Indira Gandhi National Open University has prolonged its outreach beyond the borders of the country. The globalization of higher education, mainly via the distance mode of shipping, has given an altogether exceptional angle to the go-border transport of IGNOU’s academic packages in numerous international locations. The International Division came into eistence after the international operations of the University. The Division established on 16 October, 1997 as a Cell and was upgraded to the fame of a full-fledged Division in 2002. From 1996 onwards, the International Division has been assigned the task of offering and promoting the academic programs of IGNOU by way of organizing bilateral and multilateral co-operations with numerous partner institutions and organizations/universities throughout the globe. At present, IGNOU is offering academic programs in 35 countries across the globe via 62 Partner Institutions.
The IGNOU MSO Term End Examinations are conducted twice a year, i.e in June and December. The students who will take admitted to the master's degree programme in Sociology in the July cycle can appear in next year's June term-end examination whereas the students who will take admitted in January academic cycle, can appear in the December examinations for the same year.
The programme aims to familiarise you with varied aspects of tourism, create awareness about tourism, impart basic training in organizing Tourism services, and open career opportunities. The M.A. Programme in sociology is designed to provide advanced sociological knowledge, perspectives and skills to a broad cross-section of learners, including remote and inaccessible areas. The content focuses on classical and advanced concepts and theories, research methods and perspectives, social issues of development, state of sociology in India, social issues of development, education transnational communities, migration, urbanization, development of the largest section of the population and emerging concerns in contemporary society.
Eligibility-Bachelor’s Degree or a higher degree from a recognized
University-Medium of Instruction: English & Hindi
Duration-Minimum 2 years
Maximum 4 years- (offered in both January & July cycle of admissions)
Fee Structure-Rs. 12600/- for the full program to be paid year-wise @Rs. 6300/- per year
University Grants Commission has provided you with the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) programme wherein the students have a choice to select from the prescribed courses, which are referred to as the core, elective or minor, or soft ability courses and they could study at their very own pace and the entire assessment is graded-primarily based on a credit device.
The basic concept is to look at the needs of the students with the intention to hold up-to-date with the development of higher education in India and overseas. CBCS targets to redefine the curriculum keeping pace with the liberalization and globalization in education.
The MA distance learning program in Sociology has been developed with an approach to offer higher studies to learners in Sociology.
It has been designed in one of these manners that it gives advanced sociological understanding, views, and skills to the learners the world over, which include the humans residing in far-off and inaccessible regions.
The IGNOU MA Sociology field includes the disciplines which specialize in classical and advanced standards and theories, study techniques and perspectives, social problems of development, the nation of sociology in India, social troubles of improvement, education transnational groups, migration, urbanization, development of the most important segment of the population and rising concerns within the society.
It is actually social technological know-how that particularly uses the Sociological concepts and their various methods of empirical investigation and important evaluation to realize the understanding of social order, social disease, and social alternatives.
First Year
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| MSO-001 | Sociological Theories and Concepts | 8 |
| MSO-002 | Research Methodologies and Methods | 8 |
| MSO-003 | Sociology of Development | 8 |
| MSO-004 | Sociology in India | 8 |
Second Year
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| MSOE-001 | Sociology of Education | 8 |
| MSOE-002 | Diaspora and Transnational Communities | 8 |
| MSOE-003 | Sociology of Religion | 8 |
| MSOE-004 | Urban Sociology | 8 |
| MPS-003 | India: Democracy and Development | 8 |
| MPA-016 | Decentralization and Local Governance | 8 |
Note: Student Handbook and Prospectus are additionally accessible on IGNOU’s official site www.ignou.ac.in. Data about the courses given here is partial and ought not to be treated as complete. The organization would offer other courses than those referenced here. Students are advised to check with the institution for the most recent information concerning the course.