ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY :: NAGARJUNANAGAR-522 510

Department of Sociology UNDER GRADUATE SYLLABUS OF SOCIOLOGY

(Semester system scheme)

Theory : 75 Marks Internal Assessment - 25 Marks

(Division of Marks as given below) Time: 3 Hours Papers and their nomenclature for Six Semesters degree course B.A. 1st Semester Basic Concepts in Sociology

ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY :: NAGARJUNANAGAR-522 510

Ist B.A. Ist Semester Maximum Marks: 75

Internal Assessment - 25 Time: 3 hours

Unit-I Sociology: Nature, Scope and Significance; Relationship with History, Economics, Political Science, Anthropology and Psychology, Careers/Jobs for Sociology Unit-II Basic Concepts: society, Community. Association, Social Structure, Status & Role, Norms and Values, Fashion Unit-III Social Groups & Processes: Definition, Nature and Types of Groups – Primary, Secondary & Reference Group; Processes – Co-operation, Conflict and Accommodation, Group behaviour, Behaviour Modification. Unit-IV Social Institutions: Marriage, Family, Kinship and Religion, Their Functions and Features, Emerging trends. Unit-V Child, Youth, Elderly Problems – Social Psychology- Marital Counseling – Guidance clinics. Readings: Ahuja, Ram (2001): Indian Social System, New Delhi: Rawat Publication, Ahuja, Ram (2002): Society in India, New Delhi: Rawat Publication. Bottomore, T.B. (1972). Sociology: A Guide to Problems and Literature, Bombay, George

Allen and Unwin (India). Fulcher & Scott (2003): Sociology, New York, Oxford University Press, Giddens, Anthony (2005): Sociology, Polity Press. Harlambos, M. (1998). Sociology: Themes and Perspective, New Delhi: Oxford, University

press. Harlambos & Holborn (2000). Sociology, London: Harper-Collians. Inkeles, Alex (1987): What is Sociology? New Delhi: Prentice-Hall of India. Johnson, Harry M. (1995). Sociology: A Systematic Introduction, New Delhi, Allied

Publishers. Maclver and Page (1974): Society: An Introductory Analysis, New Delhi: Macmillan &

Co. P.Gisbert (2010). Fundamental of Sociology, New Delhi: Orient Blackswan..

I Year- II Semester: Paper II (Compulsory): Sociology of Indian Society

1. India as a plural society Unity in Diversity

2. Social Institutions and their Changing dimensions: Caste, Tribe, Village, Family and Kinship

3. Social Change in India Islamization, Sanskritization, Westernization and Globalization

4. Social Movements in India: Dalit Movement, Backward Class Movement, Women’s Movement, and Kisan Movement

5. Indian Society and its challenges: Communalism, Secularism, Regionalism, Ethnicism, Gender discrimination, and Terrorism

Books suggested: 1. S.C.Dube: Indian Society 2. David Mandelbaum: Society in India 3. Ram Ahuja: Society in India 4. Stern R. W: Changing India 5. M.S.A. Rao: Social Movements in India 6. Louis Dumont: Religion, Politics and History in India 7. Satish Deshpande: Contemporary India: A Sociological View 8. M.N.Srinivas: 1. India’s Social Structure

2. Caste in Modern India and Other Essays 3. Social Change in Modern India

9. P.N. Prabhu: Hindu Social Organization 10. K M. Kapadia: Marriage and Family in India

II Year- III Semester: Paper III (Compulsory): Selected Sociological Theories 1. Auguste Comte: Hierarchy of Sciences, Law of Three Stages 2. Herbert Spencer: Organismic model and Social Biology 3. Karl Marx: Historical Materialism, Dialectical Materialism, Class Struggle and

Alienation 4. Emile Durkheim: Division of Labour, Suicide, and Religion 5. Max Weber: Religion, Social Action, Bureaucracy and Power & Authority

Books suggested: 1. Raymond Aron: Main Currents of Social Thought: Volume I & II 2. Jayapalan N : Sociological Theories 3. Calhoun: Classical Sociological Theories

II Year- IV Semester: Paper IV(Compulsory): Methods of Social Research 1. Nature of Science and Scientific Method, Application of Scientific Method to Social

Phenomenon 2. Relationship between Concepts, Theory and Fact

3. Survey Research-its Problems and Prospects 4. Types of Research Design 5. Types of Sampling Design 6. Techniques of Data Collection 7. Fieldwork and its Importance 8. Report Writing Books suggested: 1. Babie: Survey Research Methods 2. David Dooley: Survey Research Methods 3. Moser and Kalton: Survey Methods in Social Investigation 4. T.N.Madan: Encounter and Experience 5. M.N.Srinivas, et.al: The Fieldworker and the Field.