BAOU MA in Sociology Online Distance

Master of Art (MA) is a post-graduate degree focusing on social science, fine arts, and humanities. MA generally offers fields like history, sociology, languages, geography, etc. Majorly, BA students pursue MA but sometimes b.Sc students also wish to pursue an MA degree depending on their specialization and the subjects they are interested in. After completing an MA degree in sociology, people mostly choose to be professors or lecturers. Even in this field, they may get a handsome salary in their hands. Moreover, pursuing an MA in sociology helps to improve the research skills of an individual. Although, it opens multiple gateways to choose for their future. 

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Online University is one of the renowned universities in India that offers online degrees and online distance learning (ODL) degrees in multiple specializations like Online MA in English, Sociology and Journalism and mass communication, ODL M.Com, ODL MCA, ODL MSc. and many more). At BAOU, students can access all the material anytime and anywhere with the help of their Learning Management System (LMS) which can be accessed with good internet access, students can also download the study material or can avail the online recorded lectures.

The university, BAOU,  provides the insights for the success standards which is: for a successful completion of the course, students must attain a minimum of 40% marks in each of the subjects in each semester. Overall, 64 credits are offered to the students for a 2-year online MA in sociology. BAOU provides the students with full flexibility and accessibility to complete their entire semester’s course.

BAOU offers multiple courses to the students to help them through their educational studies. They have been approved by  UGC (University Grants Commission), AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education), and NAAC A++. This university has also been granted “Category - I Graded Autonomy Status” by UGC.

Eligibility for each university and each course is different, here are the eligibility criteria for an online MA degree in Sociology:

• A Bachelor's Degree from a government-recognized university or any equivalent university 
• No minimum experience is required and because of this freshers can also apply.

University offers courses in two modes, Online and Distance. The fee in both the modes is lower than the courses offered in regular mode to the students. The University offers scholarships to students at specific criteria checks. Students can apply for the same on the website and they can also explore other scholarship options available by the state and central government. 

To complete this course, there must be some subjects and topics that must be read by the students for their examinations. To conduct examinations, a curriculum, and a syllabus is set, so, below are some core structures for the MA in Sociology at BAOU:

• FY - First-year
• SY - Second-Year

This is a 2-year program, each year has 2 semesters and each semester has 4 core subjects. 

The Examination at the university can be done in online mode or in the dedicated exam mode, depending on the type, of course, opted for distance or online mode. Students need to fill out the online examination after the university releases the examination form at the official portal. Also, the examination is done either in term-end or semester mode. The Students can analyze the previous year's papers to know more about the examination pattern. The University provides study material for a better understanding of the syllabus.

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*Salary may vary according to the experience of the students