WBSU Sociology UG Syllabus Minor

Department of Sociology
Undergraduate Syllabus
MINOR (Non-Lab Based Course)
Minor Discipline Paper 1 (MA-1)
Semester – I
Credits – 5 (75 Hours)
INTRODUCING SOCIOLOGY
1. Sociology: The Discipline (15hrs)

1.1 Definition and Scope
1.2 Relationship with Anthropology and History
2. Basic Concepts (45hrs)
2.1 Society; social interaction; community; association; institution; culture; cultural lag; social
structure; social system; social action; status and role; role conflict; role set; norms and values;
folkways and mores; conformity and deviance; law and customs;
2.2 Socialization: Concept; Processes and Agencies, nature-nurture debate

2.3 Social Processes: Integrative and Disintegrative
2.4 Social Control: Types and Agencies
2.5. Social Groups: Concept, Types
2.6 Social Stratification: Concept; Forms, Social Mobility
Reading References
• Gisbert, P. 2010. Fundamentals of Sociology. New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan.

• Alex, Inkeles. 1964. What is Sociology? An Introduction to the Discipline and Profession.
London: Prentice Hall.
• Ginsberg, Morris. 1955. Sociology. London: Oxford University Press.
• MacIver, R.M. and Page, C.H. 1952. Society: An Introductory Analysis. London: Macmillan
& Co. Ltd.
• Anthony Giddens. 2013. Sociology (Seventh Edition).
• Bottomore, T.B. 1962. Sociology. London: George Allen and Unwin.
• Fulcher, James, and John Scott. 2007. Sociology (Third Ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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• Haralambos, M. and Holborn, M. 2013. Sociology: Themes and Perspectives. New York:
Harper Collins Publishers Limited.
• Henslin, James M., et al. 2015. Sociology: A down to earth approach. AU: Pearson Higher
Education.
• Jayaram, N. 1987. Introductory Sociology. New Delhi: Macmillan.
• Macionis, John. 1996. Sociology. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
• McIntyre, Lisa J. 2011.The Practical Sceptic: Core Concepts in sociology. New York:
McGraw-Hill
• Sharma, K. L. 2006. Social Stratification and Mobility. Jaipur: Rawat Publication
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Department of Sociology
Undergraduate Syllabus
MINOR (Non-Lab Based Course)
Minor Discipline Paper 2 (MA-2)
Semester – II
Credits – 5 (75 Hours)
INTRODUCING INDIAN SOCIETY – I
1. India: Unity and Diversity (10 hrs.)
2. Basic Social Institutions (25 hrs.)
2.1 Caste: Concept, features, and critique
2.2 Family: Traditional Joint Family and its disintegration debate
2.3. Village: Village solidarity, Agrarian Class structure
3. Contemporary social issues and mobilizations (25 hrs.)
3.1 Farmers’ movement
3.2 Dalit movement
3.3 Women’s movement
Reading References
• Dube, S.C. 2005. Indian Society. Bharatiya Samaj (in Bengali). New Delhi: National Book Trust.
• Ghurye, G.S. 2008. Caste and Race in India. Bombay: Popular Prakashan
• Srinvas, M. N. 1987. The Dominant Caste and Other Essays, Delhi: Oxford University Press,
Pp.20-59
• Srinivas, M.N. 1966. Social Change in Modern India. Bombay: Allied Publishers.
• Mencher, J. 1991. ‘The Caste System Upside Down,’ in D. Gupta (ed.), Social Stratification.
Delhi: Oxford University Press: 93-109
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• Karve, I. 1953. ‘Introduction’ in Kinship Organization in India. Bombay Asia Publishing
House, pp. 8-14
• Mandelbaum, D. G. 1948. ‘The Family in India, ‘Southwestern Journal of Anthropology,
4(2), 123–139.
• Shah, A. M. 1968. ‘Changes in the Indian Family: An Examination of Some Assumptions.
‘Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 3, no. 1/2: 127–34
• Mandelbaum, D.G. 1970. Society in India. Bombay: Popular Prakashan.
• Dhanagare, D.N., 1991, ‘The Model of Agrarian Classes in India, in D. Gupta (ed.), Social
Stratification, Delhi: Oxford University Press, Pp. 271-275
• Shah, G. 2004. Social Movements in India: A Review of Literature. New Delhi: Sage
Publications
• Social Movement (P-14). E-PG Pathshala. Source:
https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/Home/ViewSubject?catid=sP9KhysDemvbqPHPOAmaYw==
Credit Distribution for Minor Courses:

Credit Distribution for each course: Lecture (4) = 60 hours
Tutorial (1) = 15 hours
Total: 5 Credits = 75 hours
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Department of Sociology

1. Sociology: The Discipline (15hrs)

2.2 Socialization: Concept; Processes and Agencies, nature-nurture debate

• Gisbert, P. 2010. Fundamentals of Sociology. New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan.

INTRODUCING INDIAN SOCIETY – I

1. India: Unity and Diversity (10 hrs.)

2. Basic Social Institutions (25 hrs.)

2.1 Caste: Concept, features, and critique

2.2 Family: Traditional Joint Family and its disintegration debate

2.3. Village: Village solidarity, Agrarian Class structure

3. Contemporary social issues and mobilizations (25 hrs.)

3.1 Farmers’ movement

3.2 Dalit movement

3.3 Women’s movement

Credit Distribution for Minor Courses:

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