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Faculty Major
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Offered Courses
Taught
Department
of Rural Sociology
Bangladesh Agricultural University
Mymensing,
Bangladesh
A Brief History of the Department
The Department of Rural Sociology, one of five departments
under the faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology of the
Bangladesh Agricultural University, was established in 1963.
Recognizing the complexities in the socio-economic setting of
rural Bangladesh and technological advancement in agricultural
sector, the curricular of the department is designed to
include multi-disciplinary courses in its own and other faculties as well.
Different Degrees
and Programs Offered by the Department
Department of Rural Sociology offers only MS degree but
offers introductory course in a number of departments.
Courses Offered by the Department:
Courses in the M. S. program include:
Compulsory Courses:
Sociological Theory, Rural Social Change, Social
Anthropology, Sociology and Rural Development and Agrarian Societies.
Elective Courses:
Social Demography, Rural Poverty Studies, Quantitative
Analysis of Social Data, Sociology of Health and Illness and Problems and
Issues of Development in South Asia, Household and
"Gender Studies, Sociology arid Mass Communication, "Sociology
"of
Education, Women in Development, Social Forestry, Rural
Social Structure, Sociology of Youth Development, Environmental
Sociology and Sociology of Urban Life.
Introductory Sociology is also taught at
undergraduate level in five faculties namely, Agricultural Economics and Rural
Sociology, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Agricultural Engineering and
Technology and Fisheries.
List
of the Faculty members:
Faculty Members Areas of Specialization
Rafiqun Nessa Ali, Professor
and Head
Rural Development Poverty Studies
B.A(Dhaka), M.A(Dhaka), M.A(Reading)
and Gender Issues.
Md.
Musfekus Salehin, Assistant Professor
Peace
and Conflict.
B.S.S(Dhaka), M.S.S.(Dhaka)
(On study leave in Norway)
Samina Luthfa, Lecturer
Agrarian
Societies
B.S.S(Dhaka), M.S.S.(Dhaka)
(On study leave in the USA)
Md. Rakibul Islam, Lecturer
Rural
Development and Poverty
B.S.S (Dhaka), M.S.S.(Dhaka)
Md. Wakilur Rahman, Lecturer
Rural
Poverty Studies.
B.Sc.Ag.Econ.(Hons.) M.S in Rural Sociology
Md. Shajahan Kabir, Lecturer
Small
Enterprise Development
B.Sc.Ag.Econ.(Hons.) M.S in Rural Sociology