As Sociology is the scientific study of social behaviour, including its origins, developments, organisation, and institutions, which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop body of knowledge about social order, social disorder and social change, Salesian College engages itself as an academic institution to promote research, dissemination of knowledge and prepare the students to understand, critic and appreciate this discipline.
The department of Sociology aspires to deliver a curriculum rigorous and apt to variety of social settings and issues. It aims to give primary importance on enhancing and providing quality oriented teaching aptitude and methodology that may bring out the potentiality of the students. The departmental curriculum shall be inclusive in nature whereby the prime objective shall rest on moulding the student’s overall academic and personality development in the best possible manner. The department with its well-structured academic schedule targets to seriously involve and engage the students in field based research skills, help them enhance their writing skills, develop and create awareness in terms of social responsibilities, broaden their soft and analytical skills. Above all, the department functions to maintain a vibrant and all inclusive environment to achieve its aforesaid visions.
Vision
The department aims to provide professionalism on the lines of Sociological teaching reminding to its learner’s how diverse the subject is and how human pattern of thought process and knowledge is most invariably influenced by social, political and economic structures, the primary backbone of what frames the discipline’s laboratory.
Mission
The department shall engage in creating and encouraging quality teaching and conducive atmosphere for creative thinking and impart profound disciplinary knowledge with an interdisciplinary knowledge and bandwidth to the learners in order to make them engage in research, social activities, social forums, writing skills and creative thinking.
