms of capital | View |
| filiaton and incest taboo_clg | View |
| GENDER ROLE & STEREOTYPING | View |
| LGBTQ | View |
| Original affluent society | View |
| SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER | View |
| study material 1 | View |
| study material 2 | View |
| Youtube Link for Study material | View |
SOCACOR01T-SOCIOLOGY (CC1)
Group-A
প্রতিষ্ঠানিক বিষয় হিসাবে সমাজবিজ্ঞানের উত্থানের উপর একটি টীকা লেখ।
Group-B
Answer any Two questions from the following (2×5=10)
সামাজিক নৃবিজ্ঞান এর সাথে সমাজতত্ত্ব কিভাবে সম্পর্ক যুক্ত
ইতিহাস এর সাথে সমাজতত্ত্ব কিভাবে সম্পর্ক যুক্ত
মনস্তত্ত্ব এর সাথে সমাজতত্ত্ব কিভাবে সম্পর্ক যুক্ত
SOCACOR13T-SOCIOLOGY (CC13)
1. Write a note on AGIL model as propounded by Parsons. 10
2. Briefly discuss about George Herbert Mead’s idea of ‘Interactional Self’.
SOCADSE01T-SOCIOLOGY (DSE1)
1. অভিবাসন এর সম্পর্কে সংক্ষেপে টিকা লেখো 10
2. শহর এবং সংস্কৃতি সম্পর্কে সংক্ষেপে টিকা লেখো
Mock Test 2022-2023
Semester 4 Paper II
11.07.2023
(No. of students: 5)
Answer all questions
Group A
Each question carries 10 marks. Answer within 700 words
1. Analyze the three dimensions of stratification following Max Weber (10)
2. Explain the relationship between New reproductive technologies and culture (10)
Group B
Each question carries 5 marks. Answer within 300 words
1. Write any two forms of stratification
2. Briefly discuss the main elements of patriarchy
3. Write a short note on marriage migration
4. Trace the discriminatory issues of LGBTQ indentities
Group C
Each question carries 2 marks. Answer within 100 words
1. Distinguish between race and ethnicity
2. What do you mean by stratification?
3. What is globalization?
4. Write a short note on live-in relationship
5. Define kinship
Sem- III (Hons)
Practice Examinations
Time: 2 Hours Full Marks: 50
All questions are compulsory
The number of marks carried by a question/part is indicated against it.
GROUP-A
(Answer the following questions within 700 words each)
1. Discuss Mill’s notion of power elite 10
2. Write a short note on Karl Marx theory of religion as alienation 10
GROUP-B
(Answer the following questions within 300 words each)
3. Briefly discuss the characteristics of totalitarianism 5
4. Briefly discuss the concept of ruling class 5
5. LGBTQ Movements in India 5
6. Write a short note on Weber’s notion of authority 5
GROUP-C
(Answer the following questions within 100 words each)
7. Difference between sex and gender 2
8. Define governing elite 2
9. Define state. 2
10. Who wrote the book ‘The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism’? 2
11. What is religious fundamentalism? 2
| Sociology Department Event Report | |||||
| Sl. No. | Nature of Events | Date | Title | Resource Person | No. of participants |
| 1 | SEMINARS | 24th June 2020 | Challenges of the new normal of COVID-19 and experiences of women | Dr. Basabi Chakraborty, Founder Head and Senior Faculty, Department of Sociology, Rabindra Bharati University | SEM- I (3) SEM-II (7) SEM-III (6) |
| 2 | SEMINARS | 25th June 2020 | Challenges of the new normal: COVID 19 and disability in India | Dr. Kum Kum Sarkar, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Netaji Subhas Open University | SEM- I (3) SEM-II (7) SEM-III (6) |
| 3 | SEMINARS | 26th June 2020 | Space gender and the other in the context of our everyday life | Dr. Kamalini Mukherjee, Faculty, Department of Sociology, Bhawanipore Education Society College, Kolkata | SEM- I (3) SEM-II (7) SEM-III (6) |
| 4 | SEMINARS | 29th Jan 2021 | GRC Lecture series Sociology department | Dr. Maitree Chaudhury, Centre for Studies of Social Systems, JNU | SEM- I (3) SEM-II (7) SEM-III (6) |
| 5 | PROJECTS | 12-Feb-21 | Film screening series: Samantaral | SEM- I (3) SEM-II (7) SEM-III (6) | |
| 6 | PROJECTS | 23-Feb-21 | Film screening series : Article 15 | SEM- I (3) SEM-II (7) SEM-III (6) | |
| 7 | PROJECTS | 5-Mar-21 | Film screening series : ‘Bhrahma janen gopon komoti’ | SEM- I (3) SEM-II (7) SEM-III (6) | |
| 8 | PROJECTS | 21st feb 2021 | International Mother language Day Celebration | SEM- I (2) SEM-II (7) SEM-III (6) | |
| 9 | PROJECTS | 8th Mar 2021 | women’s day Celebration | SEM- I (2) SEM-II (7) SEM-III (6) | |
| 10 | PROJECTS | 27-May- 2021 | Presentation of film review | SEM- I (2) SEM-II (7) SEM-III (6) | |
| 11 | PROJECTS | 28-May- 2021 | Presentation of film review | SEM- I (2) SEM-II (7) SEM-III (6) | |
| 12 | PROJECTS | 10-Jun- 2021 | World Environment Day Celebration | SEM- I (2) SEM-II (7) SEM-III (6) | |
| 13 | INTERDISCIPLINARY SEMINAR | 8th March 2022 | Research Methodology | Dr. Prarhita Biswas, Professor and Head of Department, School of Education, Adamas University
Dr. Mousami Guha, Jadavpur University, Department of Philosophy |
86 |
| 14 | EXTENSION LECTURES | 15th March 2022 | Perspectives of Indian Society | Dr. Aniruddha Chowdhury, Visiting faculty, WBSU | SEM- I (4) SEM-II (2) SEM-III (7) |
| 15 | EDUCATIONAL TOUR | 23rd August 2022 | Students day out for movie ‘the holy conspiracy | SEM-II (5) SEM-III (2) | |
| 16 | PROJECTS | 30th November 2022 | Presentation on the film ‘The holy conspiracy | SEM-II (5) SEM-III (2) | |
| 17 | PROJECTS | 9th December 2022 | Poster presentation on ‘Violence against women’ | SEM- I (13) SEM-II (5) SEM-III (2) | |
| 18 | SEMINARS | 16th December 2022 | ‘Society and Health: Perspectives from Clinical Research’ | Bony Dasgupta, Clinical Research Coordinator, Tata Medical Centre, Kolkata | SEM- I (13) SEM-II (5) SEM-III (2) |
| 19 | EDUCATIONAL TOUR | 17-Dec-22 | Departmental excursion | SEM- I (12) SEM-II (5) SEM-III (1) | |
| 20 | EDUCATIONAL TOUR | 10th feb 2023 | Book fair visit | SEM- I (12) SEM-II (5) SEM-III (2) | |
| 21 | EXTENSION LECTURES | 3rd Mar 2023 | ‘smile as a gesture’ | Debadadyuti Karmakar, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalay | SEM- I (13) SEM-II (4) SEM-III (2) |
| 22 | SEMINARS | 28th June 2023 | Sappho for equality – Pride programme | Minakshi Sanyal, Koyel Ghosh, Madhurima Ghosh | 72 |
| 23 | 10th July 2023 | Farewell and freshers Party | SEM- I (13) SEM-II (5) SEM-III (2) | ||
Name of activity: Talk on Transgender Day of Remembrance
Category: Workshop
Topic: Transgender Remembrance Day
Organising unit: Departments of History and Sociology
Date: 30th November 2023
Time: 2:30 pm to 4 pm
Venue: Room no. 8, RKSMVV
Name of resource person (with designation): Anurag Maitrayee, Trans Activitist
Number of participants:
Brief description of the event
The program started at 2:30 pm with a welcome address by our IQAC Coordinator, Dr. Chaiti Mitra. The event started with an introduction on why we are celebrating the Transgender remembrance day after which the students from the Department of History and Sociology did a PowerPoint presentation where they talked and showed about the injustices against transgender people and the names of some of the transgender people who lost their lives due to hate and violence. Our speaker, Anurag Maitrayee gave a powerful lecture on various difficulties and concerns faced by the transgender people and how we as ordinary people can help them in their rights. The event ended with an interactive session with the students and faculty and it proved to be a successful talk.
Programme outcome
The students learned more deeply about the experiences of trans people coming from the personal experience of the trans activist, Anurag Maitrayee. It was an enlightening session with discussion and sharing of knowledge generating empathy and a sense of power among the students and everyone who were involved in listening to the lecture.
Geo-tagged photos and flyer in jpg format
Name: Book Fair
Category: Student’s Activity
Organizing unit: Department of Sociology
Date: 10/2/2023
Time: 1:30pm -5:30pm
No of students: 20
No of teachers: 4
Brief description of the event:
As part of the curriculum, one-day educational book fair visit was organized by the department of Sociology and this trip was meant to brighten the young minds and stimulate their way of thinking. Our destination was Milan Mela Ground at Karunamoyee, Salt Lake. Students took some pictures from outer facades of the Mela. Then we went inside the book fair, which was decked up very well. Due to the international book fair, there were lots of foreign book stalls. Every year, the Kolkata Book Fair has a focal theme, on which the event is based. For this year the theme is Spain, where we tried to capture the culture & art scene of Spain. Then we had a break and enjoyed our lunch in a small stall. After that we reached to the middle of the mela ground, where the students strolled around, clicked some panoramic shots of the Kolkata Book Fair. It was an excellent, informative and eventful day for all of us.
Outcomes:
This trip was meant to get a chance to come in contact with the book lovers and publishers. Its helps to build reading and comprehension skills, knowledge and vocabulary, critical for understanding new subject matters. Students were seen engaging themselves in bargaining, resulting in expansion of their collection of books. It allowed students to discover new books and writers, and it helped to foster a love of reading in our future generations.
Name: Departmental Excursion
Category: Student’s Activity
Organizing unit: Department of Sociology
Date: 17/12/2022
Time: 10:30am -5:30pm
No of students: 16
No of teachers: 2
Brief description of the event:
As part of the curriculum, one-day educational trip was organized by the department of Sociology. This trip was meant to brighten the young minds and stimulate their way of thinking. Our first destination was St. Paul’s Cathedral; Photography was barred inside the premises, so the students took some shots of the outer facades. Then we moved on to the Nandan; it was decked up very well due to the international film festival, where we tried to capture the cinematic & aesthetic art scenes. Then we had a break and enjoyed our delicious lunch in an Indo-Chinese restaurant. After that we reached our final & last destination Maidan, where students strolled around and clicked some panoramic shots of the Victoria Memorial. It was an excellent, informative, eventful day for all of us.
Outcomes:
This trip was meant to get a chance to come in touch with the urban Culture and the colonial history of Kolkata. Through this trip student could understand the scenario of the city-culture, which is in their syllabus; i.e., “Culture and leisure” (semester-VI). Its helps to build the overall understanding of the urban cultures. Students took full advantage of getting themselves exposed to new ideas, customs, and the social pattern of urban ambience. It enhances the students’ ability to accommodate with different cultures for sustenance. The tour helped us to appreciate the importance of preserving our history, culture, and environment. Overall, it was an enriching experience for all of us.
Name: ‘Smile as a Gesture’
Category: Extension lecture
Organising unit: Department of Sociology, RKSMVV
Date: 02.03.23
Time: 1 p.m- 2 p.m
Number of Students: 18
Number of Resource Persons: 01
Name of Resource Person: Debadyuti Karmakar, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalay
Number of beneficiaries: 18 students are the beneficiaries.
Brief description of the event: The resource gave an insightful lecture on smiling as a gesture and showed a PowerPoint presentation and some videos and pictures related to his talk. He talked about how in sociology, a smile is a non-verbal or non-vocal gesture that carries significant social and emotional meaning. He shed light on how smiles are an essential part of social interaction and are often used to convey friendliness, warmth, and approachability. Smile can also mask or hide negative emotions in certain social situations. Smiles can signal various social intentions. For example, a genuine smile may indicate goodwill, while a forced or insincere smile might signal politeness or discomfort. This way he mentioned the various ways in different social situations.
Outcome: Students came to know the variations of smile and laughter and how smiles as a form of informal way of social interaction works in our everyday life, the relevance of the use of emoticons without saying any word and how the concept of happy face measured through smile over the periods. It was a very innovative, new topic of discussion. The session was insightful. Overall, the students learned how to see even a small thing as a smile from a sociological perspective and how they serve in conveying emotions, intentions, and social norms, influencing how individuals interact with each other and navigate various social situations.
Name: Talk on ‘Society and Health: perspectives from Clinical Research’
Category: Extension Lecture
Organizing unit: Sociology Department
Date: 16th December 2022
Time: 11:30-12:15 pm
No of students: 12
No of teachers: 3
Name of resource Person: Bony Dasgupta, Clinical Research Coordinator, Tata Medical Centre Kolkata
Brief description of the event: The talk held on ‘Society and health: Perspectives from Clinical Research’ was given by Bony Dasgupta who is a Clinical Research Coordinator at Tata Medical Centre Kolkata. She talked about her experience working as a clinical researcher, and how society views health in general. She made the students understand clinical research and how it focuses on the scientific evaluation of treatments, interventions, drugs, devices, and procedures to assess their safety and efficacy in human subjects. She mentioned the importance of clinical research in the development and evaluation of healthcare interventions and how the social, cultural, and structural factors that influence health and healthcare systems.
Outcome: The students were able to understand the various health problems of society interplaying with financial, family and other factors. They were also able to understand the various avenues students can take after studying sociology and how clinical research is also a future prospect the students can give thought to. The students had many questions on the opportunities in this field of clinical research and they were cleared of their questions.
Name: Farewell and freshers Party
Category: Student’s Activity
Organizing unit: Department of Sociology
Date: 10/07/2023
Time: 11:00am – onwards
No of students: 20
No of teachers: 5
Brief description of the event:
As part of the curriculum, the Department of Sociology had organized a farewell and freshers party for Semester- VI and Semester- II students. All the departments had attended the programme and the day was filled with excitement, joy, music, enthusiasm, and happiness.
Outcomes:
The purpose of Fresher’s Party and Farewell is to welcome the new students and bid adieu the old students in a friendly atmosphere and to encourage their creative impulses to boost their confidence for future as well as new phases of their lives. Being part of the college, seniors and juniors make friendship with each other to celebrate this day. Freshers along with their seniors got chance to showcase their talent by various performances like solo dance, dual dance, group dances, recitations, song and at the final hour small games were organized to make the function more artful and full of fun. Without the help of each and every student of our department such an amazing event could not be successful.
Event Report Format
Name: Student’s day out for the Film, ‘Holy Conspiracy’
Category: Departmental Activity
Organizing unit: Sociology Department
Date: 23.08.2022
Time: 2:30pm-6:30 pm
Resource Person: NA
No of students: 7
No of teachers: 4
Brief description of the event:
The students of 2nd year and 3rd year were taken out for the film titled, ‘Holy Conspiracy’ on 23.08.2022 to watch and review the film critically so as to give them a project to write their understanding of the film.
Outcome
The students were able to see and explain the societal issues highlighted in the film. They were taught to watch the movie not only as entertainment but also to sharpen their critical thinking.
Name: Understanding the Pride Movements: Diverse Expressions of the LGBTIQ Communities
Category: Workshop
Organising unit: Departments of History, Sociology and Psychology and Sappho For Equality in collaboration with IQAC, RKSMVV
Date: 28.06.2023
Time: 1.30 P.M- 3.30 P.M
Number of Participants: 72 (64 students + 8 teachers)
Number of teachers: 8
Number of Resource Persons: 03
Name of Resource Persons: Minakshi Sanyal, Koyel Ghosh and Madhurima Ghosh
Brief description of the event: The workshop was organized in order to spread awareness and celebrate Pride Month. The message was ‘Our bodies, our minds, our rights’ and Sappho for Equality did a brilliant workshop focusing on the basic concepts of sex, gender and sexuality, LGBTQIA, and gender dysphoria. They shared their life- experiences and interacted with students. They showed a short film too. Students from three departments presented posters on the above-mentioned topic. At the end of the session, the announcement of the best poster was held. The programme ended on a happy note.
Outcome: The LGBTIQ community advocates for equal rights, acceptance, and visibility, and works to combat discrimination, prejudice, and violence based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or intersex status. The students and all the participants present in the workshop gained a much better understanding of the LGBTIQ community, its various terms and identities and such as who are identified as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer. The students became more aware of the struggles and hardships still faced by the people from these communities which helped in generating empathy and open-mindedness for them.
Name: Poster Presentation: Violence against women
Category: Student’s Activity
Organizing unit: Department of Sociology
Date: 09/12/2022
Time: 11:00am – onwards
No of students: 20
No of teachers: 2
Brief description of the event:
As part of the curriculum, the department of Sociology organized a poster presentation for all the departmental students. They made a single poster on “Violence against women”. The event envisaged that, empowering a woman was a way to defend not only violation against a specific gender but also it could raise the level of standard of the society.
Outcomes:
This event threw light on the value of women in our society. To create awareness on gender equality was thought as one of the supreme pillars of good governance in our society. The event made us realise the role of importance of women in our society. They shared the concerns about how women face challenges in cyberspace and sexual harassment everywhere. To create awareness and to rise one’s voice against the violence is understood as the need of the hour. Among the various forms of violence, domestic aggression against women is a serious issue. Violence is considered a “silent epidemic”. The event highlighted the lack of proper education, lack of awareness and lack of adequate laws as the root cause for gender-against violence. The main aim to celebrate this event is to create awareness of gender equality for a healthy society.
Name: Perspectives of Indian Society
Category: Extension lecture
Organizing unit: Sociology Department.
Date: 15.03.2022
Time: 11 am-1 pm
Resource Person: Dr. Aniruddha Chowdhury, Visiting Faculty, West Bengal State University
No of students: 12
No of teachers: 3
Brief description of the event:
The extension lecture was attended by the students of all three semesters. Dr. Aniruddha Sir explained clearly the history of Indian Society and its various perspectives from Structural functionalism, conflict and modernisation perspectives.
Outcome
The students had an interactive session and after the lecture, the students were able to understand Indian society and its various perspectives. Dr. Aniruddha Sir also clearly explained their doubts and suggested a book for the students named ‘Indian Sociological Thought by B.K Nagla’
Event Report Format
Name: Interdisciplinary Seminar on Research Methodology
Category: Extension lecture
Organizing unit: Sociology, Education and Philosophy Department.
Date: 08.03.2022
Time: 11 am-1 pm
Resource Person: Dr. Prarhita Biswas, Professor & Head of the Department, School of Education, Adamas University
Dr. Maushumi Guha, Jadavpur University, Department of Philosophy
No of students: 76
No of teachers: 10
Brief description of the event: The extension lecture was attended by the students of the three departments. The lecture was on Research Methodology where the concepts of research and how to carry out research were discussed such as what is research- quantitative and qualitative research, research design, data collection methods, research, validity, reliability and other such concepts. An interactive session was also conducted at the end of the lecture where students asked questions and learned more about research.
Outcome
The students were introduced to research methodology. It helped them have a better understanding of research methods in order to carry out the research process.
Name: Film Screening
Category: Student’s Activity
Organizing unit: Department of Sociology
Date: 23/2/2021
Time: 11:00am – onwards
No of students: 14
No of teachers: 4
Brief description of the event:
As part of the curriculum, the department of Sociology had organized a virtual film screening for all the departmental students. The students were shown the Hindi film ” Article 15 ” directed by Anubhav Sinha, to understand the role, influence and importance of the fundamental rights and Socio-political values of India.
Outcomes:
The message of this film was very clear, the lack of awareness and breach of fundamental rights enshrined in our Indian constitution in a rural set up. The students could understand the importance of the Indian constitution. They realized the real value of article 15 i.e. “Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth”. Through this story we understood the corrupt practices and loopholes, that are in existence in the administrative affairs of the Govt. This film also identified the Indian caste system and behaviour of different communities in handling the caste system. “Caste system” is also one of the parts of our syllabus. The Movie diverts our attention to a very relevant problem in a very hard-hitting manner.
Name: Feminism in India: The Tale and its Telling
Category: Online lecture
Organizing unit: Sociology Department in collaboration with Gender Resource Centre
Date: 29.01.2021
Time: 5:30-6:30
Resource Person: Prof. Maitrayee Chaudhuri, Centre For Study of Social Systems, JNU
No of students: 70
No of teachers: 4
Brief description of the event: The speaker discussed feminism in the context of India and provided a history of Indian feminism. She presented a schematic account of feminism in India; brought up some theoretical and methodological issues entailed in representing it and talked about the practice and theory of feminism. She also discussed and brought into light the changes over time in the contemporary context. She talked about her early years as a student of Indian women’s issues in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the developments since, and the rich and complex body of feminist writings that emerged which in many ways have become institutionalized within academia as well as within policy-making, whether of various states or of international agencies, the rise of multiculturalism and postmodernism, postcolonial studies, and the greater visibility of India and Indian scholarship in the last decades.
Outcome
The students were able to know the detailed history of Feminism in India and how it has progressed over the years. The students had many questions in the interactive session where they were able to clear their doubts and gain much overall knowledge about feminism in India. The students also received e-certificates after filling up the feedback form at the end of the webinar.
Event Report Format
Name: Digital Poster Making Presentation on World Environment Day
Category: Student’s Presentation
Organizing unit: Sociology Department
Date: 15.06.2021
Time: 11 am-1 pm
Resource Person: NA
No of students: 13
No of teachers: 4
Brief description of the event: A poster presentation was done by the 2nd and 3rd-year students of Sociology. The students were required to make an original digital poster on World Environment Day on any topic related to the environment. They were also required to send a write-up on their poster within 100 words. This had to be submitted within 10.06.2021, and the poster presentation was held on the same where the students described their poster on 15.06.2021
Outcome
It was an interactive session for the students where students talked about what their posters conveyed and the challenges facing the environment.
Name: Challenges of the New Normal: COVID-19 and the experiences of women
Category: Extention lecture Webinar
Organising unit: Sociology Department
Date: 24.06.2020
Time: 4:30-5:30 pm
Resource Person: Dr. Basabi Chakraborty, Founder Head and Senior Faculty, Department of Sociology, RBU, Former visiting faculty of Women’s Studies Centre, CU and RBU
No of students: 15
No of teachers: 4
Brief description of the event: The speaker talked about how the pandemic was proving to be a difficult time for women staying behind closed walls increasing the risk of domestic violence and the inability to seek help. Some key points she addressed about this issue were about the surge in domestic violence cases during lockdowns and quarantine measures. Isolation, financial stress, and uncertainty contributed to heightened tensions within households. Job losses and financial strain during the pandemic added to the stress within households, which could trigger or worsen incidents of domestic violence. Other issues such as access to proper services and few opportunities for the victim to report the incident.
Outcome: The students gained awareness about the issue of domestic violence and how it might be negatively affecting women more than men because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a very much thought-provoking and interactive session. Students also asked their queries. The speaker also mentioned a short film related to this issue.
Event Report Format
Name: Challenges of the New Normal: COVID-19 and Disability in India
Category: Extention lecture Webinar
Organising unit: Sociology Department
Date: 25.06.2020
Time:12pm-1 pm
Resource Person: Dr. Kumkum Sarkar, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, NSOU
No of students: 15
No of teachers: 4
Brief description of the event: The speaker about the intersection of COVID-19 and disability in India and it was difficult for them to survive in such a situation. She brought into light the various issues that the PWD people suffered such as mental health, economic loss, access to healthcare, vaccine accessibility, and the hindrance to getting many of the support services like counselling, therapy etc. that they might need. She also mentioned the ways Govt. helped them and what laws should be enabled in order to support these sections of the people better.
Outcome: We were really very much enriched by this lecture, this opened a new vision of thinking, and changed our thinking towards PWD people and learned about their struggles more and saw the COVID-19 pandemic from the view of the handicapped people. We genuinely felt for them and empathy was created among all of us. It was an insightful and thought-provoking talk.
Name: Challenges of the New Normal: A Discussion on the Space, Gender and the ‘Other’
Category: Extention lecture Webinar
Organizing unit: Sociology Department
Date: 26.06.2020
Time: 11 am-12 pm
Resource Person: Dr Kamalini Mukherjee, Faculty, Department of Sociology, Bhawanipore Education Society College, Kolkata
No of students: 15
No of teachers: 4
Brief description of the event: The Department of Sociology organized a webinar series on the Challenges of COVID-19 and the New Normal that was being faced by society. In this webinar series, a discussion on Space, Gender and the ‘other’ was done. She first made the students understand the concept of space in sociology which refers to how societies are organized, how individuals interact, and how social phenomena are shaped. She mentioned the ways in which physical, social, and virtual spaces influence human behaviour, relationships, and the overall structure of society and how this space was functioning and interacting in the covid pandemic in gendered spaces, public spaces, home and family space, work space etc as it intersects with gender and the other
Outcome
The students became more aware of the concept of space in sociology and how space interacts with other aspects of society such as gender. It taught the students to see the new normal in a different light of gender and space, how the two interacted with each other and how it affected the different parts of society.
Department of Sociology
Advanced and Slow Learners Policy
The Department of Sociology follows its policy of slow and advanced learners so as to cater to students who may learn at a different pace or have advanced learning needs. These policies aim to ensure that all students receive an appropriate and effective education tailored to their individual abilities and needs.
Advanced learners
Advanced learners are the students who understand a taught topic relatively faster than the other students in the class and achieve high scores. They have more potential and talent than the others in the class. They have more potential with their answer writing skills, retention, memory, critical thinking ability, creativity and contextualization practices. They also show hard-working behaviours and have the drive to do their best in their studies.
Slow learners
Slow learners on the other hand mostly find it difficult to understand the subject. They may fail in exams or will score only poor grades. However, the poor performance may not be a sign of poor capacity or talent but may be due to inappropriate teaching methods, socio-economic background, lack of motivation and support, unorganized learning practices or even the inability to converse in the language taught in class.
Policy for Identifying Slow and Advanced Learners
Slow learners
The slow learners in the classroom are identified on the basis of the following grounds:
Advanced Learners
The advanced learners in the classroom are identified on the basis of the following grounds:
Policy Guidelines for Slow Learners and Advanced Learners
After the identification of the learners, the department’s following policies are adopted:-
Slow Learners
Advanced Learners
Result of CBCS System
Sociology Department
| Year | Appeared | Passed | CGPA 6-7
60%-70% |
CGPA 7-8
70%-80% |
CGPA 8-9
80%-90% |
CGPA 10
Above 90% |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – |
Annual Mode Results
| Year | Appeared | Passed | 1St class | University Ranks (1st to 10th) | |
| 2016 | H | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | H | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | H | 8 | 8 | – | 3 |
| 2019 | H | 5 | 4 (1 P) | – | 3 |
| 2020 | H | 7 | 6 | 5 | – |
Student’s Progression- Student’s Placed
Sociology Department
| Year | Name of student placed and contact details | Name of the employer with contact details | Designation |
| 2018-19 | 1. Rima Paul
2. Sonali Chowdhury
|
1. ILEAD College, Kolkata
2. webtech design LLP, Kolkata
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1. Employed as teaching faculty
2. Employed as graphic designer |
| 2019-20 | 1. Dishari Saha 2.Munmun Mukherjee | 1. sanjivani bank, Bolpur
2. RKSMVV, Dum dum |
1. bank staff
2. Faculty of our college library |
| 2020-21 | – | – | – |
| 2021-22 | 1. Annesha Chatterjee | 1. TCS, Kolkata | 1. BPS (Business Process Services ) |
| 2022-23 | 1. Jahnabi Das
2. Saptaparni Sarkar |
1. TCS, kolkata
2. TCS, kolkata |
1. BPS (Business Process
Services ) as an associate 2. BPS (Business Process Services ) as an associate |
Student’s Progression- Admitted to Higher Education
Sociology Department
| Year: | Name of student enrolling into higher education | Name of institution joined | Name of programme admitted to | Course Duration (mention Year) |
| 2018-19 | 1.Debanjana Bhattacharya
2. Archita Ghoshal 3. Rajrupa Ghosh 4. Riya Banerjee 5. Debjani Gupta |
1. St.Xavier’s University
2. WBSU 3. R.B.U 4. R.B.U 5. WBSU |
1. MA
2. MA 3. MA 4. MA 5. MA |
1. 2 years
2. 2 years 3. 2 years 4. 2years 5. 2 years |
| 2019-20 | 1. Soujita Pramanik
2. Dishari Saha 3. Anuradha Paul |
1. Rabindra Bharati University
2. Rabindra Bharati University 3.Rabindra Bharati University |
1. MA
2. MA 3. MA |
1. 2 years
2. 2 years 3. 2 years |
| 2020-21 | 1. Manasi Koley | 1.Rabindra Bharati
University |
1. MA | 1. 2 years |
| 2021-22 |
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1.New Delhi Institute Of Management
2.West Bengal State University
3.West Bengal State University 4.Calcutta University 5.Rabindra Bharati University |
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| 2022-23 |
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1. Calcutta University |
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2 years |
Workshop on Understanding the Pride Movements: Diverse Expressions of the LGBTIQ Communities
Date: 28.06 2023
This jointly held Workshop organized by the Department of Sociology, History and Human Rights attempted at discussing the different nuances of the queer spectrum. It was held in June, the Internationally Acclaimed Pride Month. The Welcome Address, delivered by the Principal, emphasized human (gender-blind) differences at many levels/shades (sartorial, hair style, body) and she emphasised that we all are not identical. The Workshop from the very beginning wanted first to listen to the voices of the students and their takes on queers. It was followed by a thorough and sharply focused interaction on the Sex and Gender System among both faculty and students.
Farewell and freshers Party
Date: 10.07.2023
As part of the curriculum, the Department of Sociology organized a farewell and freshers party for Semester- VI and Semester- II students. All the departments had attended the programme and the day was filled with excitement, joy, music, enthusiasm, and happiness. Being part of the college, seniors and juniors make friends with each other to celebrate this day. Freshers along with their seniors got a chance to showcase their talent through various performances like solo dances, dual dances, group dances, recitations, songs and at the final hour small games were organized to make the function more artful and full of fun. Without the help of each student in our department, such an amazing event could not be successful.
Book Fair
Date: 10.02.2023
As part of the curriculum, a one-day educational book fair visit was organized by the Department of Sociology and this trip was meant to brighten the young minds and stimulate their way of thinking. Our destination was Milan Mela Ground at Karunamoyee, Salt Lake. Students took some pictures from the outer facades of the Mela. Then we went inside the book fair, which was decked up very well. Due to the international book fair, there were lots of foreign book stalls. Every year, the Kolkata Book Fair has a focal theme, on which the event is based. For this year the theme is Spain, where we tried to capture the culture & art scene of Spain. Then we had a break and enjoyed our lunch in a small stall. After that, we reached the middle of the mela ground, where the students strolled around, and clicked some panoramic shots of the Kolkata Book Fair. It was an excellent, informative and eventful day for all of us.
Departmental excursion
Date: 17.12.2022
As part of the curriculum, a one-day educational trip was organized by the Department of Sociology. This trip was meant to brighten the young minds and stimulate their way of thinking. Our first destination was St. Paul’s Cathedral; Photography was barred inside the premises, so the students took some shots of the outer facades. Then we moved on to the Nandan; it was decked up very well due to the international film festival, where we tried to capture the cinematic & aesthetic art scenes. Then we had a break and enjoyed our delicious lunch in an Indo-Chinese restaurant. After that we reached our final & last destination Maidan, where students strolled around and clicked some panoramic shots of the Victoria Memorial. It was an excellent, informative, eventful day for all of us.
Name: Poster Presentation: Violence against women
Date: 09/12/2022
As part of the curriculum, the Department of Sociology organized a poster presentation for all the departmental students. They made a single poster on “Violence against women”. The event envisaged that empowering a woman was a way to defend not only violation against a specific gender but also it could raise the level of standard of the society.
Digital Poster-Making Presentation on World Environment Day
Date: 15.06.2021
A poster presentation was done by the 2nd and 3rd-year students of Sociology. The students were required to make an original digital poster on World Environment Day on any topic related to the environment. They were also required to send a write-up on their poster within 100 words. This had to be submitted within 10.06.2021, and the poster presentation was held on the same where the students described their poster on 15.06.2021
Student’s Presentation on the Film, ‘Holy Conspiracy’
Date: 30.11.2022
The students were taken out for the film titled, ‘Holy Conspiracy’ on 23.08.2022 to watch and review the film critically. The students were given a project to write their understanding on the film. Thereafter, on the basis of their film project, on 9th December 2022, the students gave their presentations and gave their critical film reviews. The students were able to see and explain the societal issues highlighted in the film. They were taught to watch the movie not only as entertainment but also to sharpen their critical thinking and explain the intention and moral behind the making of the movie which was to highlight the use of religion in politics.
Online film Review
Date: 27.05.21 and 28.05.21
The Department of Sociology organized two-day virtual film review session on the basis of 3 films: Samantaral, Article 15 and Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti. All the students participated in this programme and they had analysed the film through their sociological perspective. In Article 15; they realized the real value of the article 15, i.e., “Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth”. In Bhrahma janen gopon komoti; the students became aware about the irrational thought process of our society and in Samantaral, the students became aware about the loophole of our mindset. Through the screening of these film series students understood the socio-cultural and status of women in our society and the importance of the Indian constitution.
Our Achievers
University Rank Holders
| Sl no. | Year | Name | University Rank |
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2022 | Priti Mondal | 2 (82.5%) |
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2022 | Adrija Roy | 3 (81.45%) |
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2021 | Annesha Chatterjee | 1 (80.1%) |
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2021 | Ankita Roychowdhury | 2 (78.6%) |
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2021 | Prantika Dasghosh | 6 (75.15%) |
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2021 | Sanjukta Das | 9 (71.1%) |
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2020 | Manasi Koley | 8 (67%) |
