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Approved By: UGC AICTE NAAC
M.A. (Sociology)
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Duration: 2 Years |
Eligibility: Graduation |
Course Duration: Two Year (Semester System)
Course Eligibility : Graduation in any stream with 50% marks or Equivalent CGPA.
Admission Criteria: Merit in qualifying examination, subject to eligibility criteria.
Entrance/Eligibility Test: As per University Rules
Programme Mode: Regular
Course Syllabus
Paper 1. Sociological Theories
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The Development of Sociology in the 19th Century |
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Karl Marx |
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Max Weber |
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Emile Durkheim |
Paper 2. Sociological Theory: Some Conceptual Issues
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Self, Interaction, Event |
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System, Structure, Rationality |
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Discourse, Genealogy, Practice |
Paper 3. Sociology of Kinship
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The discourse of kinship |
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Cultural Configurations of Kinship |
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Marriage Patterns |
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Transformations of kinship |
Paper 4. Religion and Society
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Sociological Approaches to the Study of Religion: History, Social Structure, and Theory |
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of Social Action |
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Religion, Culture and Systems of Collective Representation |
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Religious Organisation: Nature, Types, Functions, Religious Pluralism |
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Religion, Social Movements and Secularism |
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Critiques of Religion |
Paper 5. Political Sociology
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Nature and Scope of Political Sociology |
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Some Basic Concepts |
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Local Structures of Power |
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State and Society under Capitalism |
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State and Society under Socialism |
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State and Society in India |
Paper 6. Economic Sociology
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Introduction: Economy in Society |
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Production and Reproduction |
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Consumption and Exchange |
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Economy and the State |
Paper 7. Sociology of India-I
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Development of Sociology and Social Anthropology of India; Approaches to the Study of |
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Indian Society |
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Caste-Structure and Change |
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Aspects of Rural Social Structure |
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Family, Kinship and Marriage |
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Religion in India |
Paper 8. Sociology of India-II
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Social Organization of Agriculture |
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Aspects of Urban India |
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Aspects of Politics and Society in Contemporary India |
Paper 9. Methods of Sociological Research
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Research Methods |
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Major Data Sources on Indian Society |
Paper 10. Social Stratification
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Understanding Social Stratification |
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Occupation, Social Stratification, and Class |
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Race and Ethnicity |
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Gender and Stratification |
Paper 11. Sociology of Development
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Perspectives on the study of Development |
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State and market: Institutions and ideologies |
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The micro-politics of development |
Paper 12. Sociology of Symbolism
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Principles of Semiology |
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Narrative Forms |
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Language, Text and Culture |
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Visuality and the Symbol |
Paper 13. Industry and Society
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Industrialization, industrialism and post industrial society |
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Employee organizations: Blue Collar, White Collar and Managers |
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Work organization and Alienation |
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Industrial Conflict and its Resolution |
Paper 14. Gender and Society
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Gender in Sociological Analysis |
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Reproduction, Sexuality and Ideology |
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Family, Work and Property |
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The Politics of Gender |
Paper 15. Sociology of Education
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The Idea of Education |
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Education and Society |
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Schooling practices |
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The State, Education and Equality |
Paper 16. Sociology of Organizations
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Introduction -Sociology and Organisation studies |
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Models of Rationality |
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Work, Interaction, Organisation |
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Organisation and Culture |
Paper 17. Population and Society
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Demography and Sociology |
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Elements of Population Analysis |
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Interaction between Demographic variables and Social Structure and institutions |
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Population and Society of India |
Paper 18. Urban Sociology
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Sociological perspectives on the City |
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Sacred landscapes and Urban life |
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Geographies of Space, Place, Identity |
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The underlife of Cities |
Paper 19.
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a). Area Study: South-East Asia
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b). South West-Asia
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c). Area Study: China
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Paper 20. Sociology of Science
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Introduction to Problems of the Sociology of Science |
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Origin of Modern European Science: Society and the Relation of Man and Nature |
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Functionalist Theory of Science: Norms, Productivity and Rewards |
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Marxist Theory of Science and Society: A Case Study |
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Structuralist Theory of Science: Paradigm or Gestalt |
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Ethnography of the Laboratory |
Paper 21. Agrarian Structure
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Agrarian structure in Historical Perspective: Feudal, Colonial and Capitalist. |
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Nature of Agrarian classes: landlord, peasant, tenant, and labourer. |
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Agrarian reform in principle and practice |
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Commercialization of agriculture |
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Agrarian conflicts |
Paper 22. Sociology of Law
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Introduction to Jurisprudence |
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Sociological and Anthropological Jurisprudence |
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The Political Economy of Law |
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Law and Society in India |
Paper 23. Medical Sociology
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Body, Medicine and Society: Theoretical Perspectives |
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Narrating Health and Illness |
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Culture, Medicine and Medical Practice |
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Politics of Global Health and Health Policies |
Paper 24. Sociology of Media
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Introduction and Theoretical approaches to media studies |
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The politics of media |
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The Media Industry |
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Media and Globalisa |
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Media and Identity |
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New Media |
