Syllabus of Sociology for Semester I in Five Year Undergraduate Course

Sociology

Paper Code: SOC 01                                                               Max Marks:70

Paper Title: Introducing Sociology -I                               Min Marks:25

Unit I   

                                                                                                                       

Emergence of Sociology

Meaning, Nature and Scope of Sociology; Emergence of Sociology: Causes; Relation of Sociology with other Social Science: Social Anthropology, Psychology, Political Science, Philosophy, Economics and History

Unit II  

                                                                                                                       

Language of Sociology I

Sociological Perspectives: Functional, Conflict, Symbolic-Interactionist, Feminist; Relevance of Sociology: Academic and Professional

Unit III  

                                                                                                                      

Language of Sociology II

Society, Community, Groups, Association, Culture, Social Norms, Values, Beliefs, Socialisation, Social System, Social structure, Social Action, Status and role

Unit IV 

                                                                                                                                  

Social Institutions I

Social Institutions: Marriage, Family, Kinship, Religion

Unit V   

                                                                                                                     

Social Institutions II

Polity, Education, Economy, Media and Internet as emerging institutions

Suggested Readings:

·         Bottomore, T.B. 1972. Sociology: A Guide to Problems and Literature Bombay: George Allen and Unwin (India).

·         Haralambos, M. 1998. Sociology: Themes and Perspective. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

·         Johnson, Harry M. 1995: Sociology: A Systematic Introduction, New Delhi: Allied Publishers.

·         Barnes, H.E. 1959. Introduction to the History of sociology. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press

·         MacIver and Page. 1974: Society: An Introductory Analysis, New Delhi: Macmillan & co.

·         Fletcher, Ronald. 1994. The making of sociology (2 volumes). Jaipur: Rawat publications.

·         Beteille, Andre, 2002, Sociology: Essays in Approach and Method, Oxford University Press

·         Berger, Peter, 1963, Invitation to Sociology, Hamondsworth: Penguin,

·         Inkeles, Alex.1987. What is Sociology? New Delhi: Prentice-Hall of India.

·         Jayaram, N. 1988. Introductory Sociology. Madras: Macmillan India.

·         Mills, C. Wright. 2000. The Sociological Imagination. 40th ed. Oxford University Press, USA

·         Giddens Anthony,(ed) 2001, Sociology: Introductory Readings, Cambridge: Polity Press

·         Giddens Anthony, 2010, What is Sociology, New Delhi, Wiley India Pvt Ltd.

·         Giddens Anthony, 2006, Sociology, Cambridge Polity Press

·         Henslin, James M. 2001, Down to Earth Sociology, Massachusetts: Allyn and Bacon.

·         Sharma, Rajendra. 2007, Fundamentals of Sociology, Atlantic Publishers, New Delhi