Dr. B. R. AMBEDKAR OPEN UNIVERSITY. Faculty of Social Sciences B.A. SOCIOLOGY SYLLABUS

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1 Dr. B. R. AMBEDKAR OPEN UNIVERSITY Faculty of Social Sciences B.A. SOCIOLOGY SYLLABUS SECOND YEAR COURSE - 01: PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY COURSE - 02: INDIAN SOCIETY THIRD YEAR COURSE - 03: SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY COURSE - 04: SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1

2 COURSE-01: PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY BLOCK-I: SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE Unit 1: Sociology Definition, Nature and Scope Unit 2: Sociology and other Social Sciences Unit 3: Origin and Development of Sociology: The Early Sociologists BLOCK II: SOCIETY AND SOCIAL INTERACTION Unit 4: Nature of Human Society Distinctions between Human and Non Human Societies Unit 5: Elements of Social Structure: Norms, Values, Status, Role, Institutions and the Process of Institutionalizations Unit -6: Contact and Communication-Nature of Symbolic Interaction Unit 7: Forms of Interaction Associative and Dissociative Processes BLOCK III: SOCIAL GROUPS AND COMMUNITIES Unit -8: Meaning, Functions of Social Groups and Types of Social Groups Unit 9: Community Definition and Characteristics Unit -10: Types of Communities Tribal, Rural & Urban BLOCK IV: SOCIALISATION AND SOCIAL CONTROL Unit -11: Society and Individual: The Process of Socialization and Personality Formation Unit -12: Theories and Agencies of Socialization Unit -13: Deviance: Definition, Meaning and Types Unit -14: Social Control Meaning, Definition and Agencies BLOCK V: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION Unit 15: Status and Position, Social Stratification Unit 16: Estate System General Features Unit 17: Social Classes: Life Chances and Life Styles Unit 18: Caste System Varna, Jati Unit 19: Social Mobility: Meaning, Types and Factors BLOCK VI: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS Unit 20: Marriage, Family and Kinship Types, Characteristics & Functions Unit - 21: Economic Institutions: Technology, Economic Activity and Types of Economy Unit 22: Property as an Institution Types and Inheritance Unit 23: Political Institutions: State and Society Forms of State and Social Basis of Political Unit 24: Religious Institutions Characteristics, Forms and Functions of Religion Unit 25: Functions of Educational Institutions 2

3 COURSE-02: INDIAN SOCIETY BLOCK-I: COMPOSITION OF POULATION Unit 1: Indian Society: Composition Unit 2: Unity in Diversity and Nationalism BLOCK-II: HINDU SOCIAL ORGANISATION Unit 3: Normative and Scriptural Basis of Hindu Religion Unit 4: Varna and Jathi Unit 5: The Jajmani System Unit 6: Marriage, Family and Kinship among Hindus BLOCK-III: SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN & TRIBES Unit 7: Basic Features of Islam and Christianity Unit 8: Marriage, Family, Kinship and Inheritance among Muslims Unit 9: Marriage, Family among Christians Unit 10: Tribal Religion Unit 11: Marriage, family, Kinship and inheritance among Tribes BLOCK-I: SOCIAL CHANGE AND PROCESS OF SOCIAL CHANGE Unit 12: Concept of Social Change, Evolution and Progress Unit 13: Factors of Social Change Unit 14: Sanskritisation and Islamisation Unit 15: Westernisation, Modernisation and Secularisation Unit 16: Industrialization and Urbanisation BLOCK-V: SOCIAL ISSUES Unit 17: Violation of Human Rights Unit 18: Gender Based Inequalities Unit 19: Ethnicity and Social Integration, Problems of Casteism in India Unit 20: Industry, Economic Development and Environment BLOCK-VI: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS Unit 21: Religious Movements Unit 22: Agrarian Movements Unit 23: Sectarian Movements Unit 24: Regional Movements Unit 25: Dalit and Girijan Movements 3

4 COURSE-03: SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY BLOCK I: FIELD OF SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY Unit 1: Nature and Scope of Social Demography Unit 2: Sources of Demographic Data BLOCK II: POPULATION THEORIES Unit 3: Pre-Malthusian Theories Unit 4: Malthusian Theory Unit 5: Demographic Transition Theory BLOCK III: INDIAN POPULATION COMPOSITION Unit 6: Population Composition Age, Sex, Marital Composition & Change Unit 7: Ethnic and Religious Composition Unit 8: Occupational and Educational Composition Unit 9: Rural and Urban Differences in Population Composition BLOCK IV: FERTILITY AND MORTALITY Unit 10: Meaning and Significance of Fertility Unit 11: Differential Fertility and Measures of Fertility Unit 12: Meaning and Significance of Mortality Unit 13: Differential Mortality and Measures of Mortality Unit 14: Socio-economic factors affecting fertility & mortality BLOCK V: MIGRATION Unit 15: Meaning, Significance and types of migration Unit 16: Factors and consequences of migration BLOCK VI: POPULATION PROBLEMS Unit 17: Under population and Over population Unit 18: World population growth with special reference to India Unit 19: Concept of population control and methods of Birth control Unit 20: Population problem, Economic development & Population education Unit 21: Family Planning and Family Welfare Unit 22: India s Population Policy 4

5 COURSE-04: SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY BLOCK I: SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY CULTURE AND SOCIETY Unit 1: Origin, Development, Scope and Methods of Social Anthropology Unit 2: Definition, Characteristics, and Attributes of Culture Unit 3: Cultural Processes Unit 4: Differences between Tribe and Caste BLOCK II: FAMILY. MARRIAGE, KINSHIP AMONG TRIBES Unit 5: Forms of Marriage and Ways of Acquiring mates Unit 6: Characteristics, Types of Tribal Family Unit -7: Kinship Lineage, Clan, Phratry and Moiety BLOCK III: TRIBAL ECONOMY AND POLITY Unit 8: Nature and Forms of Tribal Economy Unit 9: Reciprocity, Redistribution and Exchange Unit 10: Nature and Forms of Tribal Political organization Unit 11: Tribal Law and Justice BLOCK IV: TRIBAL RELIGIOUS ORGANISATION Unit -12: Tribal Religion Unit -13: Forms and Functions of Magic Unit 14: Relationship between Religion, Magic and Science BLOCK V: TRIBES OF INDIA AND ANDHRA PRADESH Unit 15: Tribes in India: Racial and Linguistic Classification Unit 16: Distribution of Tribes in Andhra Pradesh Unit 17: Tribal issues Land Alienation, Displacement and Rehabilitation Unit 18: Tribal Health, Education BLOCK VI: TRIBAL WELFARE Unit 19: Culture Contact and Tribal Problems Unit 20; Tribal Policy in Pre-Independence India Unit 21: Constitutional Safeguards to Tribes Unit 22: Tribal Welfare in Andhra Pradesh 5