B.A. (Sociology)
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology

First  Year: Semester I (Basic Concepts in Sociology)

Units

Subject of Study

I

Sociology: Nature, Scope and Significance; Relationship with History, Economics, Political Science, Anthropology and Psychology

II

Basic Concepts: Society, Community, Association, Social Structure, Status & Role, Norms and Values

III

Social Groups & Processes: Definition, Nature and types of Groups- Primary Secondary & Reference Group; Processes- Co-operation, Conflict and Accommodation.

IV

Social Institutions: Marriage, Family, Kinship and Religion; Their Functions and Features

Semester II (Society, Culture and Social Change)

I

Societies: Types and Characteristics- Tribal, Rural, Urban, Industrial and Post-Industrial.

II

Culture: Definition and Nature; Types- Material and Non- Material. Socialization: Its importance, Process and Stages. Social Control: Its Types and Means.

III

Processes of Social Change: Characteristic Features of Industrialization, Modernization, Globalization and Secularization

VI

Social Stratification: Concept and Bases; Forms- Caste, Class, Power & Gender

Second Year: Semester III (Methods in Social Research)

I

Social Research: Definition, Nature and purpose; Steps in Social Research; Problem of Objectivity and Subjectivity in Social Research

II

Research Method: Research Designs; Social Survey; Hypothesis- Types & significance; Sampling and Sampling Procedure

III

Techniques of Data Collection: Types of Data; Techniques- Observation, Interview, Questionnaire, Schedule and Case Study

VI

Statistical Analysis and Use of Computer in Social Research: Classification and Tabulation of data; Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median and Mode; Use of Computers in Social Research.

Semester IV (Indian Society Optional-I)

I

Evolution of Indian Society: Traditional bases of Indian Society; Unity and Diversity in India; India as a Pluralistic Society.

II

Indian Social Institutions: Kinship, Family, Marriage; Caste and its Changing Dimensions.

III

Processes of Social Change in India: Sanskritization, Westernization, Parochiatization and Universatization

VI

Social Issues and Problems: Gender Discrimination, Secularism and Religious Minorities, Problems of Dalits Women and OBC and Affirmative Actions

(Social Problems in India-Optional-II)

I

Social Problem: Meaning and Definition; Importance of the Study of Social Problems; Sociological Perspectives on Social Problem-Anomie (Durkheim), Diffential Association (Sutherland), Labeling (Becker).

II

Structural Issues: Inequality of Caste, Class Gender and Ethnicity; Communalism; Problems of Minorities.

III

Problems and Issues: Female Foeticide, Dowry, Domestic Violence, Divorce; Problems of Aged.

VI

Social Disorganization: Crime and Juvenile Delinquency, Corruption, Drug Addiction, Suicide, Prostitution and AIDS

Social Change and Development (Optional-III)

I

Social Change: Concept, Forms and Factors; Concept and Features of Development.

II

Theories of Social Change: Linear (Spencer), Cyclical (Pareto), Fluctuation (Sorokin); Conflict Theory (Marx)

III

Social Change in Contemporary India: Trends and Processes of Change – Sanskritisation, Westernisation, Modernisation and Secularisation

VI

Development Programmes in India: Development Programme in India; The Five Year Plans, Community Development Programme, , Panchayat Raj; Impact of new Panchayati Raj on Women Empowerment

Third Year: Semester V (Foundations of Social Thought)

I

Positivism: Comte’s Law of three stages, Social Static & Dynamics, Evolutionism- Spencer’s Evolutionary Approach

II

Functionalism: Durkheims’ Concept of Social Fact, Division of labour in Society; Radcliffe Brown’s Structural-Functional Approach

III

Conflict: Marx’s concept of Dialectical Historical Materialism, Class & Class Conflict; Coser’s Approach to Social Conflict

VI

Interactionalism: Weber’s Interpretative Sociology; Types of Social Action; G.H.Mead’s Concept of Self & Society

Semester VI (Population Studies-Optional-I)

I

Population Studies: Meaning, Scope and Significance; Demographic Processes: Fertility, Mortality and Migration

II

Population Theories: Malthusian, Demographic Transition and Optimum Population Theory

III

Population Composition in India: Age Structure, Sex-Ratio, Rural-Urban Composition, Literacy in India

VI

Population Planning and Control: Needs and Objectives; Population Policy of India, National Rural Health Mission

Environment and Society-Optional-II)

I

Environment and its Concepts: Ecology, Eco-system, Environment and Society – their inter-relations; Eco-Feminism

II

Environmental Issues: Sustainable Development, Industrialization and Development, Urbanization and Development, Environmental Degradation

III

Environment and Development: Global Efforts for Resource Conservation, Environmental Movements: Chipko Movement, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Ganga Bachao Abhyan; Forest Rights.

VI

Contemporary Environmental Problems: Problems of Water, Deforestation, Urban Wastes, Slums, Global-Warming and Climate Change.

Rural Society: (Structure and Change-Optional-III)

I

Introduction to Rural Sociology: Origin, Nature, Subject Matter and Importance.

II

Rural Social Structure: Caste and Class in Rural Set Up, Inter Caste Relation with reference to Jajmani System; Rural Family and Changing pattern

III

Rural Economy: Land Tenure System, Land Reforms; Green Revolution and Its Impact; Bonded and Migrant Labourers; Major Changes in Rural Society.

VI

Rural Political Structure: Traditional Caste and Village Panchayats; Panchayati Raj before and after 73^rd Constitutional Amendment, Panchayati Raj and Empowerment of Women