Welcome to Department of Sociology

About Department

The Department of Sociology aims at training students to critically analyse the social environment in which they live and become self-aware and responsible citizens. We advance the field through innovative teaching, collaborative research, public and community engagements that promote knowledge, capability and socially responsible students. Teaching and research in the Department are supported by excellent infrastructure, a multi-media resource centre and a well-stocked library that enable students to enjoy a successful academic and social life.

The department offers Under Graduate courses and organize seminar, workshops, field visit and interactive sessions. Department is following the CBCS syllabus with a timely Mid-term and End- Term Examination System. Students are also engaged in the club activities, community services, NSS, NCC, Swachh campus drive and competitions, and take leadership roles in the society.

Vision
  • To develop students by value-based quality education with commitment to their ethical and multidimensional development which will contribute towards their educational, social and economic wellbeing.

Mission
  • To inculcate goals and values stated in the constitution of India among the students with the knowledge of education. It is the mission of Sociology programme to cultivate the Sociological imagination, which involves the ability to understand how individual and group behaviour is shaped by society’s historical development, how personal problems are connected to public issue of social structure and how to work with others to improve social condition. This imagination promotes critical thinking skills which are essential for effective participation in professional, personal and personal affairs.

Courses Offered
Serial NoCourse NameNumber of SeatsDownload Syllabus
1 B.A. Sociology 48
1 M.A. Sociology 48

Rama Devi Women's University Vidya Vihar,PO:Bhoinagar Bhubaneswar,751022,Odisha,India Phone No. : 0674-2542644 Email:registrar(at)rdwu(dot)ac(dot)in