Master of Arts (MA Sociology), Shivaji University, Kolhapur

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Shivaji University, Kolhapur is offering Master of Arts (MA Sociology). In this section, learn about the Master of Arts (MA Sociology) course at Shivaji University, Kolhapur

Semester I

Paper No. SOC 001 CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL TRADITIONS
- Unit - I Origins of Sociological Theory: Historical, Socio-economic and Intellectual Forces
- Unit – II Karl Marx (1818-1883)
- Unit – III Emile Durkheim (1858-1917)
- Unit – IV Max Weber (1864-1920)

Paper No. SOC 002 UNDERSTANDING INDIAN SOCIETY
- Unit - I Historical Moorings of Indian Societ
- Unit - II Diversity and Unity in India
- Unit - III Segments of Indian Society and their Changing Feature
- Unit - IV Indian Society : Continuity and Change

Paper No. SOE 001 SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN INDIA
- Unit – I Social Movements
- Unit – II Leadership, Social Movement and Social Change
- Unit – III Traditional Social Movements in India
- Unit – IV New Social Movements in India

Paper No. SOE 002 SOCIAL ECOLOGY
- Unit – I Basic Concepts
- Unit – II Human Population and Ecosystem
- Unit – III Changing Human Habitat and Settlement Patterns
- Unit – IV Ecological Problems and Legislations

Paper No. SOE 003 RURAL SOCIETY IN INDIA
- Unit – I Approaches to the Study of Rural Society
- Unit – II Changing Nature of Rural Social Institutions
- Unit – III Agrarian Social Structure and Change
- Unit – IV Rural Society and Planned Change

Paper No. SOE 004 INDUSTRY AND SOCIETY IN INDIA
- Unit - I Industrial Society in the classical Sociological Tradition
- Unit - II Industrial Society in the classical Sociological Tradition
- Unit - III Industrial Relations
- Unit - IV Industrialization and Social Change

Semester II

Paper No. SOC 003 CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL TRADITIONS
- Unit –I Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1920)
- Unit - II Charles Horton Cooley (1864-1929)
- Unit - III George Herbert Mead (1863-1931)
- Unit - IV Classical Traditions: A summary

Paper No. SOC 004 PERSPECTIVES ON INDIAN SOCIETY
- Unit - I Development of Sociology and Social Anthropology in India
- Unit - II Perspectives on Indian Society
- Unit - III Marxist Perspective
- Unit - IV Civilizational and Sub-altern Perspective

Paper No. SOE 011 SOCIOLOGY OF CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT
- Unit - I Meaning and Forms of Social Change
- Unit - II Social Change in Contemporary India
- Unit - III Concept of Development, Theories of Development and Underdevelopment
- Unit - IV Paths of Development

Paper No. SOE 012 RESOURCES, DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT IN INDIA
- Unit - I Profile of Natural Resources in India
- Unit - II Development and Environment
- Unit - III Specific Developmental Processes and Environment in India
- Unit - IV Distribution of Natural Resources and Natural Disasters

Semester I & IV

Group-E (Paper No. SOC-04) METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
- Unit - I Philosophical roots of Social Research
- Unit - II Nature of Social Reality and Approaches
- Unit - III Theory, Fact and Hypothesis
- Unit - IV Quantitative Methods and Survey Research
- Unit - V Statistics in Social Research
- Unit - VI Qualitative Research Techniques
- Unit - VII The use of computer in Social Research
- Unit - VIII Report Writing

GROUP-E1 – PAPER-X POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY
- Unit - I Nature of Political Sociology
- Unit - II Approaches to Political Sociology
- Unit - III Political culture & socialization
- Unit - IV Elite theories of distribution of power
- Unit - V Political Participation
- Unit - VI Political bureaucracy
- Unit - VII Political process and parties in India
- Unit - VIII Indian Political Thinkers