Syllabus of Sociology M.A. 1st Semester for the examination to be held in the year
Dec. 2018, 2019, 2020
Course No. PSSOTC101 Title : Basic Concepts in Sociology
Credits: 6 Maximum Marks : 100
Duration of examination 3 hours.
a) Minor Test- I: 20
b) Minor Test- II: 20
c) Major Test : 60
Objective: This introductory course seeks to familiarize the students with Sociology as a social
science and the basic concepts evolved in understanding the social and cultural processes. It is
organized in such a way that even students without previous exposure to sociology could acquire
an interest in the subject and follow it.
Unit –I Emergence of Sociology
Meaning, Origin and Nature of Sociology.
Basic Concepts: Community, Institution, Association, Culture, Norms & Values.
Unit –II Sociological Perspectives and Social Group
Sociological Perspectives: Evolutionary, Positivist, Functional, Conflict.
Social Group: Meaning, Types; Primary- Secondary, Ingroup- Outgroup, Reference
Group.
Unit –III Social Institutions
Education, Economy, Polity and Religion
Unit –IV Social Structure and Social Stratification
Social Structure: Status and Role, Multiple Roles, Role Set, Status set, Role
Conflict.
Socialization, Social Stratification & Social Mobility.
NOTE FOR PAPER SETTING:
Minor Test-I (After 30 days) 20 marks
Minor Test-II (After 60 days) 20 marks
Major Test (After 90 days) 60 marks
The question paper for Major Test will consist of four sections A,B, C and D, Viz
Section A consists of eight long answer-type questions, two questions from each unit. The
candidate is required to answer four questions selecting one from each unit. Each question carries 6
marks. (6 X 4=24)
Section B consists of 6 short answer-type questions, three each from two units, not covered in
Minor Tests. The candidate is required to answer four questions, selecting atleast two from each
unit. Each question carries 4 marks. ( 4 X 4=16)
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,Section C consists of 10 very short answer–type questions, 5 each from two units, not covered in
Minor tests. The candidate is required to answer any six questions, selecting 3 from each unit. Each
question carries 2 marks ( 6 X 2=12)
Section D includes 8 objective type questions of one mark each from two units, not covered in
Minor Tests. The candidate is required to answer all the questions, Each question carries 1 mark. (8
X 1=8)
Prescribed Readings:
1. Abrahim, Francis. Contemporary Sociology, Oxford University Press, 2006.
2. Berger, P. Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspectives, Doubleday Publishers.
1963.
3. Bottomore, T.B. Sociology: A Guide to Problems and Literature, Blackie and Sons,
Bombay, 1986.
4. Davis, Kingsley. Human Society, Surjit Pub., Delhi, 2004
5. Giddens, A. Sociology: A Textbook for the Nineties, Polity Press, 1990.
6. Inkeles, Alex.What is Sociology ? New Delhi, Prentice Hall, 1987.
7. Johnson, Harry M. Sociology: A Systematic Introduction, Allied Publication, Delhi.
1995.
8. MacIver & Page. Society: Introductory Analysis, MacMillan, Delhi, 2001
9. Madan & Majumdar. An Introduction to Social Anthropology, Mayur, Delhi. 1999
10. Mills, C.W. The Sociological Imagination. Oxford University Press, New York, 1959.
11. Schaeffer, R.T.& R.P.Lamm, Sociology, New Delhi, Tata McGraw Hill, 1999.
12. Worsley, P. Introducing Sociology, Penguin, 1987.
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,Syllabus of Sociology M.A. Ist Semester for the examination to be held in the year
Dec. 2018, 2019, 2020
Course No. PSSOTC102 Title: Sociology of Family, Kinship
and Marriage
Credits: 6
Duration of Examination: 3 hours. Maximum Marks: 100
a) Minor Test- I: 20
b) Minor Test- II:20
c) Major Test : 60
Objective: To demonstrate to the students the universally acknowledged social importance of
Family & kinship structure and familiarize them with the rich diversity in the types of networks
of relationships created by genealogical links of marriage and other social ties. The course also
intends to make the students understand how the study of kinship systems in different
ethnographic settings can facilitate a comparative understanding of societies and social
institutions. The course would also provide exposure to the students about different approaches,
issues and debates in studies of kinship, marriage and family.
Unit I Kinship
Defining Kinship, Incest taboo, Descent groups and Descent Theory, Inheritance
and succession, Kinship Usages & Kinship terminology.
Unit II Marriage and Affinity
Marriage: Meaning and Evolution, Alliance Theory: Symmetrical and
Asymmetrical exchange, Marriage transactions, Rules of Residence.
Unit III Family
Definition, Structure and Function, Theoretical perspectives on study of family,
Alternatives to Family Institution, Changing family structure, Development cycle.
Unit IV The Indian Context
Kinship Studies in India: Specific studies by Louis Dumont, Irawati Karve &
T.N.Madan. Forms of marriage among different communities in India, Joint-
Nuclear family debate, Household Dimension of family: A.M.Shah.
NOTE FOR PAPER SETTING:
Minor Test-I (After 30 days) 20 marks
Minor Test-II (After 60 days) 20 marks
Major Test (After 90 days) 60 marks
The question paper for Major Test will consist of four sections A,B, C and D, Viz
Section A consists of 8 long answer-type questions, two questions from each unit. The candidate is
required to answer four questions selecting one from each unit. Each question carries 6 marks. (6 X
4=24)
Section B consists of 6 short answer-type questions, three each from two units, not covered in
Minor Tests. The candidate is required to answer four questions, selecting atleast two from each
unit. Each question carries 4 marks. ( 4 X 4=16)
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, Section C consists of 10 very short answer–type questions, 5 each from two units, not covered in
Minor tests. The candidate is required to answer any six questions, selecting 3 from each unit. Each
question carries 2 marks ( 6 X 2=12)
Section D includes 8 objective type questions of one mark each from two units, not covered in
Minor Tests. The candidate is required to answer all the questions, Each question carries 1 mark. (8
X 1=8)
Prescribed Readings:
1. Dash,K.N. 2004. Invitation To Social and Cultural Anthropology, New Delhi: Nice
Printing Pres.
2. Doshi S.L & P.C. Jain, 2005. Social Anthropology, New Delhi: Rawat Publications.
3. Dube, L. 2001. Anthropological Explorations in Gender, Sage Publication: Sage
Publication,
4. Dube, Leela, 1997. Women and Kinship: Comparative Perspectives on Gender in
South and South East Asia, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
5. Dumont, Louis. , 1983. Affinity as a Value: Marriage Alliance in South India with
Comparative Essays in Australia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
6. Eriksen, Thomas Hylland. 2010. An Introduction to Social and Cultural
Anthropology New Delhi: Rawat Publications.
7. Fox, Robin. 1967. Kinship & Marriage. London: Penguin Books Ltd.
8. Goody, Jack. 1971. Kinship: Selected Readings, London: Penguin Books Ltd.
9. International Encyclopedia of Social Science, 1968.
10. Kapadia, K. M. 1966. Marriage & Family in India, Oxford University Press,
London.
11. Karve, I. 1965. Kinship Organization in India, Asia Publishing House, Bombay
House.
12. Madan, T.N. 2002. Family and Kinship in Rural Kashmir, New Delhi: Oxford
University Press.
13. Mair,Lucy.2013. An Introduction to Social Anthropology New Delhi: Oxford
University Press.
14. Parkin, Robert. 1997. Kinship: An Introduction to Basic Concepts. Oxford,
Blackwell Publishers.
15. Radcliff Brown, 1952. Structure and Function in Primitive Society. London: Cohen
and West, Reprinted.
16. Raksha, Vishav & Tsering Jolden. 2016. Polyandry in Leh‐Ladakh in The Eastern
Anthropologist, New Delhi: Serial Publications. Vol. 69 No. 3‐4.
17. Shah A.M. 1973.The Household Dimension of Family in India, New Delhi:
University of California Press.
18. Shah, A. M. 1998. The Family in India: Critical Essays, New Delhi: Orient
Longman.
19. Uberoi, Patricia. 1993. Family, Kinship and Marriage in India. New Delhi: Oxford
University Press.
20. Uberoi, Patricia. 2003. The Family in India: Beyond the Nuclear versus joint
debate’. in Veena Das (ed.). The Oxford India Companion to Sociology & Social
Anthropology, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
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Dec. 2018, 2019, 2020
Course No. PSSOTC101 Title : Basic Concepts in Sociology
Credits: 6 Maximum Marks : 100
Duration of examination 3 hours.
a) Minor Test- I: 20
b) Minor Test- II: 20
c) Major Test : 60
Objective: This introductory course seeks to familiarize the students with Sociology as a social
science and the basic concepts evolved in understanding the social and cultural processes. It is
organized in such a way that even students without previous exposure to sociology could acquire
an interest in the subject and follow it.
Unit –I Emergence of Sociology
Meaning, Origin and Nature of Sociology.
Basic Concepts: Community, Institution, Association, Culture, Norms & Values.
Unit –II Sociological Perspectives and Social Group
Sociological Perspectives: Evolutionary, Positivist, Functional, Conflict.
Social Group: Meaning, Types; Primary- Secondary, Ingroup- Outgroup, Reference
Group.
Unit –III Social Institutions
Education, Economy, Polity and Religion
Unit –IV Social Structure and Social Stratification
Social Structure: Status and Role, Multiple Roles, Role Set, Status set, Role
Conflict.
Socialization, Social Stratification & Social Mobility.
NOTE FOR PAPER SETTING:
Minor Test-I (After 30 days) 20 marks
Minor Test-II (After 60 days) 20 marks
Major Test (After 90 days) 60 marks
The question paper for Major Test will consist of four sections A,B, C and D, Viz
Section A consists of eight long answer-type questions, two questions from each unit. The
candidate is required to answer four questions selecting one from each unit. Each question carries 6
marks. (6 X 4=24)
Section B consists of 6 short answer-type questions, three each from two units, not covered in
Minor Tests. The candidate is required to answer four questions, selecting atleast two from each
unit. Each question carries 4 marks. ( 4 X 4=16)
Page 1
,Section C consists of 10 very short answer–type questions, 5 each from two units, not covered in
Minor tests. The candidate is required to answer any six questions, selecting 3 from each unit. Each
question carries 2 marks ( 6 X 2=12)
Section D includes 8 objective type questions of one mark each from two units, not covered in
Minor Tests. The candidate is required to answer all the questions, Each question carries 1 mark. (8
X 1=8)
Prescribed Readings:
1. Abrahim, Francis. Contemporary Sociology, Oxford University Press, 2006.
2. Berger, P. Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspectives, Doubleday Publishers.
1963.
3. Bottomore, T.B. Sociology: A Guide to Problems and Literature, Blackie and Sons,
Bombay, 1986.
4. Davis, Kingsley. Human Society, Surjit Pub., Delhi, 2004
5. Giddens, A. Sociology: A Textbook for the Nineties, Polity Press, 1990.
6. Inkeles, Alex.What is Sociology ? New Delhi, Prentice Hall, 1987.
7. Johnson, Harry M. Sociology: A Systematic Introduction, Allied Publication, Delhi.
1995.
8. MacIver & Page. Society: Introductory Analysis, MacMillan, Delhi, 2001
9. Madan & Majumdar. An Introduction to Social Anthropology, Mayur, Delhi. 1999
10. Mills, C.W. The Sociological Imagination. Oxford University Press, New York, 1959.
11. Schaeffer, R.T.& R.P.Lamm, Sociology, New Delhi, Tata McGraw Hill, 1999.
12. Worsley, P. Introducing Sociology, Penguin, 1987.
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,Syllabus of Sociology M.A. Ist Semester for the examination to be held in the year
Dec. 2018, 2019, 2020
Course No. PSSOTC102 Title: Sociology of Family, Kinship
and Marriage
Credits: 6
Duration of Examination: 3 hours. Maximum Marks: 100
a) Minor Test- I: 20
b) Minor Test- II:20
c) Major Test : 60
Objective: To demonstrate to the students the universally acknowledged social importance of
Family & kinship structure and familiarize them with the rich diversity in the types of networks
of relationships created by genealogical links of marriage and other social ties. The course also
intends to make the students understand how the study of kinship systems in different
ethnographic settings can facilitate a comparative understanding of societies and social
institutions. The course would also provide exposure to the students about different approaches,
issues and debates in studies of kinship, marriage and family.
Unit I Kinship
Defining Kinship, Incest taboo, Descent groups and Descent Theory, Inheritance
and succession, Kinship Usages & Kinship terminology.
Unit II Marriage and Affinity
Marriage: Meaning and Evolution, Alliance Theory: Symmetrical and
Asymmetrical exchange, Marriage transactions, Rules of Residence.
Unit III Family
Definition, Structure and Function, Theoretical perspectives on study of family,
Alternatives to Family Institution, Changing family structure, Development cycle.
Unit IV The Indian Context
Kinship Studies in India: Specific studies by Louis Dumont, Irawati Karve &
T.N.Madan. Forms of marriage among different communities in India, Joint-
Nuclear family debate, Household Dimension of family: A.M.Shah.
NOTE FOR PAPER SETTING:
Minor Test-I (After 30 days) 20 marks
Minor Test-II (After 60 days) 20 marks
Major Test (After 90 days) 60 marks
The question paper for Major Test will consist of four sections A,B, C and D, Viz
Section A consists of 8 long answer-type questions, two questions from each unit. The candidate is
required to answer four questions selecting one from each unit. Each question carries 6 marks. (6 X
4=24)
Section B consists of 6 short answer-type questions, three each from two units, not covered in
Minor Tests. The candidate is required to answer four questions, selecting atleast two from each
unit. Each question carries 4 marks. ( 4 X 4=16)
Page 3
, Section C consists of 10 very short answer–type questions, 5 each from two units, not covered in
Minor tests. The candidate is required to answer any six questions, selecting 3 from each unit. Each
question carries 2 marks ( 6 X 2=12)
Section D includes 8 objective type questions of one mark each from two units, not covered in
Minor Tests. The candidate is required to answer all the questions, Each question carries 1 mark. (8
X 1=8)
Prescribed Readings:
1. Dash,K.N. 2004. Invitation To Social and Cultural Anthropology, New Delhi: Nice
Printing Pres.
2. Doshi S.L & P.C. Jain, 2005. Social Anthropology, New Delhi: Rawat Publications.
3. Dube, L. 2001. Anthropological Explorations in Gender, Sage Publication: Sage
Publication,
4. Dube, Leela, 1997. Women and Kinship: Comparative Perspectives on Gender in
South and South East Asia, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
5. Dumont, Louis. , 1983. Affinity as a Value: Marriage Alliance in South India with
Comparative Essays in Australia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
6. Eriksen, Thomas Hylland. 2010. An Introduction to Social and Cultural
Anthropology New Delhi: Rawat Publications.
7. Fox, Robin. 1967. Kinship & Marriage. London: Penguin Books Ltd.
8. Goody, Jack. 1971. Kinship: Selected Readings, London: Penguin Books Ltd.
9. International Encyclopedia of Social Science, 1968.
10. Kapadia, K. M. 1966. Marriage & Family in India, Oxford University Press,
London.
11. Karve, I. 1965. Kinship Organization in India, Asia Publishing House, Bombay
House.
12. Madan, T.N. 2002. Family and Kinship in Rural Kashmir, New Delhi: Oxford
University Press.
13. Mair,Lucy.2013. An Introduction to Social Anthropology New Delhi: Oxford
University Press.
14. Parkin, Robert. 1997. Kinship: An Introduction to Basic Concepts. Oxford,
Blackwell Publishers.
15. Radcliff Brown, 1952. Structure and Function in Primitive Society. London: Cohen
and West, Reprinted.
16. Raksha, Vishav & Tsering Jolden. 2016. Polyandry in Leh‐Ladakh in The Eastern
Anthropologist, New Delhi: Serial Publications. Vol. 69 No. 3‐4.
17. Shah A.M. 1973.The Household Dimension of Family in India, New Delhi:
University of California Press.
18. Shah, A. M. 1998. The Family in India: Critical Essays, New Delhi: Orient
Longman.
19. Uberoi, Patricia. 1993. Family, Kinship and Marriage in India. New Delhi: Oxford
University Press.
20. Uberoi, Patricia. 2003. The Family in India: Beyond the Nuclear versus joint
debate’. in Veena Das (ed.). The Oxford India Companion to Sociology & Social
Anthropology, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
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