This department was established in February 1970 with two faculty members and started its activities by teaching a course on General Sociology to all students in different departments of the University and also another course called “kehad” to some departments in the faculty of Literature. The department launched its first paid program in 1973 and developed its activities by establishing the subdiscipline of Teaching Social Sciences and launching a B.A program in Social Research.
The M.A program in Sociology was launched in 1992 and 5 students were admitted to the program. There are currently 44 M.A students of Sociology in the department. The PhD program in Sociology was established in 1996 and 3 students were admitted to the program. There are currently 20 PhD students of Sociology in the department. The PhD program in Sociology consists of two subdisciplines of Economic Sociology and Development and Sociology of Social Problems.