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This is part of PG Syllabus for CUCET
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CUCET Sociology and Social Work Syllabus
Test Paper Code: PGQP21
Section I (Sociology)
Basic Concepts in Sociology
Unit I
Sociology: Definition, nature and scope; Relationship with other Social Sciences: Psychology,Anthropology, History, Economics, Political Science.
Unit II
Basic Concepts: Social Structure, Society, Social Organization, Community, Association, Norms, Values,
Unit III
Status and Role: Types of status and role and their interrelation
Unit IV
Socialization: Meaning, types, processes and agencies. Theories of self (Freud, Cooley and Mead)
Culture: Meaning, characteristics; material and non-material culture; cultural lag; culture and civilization.
Social Process And Problems
Unit I
Social Processes: Cooperation, Accommodation, Assimilation and Competition and Conflict.
Unit II
Social Groups: Definition, characteristics, types (primary and secondary; in-group and outgroup; Reference group and Peer group).
Unit III
Social Institutions: Marriage; Family; Kinship; Education; Religion and economy (meaning and functions) and Religion: Meaning and Functions
Unit IV
Social Control: Meaning, Significance and agencies. Social Deviance: Meaning, characteristics, forms and factors.
Society, Culture and Social Change
Unit I
Societies: Types and Characteristics- Tribal, Rural, Urban, Industrial and Post-Industrial.
Unit II
Culture: Definition and Nature; Types- Material and Non- Material. Socialization: Its importance, Process and Stages. Social Control: Its Types and Means
Unit III
Processes of Social Change: Characteristic Features of Industrialization, Modernization, Globalization and Secularization
Unit IV
Social Stratification: types , theories of stratification and mobility and its types
Indian Society
Unit I
Evolution of Indian Society: Traditional bases of Indian Society; Unity and Diversity in India; India as a Pluralistic Society.
Unit II
Caste, theories and Caste system and its Changing Dimensions in India and Dominant caste.
Unit III
Processes of Social Change in India: Sanskritization, Westernization, modernistion Parochiatization and Universatization
Unit IV
Social Issues and Problems: Gender Discrimination, Secularism and Religious Minorities, Problems of Dalits Women and OBC and Affirmative Actions
Social Research
Unit I
Social Research: Definition, Nature and purpose; Steps in Social Research; Problem of Objectivity and Subjectivity in Social Research
Unit II
Research Method: Research Designs; Social Survey; Hypothesis- Types & significance; Sampling and Sampling Procedure
Unit III
Techniques of Data Collection: Types of Data; Techniques- Observation, Interview, Questionnaire, Schedule and Case Study
Unit IV
Statistical Analysis and Use of Computer in Social Research: Classification and Tabulation of data; Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median and Mode; Use of Computers in Social Research.
Social Problems in India
Unit I
Social Problem: Meaning and Definition; Importance of the Study of Social Problems; Sociological Perspectives on Social Problem-Anomie and suicide (Durkheim) Labeling (Becker).
Unit II
Structural Issues: Inequality of Caste, Class Gender and Ethnicity; Communalism; Problems of Minorities.
Unit III
Problems and Issues: Female Foeticide, Dowry, Domestic Violence, Divorce; Problems of Aged.
Unit IV
Social Disorganization: Crime and Juvenile Delinquency, Corruption, Drug Addiction, Suicide, nepotism, Prostitution and AIDS
Social Change and Development
Unit I
Social Change: Concept, Forms and Factors;. Theories of Social Change: Linear (Spencer), Cyclical (Pareto), Fluctuation (Sorokin); Conflict Theory (Marx)
Unit II
Social Change in Contemporary India: Trends and Processes of Change Sanskritisation, Westernization, Modernization and Secularization
Unit III
Development Programmes in India: Development Programme in India; The Five Year Plans, Community Development Programme, , Panchayat Raj; Impact of new Panchayati Raj on Women Empowerment
Unit IV
Concept and Features of Development.
Foundations of Social Thought
Unit I
Positivism: Comte s Law of three stages, Social Static & Dynamics, Evolutionism- Spencer s Evolutionary Approach
Unit II
Functionalism: Durkheims Concept of Social Fact, Division of labour in Society; Radcliffe Brown s Structural-Functional Approach
Unit III
Conflict: Marx s concept of Dialectical Historical Materialism, Class & Class Conflict; Coser s Approach to Social Conflict
Unit IV
Internationalism: Weber s Interpretative Sociology; Types of Social Action; G.H.Mead s Concept of Self & Society
Rural Society: Structure and Change
Unit I
Introduction to Rural Sociology: Origin, Nature, Subject Matter and Importance.
Unit II
Rural Social Structure: Caste and Class in Rural Set Up, Inter Caste Relation with reference to Jajmani System; Rural Family and Changing pattern
Unit III
Rural Economy: Land Tenure System, Land Reforms; Green Revolution and Its Impact; Bonded and Migrant Labourers; Major Changes in Rural Society.
Unit IV
Rural Political Structure: Traditional Caste and Village Panchayats; Panchayati Raj before and after 73rd Constitutional Amendment, Panchayati Raj and Empowerment of Women
Section II (Social Work)
Unit I
Social concepts: family, marriage, neighborhood, community, organization, culture, caste, clan, values, culture, traditions, practices, norms, lifestyle, health, socialization, needs,
Unit II
Economic concepts: economy, market, production, distribution, demand, supply, labor, income, expenditure, globalization, privatization, liberalization, industrialization,
Unit III
Political concepts: politics, democracy, decentralization, panchayat, legislature, executive, judiciary, human rights, social justice, freedom, liberty, fundamental rights & duties,
Unit IV
Psychological concepts: individual, self, behavior, mental functions, attitude, emotions, beliefs, self-esteem, intelligence,
Unit V
Environmental concepts: environment, atmosphere, pollution-air, water, sound; natural resources - air, water, soil, forest; disaster,
Unit- VI
Legal concepts: constitution, law, petition, litigation, First hand information report (FIR),
Unit VII
Social reform, social movement, social work :
Concepts: social reform, social movement, revolution, satyagraha, non-violence, truth, justice, peace, social work, social development;
Bhakti movement Guru Nanak, Kabir, Basaveshwar; Social reformers Rajaram Mohan Roy, Swami Vivekanand, Dhondo Singh Karve; Freedom movement Gandhi, Subhaschandra Bose; Dalit & Social movement Ambedkar, Medha Patkar, Anna Hazare, Aaruna Roy; Non-government organizations, Corporate.
Unit VIII
Social change and Social transformation:
Concepts: social change, social transformation,
Unit IX
Sustainable technologies:
Forms of sustainable technologies: solar, wind, bio-gas, bio-mass, bio-diesel;
Pollution control through technologies.