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Introduction to Sociology (B.A Sociology)

Nature and scope of sociology, society, community, groups, culture, socialisation and social institutions.

6 MonthsDuration 5Chapters26Topics
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01Unit 1: Nature and Scope of Sociology 5 topics
  1. Meaning and definitions of sociology
  2. Origin of sociology; Auguste Comte
  3. Nature of sociology as a science
  4. Scope: formalistic and synthetic schools
  5. Relation with history, economics, political science, psychology and anthropology
02Unit 2: Basic Concepts 5 topics
  1. Society and community
  2. Association and institution
  3. Social groups: primary and secondary (Cooley), in-group and out-group (Sumner), reference group
  4. Status and role
  5. Social structure and social system
03Unit 3: Culture and Socialisation 6 topics
  1. Meaning and characteristics of culture
  2. Material and non-material culture; cultural lag
  3. Folkways, mores and norms
  4. Socialisation: meaning and stages
  5. Agencies of socialisation
  6. Theories: Cooley's looking-glass self, Mead's I and Me, Freud
04Unit 4: Social Institutions 5 topics
  1. Family: types and functions
  2. Marriage: forms and rules
  3. Kinship: types and usages
  4. Religion
  5. Education, polity and economy as institutions
05Unit 5: Stratification and Social Control 5 topics
  1. Social stratification: meaning and bases
  2. Caste and class
  3. Social mobility: vertical and horizontal
  4. Social control: meaning and need
  5. Formal and informal agencies of social control

About

You will be able to

  • Explain the meaning, origin, nature and scope of sociology and its relation with other social sciences
  • Define society, community, association, institution, social group, status and role
  • Explain culture, cultural lag and the process and agencies of socialisation
  • Describe family, marriage, kinship, religion and education as social institutions
  • Explain social stratification, mobility and the means of social control
  • Write university-pattern answers using the definitions of standard sociologists

Who it is for

  • B.A Semester 1 students with Sociology as a major subject (UP State Universities, NEP 2020)
  • Students taking Sociology as a minor paper
  • Aspirants of UPSC / UPPSC with sociology as an optional or GS topic

What you need

  • Passed Class 12 (any stream)

Questions

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 1. 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.

Is sociology scoring?

Yes, if answers use correct definitions and names of sociologists; the course gives model answers for each unit.

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