BA Sociology

B.A (Sociology) Semester-I (Basic Concepts in Sociology)

Social Institutions

• Marriage
• Family
• Kinship and Religion
• Their Functions and Features

Sociology

• Nature
• Scope and Significance
• Relationship with History
• Economics
• Political Science
• Anthropology and Psychology

Social Groups & Processes

• Definitions
• Nature and Types of Groups-Primary Secondary & Reference Group
• Processes-Co-operation
• Conflict and Accommodation

Basic Concepts

• Society
• Community
• Association
• Social Structure
• Status & Role
• Norms and Values

B.A (Sociology) Semester-II (Society, Culture and Social Change)

Processes of Social Change

• Characteristic Features of Industrialization
• Modernization
• Globalization and Secularization

Societies

• Types and Characteristics-Tribal
• Rural, Urban
• Industrial and Post-Industrial

Social Stratification

• Concept and Bases
• Forms-Caste, Class
• Power & Gender

Culture

• Definition and Nature
• Types- Material and Non- Material
• Socialization: Its importance
• Process and Stages
• Social Control: Its Types and Means

B.A (Sociology) Semester-III (Methods in Social Research)

Techniques of Data Collection

• Types of Data
• Techniques- Observation, Interview, & Questionnaire
• Schedule and Case Study

Social Research

• Definition, Nature and Purpose
• Steps in Social Research; Problem of Objectivity and Subjectivity in Social Research

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

Research Method

• Research Designs
• Social Survey
• Hypothesis- Types & Significance
• Sampling and Sampling Procedure

B.A (Sociology) Semester-IV 

Indian Society (Optional-I)

Processes of Social Change in India

• Sanskritization
• Westernization
• Parochiatization and Universatization

Evolution of Indian Society

• Traditional bases of Indian Society
• Unity and Diversity in India
• India as a Pluralistic Society

Social Issues and Problems

• Gender Discrimination
• Secularism and Religious Minorities
• Problems of Dalits Women and OBC and Affirmative Actions

Indian Social Institutions

• Kinship, Family, Marriage
• Caste and its Changing Dimensions

Social Problems in India (Optional-II)

Social Disorganization

• Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
• Corruption, Drug Addiction, & Suicide
• Prostitution and AIDS

Social Problem

• Meaning and Definition
• Importance of the Study of Social Problems
• Sociological Perspectives on Social Problem-Anomie (Durkheim)
• Differential Association (Sutherland)
• Labelling (Becker)

Problems and Issues

• Female Foeticide, Dowry, Domestic Violence, Divorce
• Problems of Aged

Structural Issues

• Inequality of Caste, Class Gender and Ethnicity
• Communalism
• Problems of Minorities

Social Change and Development (Optional III)

Social Change in Contemporary India

• Trends and Processes of Change- Sanskritisation, Westernisation, Modernisation and Secularisation

Social Change

• Concept, Forms and Factors
• Concept and Features of Development

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

Theories of Social Change

• Linear (Spencer)
• Cyclical (Pareto)
• Fluctuation (Sorokin)
• Conflict Theory (Marx)

B.A (Sociology) Semester-V (Foundations of Social Thought)

Conflict

• Marx’s concept of Dialectical Historical Materialism
• Class & Class Conflict
• Coser’s Approach to Social Conflict

Positivism

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

Inter-Actionalism

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

Functionalism

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

B.A (Sociology) Semester-VI

Population Studies (Optional-I)

Population Composition in India

• Age Structure, & Sex-Ratio
• Rural-Urban Composition
• Literacy in India

Population Studies

• Meaning, Scope and Significance
• Demographic Processes: Fertility, Mortality and Migration

Population Planning and Control

• Needs and Objectives
• Population Policy of India
• National Rural Health Mission

Population Theories

• Malthusian, Demographic Transition
• Optimum Population Theory

Environment and Society (Optional-II)

Contemporary Environmental Problems

• Problems of Water, Deforestation, Urban Wastes, & Slums
• Global-Warming and Climate Change

Environment and its Concepts

• Ecology, Eco-System, Environment and Society- their Inter-Relations
• Eco-Feminism

Environment and Development

• Global Efforts for Resource Conservation
• Environmental Movements: Chipko Movement, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Ganga Bachao Abhiyan
• Forest Rights

Environmental Issues

• Sustainable Development
• Industrialization and Development
• Urbanization and Development
• Environmental Degradation

Rural Society: Structure and Change (Optional-III)

Rural Political Structure

• Traditional Caste and Village Panchayats
• Panchayati Raj before and after 73^rd Constitutional Amendment, Panchayati Raj and Empowerment of Women

Introduction to Rural Sociology

• Origin, & Nature
• Subject Matter and Importance

Rural Economy

• Land Tenure System, Land Reforms
• Green Revolution and Its Impact
• Bonded and Migrant Labourers
• Major Changes in Rural Society

Rural Social Structure

• Caste and Class in Rural Set Up
• Inter Caste Relation with reference to Jajmani System
• Rural Family and Changing the pattern