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Department of Sociology University of Poonch, Rawlakot Azad Jammu and Kashmir was established in 2012 and it is the foundation year of the University too.

Infrastructure of the department:The infrastructural expenditure was supported by University administration itself. Both the University and Department are new that is why there are lacks in some respect. For Sociology department there are only two classrooms available currently equipped with digital multimedia too (3-4 multimedia collectively used by different departments at the time of need). There is one collective library with distinguished Sociology section. Rented building is utilized by different departments for the purpose of classes. Sociology department has one office for all teachers. Moreover, internet facility is available to teacher only and computer lab is yet to be established.

Program of study at the beginning:was only MSC although, BS sociology was announced last year but no single student take admission. The reason may be the socio-economic background of the local people.

Student enrollment at beginning and now: The department is announcing admission once a year and currently it has two semesters in which one semester has 46 students and other have 17 students. Out of 17 students in one semester there four male and 13 are female while in 3rd semester there 46 students in which there are 3 male students and the remaining are female. The first batch of the department was consisting of 18 students which have been increased to 30 students in the next year. Soon in next year the student’s rate has gone down to only 9. When HEC give reimbursement (or any other scholarships) scheme then students comes more. However, if this is self-paid then student ratio is going low relatively.

Admission criterion:For MSC program eligibility criteria are Bachelor degree with second division (Preference for social sciences and Sociology) but entertain any type of bachelor whether it is from social sciences or natural sciences. Apart from this, for BS the eligibility criterion second division in FSC with any discipline.

Text Books:In library there are 150-250 different books of Western and Indian authors related to sociology. But the teacher teaches from different sources in which Pakistani authors are evident like Dr. Anwar Alam (University of Peshawar ), Abdul Hameed Taga and some Indian authors.

Thesis/dissertation:Thesis/dissertation was optional from 2012-2014 but in 2015 we made it compulsory for degree but there is policy to check plagiarism.

Attendance requirements:75-80% attendance is much for exam whereas admission criterion for MSC is not specific to sociology only we entertain all other subjects too.

Research culture among students:There is no culture of publications among students.

Teachers Publications:There is only one teacher Mahvish Farooq who have publications. The list of publication is given as under:

1. Impact Of Women Employment On Empowerment Behaviour: A Case Study Of Rawalakot Azad Kashmir, Pakistan Sci.Int.(Lahore),27(4),3811-3816,2015 Issn 1013-5316; Coden: Sinte 8

2. Chances and Challenges for Women Working with NGOs (A case study of village Baikh Rawalakot) Year : 2015, Volume : 5, Issue : 2 Print ISSN: 2231-6914. Online ISSN : 2319-4308.

3. Modern Construction Pattern of Houses, Triggers and Impacts on Human life in Islamabad-Pakistan” EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH Vol. II, Issue 3/ June 2014

4. Symbolic representation of red color among Muslims: Case study of Rawalakot village, Azad Kashmir: International Journal of Education & Management Studies, 2016, 6(3), 386-389.