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1. Sociology - The Discipline:
a. Modernity and social changes in Europe and emergence of sociology.b. Scope of the subject and comparison with other social sciences.c. Sociology and common sense.
2. Sociology as Science:
d. Science, scientific method and critique.e. Major theoretical strands of research methodology.f. Positivism and its critique.g. Fact value and objectivity.h. Non- positivist methodologies.
3. Research Methods and Analysis:
i. Qualitative and quantitative methods.j. Techniques of data collection.k. Variables, sampling, hypothesis, reliability and validity.
4. Sociological Thinkers:
l. Kar l Marx- Histor ical mater ial ism, mode of production, alienation, class struggle.
m. Emile Durkheim- Division of labour, social fact, suicide, religion and society.
n. Max Weber- Social action, ideal types, author i ty, bureaucracy, protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism.
o. Talcolt Parsons- Social system, pattern variables.p. Robert K. Merton- Latent and manifest functions, conformity and
deviance, reference groups.q. Mead - Self and identity.
5. Stratification and Mobility:
r. Concepts- equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion, poverty and deprivation.
s. Theories of social stratification- Structural functionalist theory, Marxist theory, Weberian theory.
t. Dimensions – Social stratification of class, status groups, gender, ethnicity and race.
u. Social mobility- open and closed systems, types of mobility, sources and causes of mobility.
6. Works and Economic Life:
v. Social organization of work in different types of society- slave society, feudal society, industrial /capitalist society.
w. Formal and informal organization of work.x. Labour and society.
7. Politics and Society:
y. Sociological theories of power.z. Power elite, bureaucracy, pressure groups, and political parties.aa.Nation, state, citizenship, democracy, civil society, ideology.bb.Protest, agitation, social movements, collective action, revolution.
8. Religion and Society:
cc. Sociological theories of religion.dd.Types of religious practices: animism, monism, pluralism, sects, cults.ee.Religion in modern society: religion and science, secularization,
religious revivalism, fundamentalism.
9. Systems of Kinship:
ff. Family, household, marriage.gg.Types and forms of family.hh.Lineage and descent.ii. Patriarchy and sexual division oflabour.jj. Contemporary trends.
10. Social Change in Modern Society:
kk. Sociological theories of social change.ll. Development and dependency.mm. Agents of social change.nn.Education and social change.oo.Science, technology and social change.