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.