The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester I
Classical Sociological Tradition I, Paper I
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
A. Historical socio-Economic background of the Emergence of Sociology.
A Comte hierarchy of science
B. Brief history of development of social thought (Renaissance its Impact)
Industrial revolution.
Unit 2 14 Marks
Karl Marx-Marx’s theory of Social change
Marxian Dialectical materialism as a philosophical perspective of change
and its laws. Materialism interpretation of history
As a perspective of explaining transformation of human society through
different stages Economic determinism.
Unit 3 14 Marks
Emile Durkheim: - Intellectual background Social disintegration as a legacy of
Industrial revolution.
Mechanical and organic solidarities explanation of increasing division of labour.
Pathological forms of division labour.
Unit 4 14 Marks
Max Weber- Intellectual background analysis of modern capitalism
Theory of Authority-Authority and power- Types of authority and bases of their
legitimacy.
Views on the role of ideas and values in social change with reference to the
relationship between Protestant ethane and emergence of capitalism
Unit 5 14 Marks
Thirster Veblem: - Theory of conspicuous consumption Theory of leisure class,
Theory for Social change
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester I
Methodology of sociological research-1,
Compulsory Paper 2
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
Concept of Method and methodology technique of research meaning and nature of
social research
Unit 2 14 Marks
Scientific method in social science types of social research Basic steps in Social
research.
Unit 3 14 Marks
Nature of social reality and approaches
Methodological perspective in Sociological theory,
Logic of inquiry in social research
Unit 4 14 Marks
Inductive and Deductive theory building
Objective its value & neutrality
Significance of Hypothesis in Social research
Unit 5 14 Marks
Quantitative Research Techniques:
Techniques and Methods of qualitative research
Participant observation ethnography interview
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester I
Rural Society in India-1,
Compulsory Paper 3
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
Rural Society- Meaning Definitions Characteristics Agrarian peasant and folk
society concept and characteristic village: Concept types Rural-Urban Distinction
and continuum
Unit 2 14 Marks
Rural social institution: Family, Religion, marriage, Caste system and changes
taking place
Unit 3 14 Marks
Agrarian Relation In rural India: Land ownership and its types.
Land and labour, Rural class structure, Jajmani system agrarian movements in
India
Unit 4 14 Marks
Rural political life; Rural elite and leadership-past and present
Faction and factionalism in rural India dominant caste in India
Emerging rural leadership and development
Unit 5 14 Marks
Rural Problems: Rural poverty, Land-less labour, Untouchability. Emigration of
people
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester I
Urban Society in India-1
Compulsory Paper 4
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
Urban Sociology:-
A. Concept of urban sociology and importance of urban study.
B. Urban community and spatial dimensions.
C. Changing urban society
Unit 2 14 Marks
Urban society in India:-
A. Urban society in India
B. Emerging trends and factors of Urbanization
Unit 3 14 Marks
A. Classification of urban centers:- Cities and Town
B. Indian city and its growth
Unit 4 14 Marks
Urban social structure and problems:-
A. Changing occupation structure and its impact on social stratification
B. Migration& Poverty
C. Urban environmental
Unit 5 14 Marks
Town planning:-
A. Factors affecting Urban planning.
B. Urban planning-meaning and agencies.
C. Problems of urban management in India
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester I
Planning: Programme and implementation
Compulsory Paper 5
Maximum Marks = 100
Qualitative data format and processing class room work shop on preparation
of census sheet, schedule, questionnaire, interview guide and observation
sheet.
Tabulation and analysis of data
Content analysis of data
Scaling techniques, graphic and diagrammatic presentation of data, data
collection through genealogy
Introductory computer training
Field work and report writing
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester II
Classical Sociological Tradition II, Paper II
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
Impact of industrial revolution and of new mode of production on society and economy,
Auguste Comte- study of statics and dynamics, law of three stages, positivism, religion of
humanity
Unit 2 14 Marks
Marx’s analysis of emergence and development of capitalism, concentration of concepts of
surplus value and exploitation, emergences of classes and class conflicts,
Future of capitalism and alienation in capitalist society,
Theory of Ideology-ideology as a part of super structure
Unit 3 14 Marks
Theory of suicide- Emile Durkheim-methodology by E.Durkheim,
Theory of religion- Sacred and profane source of religion,
Religious rituals- Their types, social role of religion
Unit 4 14 Marks
Max Waber- Theory of bureaucracy- capitalism and growing rationalism, and emergence of
modern bureaucracy,
Ideal type of bureaucracy,
Concepts of status, class and power,
Contribution of the methodology of the social science- Verstehen and Ideal types
Unit 5 14 Marks
Vilfred Pareto- Intellectual Background,
Contribution to the methodology- his logic experimental method,
Classification of logical and non-logical actions,
Explanation of non-logical actions in terms of his theory of residues and derivatives,
Theory of Social Change- circulation of elites
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester II
Methodology of Social Research – II, Paper II
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
Quantitative Methods and Survey Research,
Assumptions of quantifications and measurement,
Survey techniques, Limitations of Survey
Unit 2 14 Marks
Sampling Design,
Questionnaire construction,
Interview Schedule,
Measurement and Scaling
Unit 3 14 Marks
Case Study Method,
Content Analysis,
Life History,
Seciometry,
Panel Study
Unit 4 14 Marks
Statistics in Social Research: Measures of Central Tendency- Mean, Mode, Median
Measures of Dispersion: Standard Deviation, Mean Deviation, Quartile Deviation
Unit 5 14 Marks
Correlation Analysis: Tests of Significance, Graphic and Diagrammatic Presentation of data
Usage of Statistics in Social Research, Its advantages and limitations,
Application of computers in Social Research
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester II
Rural Society in India - II, Paper III
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
Rural Development: Meaning and significance of Rural Development in Society,
Panchayati Raj Institutions,
Panchayat before and after 73rd amendment,
Panchayati Raj in Madhya Pradesh
Unit 2 14 Marks
Rural Reconstruction and Planning,
Community Development Program,
Five Year Plans,
Cooperative Efforts and Cooperation,
Self Help Group, Gender and Development
Unit 3 14 Marks
Issues and Strategies for Rural Development,
Rural Social Structure and Culture,
Development and Socio-economic Disparities
Unit 4 14 Marks
Significance of Village Studies in India,
Changing rural society,
Green Revolution and Social Change,
Changing aspects of Rural Leadership,
Factionalism,
Empowerment of People
Unit 5 14 Marks
Social Change in Rural India: Sanskritization, Modernization, Globalization and Information in-
flow and its impacts on Rural India,
Planned change for Rural Society
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester II
Urban Society in India - II, Paper IV
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
Changing Occupational Structure and its impact on Social Stratification- Case, Class, Gender
and Family
Unit 2 14 Marks
Indian Cities and their Growth, Megapolis,
Problems in Housing, Slum Development,
Urban Environment Problems,
Urban Poverty
Unit 3 14 Marks
Differences between Town, City, Metropolis, & Megapolis,
Sociological studies in Indian cities: Chandigarh, Jaipur and Ahemadnagar
Unit 4 14 Marks
Problems of Urban Areas: Poverty, Crime, Alcoholism, Drug-abuse, Migration,
Problems of Housing, Environmental Pollution
Unit 5 14 Marks
Politics in Indian Cities,
Educational Centers in Urban India,
The Role of Mass-Media, Computers & IT in Urban Centers in India
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester II
Field Training, Paper V
Maximum Marks = 100
Validity and Reliability in Qualitative Research recording case study on the
topic/problem assigned by the concerned class teacher
Encounters and experiences in field work
Field visits, Collection of data, analysis, of data and report writing
Writing report about the field visit- The student will be taken to the field area under the
supervision of teacher nominated by the Head of the Department; the staff council of the
department will decide the topic & area on which report is to be written by the students.
Scheme of Examination
A board of examiner consisting of the HoD or his/her nominee and an external examiner
not below the rank of reader will examine the paper.
Distribution of Marks
50% of On Record Book
50% Viva-Voce
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester III
Sociology of Kinship, Marriage & Family, Paper I
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
Kinship: definition, types, usages, classificatory kinship
Unit 2 14 Marks
Marriage: definition, types, ways to acquiring mates, preferential marriage, sociological
significance of marriage
Unit 3 14 Marks
Family: A universal concept, function of family, typology of family, a polyandrous and
matrilineal family.
Unit 4 14 Marks
Problems:
1. Distances in kinship behavior
2. Divorce and widows.
3. Broken family, old age person, loneliness in family, Gerontology, child problems.
Unit 5 14 Marks
1. Changing attitudes towards kinship.
2. Recent changes in marriage & family system.
3. Impact of globalization on Indian family system.
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester III
Indian Society and culture, Paper II
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
Components of Indian society:
a. Demographic, Religious Linguistic, Regional and Cultural group.
b. Caste and Dominant Caste.
c. Class and Class formation in recent India.
Unit 2 14 Marks
Culture:
a. Definition attributes and Component of Culture.
b. Little and great tradition in India.
c. Acculturation and Enculturation
Unit 3 14 Marks
Organizations and Institution:
a. Family and Marriage.
b. Kinship and Clan.
c. Rural and Urban Continuum.
Unit 4 14 Marks
Groups:
a. Rural India: Concept, Characteristics, problems, theories of origin of village
communities.
b. Tribal India: Concept, characteristics, problems, constitutional provisions and
protections.
c. Urban India: concept, characteristics, problems.
Unit 5 14 Marks
Monographs: (Basics)
a. An Indian Village. S.C. Dube.
b. The Kamar. S.C. Dube.
c. The City. D. Souza
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester III
Sociological Essay, Paper III
Maximum Marks = 70
Students have to choose one of the following topics and write an essay on it:
1. Women Empowerment
2. Child Labour
3. Domestic Violence
4. Panchayati Raj
5. Rural Development
6. Social Change
7. N.G.O
8. Human Rights
9. Self Help Groups
10. Environment
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester III
Industrial Sociology, Optional Paper (A) - IV
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
a. Industrial Sociology: Nature and Scope.
b. Development of Industrial Structure: Informal and Formal Industry.
c. Division of Labour, Alienation Labour Unrest and Class-Struggle.
Unit 2 14 Marks
a. Industrial Bureaucracy.
b. Labour Organization.
c. Labour Movement
Unit 3 14 Marks
a. Work Concept: Nature; Word ethics
b. Labour Migration
c. Labour relation in India
Unit 4 14 Marks
a. Industrial Society.
b. Women and Child Labour
c. Industry in Trial area
Unit 5 14 Marks
a. Contemporary Industrial Reality.
b. Power, Industry and Capitalism.
c. Labour security and Social welfare
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester III
Option (B) Criminology, Optional Paper IV
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
a. Criminology- meaning, scope, subject matter
b. Concept of white color crime.
c. Crime against women: crime and women.
Unit 2 14 Marks
Theories & Types:
a. Sociological theories of crime
b. Typology of crime
c. Juvenile Delinquency
Unit 3 14 Marks
Correctional Programme-
a. Educational, Vocational
b. Human Rights & Prison management.
c. Reformatory institutions
Unit 4 14 Marks
Punishment:
a. Meaning nature and aims
b. Theories of punishment
c. Probation and Parole
Unit 5 14 Marks
Prison
a. Concept of prison
b. Role of police in crime prevention
Open prison after care & rehabilitation compensation to victim.
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester III
Option (C) Social Demography, Optional Paper IV
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
Concept:
a. Social demography: definition method of study, utility relationship between.
b. Demography and social sciences (Sociology Economics and Political sciences).
c. Population structure in India and policies
Unit 2 14 Marks
census:
a. Importance of census, census policy in India.
b. Methods of finding and analyzing birth & date rate.
c. Crude birth and death rate.
Unit 3 14 Marks
Theories:
a. Malthus and Neo Malthusian theories.
b. Biological, economical, socio – Cultural theories
c. Optimum theory of population
Unit 4 14 Marks
Welfare:
a. Family welfare program in India.
b. Critical evaluation of family welfare programme in India.
c. Family welfare and Health
Unit 5 14 Marks
Policy:
a. Policies: Demographic role in India
b. Govt. policies regarding population control. In Indian context.
c. Role of N.G.O in the field of betterment of Indian Population.
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester IV
Theoretical perspective in Sociology, Paper I
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
Nature of formation of sociology theory
a. Meaning and Nature of sociological theory
b. Formation process of sociological theory
c. Levels of theorization
Unit 2 14 Marks
Social structure and Social anomie:
a. The idea of social structure- reddifle brown and S F Nadel.
b. Social anomie- Emile Durkheim and R K Merton
c. Neo structuralism
M.Foucault and J Alexender
Unit 3 14 Marks
Theory of functionalism:
a. Functionalism (early theories)- malionowaski and Emile Durkheim
b. Functional dimensions of social system- T. parsons
c. Paradigm for functional theory in sociology- R.K. Merton
Unit 4 14 Marks
Conflict theory-
a. Conflict theory – Karl Marx
b. Criticisim of Marxism - Ralf dahrendorf
c. Functional analysis of conflict- L.Coser.
Unit 5 14 Marks
Interactionist perspective and recent trends in sociological theory:
a. Symbolic interactionism (G.H mead and Blumer)
b. Phenomenological Sociology (A.Schutz and Edmund Husserl)
c. Ethno methodology (H.Garfinkel)
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester IV
Sociology of change and Development, Paper II
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
Social Change:
a. Meaning and forms of social change: progress, evolution, and development.
b. Theories of social change: linear, cyclical and diffusionism.
c. Factors of social change: demographic, economic, religious and educational.
Unit 2 14 Marks
Social Progress:
a. Process of social change: sanskritization and westernization.
b. Concept of modernization and secularization.
c. Concept of Democratization and Globalization
Unit 3 14 Marks
Development:
a. Cultural and development, Post modernism.
b. Changing conceptions of development: Economic growth, human development, and
sustainable development
c. Approaches and strategies of planning and development
Unit 4 14 Marks
Agencies of development and change:
a. Paths and ways of development: capitalist, socialist and Gandhians
b. Culture and development: culture as an aid to development, Development and change of
tradition.
c. Role of NGO’s in the process of development.
Unit 5 14 Marks
Indian experiences of development:
a. Transition from welfare state to capitalist society
b. Cultural transformation
c. Social impact of IT revolution
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester IV
Political Sociology, Paper III
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
a. Political Sociology: Definition, subject Matter and Scope
b. Political development, Political socialization
c. Political Participation
Unit 2 14 Marks
a. Political System: Definition, Classification
b. Political Elite: Pareto, Mosca & Mills
c. Political Culture
Unit 3 14 Marks
a. Democratic System: Definition, Characteristics, Merits and Types of democracy,
Democracy in India
b. Totalitarian System: Definition, Types: Cephalic and Acephalic
Unit 4 14 Marks
a. Pressure and Interest group, Political Parties
b. Voting behaviour, Political Processes in India.
c. Bureaucracy: Concept, Characteristics, Views of Marx Weber on Bureaucracy
Unit 5 14 Marks
a. Significance of public opinion in Democracy, Policies of protective discrimination and
subaltern polity.
b. Decentralization of Politics
c. Panchayati Raj
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester III
Industrial Sociology, Optional Paper (A) - IV
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
a. Industrial Sociology: Nature and Scope.
b. Development of Industrial Structure: Informal and Formal Industry.
c. Division of Labour, Alienation Labour Unrest and Class-Struggle.
Unit 2 14 Marks
a. Industrial Bureaucracy.
b. Labour Organization.
c. Labour Movement
Unit 3 14 Marks
a. Work Concept: Nature; Word ethics
b. Labour Migration
c. Labour relation in India
Unit 4 14 Marks
a. Industrial Society.
b. Women and Child Labour
c. Industry in Trial area
Unit 5 14 Marks
a. Contemporary Industrial Reality.
b. Power, Industry and Capitalism.
c. Labour security and Social welfare
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester IV
Option (B) Criminology, Optional Paper IV
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
a. Criminology- meaning, scope, subject matter
b. Concept of white color crime.
c. Crime against women: crime and women.
Unit 2 14 Marks
Theories & Types:
a. Sociological theories of crime
b. Typology of crime
c. Juvenile Delinquency
Unit 3 14 Marks
Correctional Programme-
a. Educational, Vocational
b. Human Rights & Prison management.
c. Reformatory institutions
Unit 4 14 Marks
Punishment:
a. Meaning nature and aims
b. Theories of punishment
c. Probation and Parole
Unit 5 14 Marks
Prison
a. Concept of prison
b. Role of police in crime prevention
Open prison after care & rehabilitation compensation to victim.
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester IV
Option (C) Sociology of Kinship, Marriage and Family, Optional Paper IV
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
Kinship: definition, types, usages, classificatory kinship
Unit 2 14 Marks
Marriage: definition, types, ways to acquiring mates, preferential marriage, sociological
significance of marriage.
Unit 3 14 Marks
Family: A universal concept, function of family, typology of family, a polyandrous and
matrilineal family
Unit 4 14 Marks
Problems:
1. Distances in kinship behavior
2. Divorce, widower and widows
3. Broken family, old age person, loneliness in family, Gerontology, child problems.
Unit 5 14 Marks
1. Changing attitudes towards kinship.
2. Recent changes in marriage & family system.
3. Impact of globalization on Indian family system.
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester IV
Option (D) Sociology of Kinship, Optional Paper IV
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
Concept:
a. Social demography: definition method of study.
b. Demography and social sciences (Sociology Economics and Political sciences).
c. Population structure in India and policies
Unit 2 14 Marks
Census:
a. Importance of census, census policy in India.
b. Methods of finding and analyzing birth & date rate.
c. Crude birth and death rate
Unit 3 14 Marks
Theories:
a. Malthus and Neo Malthusian theories.
b. Biological, economical, socio – Cultural theories
c. Optimum theory of population
Unit 4 14 Marks
Welfare:
a. Family welfare program in India.
b. Critical evaluation of family welfare programme in India.
c. Family welfare and Health
Unit 5 14 Marks
Policy:
a. Policies: Demographic role in India
b. Govt. policies regarding population control. In Indian context.
c. Role of N.G.O in the field of betterment of Indian Population
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences
2016-17
MA Sociology, Semester IV
Option (E) Indian Society and Culture, Optional Paper IV
Maximum Marks = 70
Unit 1 14 Marks
Components of Indian society:
a. Demographic, Religious Linguistic, Regional and Cultural group.
b. Caste and Dominant Caste.
c. Class and Class formation in recent India.
Unit 2 14 Marks
Culture:
a. Definition attributes and Component of Culture.
b. Little and great tradition in India.
c. Acculturation and Enculturation
Unit 3 14 Marks
Organizations and Institution:
a. Family and Marriage.
b. Kinship and Clan.
c. Rural and Urban Continuum
Unit 4 14 Marks
Groups:
a. Rural India: Concept, Characteristics, problems, theories of origin of village
communities.
b. Tribal India: Concept, characteristics, problems, constitutional provisions and
protections.
c. Urban India: concept, characteristics, problems.
Unit 5 14 Marks
Monographs: (Basics)
a. An Indian Village: S.C. Dube.
b. The Kamar: S.C. Dube.
c. The City: D. Souza
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