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2016-17

MA Sociology, Semester I

Classical Sociological Tradition I, Paper I

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

A. Historical socio-Economic background of the Emergence of Sociology.

A Comte hierarchy of science

B. Brief history of development of social thought (Renaissance its Impact)

Industrial revolution.

Unit 2 14 Marks

Karl Marx-Marx’s theory of Social change

Marxian Dialectical materialism as a philosophical perspective of change

and its laws. Materialism interpretation of history

As a perspective of explaining transformation of human society through

different stages Economic determinism.

Unit 3 14 Marks

Emile Durkheim: - Intellectual background Social disintegration as a legacy of

Industrial revolution.

Mechanical and organic solidarities explanation of increasing division of labour.

Pathological forms of division labour.

Unit 4 14 Marks

Max Weber- Intellectual background analysis of modern capitalism

Theory of Authority-Authority and power- Types of authority and bases of their

legitimacy.

Views on the role of ideas and values in social change with reference to the

relationship between Protestant ethane and emergence of capitalism

Unit 5 14 Marks

Thirster Veblem: - Theory of conspicuous consumption Theory of leisure class,

Theory for Social change


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Methodology of sociological research-1,

Compulsory Paper 2

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

Concept of Method and methodology technique of research meaning and nature of

social research

Unit 2 14 Marks

Scientific method in social science types of social research Basic steps in Social

research.

Unit 3 14 Marks

Nature of social reality and approaches

Methodological perspective in Sociological theory,

Logic of inquiry in social research

Unit 4 14 Marks

Inductive and Deductive theory building

Objective its value & neutrality

Significance of Hypothesis in Social research

Unit 5 14 Marks

Quantitative Research Techniques:

Techniques and Methods of qualitative research

Participant observation ethnography interview


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Rural Society in India-1,

Compulsory Paper 3

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

Rural Society- Meaning Definitions Characteristics Agrarian peasant and folk

society concept and characteristic village: Concept types Rural-Urban Distinction

and continuum

Unit 2 14 Marks

Rural social institution: Family, Religion, marriage, Caste system and changes

taking place

Unit 3 14 Marks

Agrarian Relation In rural India: Land ownership and its types.

Land and labour, Rural class structure, Jajmani system agrarian movements in

India

Unit 4 14 Marks

Rural political life; Rural elite and leadership-past and present

Faction and factionalism in rural India dominant caste in India

Emerging rural leadership and development

Unit 5 14 Marks

Rural Problems: Rural poverty, Land-less labour, Untouchability. Emigration of

people


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Urban Society in India-1

Compulsory Paper 4

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

Urban Sociology:-

A. Concept of urban sociology and importance of urban study.

B. Urban community and spatial dimensions.

C. Changing urban society

Unit 2 14 Marks

Urban society in India:-

A. Urban society in India

B. Emerging trends and factors of Urbanization

Unit 3 14 Marks

A. Classification of urban centers:- Cities and Town

B. Indian city and its growth

Unit 4 14 Marks

Urban social structure and problems:-

A. Changing occupation structure and its impact on social stratification

B. Migration& Poverty

C. Urban environmental

Unit 5 14 Marks

Town planning:-

A. Factors affecting Urban planning.

B. Urban planning-meaning and agencies.

C. Problems of urban management in India


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Planning: Programme and implementation

Compulsory Paper 5

Maximum Marks = 100

Qualitative data format and processing class room work shop on preparation

of census sheet, schedule, questionnaire, interview guide and observation

sheet.

Tabulation and analysis of data

Content analysis of data

Scaling techniques, graphic and diagrammatic presentation of data, data

collection through genealogy

Introductory computer training

Field work and report writing


2016-17

MA Sociology, Semester II

Classical Sociological Tradition II, Paper II

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

Impact of industrial revolution and of new mode of production on society and economy,

Auguste Comte- study of statics and dynamics, law of three stages, positivism, religion of

humanity

Unit 2 14 Marks

Marx’s analysis of emergence and development of capitalism, concentration of concepts of

surplus value and exploitation, emergences of classes and class conflicts,

Future of capitalism and alienation in capitalist society,

Theory of Ideology-ideology as a part of super structure

Unit 3 14 Marks

Theory of suicide- Emile Durkheim-methodology by E.Durkheim,

Theory of religion- Sacred and profane source of religion,

Religious rituals- Their types, social role of religion

Unit 4 14 Marks

Max Waber- Theory of bureaucracy- capitalism and growing rationalism, and emergence of

modern bureaucracy,

Ideal type of bureaucracy,

Concepts of status, class and power,

Contribution of the methodology of the social science- Verstehen and Ideal types

Unit 5 14 Marks

Vilfred Pareto- Intellectual Background,

Contribution to the methodology- his logic experimental method,

Classification of logical and non-logical actions,

Explanation of non-logical actions in terms of his theory of residues and derivatives,

Theory of Social Change- circulation of elites


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Methodology of Social Research – II, Paper II

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

Quantitative Methods and Survey Research,

Assumptions of quantifications and measurement,

Survey techniques, Limitations of Survey

Unit 2 14 Marks

Sampling Design,

Questionnaire construction,

Interview Schedule,

Measurement and Scaling

Unit 3 14 Marks

Case Study Method,

Content Analysis,

Life History,

Seciometry,

Panel Study

Unit 4 14 Marks

Statistics in Social Research: Measures of Central Tendency- Mean, Mode, Median

Measures of Dispersion: Standard Deviation, Mean Deviation, Quartile Deviation

Unit 5 14 Marks

Correlation Analysis: Tests of Significance, Graphic and Diagrammatic Presentation of data

Usage of Statistics in Social Research, Its advantages and limitations,

Application of computers in Social Research


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Rural Society in India - II, Paper III

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

Rural Development: Meaning and significance of Rural Development in Society,

Panchayati Raj Institutions,

Panchayat before and after 73rd amendment,

Panchayati Raj in Madhya Pradesh

Unit 2 14 Marks

Rural Reconstruction and Planning,

Community Development Program,

Five Year Plans,

Cooperative Efforts and Cooperation,

Self Help Group, Gender and Development

Unit 3 14 Marks

Issues and Strategies for Rural Development,

Rural Social Structure and Culture,

Development and Socio-economic Disparities

Unit 4 14 Marks

Significance of Village Studies in India,

Changing rural society,

Green Revolution and Social Change,

Changing aspects of Rural Leadership,

Factionalism,

Empowerment of People

Unit 5 14 Marks

Social Change in Rural India: Sanskritization, Modernization, Globalization and Information in-

flow and its impacts on Rural India,

Planned change for Rural Society


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Urban Society in India - II, Paper IV

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

Changing Occupational Structure and its impact on Social Stratification- Case, Class, Gender

and Family

Unit 2 14 Marks

Indian Cities and their Growth, Megapolis,

Problems in Housing, Slum Development,

Urban Environment Problems,

Urban Poverty

Unit 3 14 Marks

Differences between Town, City, Metropolis, & Megapolis,

Sociological studies in Indian cities: Chandigarh, Jaipur and Ahemadnagar

Unit 4 14 Marks

Problems of Urban Areas: Poverty, Crime, Alcoholism, Drug-abuse, Migration,

Problems of Housing, Environmental Pollution

Unit 5 14 Marks

Politics in Indian Cities,

Educational Centers in Urban India,

The Role of Mass-Media, Computers & IT in Urban Centers in India


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Field Training, Paper V

Maximum Marks = 100

Validity and Reliability in Qualitative Research recording case study on the

topic/problem assigned by the concerned class teacher

Encounters and experiences in field work

Field visits, Collection of data, analysis, of data and report writing

Writing report about the field visit- The student will be taken to the field area under the

supervision of teacher nominated by the Head of the Department; the staff council of the

department will decide the topic & area on which report is to be written by the students.

Scheme of Examination

A board of examiner consisting of the HoD or his/her nominee and an external examiner

not below the rank of reader will examine the paper.

Distribution of Marks

50% of On Record Book

50% Viva-Voce


2016-17

MA Sociology, Semester III

Sociology of Kinship, Marriage & Family, Paper I

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

Kinship: definition, types, usages, classificatory kinship

Unit 2 14 Marks

Marriage: definition, types, ways to acquiring mates, preferential marriage, sociological

significance of marriage

Unit 3 14 Marks

Family: A universal concept, function of family, typology of family, a polyandrous and

matrilineal family.

Unit 4 14 Marks

Problems:

1. Distances in kinship behavior

2. Divorce and widows.

3. Broken family, old age person, loneliness in family, Gerontology, child problems.

Unit 5 14 Marks

1. Changing attitudes towards kinship.

2. Recent changes in marriage & family system.

3. Impact of globalization on Indian family system.


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Indian Society and culture, Paper II

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

Components of Indian society:

a. Demographic, Religious Linguistic, Regional and Cultural group.

b. Caste and Dominant Caste.

c. Class and Class formation in recent India.

Unit 2 14 Marks

Culture:

a. Definition attributes and Component of Culture.

b. Little and great tradition in India.

c. Acculturation and Enculturation

Unit 3 14 Marks

Organizations and Institution:

a. Family and Marriage.

b. Kinship and Clan.

c. Rural and Urban Continuum.

Unit 4 14 Marks

Groups:

a. Rural India: Concept, Characteristics, problems, theories of origin of village

communities.

b. Tribal India: Concept, characteristics, problems, constitutional provisions and

protections.

c. Urban India: concept, characteristics, problems.

Unit 5 14 Marks

Monographs: (Basics)

a. An Indian Village. S.C. Dube.

b. The Kamar. S.C. Dube.

c. The City. D. Souza


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Sociological Essay, Paper III

Maximum Marks = 70

Students have to choose one of the following topics and write an essay on it:

1. Women Empowerment

2. Child Labour

3. Domestic Violence

4. Panchayati Raj

5. Rural Development

6. Social Change

7. N.G.O

8. Human Rights

9. Self Help Groups

10. Environment


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Industrial Sociology, Optional Paper (A) - IV

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

a. Industrial Sociology: Nature and Scope.

b. Development of Industrial Structure: Informal and Formal Industry.

c. Division of Labour, Alienation Labour Unrest and Class-Struggle.

Unit 2 14 Marks

a. Industrial Bureaucracy.

b. Labour Organization.

c. Labour Movement

Unit 3 14 Marks

a. Work Concept: Nature; Word ethics

b. Labour Migration

c. Labour relation in India

Unit 4 14 Marks

a. Industrial Society.

b. Women and Child Labour

c. Industry in Trial area

Unit 5 14 Marks

a. Contemporary Industrial Reality.

b. Power, Industry and Capitalism.

c. Labour security and Social welfare


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Option (B) Criminology, Optional Paper IV

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

a. Criminology- meaning, scope, subject matter

b. Concept of white color crime.

c. Crime against women: crime and women.

Unit 2 14 Marks

Theories & Types:

a. Sociological theories of crime

b. Typology of crime

c. Juvenile Delinquency

Unit 3 14 Marks

Correctional Programme-

a. Educational, Vocational

b. Human Rights & Prison management.

c. Reformatory institutions

Unit 4 14 Marks

Punishment:

a. Meaning nature and aims

b. Theories of punishment

c. Probation and Parole

Unit 5 14 Marks

Prison

a. Concept of prison

b. Role of police in crime prevention

Open prison after care & rehabilitation compensation to victim.


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Option (C) Social Demography, Optional Paper IV

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

Concept:

a. Social demography: definition method of study, utility relationship between.

b. Demography and social sciences (Sociology Economics and Political sciences).

c. Population structure in India and policies

Unit 2 14 Marks

census:

a. Importance of census, census policy in India.

b. Methods of finding and analyzing birth & date rate.

c. Crude birth and death rate.

Unit 3 14 Marks

Theories:

a. Malthus and Neo Malthusian theories.

b. Biological, economical, socio – Cultural theories

c. Optimum theory of population

Unit 4 14 Marks

Welfare:

a. Family welfare program in India.

b. Critical evaluation of family welfare programme in India.

c. Family welfare and Health

Unit 5 14 Marks

Policy:

a. Policies: Demographic role in India

b. Govt. policies regarding population control. In Indian context.

c. Role of N.G.O in the field of betterment of Indian Population.


2016-17

MA Sociology, Semester IV

Theoretical perspective in Sociology, Paper I

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

Nature of formation of sociology theory

a. Meaning and Nature of sociological theory

b. Formation process of sociological theory

c. Levels of theorization

Unit 2 14 Marks

Social structure and Social anomie:

a. The idea of social structure- reddifle brown and S F Nadel.

b. Social anomie- Emile Durkheim and R K Merton

c. Neo structuralism

M.Foucault and J Alexender

Unit 3 14 Marks

Theory of functionalism:

a. Functionalism (early theories)- malionowaski and Emile Durkheim

b. Functional dimensions of social system- T. parsons

c. Paradigm for functional theory in sociology- R.K. Merton

Unit 4 14 Marks

Conflict theory-

a. Conflict theory – Karl Marx

b. Criticisim of Marxism - Ralf dahrendorf

c. Functional analysis of conflict- L.Coser.

Unit 5 14 Marks

Interactionist perspective and recent trends in sociological theory:

a. Symbolic interactionism (G.H mead and Blumer)

b. Phenomenological Sociology (A.Schutz and Edmund Husserl)

c. Ethno methodology (H.Garfinkel)


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Sociology of change and Development, Paper II

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

Social Change:

a. Meaning and forms of social change: progress, evolution, and development.

b. Theories of social change: linear, cyclical and diffusionism.

c. Factors of social change: demographic, economic, religious and educational.

Unit 2 14 Marks

Social Progress:

a. Process of social change: sanskritization and westernization.

b. Concept of modernization and secularization.

c. Concept of Democratization and Globalization

Unit 3 14 Marks

Development:

a. Cultural and development, Post modernism.

b. Changing conceptions of development: Economic growth, human development, and

sustainable development

c. Approaches and strategies of planning and development

Unit 4 14 Marks

Agencies of development and change:

a. Paths and ways of development: capitalist, socialist and Gandhians

b. Culture and development: culture as an aid to development, Development and change of

tradition.

c. Role of NGO’s in the process of development.

Unit 5 14 Marks

Indian experiences of development:

a. Transition from welfare state to capitalist society

b. Cultural transformation

c. Social impact of IT revolution


2016-17


Political Sociology, Paper III

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

a. Political Sociology: Definition, subject Matter and Scope

b. Political development, Political socialization

c. Political Participation

Unit 2 14 Marks

a. Political System: Definition, Classification

b. Political Elite: Pareto, Mosca & Mills

c. Political Culture

Unit 3 14 Marks

a. Democratic System: Definition, Characteristics, Merits and Types of democracy,

Democracy in India

b. Totalitarian System: Definition, Types: Cephalic and Acephalic

Unit 4 14 Marks

a. Pressure and Interest group, Political Parties

b. Voting behaviour, Political Processes in India.

c. Bureaucracy: Concept, Characteristics, Views of Marx Weber on Bureaucracy

Unit 5 14 Marks

a. Significance of public opinion in Democracy, Policies of protective discrimination and

subaltern polity.

b. Decentralization of Politics

c. Panchayati Raj


2016-17


Industrial Sociology, Optional Paper (A) - IV

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

a. Industrial Sociology: Nature and Scope.

b. Development of Industrial Structure: Informal and Formal Industry.

c. Division of Labour, Alienation Labour Unrest and Class-Struggle.

Unit 2 14 Marks

a. Industrial Bureaucracy.

b. Labour Organization.

c. Labour Movement

Unit 3 14 Marks

a. Work Concept: Nature; Word ethics

b. Labour Migration

c. Labour relation in India

Unit 4 14 Marks

a. Industrial Society.

b. Women and Child Labour

c. Industry in Trial area

Unit 5 14 Marks

a. Contemporary Industrial Reality.

b. Power, Industry and Capitalism.

c. Labour security and Social welfare


2016-17


Option (B) Criminology, Optional Paper IV

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

a. Criminology- meaning, scope, subject matter

b. Concept of white color crime.

c. Crime against women: crime and women.

Unit 2 14 Marks

Theories & Types:

a. Sociological theories of crime

b. Typology of crime

c. Juvenile Delinquency

Unit 3 14 Marks

Correctional Programme-

a. Educational, Vocational

b. Human Rights & Prison management.

c. Reformatory institutions

Unit 4 14 Marks

Punishment:

a. Meaning nature and aims

b. Theories of punishment

c. Probation and Parole

Unit 5 14 Marks

Prison

a. Concept of prison

b. Role of police in crime prevention

Open prison after care & rehabilitation compensation to victim.


2016-17


Option (C) Sociology of Kinship, Marriage and Family, Optional Paper IV

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

Kinship: definition, types, usages, classificatory kinship

Unit 2 14 Marks

Marriage: definition, types, ways to acquiring mates, preferential marriage, sociological

significance of marriage.

Unit 3 14 Marks

Family: A universal concept, function of family, typology of family, a polyandrous and

matrilineal family

Unit 4 14 Marks

Problems:

1. Distances in kinship behavior

2. Divorce, widower and widows

3. Broken family, old age person, loneliness in family, Gerontology, child problems.

Unit 5 14 Marks

1. Changing attitudes towards kinship.

2. Recent changes in marriage & family system.

3. Impact of globalization on Indian family system.


2016-17


Option (D) Sociology of Kinship, Optional Paper IV

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

Concept:

a. Social demography: definition method of study.

b. Demography and social sciences (Sociology Economics and Political sciences).

c. Population structure in India and policies

Unit 2 14 Marks

Census:

a. Importance of census, census policy in India.

b. Methods of finding and analyzing birth & date rate.

c. Crude birth and death rate

Unit 3 14 Marks

Theories:

a. Malthus and Neo Malthusian theories.

b. Biological, economical, socio – Cultural theories

c. Optimum theory of population

Unit 4 14 Marks

Welfare:

a. Family welfare program in India.

b. Critical evaluation of family welfare programme in India.

c. Family welfare and Health

Unit 5 14 Marks

Policy:

a. Policies: Demographic role in India

b. Govt. policies regarding population control. In Indian context.

c. Role of N.G.O in the field of betterment of Indian Population


2016-17


Option (E) Indian Society and Culture, Optional Paper IV

Maximum Marks = 70

Unit 1 14 Marks

Components of Indian society:

a. Demographic, Religious Linguistic, Regional and Cultural group.

b. Caste and Dominant Caste.

c. Class and Class formation in recent India.

Unit 2 14 Marks

Culture:

a. Definition attributes and Component of Culture.

b. Little and great tradition in India.

c. Acculturation and Enculturation

Unit 3 14 Marks

Organizations and Institution:

a. Family and Marriage.

b. Kinship and Clan.

c. Rural and Urban Continuum

Unit 4 14 Marks

Groups:

a. Rural India: Concept, Characteristics, problems, theories of origin of village

communities.

b. Tribal India: Concept, characteristics, problems, constitutional provisions and

protections.

c. Urban India: concept, characteristics, problems.

Unit 5 14 Marks

Monographs: (Basics)

a. An Indian Village: S.C. Dube.

b. The Kamar: S.C. Dube.

c. The City: D. Souza

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