BA Sociology Hons at School of Liberal Studies and Humanities, UPES Dehradun Offline Course

Sociology is both the art and science of making the familiar strange – of pausing before the ordinary to reveal the extraordinary social forces that quietly script our lives. Studying Sociology is an imperative for the young generation as it helps them make sense of an increasingly complex world. It begins with a simple question: why do we live the way we do? and unfolds into a discipline that maps the hidden architectures of power, belief, identity, and everyday life. The B.A. (Hons.) Sociology programme at UPES provides students with rigorous training in core sociological theories alongside hands-on exposure to research and field-based practice. Indeed, it is designed to train them to not take the world at face value, teaching instead to dig beneath headlines, hashtags, and histories to reveal the patterns shaping our collective futures. Courses such as Classical Sociology, Sociological Theory, and Sociology of India ensure a strong conceptual foundation, while papers on Power, Hegemony and Social Movements, Social Stratification and Intersectional Sociology, Gender and Labour, and Population and Society allow students to engage deeply with contemporary inequalities and social change.

In a century shaped by rapid social, technological, and environmental shifts, the programme equips students with tools to interpret real-world issues from migration and environmental crises to identity politics and digital cultures. It also imparts a sociological imagination that lets students understand the present by studying the past, as well as logically predict future course of events.