Sociology is a discipline that engages itself in the explanation and description of social processes and structures. When a person takes up sociology for his/her higher studies, he/she will be able to get a better understanding of human society and he/she will also be able to make systematic classification of human social behavior.

This field offers understanding of governmental, economic, political, religious and social institutions in the society and their impact and changing nature as well. The main field of sociology can be further classified into social psychology, medical sociology and industrial sociology. Candidates with sociology degree can find job placement in government and private organizations.

Recent government job notifications:

Recently, the following government organizations recruited candidates for different positions in the field of sociology and the details regarding the recent government job notifications in the field of sociology are given below:

• Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor for Sociology department – Tezpur University

• Assistant Professor for Sociology – University of Jammu

• Assistant Professor (sociology) – Hemati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar

• Programme Assistant with PG degree in sociology – National Tobacco Control Programme

• Social Worker with PG degree in sociology – National Tobacco Control Programme

In addition, candidates can also find employment opportunities in the field of research in sociology.

Educational qualification requirements:

Some of the courses available in the field of sociology are:

• Bachelor of Arts in Sociology

• Master of Arts in Sociology

• Diploma in Sociology

• Master of Philosophy in sociology

• Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology

Candidates with doctoral in sociology can find research positions in government research organizations or they can also find job placement in various state universities functioning in the nation as a lecturer.

Career in sociology:

Candidates who have successfully completed their Ph. D or M. Phil is sociology can make a career as faculty member/lecturer and they can find job placement as research assistant, human resource officer and field work analyst. When it comes to research in the field of sociology candidates with Post qualification in sociology can find job placement as survey researcher, data analyst, project manager, etc… In government organizations, these candidates can find job placements as human rights officer, foreign service officer, community affairs officer, personnel coordinator, etc… Candidates who have specialized in medical sociology position can work as data collection officer in the field.

Thus, the field of sociology offers a wide range of employment opportunities to concerned people and enables them to improve their standard of living.