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SOC 106  INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY [3]

Introduces students to the development, structure and functioning of human groups, social and cultural patterns, the principal social process and the nature of sociological inquiry.

SOC 201 RURAL SOCIOLOGY [3]

Definition of sociology, society and culture. Socialization and personality development-social control: conformity and deviancy. Social institutions : Elementary idea of family, education, religion, policy, economy, association. Social and cultural changes-development and modernization. Social problems-social disorganization-determinants and consequences of social problems. Rule of sociology for rural society and agriculture. Visit to villages and livestock farms, rural families and related institutions.

SSC 101 SOIL SCIENCE [2]

Soil geology: definition, properties and chemical composition. Soil genesis and soil formation. Soil physics. Soil biology. Soil fertility: distinction between soil fertility and productivity, soil pH, grading of soils.

SSC 111 SOIL SCIENCE LAB [1]

Methods of soil sampling. Determination of soil pH. Particle size analysis by hydrometer method. Determination of bulk density, particle density and estimation of total porosity.

STA 240 STATISTICS [3]

P: MAT 101. This course is designed to introduce to the students the basic concepts and tools of statistics and enable them to relate these to real life problems. Topics include collection, processing and presentation of data, measure of central tendency and dispersion, time series, regression, correlation, normal distribution and standard scores, basic concepts of probability, sampling distribution and hypotheses testing, chi-square and non-parametric statistics, types and sources of published statistics in Bangladesh are also discussed.

STA 505  QUANTITATIVE BUSINESS ANALYSIS & RESEARCH [3]

Prerequisite MAT 101 & CSC 101. The course is designed to introduce the fundamentals of statistics, quantitative techniques and research methodology as applied to business. Topics include descriptive and probability statistics, hypothesis testing, non-parametric statistics, major techniques of operations research and research design, analysis and report writing. Each student is required to formulate one research project as a part of course requirement.