Department of Sociology
Welcome to the Department of Sociology!
It is our mission to strive towards quality teaching in our under- and postgraduate programmes which incorporate a sociological approach. Knowledge of sociology can help us to:
· recover our own immediate past and also to look to the future.
· appreciate diversity of human existence in society.
· deal with current societal problems.
· strive for the creation of a better society for all.
The different Sociological courses deal with the major components of societies, namely family, religion, education, politics, gender, population and economics and with social processes such as deviance, health, social transformation, developmental and environmental issues.
Areas of study
The department offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. At undergraduate level, courses are linked to the following five teaching streams:
- general sociology
- sociology of development
- population studies
- industrial sociology
- sociological theory
At postgraduate level there are five coursework programmes on offer at honours level:
- Development Sociology
- Industrial Sociology
- Population Studies
- Social Research
- Social Theory
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