Career In sociology

The sole purpose of education is to have good understanding about the social cultures and to be able to learn and earn the basic amenities of life. A student in his lifetime is made to learn hundreds of lessons, but there are only few which he remembers or actually implements in his life. These mainly constitute the lessons which are either implemented in the job prospects of the students or in their daily life, for being nice and civilised citizens. From the very beginning of the life of a student, he is taught all the mannerisms, rights and duties, to fulfil their role as a good citizen.

A special field, which makes the student, specialise in the subject of social science and even many students opt it as a career, is sociology. Sociology is the study of the social behaviour and different aspects and elements for leading a happy and rightful life. Sociology as a subject was introduced in the 19th century, to scientifically investigate in the social and the cultural behaviour of the human beings and thereby setting guidelines for the people to act and follow accordingly.

For pursuing a career in social sciences, a student needs to have arts or humanities as his subjects in his senior secondary examination, with a good percentile in the subject of sociology. Students aiming to work in the fields of law, business administration, social research, welfare organisations, criminal justice, data analysts, advertising managers also opt for social science courses, due to fact that the subjects in this field enables them to understand the view point of the local man. The subjects in the field of sociology are very interesting and make the student aware of the common practices and psychologies adopted by the human mind. The perceptions and understanding of different set of humans on varied situations are the things, which one gets to understand and earn his expertise on. The subjects, which a student is made to learn while pursuing his course in sociology are:

• Economics
• Sociology
• History
• Journalism and mass communication
• Psychology
• Human services
• Library science
• Theology
• Religion

The first and the foremost aim of a sociology course is to teach iys students, all the factors which leads to a responsible and good citizen. The main focus is to train the students, in a way, that they are able to spread the motto of togetherness and integrity in the country and make the other citizens realise the importance of following the laws and rules made by the legislation bodies and the government of the country. Even the professions, which are opted by students after doing sociology some where relate to the improvement and implementation of the rightful laws in the society. Some of the colleges providing courses for sociology in India are:

v     Loyola College, Chennai

v     St. Xavier's College, Mumbai

v     Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi

v     St.Stephen's College, Delhi

v     Presidency College, Kolkata

v     Madras Christian College, Chennai

v     Fergusson College, Pune

v     Presidency College ,Chennai

v     Miranda House, Delhi

v     St. Xavier's College, Kolkata

The admission criterion in all these colleges varies according to the seats available in the respective colleges. Also, before applying for admission in any of the college for sociology, one must check that the college is accredited from a recognised university. Students can also consult from the counsellors, for their individual role and interest in the career field, according to which they can choose the respective career fields. Thus, a course in sociology in totality, offers a wide range of career fields, which a student can opt for after doing under graduation or post graduation degrees in sociology and succeed in his career accordingly.