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Hello, please let me know about the duration of the PhD program in Sociology subject which is available in Magadh University. I am willing to do PhD in Sociology now. Please tell me about the course syllabus also.

PhD in Sociology at Magadh University is a 3 year duration course. This course is based on advanced courses in research methods, statistical inference and sociological theory. The detailed syllabus is given below.

Section I

The meaning and characteristics of sociological theory
Type of Theories
Relationship between theory and research

Section II

Structural - functionalism
The emergence of functionalism
Functional dimensions of social system
Codification of functional analysis

Section III

Conflict theory
Marx critique and dialectics of conflict
Conflict functionalism
The power elite

Section IV

Interactions perspective
Symbolic interactionism
Phenomenological sociology
Ethnomethodology

Section V

Structuralism, Post-Structuralism and Post Modernism
Anthropological Structuralism
Deconstruction
Relationship between Knowledge and Power