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The Department of Sociology of St.Teresa's College was started as a Post Graduate Department on 16th June 1966 under the dynamic and able guidance of Rev.Sr.Marie Cecile. Our department was the first of its kind to offer Sociology at the postgraduate level exclusively for women, affiliated to Kerala University. The course at graduate level was started in the year 1971. Much to our credit in 1985, the department was recognised as a Research Centre. The department has consistently secured the highest number of University ranks both at the Graduate and Postgraduate levels, the highest number of First Classes and pass percentage.Our Students have also excelled in co-curricular and extra curricular activities both at the University and College levels.

VISION

The Dept of Sociology envisions excellence in teaching, research, service and support activities for the greater understanding and resolution of societal problems, and promote an intellectually excellent, culturally diverse academic community of faculty and students

MISSION

The discovery and dissemination of new knowledge are central to its mission. Through its focus on teaching and learning, research and discovery, and outreach and engagement, the Department creates, conveys, and applies knowledge to expand personal growth and opportunity, advance social and community development, foster social responsibility, and improve the quality of life.

LIST OF FACULTY

HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT

Dr. Claramma Thomas, Associate Professor, M.Phil, Ph.D

Dr. Gladis Mary John, Assistant Professor, M.A., Ph.D

Smt. Dora Dominic, Assistant Professor M.A., B.Ed

Dr. Jyothi S. Nair, Assistant Professor, M.A., Ph.D

Smt. Sajitha J. Kurup, Assistant Professor, M.A.

Smt. Elizabeth Abraham, Assistant Professor, M.A., B.Ed

Guest Lecturers

Sr. Suchita CSST (Lebia Gladis N.P), M.A

Mrs. Rekha Venugopal, M.A

OUR STARS

1. Sr. Marie Cecile M.A., B.Ed

2. Dr. Sr. Anne Felice, M.A., Ph.D

3. Smt. Flora M. Dey, M.A ,M.Phil

4. Smt. Mercy Francis , M.A

5. Dr.Ramola B. Joseph, M.A., Ph.D

6. Dr.Fr. George Koilparambil, M.A., Ph.D

7. Smt. Annie Thomas, M.A., M.Phil

8. Smt. Maraimma Joseph, M.A., B.Ed

9. Smt. Laila Basil, M.A.

1 Dr. Celinamma Scariah, M.A., Ph.D

Dr. Shally Joseph, M.A., Ph.D

Research Guides
Fr.Dr. George Koilparambil
Dr. Ramola Joseph
Dr. Celinamma Scariah

Dr. Shally Joseph

Dr. Gladis Mary John

Activities of the sociology association for the academic year 2011-2012

The inauguration of the Sociology Association activities for the academic year 2010-11 took place on July 13^th2011. Smt. Bhadra, Honourable Dy. Mayor of Cochin Corporation inaugurated the Sociology association for the year. In her inaugural address she stressed the role of women in bringing about social transformation .She exhorted all the students to actively participate in the association activities and thus to lay foundation for a dynamic public and social life. She mentioned that it's high time that educated women enter into electoral politics and thus increase the number of the elected representatives in the local self governing bodies and legislative assemblies and thereby to initiate more gender sensitive policies and programmes. She assured us the support of the Cochin Corporation for all our extension and outreach activities. On this auspicious occasion Kum. Shabeera P.A. was felicitated by the Association for her bringing glory to the department by bagging the First Rank in the B.A. Degree examination conducted by M.G. University in March 2011

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Activities organized by the Association -Department Level

Sociology students formed into Houses named after pioneers in Sociology - Comte, Spencer, Durkhiem and Weber

Objectives

· To make the students more familiar with the traditions of Sociological thought by bringing them under the house system named after founding fathers.

· To facilitate a conducive environment for deliberations and discussions among the students on socially relevant issues with the theoretical understanding.

Strategies

The plan of action was to conduct all the association activities on the base of the house system. A list of all the students was prepared and then they were divided into different houses using lottery method. It was made mandatory that all the houses will have captains from MA II year and Vice captain from III BA. Thus in each house there were approximately 50 students working under the co-ordination of the PG students.

Our Weekly notice board

The aim

The student notice board was to be updated with information which will help the students in creating sociological imagination and to provide the students a food for thought social consciousness

§ § § motivation them for social action

The work

Each house was given the responsibility for maintaining the students' notice board on a weekly basis. Each of the houses competed for making the notice board look the most attractive and at the same time informative and socially relevant. Posters, Paintings & Articles relating to Social Issues like Road Safety measures, Dowry System, Gender discrimination, Suicide, Unemployment, Terrorism, and Corruption were displayed on the notice board.

News Analysis

The aim

The intrahouse competition was based on the themes selected by the students. The students themselves put forth the idea that they need to discuss on the current issues which need to have a lot of deliberations .So the aim of the programme My news of the week is to conduct a competition every week in which the students were ask to report a news from any mass media, giving their own interpretation to it.

The work

From each group a student volunteered to present the news. In one of the competition held The student representative of Comte Group presented the news report on the sexual harassment of women in Kerala and the need for more foolproof laws and stringent actions from civil society. The volunteer from the Durkheim group made the presentation on the havoc and the helplessness of the Bomb blast victims at Bombay and illustrated on the negligence of the bureaucracy towards human life. A representative of the Spencer group presented the issue of the road accidents particularly in the context of the pathetic condition of the road. The price was won by the student form the Max Weber group who invited the attention towards the Nelson Mandela International day on July 18 for freedom, Justice and democracy.

Film Review

The aim

The students were asked to prepare a critical review of socially relevant movies .The movies are the reflection of the reality and the perceptions of these realities vary from individual to individual. So students organized a competition on reviews of films in order to inculcate a sense of real life exposure amidst their hectic and dry academic endeavours.

The work

The competition was conducted after all the houses decided to make review on each film.In one such competition the Comte house chose Urumi,the Spencer on Kerala CafÃ© , Durkheim house on 'Arabikatha' and Weber on 'Pranchiyettan and the Saint'

Debate

The aim

In the context of the increasing formality and alienation experienced in the urban industrial society the human life is becoming highly insignificant .People care the needy only when they are dead and whether offer a peaceful death to a suffering soul is also widely debated in the mass media. As student of Sociology its high time that we had a heated debate on whether it is inevitable in critical situations or should be avoided, sharing the notion that God alone can take away the life.

The Activity

Students divided into two groups on the basis of the strong sentiments they shared on the viability and inevitability of euthanasia. Many students took to the side of those who wanted to regard human life as precious and wanted to take every possible action to ban it. They alleged that it is a crime like homicide and laws should be made more stringent.

Socius-The Manuscript Magazine

The Aim

Socius is a student produced Arts and Literary journal of our department published once a year. This year also we have attempted to showcase the best of original student works that includes art,fiction, poetry and prose.

The work

Sharon Benedict III DC student was elected as the editor of the Socius and she was assisted by a team of dedicated and talented students who have made very attempt to choose the best from among the submissions this year. The entire student community has poured their heart and soul into this endevour .

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