Academic year:
Units and Topics
| # | Unit/Topic | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introducing Sociology | - |
| 2 | Understanding Society | - |
| Total | - |
Syllabus
1 Introducing Sociology
1.1 Sociology and Society
- The Sociological Imagination: the Personal Problem and the Public Issue
- Sociology and Society
- Pluralities and Inequalities Among Societies
- Concept of Sociology
- Sociology and Common Sense Knowledge
- The Intellectual Ideas that Went into the Making of Sociology
- The Material Issues that Went into the Making of Sociology
- Why Should We Study the Beginning and Growth of Sociology in Europe?
- The Growth of Sociology in India
- The Scope of Sociology and Its Relationship to Other Social Science Disciplines
- Sociology and Economics
- Sociology and Political Science
- Sociology and History
- Sociology and Psychology
- Sociology and Social Anthropology
1.2 Terms, Concepts and Their Use in Sociology
- Terms, Concepts and Their Use in Sociology
- Social Groups and Society
- Types of Groups
- Primary and Secondary Social Groups
- Community and Society or Association
- In-Groups and Out-Groups
- Reference Group
- Peer Groups
- Social Stratification
Introduction of Social Stratification
Definitions of Social Stratification
- Society and Social Control
1.3 Understanding Social Institutions
- Understanding Social Institutions
- Family, Marriage and Kinship
- Work and Economic Life
- What is Work?
- Modern Forms of Work and Division of Labour
- Transformation of Work
- Politics
- Stateless Societies
- The Concept of the State
- Religion
- Education
1.4 Culture and Socialisation
- Culture and Socialisation
- Diverse Settings, Different Cultures
- Defining Culture
- Dimensions of Culture
- Cognitive Aspects of Culture
- Normative Aspects of Culture
- Material Aspects of Culture
- Culture and Identity
- Ethnocentrism
- Cultural Change
- Socialisation
1.5 Doing Sociology : Research Methods
- Doing Sociology : Research Methods
- Some Methodological Issues
- Objectivity and Subjectivity in Sociology
- Multiple Methods and Choice of Methods
- Participant Observation
- Field Work in Social Anthropology
- Field Work in Sociology
- Some Limitations of Participant Observation
- Surveys
- Interview
2 Understanding Society
2.1 Social Structure, Stratification and Social Processes in Society
2.2 Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society
- Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society
- Concept of Social Change
- Environment
- Technology and Economy
- Politics
- Culture
- Introduction of Social Change
- Definitions of Social Change
- Social Order
- Domination, Authority and Law
- Contestation, Crime and Violence
- Social Order and Change in Village, Town and City
- Social Order and Social Change in Rural Areas
- Social Order and Social Change in Urban Areas
2.3 Environment and Society
- Environment and Society
- Major Environmental Problems and Risks
- Resource Depletion
- Pollution
- Global Warming
- Genetically Modified Organisms
- Natural and Man-made Environmental Disasters
- Why Environmental Problems Are Also Social Problems
- Sustainable Development
- No Rain but Water Parks
2.4 Introducing Western Sociologists
- Introducing Western Sociologists
- The Context of Sociology
- The Enlightenment
- The French Revolution
- The Industrial Revolution
- Class Struggle
- Durkheim’s Vision of Sociology
- Division of Labour in Society
- Max Weber and Interpretive Sociology
- Bureaucracy
2.5 Indian Sociologists
- Indian Sociologists
- Ghurye on Caste and Race
- D.P. Mukerji on Tradition and Change
- A.R. Desai on the State
- M.N. Srinivas on the Village
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