PhD Courses

The PhD Sociology Program is significantly research-oriented. It comprises of 18-credit hours course work. In addition to course work it will be compulsory for the students to enroll fieldwork, seminar and dissertation after the completion of course work. This program is for three to seven years. The QAU Islamabad rules and regulations will be followed for the admission and examination (as given in the Quaid-i-Azam University Calendar 2012 pages 243-264). The course distribution is as below:

Scheme of Study

Courses	Credit Hours
Core courses:	12
Optional courses:	6
Dissertation

Duration of Programme

Three years with six semesters (one year course work and two year research) and not exceeding seven years

Admission criteria

• M.Phil Sociology plus departmental admission test and interview (70% for test and 30% Marks) and PhD rules and regulations of the Quaid-i-Azam University.

Requirements of Programme

• • 18 credit hours courses will be offered to the PhD students from the above mentioned list core and optional courses. However, no repetition of courses will be allowed. The course code of Dissertation will be SOC-699.

• List of Optional courses of M.Phil Sociology and PhD Sociology is the same. However, those students who will register in a course in M.Phil Sociology will not be allowed to repeat in PhD Sociology. He/ she will study from the remaining list of the optional courses.

Semester Breakup

	Semester 1	Semester 2	Semester 3 & onward
Core courses:	2	0	Field Work and Thesis
Optional courses:	1	3	Field Work and Thesis

PhD Sociology Core Courses

S. No.	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours
1	SOC-625	Philosophy of Social Sciences	03
2	SOC-626	Sociology of Development: Issues and Debate	03
3	SOC-699	PhD Dissertation

PhD Sociology Optional Courses

S. No.	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours
1.	SOC-606	Peace and Conflict Studies	03
2.	SOC-607	Sociology of Migration	03
3.	SOC-608	Sociology of Transportation and Road Safety	03
4.	SOC-609	Sociology of Human Rights	03
5.	SOC-610	Sociology of Population	03
6.	SOC-611	Sociology of Urbanization	03
7.	SOC-612	Sociology of Rural Development	03
8.	SOC-613	Sociology of Mass Communication	03
9.	SOC-614	Environmental Sociology	03
10.	SOC-615	Social Stratification and Justice System	03
11.	SOC-616	Penology and Re-socialization	03
12.	SOC-617	Criminology	03
13.	SOC-618	Governance and Public Policy	03
14.	SOC-619	Political Sociology	03
15.	SOC-620	Project Development and Evaluation	03
16.	SOC-621	Sociology of Corporate Social Responsibility	03
17.	SOC-622	Social History	03
18.	SOC-623	Medical Sociology and Public Health	03
19.	SOC- 624	Socio-Economic and Environmental Impact Assessment	03