Best Sociology Optional Course in Aliganj, Lucknow

Topics:

• Module 1: Sociology – The Discipline Modernity and social changes in Europe and emergence of Sociology Scope of Sociology and comparison with other social sciences Sociology and common sense Module 2: Sociology as Science Science and scientific method Major theoretical strands of research methodology Positivism and its critique Fact value and objectivity Non-positivist methodologies Module 3: Research Methods and Analysis Qualitative and quantitative methods Techniques of data collection Variables Sampling Hypothesis Reliability and validity Module 4: Sociological Thinkers Karl Marx Historical Materialism Mode of Production Alienation Class Struggle Emile Durkheim Division of Labour Social Fact Suicide Religion and Society Max Weber Social Action Ideal Types Authority Bureaucracy Protestant Ethic Talcott Parsons Social System Pattern Variables Robert K. Merton Manifest and Latent Functions Reference Groups Conformity and Deviance George Herbert Mead Self and Identity Module 5: Stratification and Mobility Equality and Inequality Hierarchy Poverty and Deprivation Theories of Stratification Class Status Gender Ethnicity Race Social Mobility Module 6: Works and Economic Life Division of Labour Industrialization Capitalism Globalization Informal Sector Module 7: Politics and Society Power Authority Legitimacy State Elites Nation and Nationalism Citizenship Civil Society Module 8: Religion and Society Sociological Theories of Religion Types of Religious Practices Religion and Modern Society Module 9: Systems of Kinship Family Household Marriage Patriarchy Contemporary Trends Module 10: Social Change in Modern Society Development and Dependency Education and Social Change Science and Technology Media and Communication Social Movements Globalization and Social Change