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    Course Title: Introduction to Sociology
    Course Code: SOC 101 Credit Units: 03
    Course Objectives: This introductory paper is intended to acquaint the students with sociology
    as a social science and the distinctiveness of its approach among the social sciences. It is to be
    organized in such a way that even students without any previous exposure to sociology could
    acquire an interest in the subject.

    Pre-requisites: Student should be 10+ 2 pass out from any stream.

    Student Learning Outcomes:


     To define Society and its various Institutions
     To apply various terms and concepts related to Sociology in Society
     To analyze the structure and function of society
    .Course Contents/Syllabus:
    Weightage (%)
    Module I
    Descriptors/Topics
    Sociological perspective; Sociology as a science; Sociology and Common Sense; 20%
    Sociology and other social Sciences, Society, community, Institution,
    Association, Group, Social structure, Status and Role, Human and Animal
    Society.

    Module II
    Descriptors/Topics
    Institutions: Family and kinship, religion, education, State, Culture: meaning
    and characteristics; Types of culture, Types of society; Pre-modern societies: 20%
    hunters and gatherers, pastoral and agrarian, non-industrial and traditional;
    Modern societies: Industrial, Advanced/Post industrial, Developing societies.
    Module III
    Descriptors/Topics 30%
    (a) Socialization: meaning and agencies; Theories of child development; Re-
    socialization.
    (b) Social control: meaning, agencies and mechanisms; Conformity and Deviance
    Module IV
    Descriptors/Topics
    (a) Social stratification: meaning and forms – Caste, Class, Status, Power, Gender and 30%
    Ethnicity; Social Mobility, Social Closure and Social Exclusion.
    (b) Social Change: definition, factors and theories of social change.
    (c) Social Processes: Conflict, Cooperation, Competition, Assimilation,
    Accommodation
    Pedagogy for Course Delivery:

    The course is designed to be taught through the lecture mode. However, during
    tutorial sessions group discussions and seminar presentations on various themes
    and empirical related to the course may be organized.
    Lab/ Practicals details, if applicable:
    Not Applicable
    List of Experiments:
    Assessment/ Examination Scheme:

    Theory L/T (%) Lab/Practical/Studio (%) End Term Examination

    30% N.A 70%

    Theory Assessment (L&T):


    Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment End Term
    Examination
    Components (Drop CT HA PPT ATT
    down)

    Weightage (%) 10 05 10 05 70

    Lab/ Practical/ Studio Assessment: Not Applicable

    Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment End Term


    Examination
    Components (Drop
    down
    Weightage (%)

    Text:
     Bottomore, T.B. 1972. Sociology: A guide to problems and literature. Bombay: George
    Allen and Unwin (India).
     Harlambos, M. 1998. Sociology: Themes and perspectives. New Delhi: Oxford
    University Press.
     Inkeles, Alex. 1987. What is sociology? New Delhi: Prentice-Hall of India.
     Jayaram, N. 1988. Introductory sociology. Madras: Macmillan India.
     Johnson, Harry M. 1995. Sociology: A systematic introduction. New Delhi: Allied
    Publishers.

    References:
     Schaefer, Richard T. and Robert P.Lamm. 1999. Sociology. New Delhi: Tata-McGraw
    Hill.
     Bauman, Zygmunt. Thinking Sociologically, London: Blackwell, 1990.
     Berger, Peter. An Invitation to Sociology – A Humanist Perspective, Harmondsworth:
    Penguin, 1966

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