Syllabus
Unit 1
Defining Sociology
- What is Sociology
- Sociological Perspective
- Sociological Imagination
- Sociology and other Social Sciences
- How Sociology helps us in our lives
- Levels of Analysis – Micro and Macro Sociology
Unit 2
Understanding Basic Concepts and Institutions
- Society, Community and Association
- Groups and Organizations
- Role and Social Status
- Norms and Values
- Family: Forms, Functions and Dysfunctions
- Marriage, Divorce, Separation, Remarriage and Step Parenting
- Caste and Class
- Kinship and Religion
Unit 3
Major Foundations of Sociological Thinking
- Emile Durkheim
- Karl Marx
- Max Weber
- Structural Functionalism
- Symbolic Interactionism
- Conflict Theory
Unit 4
Culture, Social Interaction and Social Change
- Characteristics and Components of Culture
- Cultural Diversity, Multiculturalism, Cultural Identity and Ethnocentrism
- Socialization: Stages and Agents
- Adult Socialization, Re-socialization and Total Institutions
- Social Interaction and its Significance
- Social Change: Meaning, Characteristics and Sources
- Case Study on Processes of Social Change
Unit 5
Social Disorganization – Deviance and Crime
- Deviance and Conformity
- Theories of Deviance and Crime
- Social Control: Meaning and Agencies
- Treatment of Offenders
- Analysis of Crime Data Statistics
Objectives and Outcomes
Course Objectives
- To introduce students to the nature, scope and significance of Sociology as a discipline.
- To develop a sociological perspective for understanding society and social processes.
- To familiarize students with basic sociological concepts, institutions and theories.
- To enable students to critically analyze social structures, interactions and social change.
- To provide an understanding of deviance, crime, social control and treatment of offenders from a sociological viewpoint.
Course Outcomes
- Understand the nature of Sociology and explain its relationship with other social sciences.
- Identify, explain and apply basic sociological concepts and social institutions.
- Analyze society using classical sociological thinkers and major sociological theories.
- Examine culture, socialization, interaction and processes of social change.
- Explain deviance, crime, social control and treatment of offenders using sociological perspectives.
Teaching Methodology: Lecture, Group Discussion, PowerPoint Presentation etc. as per the requirement of each module.
Text Books / References
Suggested Reading Materials:
- Anthony Giddens, Sociology. (Polity Press 2009).
- M.F Abraham, Contemporary Sociology: An Introduction to Concepts and Theories. (Oup 2006)
- Alex Inkeles, What Is Sociology? An Introduction to the Dimension and Profession. (Englewood Cliffs N.J 1964)
References :
- George Ritzer, Sociological Theory (Mcgraw Hill ,1996)
- B.N Adam And R.A.Sydie, Sociological Theory. (Pine Forge Press 2001)
- Lewis A. Coser, Masters Of Sociological Thought. (Rawat Publications 2012).
- Dipankar Gupta, Social Stratification. (Oxford University Press 1992).
- Bilton And Others, Introductory Sociology. (Palgrave 4th Edition
- Nicholas Abercrombie, Stephen Hill And Bryan S.Turner, Penguin Dictionary of Sociology, (Penguin 4th Edition 2004)
- K. Browne, Introductory Sociology. (Blackwell 2005)