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The Social Sciences Department had its humble beginnings in the year 1963 under the headship of Mrs. Irene Periyanayakam. The department has eight full time faculty and two visiting professors, hundred and thirty students, a fully equipped contemporary psychology lab and an informative library, which accommodates 1012 volumes of books encompassing all the areas in social sciences.

Former Heads

Faculty

Programmes offered by the Department

• B.A. (Psychology and Sociology) (2008 onwards)
• PG Diploma in Human Resources Development (PGDHRD) (1998 onwards)
• Masters in Social Work (MSW) (2007-2008 onwards) with specialisations in Medical and Psychiatric social work and Human Resource Management
• Certificate Course in Counselling

Details of our courses

An undergraduate programme combining the subjects of

• Sociology, enabling students to develop a social perspective on significant issues
• Psychology, equipping students to understand their own selves and others.
• History, as an Allied subject, preparing students for competitive exams.

Papers offered

Other papers offered as Electives/ Major Optional/ Self Learning:

• Certificate Course in Counselling

A 4 month programme aimed at kindling within students their helping skills equipping students with the basic skills of counselling with theoretical and practical inputs. This course emphasises on learning through doing. This is open for interested students in the Final year of Under graduation and First year of Post graduation.

• PG Diploma in Public Relations and Human Resources Management (PGDHRD) (1998 onwards)

  A one year career oriented Diploma programme providing students with skills in Public Relations and equipping them as good Human resource managers and Social Entrepreneurs.

  Papers offered

  Principles of Management	Training and Development
  Human Resource Management	Human Resource Development
  Organisational Behaviour	Employee Counselling
  Labour Legislation	Corporate Communication
  Research Methodology	Block Field Placement
  Research Project

  • Masters in Social Work (MSW) (2007-2008 onwards)
  with specialisations in Medical and Psychiatric social work and Human Resource Management

  A course equipping young women to be socially conscious professional individuals committed to contribute their skills and energies to civil society towards the building of a just and equitable society.

  Papers Offered in Masters in Social Work

  Fundamentals of Sociology and Social Work	Social Research
  Fundamental Principles of Psychology	NGO Management and Capacity Building
  Introduction to Social Work Methods	Community work and Social Development
  Communication, Social Media and Social Networking	The State, Policy and Social Legislation for Social Workers
  Principles and Pratices of Management

  Specialisation Papers offered:

  Medical & Psychiatric Social Work	Human Resource Management
  Psychiatric Disorders	Corporate Wellness Management
  Mental Health and Social Work	Human Resource Management
  Health and Hygiene	Organisational Behaviour
  Medical Social Work	Employment Relation Laws
  Psychiatric Social Work Practice	Human Resource Development

  Developing Field Work Competencies

  The course at Lady Doak is designed to provide students with hands on field experiences by observing and working with reputed and professional organisations working for social change. Students are also given opportunities to work as interns and learn professional competencies through actual work experiences.

  - Observation visits

  - On the Spot Study with national and international organisations

  - Rural camp

  - Concurrent Field placement

  - Summer Placement

  - Block Placement

  Some of the Collaborative organisations for Field Work and Job Placement

  NIMHANS, Bangalore	World Vision, India
  Sun Network, Chennai	CMC Hospital, Vellore
  People's Watch	TVS Sundaram Fasteners
  Dalit Foundation, Delhi	RUSS Foundation, Madurai
  Hi Tech Arai Ltd.	SICHREM, Bangalore
  Ma Foi Consultants	Apollo Hospitals, Madurai
  ACCORD, Gudalur	Shant Manas, Madurai
  Sundaram Clayton Ltd, Chennai	Bedrock, Nagapattinam
  Reliance, Chennai	TVS Sundaram Fasteners

  Special features of the M.A. Social Work

  100 % job placement guaranteed

  Certificate Course in Counselling

  Professional learning environment

  Documentary film making Training

  Competitive skills development

  Professionally trained Student Folk Art team

  SCOPE

  Project Officers, Administrators, Clinical Counsellors, Labour Welfare Officers, Special School Instructors, Hospital Administrators, NGO Professionals, Field work Research coordinators, Communication professionals

  Highlights of the Department

  • Life oriented teaching environment
  • Regular visits to welfare institutions meant for women, children and aged and Need based communities for service learning experience
  • Practical exposure in different areas of interest through Fieldwork.
  • Application of systematic research methodology in Social Sciences is learnt through Group and Individual projects
  • The SOPHIS club (the students forum of the Department) organizes inter-collegiate programs like workshop/ Seminar/ competitions focused on challenging and upcoming issues relevant to the subject.
  • The Psychology Forum meets frequently to have academic deliberations in the field of Psychology

  Our Special Features

  Students participatory learning is encouraged through seminars, paper presentation, group discussions, survey reports, field work conference, exercises, models, albums, content analysis, on the spot study, field visits, video films, CD, Cassette, Concurrent and block placement apart from regular lectures and guest lectures

  Alumnae Successes

  Name	Details
  Ms. B.G. Booma, IRS	Officer, Indian Railways, Chennai
  Ms. Parvathavarthini	Director of "Little's Trust", NGO for children
  Ms. Ellora	Awarded as Young Social Scientist
  Dr. Roopa Ravikumar	Faculty - Lady Doak College
  Ms. Jeyarani Vijayakumar	Faculty - Lady Doak College
  Ms. Sherin Samuel	Faculty - Lady Doak College
  Ms. Anita Tiphagne	Faculty - Lady Doak College
  Ms. Sylvia	Former Faculty- Madras Christian College currently in Australia
  Ms. Alison Ruth	Counsellor - CMC, Vellore
  Ms. Subarna	Asst Manager HR, T.V.S, Madurai
  Ms. Suganya	Lecturer, MSSW, Chennai

  For our Alumnae?

  Dear young friends,

  We are happy to announce that the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of our Department is to be held in 2013. We invite you to exchange your thoughts with your Alma Mater. We know that you are awaiting such an opportunity just like we do. Visit us to rekindle the evergreen memories of golden days at Lady Doak. Mail us about you and share your thoughts with us. socialsciences@rediffmail.com Please share with us the details of your friends and other old students of our Department.

  Let us not miss an opportunity of being proud of what you are now.

  Wishing you success always.