STPGT Sociology_Syllabus

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Unit – I : General Sociology
(a)	Emergence of Sociology as an Academic Discipline; Sociological Perspectives; Scientific Character of Sociology; Nature, Scope and Significance of Sociology.	Link
(b)	Basic Concepts: Society	Link
	Basic Concepts: Community	Link
	Basic Concepts: Association	Link
	Basic Concepts: Institution	Link
	Basic Concepts: Organization	Link
	Basic Concepts: Status and Role	Link
	Basic Concepts: Culture	Link
	Basic Concepts: Norms and Values	Link
	Basic Concepts: Socialization	Link
	Basic Concepts: Social Conformity and Deviance	Link
	Basic Concepts: Ethnicity and Race	Link
	Basic Concepts: Sex and Gender	Link
(c)	Social Control: Concept, Types, Agencies, Significance	Link
(d)	Social Change: Concept, Types, Factors, Theories; Liberalization and Globalisation	Link
(e)	Social Stratification: Concept, Types, Theories; Social Mobility; Caste, Class and Gender	Link
(f)	Social Perspectives of Religion	Link
(g)	Social Group: Concept, Types, Significance	Link
Unit – II : Sociological Thought
(a)	A. Comte: Law of Three Stages	Link
	A. Comte: Positivism	Link
	A. Comte: Social Statics and Dynamics	Link
	A. Comte: Hierarchy of Sciences	Link
(b)	Herbert Spencer: Organicism	Link
	Herbert Spencer: Social Evolution	Link
(c)	Émile Durkheim: Social Fact	Link
	Émile Durkheim: Division of Labour	Link
	Émile Durkheim: Suicide	Link
	Émile Durkheim: Religion	Link
(d)	Karl Marx: Dialectical Materialism	Link
	Karl Marx: Historical Materialism	Link
	Karl Marx: Base and Superstructure	Link
	Karl Marx: Class and Class Struggle	Link
	Karl Marx: Alienation	Link
	Karl Marx: Social Revolution	Link
(e)	Max Weber: Methodology	Link
	Max Weber: Social Action	Link
	Max Weber: Power and Authority	Link
	Max Weber: Bureaucracy	Link
	Max Weber: Protestant Ethics and Spirit of Capitalism	Link
(f)	Vilfredo Pareto: Residue and Derivation	Link
	Vilfredo Pareto: Circulation of Elite	Link
Unit – III : Sociological Theories
(a)	Nature and Task of Theory; Macro and Micro Sociology	Link
(b)	Functionalism: General Propositions; Views of T. Parsons	Link
	Functionalism: General Propositions; Views of R. K. Merton	Link
(c)	Conflict Perspective: General Propositions; Views of R. Dahrendorf	Link
	Conflict Perspective: General Propositions; Views of L. A. Coser	Link
(d)	Social Interaction Perspective - General Propositions; Views of Mead	Link
	Social Interaction Perspective - General Propositions; Views of Blumer	Link
Unit – IV : Research Methodology
(a)	Social Research and Social Survey: Concepts, Characteristics, Types, Importance, Various Steps in Formulation and Reporting	Link
(b)	Hypothesis	Link
(c)	Research Design- Meaning, Function, Phases, Differences in Designing Quantitative and Qualitative Research	Link
(d)	Sampling	Link
(e)	Techniques of Data Collection	Link
Unit – V : Research Methodology
(a)	Society in Pre – British India	Link
(b)	British Rule and Its Impact upon Indian Society	Link
(c)	Genesis of Sociology in India: Indological, Historical Dialectical and Subaltern Perspectives	Link
(d)	Indian Social Institutions:
	Family-Structure, Functions, Changes	Link
	Marriage-Forms, Functions, Changes	Link
	Kinship- Concept, Types, Rules of Descent, Usages	Link
(e)	Changes in Indian Society - Sanskritization	Link
	Changes in Indian Society - Westernization	Link
	Changes in Indian Society - Modernization	Link
	Changes in Indian Society - Secularization	Link
	Introduction of Local Self-Government	Link
	Land Reform and Its Consequences	Link
(f)	Caste: Concept, Characteristics, Changing Perspective	Link
	Tribe: Concept, Characteristics, Changing Perspective
(g)	Rural Society in India and Its Emerging Issues	Link
	Urban Society in India and Its Emerging Issues	Link
(h)	Indian Social Problems –
i.	Population Explosion	Link
	Poverty	Link
	Illiteracy	Link
	Unemployment	Link
ii.	Communalism	Link
	Regionalism	Link
	Terrorism and Insurgency	Link
iii.	Corruption	Link
iv.	Environmental Issues	Link
v.	Problems of Weaker Sections – SC	Link
	Problems of Weaker Sections – ST	Link
	Problems of Weaker Sections – OBC	Link
	Problems of Weaker Sections – Minorities Children	Link
	Problems of Weaker Sections – Gender Justice	Link
	Problems of Weaker Sections – Women Related Issues	Link