• Developing an understanding of major theoretical perspectives in Sociology, their applications in real life by discussing recent issues.

• Illustrating the process of personality development, self development and Socialization.

Making sense about the sociological theories that account for deviance, conformity and social control

• Giving them some professional session by taking several presentation, debate and assignments

Students will gain an understanding of the past and its impact on their lives today. Through the process of reading, note taking and test taking students will improve their reasoning abilities and abilities to develop a logical argument. Therefore, the primary objectives of this course are to encourage the development of critical reasoning skills and to fulfill the university’s mission statement of “assist [ing] its students in developing the important qualities of independent thinking and respect for the ideas of others.”

• The students are expected to learn the details subject-matter, applied anthropology and research methods of anthropology. • Emphasis will be given on the importance of early anthropological thought and main schools of anthropology. • Students will develop a fundamental grasp of the principles, methods and theories that define each of the four fields of anthropology as well as appreciation of how the discipline offers tools for a holistic study of the human condition. • By the end of this course students will have enriched their understanding of both the field of anthropology in general and the human condition in particular.

Functional English qualifies students in understanding the basics of English language. Students are introduced to the varied aspects of the course which concentrates on bettering their skills and proficiencies of the language.

Knowledge achievement : After the completion of the course, the students will - Know the basic and standard concepts of rhetoric - Be aware of the cross-cultural aspects involved in the art and science of public speaking - Learn different methods of presentations (such as panel, project, interactive, symposium, etc.). Skills and abilities : After completion of the course, the students will - Be able to provide an effective speech for different contexts - Improve posture, voice, diction and mechanics of speech - Develop speech presentation and persuasion techniques, audience awareness and self-awareness - Cultivate poise and confidence - Be adept in a variety of speeches (informative, persuasive, demonstrative, special occasion etc) - Produce and use virtual aids during presentations effectively

Developing basic knowledge of the discipline of social statistics, its principle concepts (population vs. sample, sampling distribution) and applications in social science

Introducing some appropriate methods of both descriptive statistics and non-parametric statistical methods.

Summarizing numeric data by computing descriptive statistics (e.g., mean, variance) and by creating tables and graphs.

Computing various inferential statistics (e.g., t-score) using methods

Demonstrating the differences among various statistical techniques and identify an appropriate technique for a given set of variables and research questions.

The goal of this course is to provide sociology students with a general introduction to social psychology and an opportunity to apply social psychological theories to the lifeworld.

Develop an awareness of the association between individuals’ family lives and social structures.

Explore the key sociological concepts, theories, and empirical research within the sociological study of family.

Examine family issues in an individual’s life, the lives of others, and a society, and analyze how specific family experience is emerged, produced, and stabilized.

Discern broad social patterns, and understand how gender, class, sexuality, race and ethnicity function in all facets of family at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

In spite of its historical roots as a branch of philosophy, ethics is gaining popularity among many academic disciplines. The goal of this course is to make the students morally sound by the lessons of ethics and morality– specifically the social context in which individuals confront moral choices

The course is designed for the students of Sociology to provide the basic idea of different profiles of Bangladesh as well as problems and prospects of the country.

The course is designed for the students of BSS program in Sociology in order that they can understand how economy is embedded in society.

objectives; Course Objectives: The course specifically aims at introducing the students with the debates on topical interests. Specific topics are as follows: 1. Introducing briefly the historical development since the UNCED, 1992 a. UN Development Decades b. Debate on climate change c. Role of the most vulnerable country, like Bangladesh d. Emergence of MDGs and SDGs e. Achievements by Bangladesh concerning these goals 2. Orienting the students with a set of development issues and challenge them to ponder on them, specially related to “Development Projects”. How people and the society are adversely impacted by development projects would be touched upon with some case studies, as follows: a. Development-induced displacement b. Disaster and development c. Migration and development d. Development Disaster e. Ethnicity and Development

• To gain in-depth knowledge and research experience in specific topic areas within the broader subject of sociology of education.

• To identify how are formal and informal relationships organized within schools, and what are the consequences for students’ learning and identities.

• To explain to what extent, and in what ways, do schools promote equal opportunity, and to what extent, and in what ways, do schools reproduce prevailing patterns of power, privilege, and hierarchy?

• To think critically about student’s own educational experiences and the ways in which your social context and personal biography have patterned your education.

The general aim of this course is to provide an introductory understanding on essential aspects of the discipline of Sociology of Religion.

This broader goal is to develop an understanding of major theoretical perspectives in Sociology of Religion, their applications in real life by discussing recent issues.

The course has been designed basing on following objectives: a. To teach basic elements of Elementary French Language for writing and speaking correctly. b. To build the confidence of learners for doing communication in Elementary French speaking countries. c. To make them capable to do communication in different real life situations. d. Motivate students to learn Elementary French by showing its importance in various fields. e. To increase learner’s awareness and knowledge of the Elementary French community and culture all over the world.

The course is designed for the students of BSS program in Sociology in order that they can understand how social phenomena are the construction of social action and social order.

This course introduces classical sociological theories from the perspective of intellectual climate in which they were born. The main objective is to develop among students an epistemic framework to understand the European social reality and explain it at the backdrop of classical sociological theorizing. As an extension, the application of those theorizing in the context of Bangladesh reality could be an illustrative case.

The objective of this course is to draw a historical sketch of inequality for understanding the trend, pattern, and consequences of stratification in hunting and gathering societies to the ensuing ones. Finally, the course has been designed to measure the inequality in modern society by incorporation dominant measures associated with income inequality, gender inequality, education, health, poverty and exclusion.

•Demonstrate understanding of social change stimulated by transforming work processes and “globalization,” •Articulate the challenges and oppressions of humanity through the lens of class, race, and gender both nationally and internationally, •Articulate the initial theoretical considerations of prominent thinkers of sociology of work, , •Pursue and personalize a greater understanding of particular occupations in-depth, •Understand and critique the current forms of work and managerial trends, •Apply sociological perspective to the understanding of everyday work in both service and professional occupations,

In spite of its historical roots as a branch of philosophy, ethics is gaining popularity among many academic disciplines. The goal of this course is to make the students morally sound by the lessons of ethics and morality– specifically the social context in which individuals confront moral choices

To demonstrate the latest urbanization and the scenario of Bangladesh.

To clarify about the rural people and places along with both the advance and developing countries issues related with the rural factors.

To learn about the attempt of NGO for the development in Asia and Africa in concern of rural development.

To analyze the developing countries about their natural resources, income and the critical issues as economic growth, poverty alleviation and the good governance.

To think critically about definitions of health and illness, and the way our healthcare system currently addresses illness.

Explore the structural relations of power that shape disease prevalence, and analyze how those structures reproduce power and inequality.

Develop a sociological understanding of our healthcare system. Who benefits from the current system? Who doesn’t? And why?

Develop a better understanding for how treatment practices become accepted as the norm.

Gain sensitivity about how patients experience illness

Deepen our appreciation for the value of sociology and sociological perspectives in examining health-related issues.

The course is intended to orient the students with the terminology like ethnicity, ethnic groups, tribes, race and minority and how these groups are interacting with the mainstream society in Bangladesh. Challenges faced by these communities in getting involved in development of the country and the current debate on their integration would be discussed. Specific topics are as follows: 1. Introducing briefly the terminology a. Concept of Ethnicity b. Ethnicity: Various Approaches c. Ethnicity: South Asian Context d. Who are the indigenous peoples e. Concept of Race and Minority 2. Orienting the students with the selected indigenous communities in Bangladesh and South Asia a. Ethnic groups in the CHT b. Murong community in the CHT c. Plains land tribes of Bangladesh d. Andaman & Nicobar Island communities e. Various challenges faced by them f. Development-induced displacement g. Identity crisis 3. Understanding the intricate issues related to a. Isolation or assimilation b. Integration with the mainstream c. Crisis of identity d. Multiplicity of identity e. Plasticity of identity

Learn how economic forces and social structures such as race, class and government policies influence how cities are socially and spatially organized, and how that has changed over time. 2. Learn about how urban living shapes social interaction, past and present. 3. Understand the ways in which the city is shaped by powerful interests and perpetuates inequalities, including gender, class, and race (this objective addresses the Ethical Reasoning objective). 4. Understand many of the environmental and health problems that threaten urban residents 5. Provide students with experience collecting and analyzing data through the urban ethnographic method (this objective addresses the Information Access and Reasoning outcome).6. Understand the Urban Poverty in Bangladesh 7. The primary goals of the course are intellectual ones; it is my hope that you will learn to read and think critically about social issues that are salient to your life as an urbanite. 8. This is a reading intensive course and you will need to keep up with the reading. But, I also hope that you will think carefully about the reading and continually question the role of powerful actors in shaping our modern cities. 9. Lastly, the course is designed to fine-tune skills which will enhance your attractiveness in the job market (a goal of any higher education), no matter your eventual major. Employers seek individuals who can 1) speak well, 2) write clearly and effectively, 3) apply logic and higher-level thinking skills to pressing problems. This course will aid your development in all three areas, while also helping you keep organized and gain self-awareness of your strengths and weaknesses.

 To view aging as a phase of growth and development.

 To understand and to value older people and to replace myths with facts and thus dispel stereotypes about aging.

 To understand biological aging as the process in which physical changes reduce the efficiency of organ systems.

 To understand psychological aging as the process of changes that occur in sensory and perceptual processes, mental functioning, adaptive capacity, personality, drives, and motives.

 To understand social aging which includes an individual’s changing roles and relationships in the social structure.

 To gain an understanding of the needs of the older person and how those needs can be met with a variety of services, supports, and programs.

The course is designed for the students of Sociology to provide them an introductory idea of Research Methodology. In doing so, this course includes some specific objectives:

show knowledge and understanding of the theory of science and how this is related to the formulation of research problems within the social sciences;

show knowledge and understanding of social science methods and their role in the research process as a whole;

demonstrate basic proficiency in formulating a research problem within social studies and choosing relevant methods when designing a research project;

show knowledge and understanding of the advantages and shortcomings of different methods for data collection and analysis.

The main objective of the course is to teach the students about how to analyze quantitative data.

The objective of the course is to focus on the relevant current concepts of development in sociological perspective.

To develop an understanding of development as phenomena that is socially constructed

Apply theoretical understandings of development and society to explain contemporary status of development/underdevelopment

To critically examine the role of state in development discourse and analyze existing policy and initiatives taken by government

This course is designed to: • Make students familiar with the concepts of social capital and culture and their role for development • Give students the tools to analyze social capital and culture for different countries and regions • Give students understanding of factors of cultural persistence and change • Familiarize students with the existing theoretical literature and empirical research. • Trace the historical evolution of these concepts and examine their application in different cultural contexts. • Evaluate recent research on the effects that civil society and social capital have on a variety of political and economic outcomes. • Equip students with the background and tools to contribute original research on these issues.

The objective of the course is to focus on the relevant current concepts of Deviance and Crime/ Criminology of modern era from sociological perspectives.

The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an in-depth introduction to the field of demography and population studies. Specifically, the course emphasizes the impact of population processes and events on human societies. Demography, along with other social science disciplines, will be employed to facilitate the understanding of how social and demographic factors interact to create societal problems throughout the world.

To explain social phenomena based on contemporary sociological theories

Familiarize students with a sociological approach to sexuality,

Expose students to recent scholarly literature covering a wide range of sexuality topics,

Provide students with the theoretical and substantive insights necessary to think systematically and raise compelling research questions related to a variety of sexuality issues.

Sensitize students to the sociopolitical context within which knowledge about sexuality is produced,

Introduce students to various perspectives on sexuality in socio-cultural context.

The course provides training in core methods expected to be required by students intending to undertake qualitative research, together with an understanding of broader qualitative approaches/methodologies within which they may be utilized. The course objectives can be summarized as:

1. Introducing students to qualitative research methods and discussing the appropriateness of these methods for different areas of research and types of research questions.

2. Exposing students to insights in the practice of qualitative research and encouraging them to experiment in the use of the fundamental methods for qualitative data collection and analysis.

3. Sharing experience in collecting, analyzing, and reporting from qualitative research, and discussing the challenges and opportunities of publishing qualitative research.

The broad objective of this course is to explain political phenomena along line with sociological imagination and discuss the political realms as embedded in social processes.

• Students will be able to conduct a multi-perspective analysis of local, global, international, and intercultural problems.

To understand contemporary social change and social movement both from theoretical and historical perspectives

wish to know more of the transnational nature of the modern world

wish to engage with critical theories to understand the management of mobility and the impact of humanitarian relief

wish to understand the role of migration in the major political and cultural processes of the contemporary world

Students are expected to familiar with following topics: historical roots of the term diaspora and migration, the multiples meanings and models of diaspora and migration; the relation of migration and diaspora to conquest, colonialism, post colonialism, refugeeism, political exile, etc.; the heterogeneity of diasporic groups, especially by gender, class, sexuality, caste, religion (etc.); the problems and potentials of assimilation, acculturation, and transculturation; nativism and the hostility of host lands.

• Familiarize themselves with communication typologies and basic theories, models and concepts about the effects of the mass, social and participatory media and health communication;

• Understand how communication is used to advance a public health organization’s goals and objectives and identify the strengths and weaknesses of different communications options;

Build the fundamental skills needed to influence people to adopt healthy behaviors, including engaging target audiences, partners and other stakeholders.

• Identify appropriate behavior change theories; using social marketing and media literacy strategies; conducting formative research; creating a health communication strategic plan;

• Formulate appropriate, culturally centered, media campaign objectives and design health communication campaigns for an identified target audience

• Design the public health campaign messages that can be disseminated by mass and social media (TV, radio, film, Facebook, YouTube, etc.), and;

• Recognize the challenges inherent in the use of health communication campaigns designed to persuade people to change or modify their behavior.

Describe the structure of the Bangladesh and global media, and how the structure affects the content of the media.

Identify the basic functions of the media in modern society, and describe the role of the media in democratic societies.

Explain how the structure and functions of the media have changed over the years, and how these changes have influenced society.

and how these changes have influenced society. (4) Describe how the media relates to power structures in society, and what interests the media represent in given situations.

Critically evaluate the content of a media product, and draw inferences about its manifest and latent meaning

Explain how advertising operates in the media today, and identify positive and negative consequences of advertising on our culture. These objectives contribute to overall course goals. (1) Developing critical thinking skills. The class discussions, readings, writing assignments and exams are designed to encourage you to develop and use higher-order thinking skills, including analytical, synthetic and applied thinking. Click here for more information on thinking critically. (2) Understanding the social structures and processes that condition our lives. A basic goal of all sociology courses is to help you understand the nature and workings of these social structures, and how they open opportunities and impose constraints on individuals operating within these structures. C. Wright Mills called this using your "sociological imagination;" activities in this course are designed to encourage you to use your sociological imagination.