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Session 2014-2015

First Year : Semester I

Course No	Course Title	Hours/Week Theory + Lab	Credits	Prerequisite
SOC 111	Introduction to Sociology	4 + 0	4
SOC 112	History of Human Civilizations	3 + 0	3
SOC 113	Social History of Bangladesh –I	3 + 0	3
MAT 101S	Mathematics	3 + 0	3
BNG 101	Bengali Language-I	2 + 0	2
BNG 102	Bengali Language-I Lab	0 + 2	1
	Total	15 + 2 = 17	16

First Year : Semester II

Course No	Course Title	Hours/Week Theory + Lab	Credits	Prerequisite
SOC 121	Social Statistics	3 + 0	3
SOC 122	Social Statistics Lab	0 + 2	1
SOC 123	Social History of Bangladesh- II	3 + 0	3
SOC 120	Term Paper and Viva Voce	0 + 2	1
ECO 103	Principles of Economics	4 + 0	4
PSS 102	Politics and Administration in Bangladesh	3 + 0	3
ENG 101	English Language (Compulsory)	2 + 0	2
ENG 102	English Language and Viva-Voce (Compulsory	0 + 2	1
	Total	15 + 6 = 21	18

Second Year : Semester I

Course No	Course Title	Hours/Week Theory + Lab	Credits	Prerequisite
SOC 231	Issues and Methods of Social Research	3 + 0	3
SOC 232	Issues and Methods of Social Research Lab	0 + 2	1
SOC 233	Social Thought	4 + 0	4
SOC 234	Rural Sociology	4 + 0	4
STA 203	Inferential Statistics	3 + 0	3
ANP 101	An Introduction to Anthropology	3 + 0	3
	Total	17 + 2 = 19	18

Second Year : Semester II

Course No	Course Title	Hours/Week Theory + Lab	Credits	Prerequisite
SOC 241	History of Sociological Theories	4 + 0	4
SOC 242	Urban Sociology	4 + 0	4
SOC 240	Seminar and Viva Voce	0 + 2	1
SCW 223	Social Problem Analysis	3 + 0	3
CSE 205	Data Based Management and Programming	2 + 0	2
CSE 206	Data Based Management and Programming Lab	6 + 2	3
	Total	19 + 4 = 23	17

Third Year : Semester I

Course No	Course Title	Hours/Week Theory + Lab	Credits	Prerequisite
SOC 351	Quantitative Analysis of Social Data	3 + 0	3
SOC 352	Quantitative Analysis of Social Data Lab	0 + 2	1
SOC 353	Crime and Deviance*	4 + 0	4
SOC 354	Social Psychology	4 + 0	4
SOC 355	Social Demography*	3 + 0	3
SOC 356	Social Demography*	0 + 2	1
SOC 357	Sociology of Gender*	4 + 0	4
SOC 358	Women and Development*	4 + 0	4
SOC 350	Term Paper and Viva Voce	0 + 2	1
	Total	22 + 6 = 28	25

Third Year : Semester II

Course No	Course Title	Hours/Week Theory + Lab	Credits	Prerequisite
SOC 361	Qualitative Analysis of Social Data	3 + 0	3
SOC 362	Qualitative Analysis of Social Data Lab	0 + 2	1
SOC 363	Social Inequality	4 + 0	4
SOC 364	Sociology of Environment	4 + 0	4
SOC 365	Sociology of Mass Communication*	4 + 4	4
SOC 366	Sociology of Organization*	4 + 0	4
SOC 300	Research Monograph & Viva Voce	0 + 6	3
	Total	19 + 12 = 31	23

Fourth Year : Semester I

Course No	Course Title	Hours/Week Theory + Lab	Credits	Prerequisite
SOC 471	Classical Sociological Theories	4 + 0	4
SOC 472	Theories of Development and Underdevelopment	4 + 0	4
SOC 473	Marxist Sociology *	4 + 0	4
SOC 474	Discourses of Development*	4 + 0	4
SOC 475	Sociology of Contemporary Bangladesh*	4 + 0	4
SOC 479	Content Analysis & Viva Voce	0 + 4	2
SOC 400A	Senior Project (Part –A) & Viva Voce	0 + 6	3
	Total	20 + 10 = 30	25

Fourth Year : Semester II

Course No	Course Title	Hours/Week Theory + Lab	Credits	Prerequisite
SOC 481	Modern Sociological Theories	4 + 0	4
SOC 482	Theory Construction*	3 + 0	3
SOC 483	Theory Construction Lab	0 + 2	1
SOC 484	Theories of Social Change*	4 + 0	4
SOC 485	Comparative Sociology*	4 + 0	4
SOC 486	Political Sociology of Developing Countries*	4 + 0	4
SOC 489	Comprehensive	0 + 4	2
SOC 480	Viva voce	0 + 2	1
SOC-400B	Senior Project (Part-B) & Viva Voce	0 + 6	3
	Total	19 + 14 = 33	26