Choice Based Credit System

Andhra University

Choice Based Credit System

BA Sociology Syllabus

I Year- I Semester:

Paper I (Compulsory): Basic Concepts in Sociology

1.  Sociology- definition, scope and subject matter

2.  Human Society and its salient features

3.  Individual and Society

4.  Social structure, Social function and Social organization

5.  Social Group, Association, Institution and Community

Role, Statues, Norms and Values

6.  Social Differentiation and Stratification

7.  Social Evolution, Social Progress and Social Change

8.  Socialization, Social Order and Social Control

Books suggested:

1.  Robert Bierstedt: Social Order

2.  T.B. Bottommore: Sociology

3.  Haralambos and Holborn: Sociology

4.  NCERT: Sociology

5.  Telugu Academy: Samaja Nirmiti and Parivarthana

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.

III Year- V Semester:

Paper V (Compulsory): Social Demography

1.  Definition, Nature and Scope of Social Demography, its relation with Sociology

2.  Sources of Demographic Data: Population Census, Vital Statistics and National Sample Survey

3.  Size, Composition and Distribution of Population in India

4.  Population Theories: Malthus and Demographic Transition

5.  Components of Population Growth: Fertility, Mortality, and Migration

6.  Population Policy

7.  Problems of Rapid Population Growth in India

8.  Need for Population Control: Various Strategies adopted

Books suggested:

1.  Asha Binde and Tara Kanitkar: Principles of Population Studies

2.  David M. Heer: Population and Society

3.  M.K.Premi: An introduction to Social Demography

4.  U.N.O: Determinants and Consequences of Population Trends

III Year- V Semester:

Paper VI (Optionals):

(A) Rural Sociology and Development

1.  Scope, Need and Importance of Rural Sociology

2.  Rural Social Structure

3.  Rural Social Problems

4.  Major Agrarian Movements

5.  Agrarian Distress and Farmers’ Suicides

6.  Panchayatiraj and Village Factions

7.  Green, White and Blue Revolutions and Sustainable Development

8.  Rural Development and Welfare Programmes

Books suggested:

1.  A.R. Desai: Rural Sociology

2.  D.N.Dhanagare: Peasant Movements in India

3.  K.Radhakrishna Murty e.tal.: Agrarian Distress and Farmers’ Suicides in Andhra Pradesh

4.  Thorner and Thorner: Land and Labour in India

(B) Urban Sociology and Development

1.  Urban Sociology-Scope and Need for its Study in India

2.  Urban Community and its Features, Rural-Urban differences, Rural-Urban Relationships

3.  India’s Urbanization: Its Trends and Components

4.  Classification of Cities and their characteristics

5.  Urban Social Organization

6.  Urban Social Problems

7.  Municipal Administration in India and its Challenges

8.  Urban Community Development Programmes

Books suggested:

1.  M.S.A. Rao: Urban Sociology in India

2.  Gist and Fawa: Urban Society

3.  Alfred Desouza: The Indian City

4.  Asish Bose: Studies in India’s Urbanization

5.  K.Ranga Rao and M.S.A. Rao: Cities and Slums

6.  K.Radhakrishna Murty (Ed): Urbanization at the New Millennium: The Indian Perspective

III Year- VI Semester:

Paper VII(Compulsory):Polity, Economy and Society in India

1.  Scope and subject matter of Political Sociology;

2.  Power and Society: Weber, Pareto, and Rajni Kothari

3.  Political Identities and Political Processes; Political Culture and Political Socialization

4.  Political Parties and their Functions

5.  Sociological Aspects of Economic Phenomenon

6.  Interaction between Polity, Economy and Society

7.  Modes of Production in Feudalism, Capitalism and Socialism

8.  The Impact of Globalization on Economic Development

Books suggested:

1.  Partha Chatterjee: State and Politics in India

2.  Rajni Kothari (Ed): Caste and Politics in India

3.  A.Kohli: India’s Democracy

4.  Ritzer: The Macdonaldization of Indian Society

5.  Neil Smelser: The Sociology of Economic Life

III Year- VI Semester:

Paper VIII (Optionals):

(A) Society and Environment

1.  The rise and Development of Environmental Sociology in India

2.  Relationship between Ecology, Habitat and Environment; Relationship between Society, Economy and Environment

3.  The Nature of Ecosystems

4.  Environmental Degradation: Air, Water, Land, Soil Pollution

5.  Environmental Policy in India

6.  Environmental Activism in India

7.  Environmental Management Programmes

8.  The Disaster Management

Books suggested:

1.  I.S.Chauhan: Environmental Degradation

2.  Dharam Ghai: Development and Environment

3.  Anthony Giddens: Global Problems and Ecological Crisis

4.  S.R. Mehata: Poverty, Population and Sustainable Development

5.  Centre for Science and Environment (Govt. of India): The State of India’s Environment.

(B) Society and Education

1.  Sociological Approach to Education; Education as a Social System; Social Functions of Education

2.  Problems of Education in India; Wastage and Stagnation; Medium of Instruction; Assessment and Evaluation

3.  Education of Women, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes

4.  Sociology of Teaching; Experiments in Education; Students unrest

5.  New Education Policy- 1986

6.  Impact of Education on Modernization and Social Change

7.  The Concept of Lifelong Education

8.  Impact of Globalization and Privatization on Education in India

Books suggested:

1.  Mohanty: Modern Trends in Indian Education

2.  M.S.Gore: Indian Education, Structure and Processes

3.  Shakuntala Saxena: Sociological Perspectives in Indian Education

4.  Susan Verghese: Education, Modernization and Alienation: An Interface Study

5.  Ashley and Slatter: An Introduction to Sociology of Education