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Admission & first meetingप्रवेश और पहली मुलाकातEnquire at your nearest NDSS centre, meet the teacher, fix the batch time and get your study material.
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Part 1 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 1Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 1: Concept and Factors of Social ChangeUnit 2: Theories of Social ChangeUnit 3: Processes of Change
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Part 2 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 2Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 4: DevelopmentUnit 5: Agencies of Planned Change
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Unit tests & assignmentsयूनिट टेस्टRegular tests in the university / board pattern.
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Semester 5 exam (university / board)विश्वविद्यालय / बोर्ड परीक्षाPrevious papers and full revision before the exam.
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Online tests & resultऑनलाइन टेस्ट और रिज़ल्टTake the tests online; your marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
सिलेबस · पाठ्यक्रम
1 subject · 5 chapters · 22 topics
01Unit 1: Concept and Factors of Social Change
4 टॉपिक+
- Meaning and characteristics of social change
- Change, evolution, progress and development
- Demographic and technological factors (Ogburn)
- Economic and cultural factors
02Unit 2: Theories of Social Change
4 टॉपिक+
- Evolutionary theories: Comte, Spencer, Morgan
- Cyclical theories: Spengler, Toynbee, Sorokin, Pareto
- Conflict theory: Marx
- Functional theory: Parsons
03Unit 3: Processes of Change
5 टॉपिक+
- Modernisation
- Industrialisation
- Urbanisation
- Globalisation
- Secularisation
04Unit 4: Development
4 टॉपिक+
- Concept of development
- Indicators: HDI and human development
- Sustainable development
- Development and displacement
05Unit 5: Agencies of Planned Change
5 टॉपिक+
- Role of the state and planning
- Community Development Programme and Panchayati Raj
- NGOs and civil society
- Social movements
- Education and mass media
About this course
आप यह कर पाएँगे
- Explain the meaning of social change and distinguish it from evolution, progress and development
- Explain demographic, technological, economic and cultural factors of change
- Compare evolutionary, cyclical, conflict and functional theories of social change
- Explain modernisation, industrialisation, urbanisation and globalisation
- Explain human and sustainable development and development-induced displacement
- Describe the role of the state, panchayats, NGOs and social movements in planned change
यह किसके लिए है
- B.A Semester 5 students with Sociology as a major subject (UP State Universities, NEP 2020)
- Students interested in rural development and social work careers
आपको क्या चाहिए
- Sociology papers of Semesters 1-4
Online tests & result
Practice and unit tests online; marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
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सवाल
Which syllabus does this course follow?
It follows the UP State Universities NEP 2020 common minimum syllabus (MGKVP, VBSPU, Lucknow University and others) for B.A Sociology, Semester 5. Where your own university's syllabus differs, the centre follows your university syllabus.
How will I be tested?
Unit-wise MCQ tests, short and long answer practice in university exam pattern, and a final mock paper.
Are Indian examples used?
Yes: Chipko, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Panchayati Raj and recent rural schemes are used to explain the theories.
