Colleges and Universities Offering PhD in Sociology and Anthropology in India

Institutions Offering PhD in Sociology and Anthropology

•  Ashoka University, Haryana  
  Course Structure:
  Graduate students will be required to complete 36 credits of coursework spread over four semesters/two years. Three semesters of rigorous coursework and one semester of preparation for the qualifying exams will allow students to explore a wide range of concepts, theories and ethnographies as they move towards formulating their dissertation topic. The core courses include 1. Concepts, Contemporaneity and the Social, which will introduce contemporary debates and ethnographies ranging from the ecological crisis to contemporary religiosity and the problems of the secular, from collective violence to public health, from gift economies to commodity cultures and the market, from states and borders to migration and mobilities 2. Research Methodology, where students will be trained in anthropological methods tailored to specific research projects as well as writing proposals for external funding. 3. Critical Writing, which will ensure that students receive dedicated instruction and mentorship in academic writing and narrative techniques. The department also offers several elective courses, such as Imagining South Asia; Kins and Neighbours; Power, Resistance and Legitimacy; Economy, Ecology and Infrastructure; Medicine, Technology and the Body; Language, Science and the Social; Gender and Sexuality; Gaze, Screen & Performativity; Law and Society; Constructing Disciplinary Pasts etc. The students can take a maximum of two electives from outside the department.

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