Unit-I: General Sociology

(a) Emergence of Sociology as an Academic Discipline;

 Sociological Perspectives; 

ScientificCharacter of Sociology; 

Nature, Scope and Significance of Sociology. 

(b) Basic Concepts; Society, 

Community, 

Association, 

Institution, 

Organization,

 Status and Role, 

Culture,

 Norms and Values,

 Socialization, Social Conformity and Deviance, 

Ethnicity and Race, 

Sex and Gender.

 (c) Social Control: 

Concept, 

Types,

 Agencies, 

Significance. 

(d) Social Change: Concept, 

Types,

 Factors, 

Theories;

 Liberalization

 and Globalisation.

 (e) Social Stratification:  

Concept, Types, Theories; Social Mobility; Caste, Class And Gender.

 (f) Social Perspectives of Religion.

 (g) Social Group: Concept, Types, Significance