Society as a whole is very adaptive to change and to learn this drastically changing social environment Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts initiated the Department of Sociology in the year 1972. The College is affiliated to Goa University, however from 2014 after having been conferred with Autonomy. The department of Sociology runs an Autonomous Programme under choice based credit system at the Bachelors Level. The department has four teaching faculty members with interest in diaspora studies, Sociology of religion, gender studies and sociology of education. Being a vibrant and important subject the Department of Sociology attracts a large number of students at the graduation level. The department has grown from 70 students in 2010 to 140 students in 2019.

We pride ourselves in being one of the more diverse and active graduate programs at Chowgule College. We welcome students of all ages, religions/faith traditions, races/ethnicities, sexual orientations, educational and employment backgrounds. At the undergraduate level the department offers Sociology courses under Single Major and Double Major and Major-Minor Choices. It offers core compulsory and large number of elective choices based on the three thrust areas i.e. Teaching, Research and Social Work. The course papers are designed and executed using a constructivist pedagogical approach to cater to these three thrust areas, thereby providing student learners an introduction and an experience to these areas through appropriate exposure of the field and field brought to class. The book view in linked with the field- view. The internship program of 120 hours ensures the application of the skills learned during the teaching-learning process and guest lectures from the field help the students gain insights in to ground realities.

Vibrancy runs through the faculty vis-à-vis the students, sociology being a living subject cannot be trapped in the book. Connecting the book-view to the field view is given utmost importance in several teaching-learning assignments and endeavors. This connection is further boosted with the organization of two state level events i.e. Sociofiesta (An inter-collegiate event that connects sociology to the daily mundane activities of life) and Goenkarponn (An inter-higher secondary event that helps in reliving and recreating and take pride in the Goan Culture. The book and the field are also interlinked through the field trips organized every year.

The value of humanism is at the very core at the department. Students and teachers of the department run a club called "HUMAN" (Human U and Me in Aid of Needy). The focus of this club is to reach out to the underprivileged sections of society. The club is managed by the students, who through several yearly activities make the club functional to achieve its objectives. The club indirectly provides a platform for experiencing the three thrust areas of the department.

The department has an excellent teacher-student relationship that motivates teachers and students to give their best. Teacher"s train, encourage and guide students to excel in curricular and extra- curricular activities both within the college and outside the college. The students have excelled in curricular and extra-curricular activities outside the college. The department believes in crediting the students for their efforts round the year, hence the department has instituted the â "Sociofare" awards to acknowledge and motivate the efforts of students.

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A) in Sociology