i) Introduction: Definition, nature and scope of sociology;
Theoretical Perspectives of Sociology: functionalist, conflict and
interactionalist perspectives; historical development of sociology;
Major contributors in Sociology: August Comte, Herbert Spencer,
Karl Marx, Emil Durkheim, Max Weber; Methods of Sociological
Studies.
ii) Fundamental Concepts: Society: definition, characteristics and
types; Community: meaning and characteristics, rural and urban
community; Association: definition and characteristics; Institution:
definition, characteristics, types and functions; Social System;
Social Action; Social Group: definition, characteristics,
classification, crowd and public; Role and Status; Power; Social
Structure; Social Organization: concept, types, bureaucracy.
iii) Culture and Society: Culture: definition, characteristics, elements
and functions; Sub-culture; Culture system; Cultural growth and
diffusion; Diversity; Language and Folklore; Civilization;
Collective and Social Psychology; Social Values and Ethics;
Socialization: concept, process, types, internalization of social
norms; Social Process: concept, social interaction, co-operation,
conflict, competition, accommodation and assimilation; Law and
Culture.
iv) Social Institution: Family: definition, features types, and
functions; Marriage: meaning, types and functions; Kinship:
descents, lineage; Education; Economic system: capitalism and
socialism, concept of property, types of property; Political system;
Religion and morality: concept, theories, functions and
disfunctions of religion and morality; Social institution, Custom
and Law.
v) Social Control and Order: Deviance and social control; formal
and informal control; Agencies of social control: Education, Law,
Sanction, Custom, Public opinion, Morality, Religion, Etiquettes,
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Rites, Fashion; Social Order: Concept and approaches, Orderliness
of human behavior, Problems of social order; Social Policy; Social
Planning.
vi) Social Justice: Concept of Social Justice; Self-identity and relations
to others; Obedience and Injustice; Theoretical perspectives of
social justice; Power, Domination and Oppression; Wealth
distribution; Equality and Equity as social justice; Diversity; Social
Class; Majoritarianism; Racism; Sexism; Localism;
Multiculturalism; Rule of Law v Civil Disobedience; Social Justice
Movement; Social Justice and Law; Government and social justice;
Social justice legislation.
vii)Inequality and Exclusion: Social Differentiation and its causes,
Social Stratification: function and mobility; Social Exclusion:
causes and types, Process of exclusion; Marginalization: Definition
and causes, Process of marginalization; Structural Violence;
Marginalized Groups: Women, Children, Persons with disabilities,
Aged persons; Minorities: Definition and types of minority,
Minority as identity, Problems faced by minorities; Inequality:
Definition, causes, process and consequences; Exclusion,
Inequality and the Law.
viii) Social Problems: Social Disorganization; Juvenile
Delinquency; Corruption; Social Crime; Poverty; Unemployment;
Violence against Women and Children; Racism; Communalism;
Drug Addiction; Child Marriage; Human Trafficking; Religious
Radicalism; Terrorism; Political Violence; Teen Gang Culture;
Rumer, mobs and riots; False and fabricated information in social
media
ix) Social Change and Reform: Social Change and Social Reform;
Social Transformation; Causes of Social Change and
Transformation; Resistance to Social Change; Social Movement;
Reformative Legislation and Policy; Development Legislation,
Social Activism; Social Work; Role of GOs, CSOs and NGOs in
Social Change and Reform; Judicial Activism for Social Reform;
x) Sociology of Law: Law and Society; Theoretical framework on
how society frames the Law; Law in Instruments v Law in Action;
Social norms v Legal norms; Legality and Legitimacy; Sanction
and Social Control; Sociological perspectives of Human Rights;
Legal Culture; Legal Pluralism; Peoples’ views about law;
Reliance on legal system; Gender and law: Sexual identity and
law; Sociological School of Law; Social Determinants of Law,
Legal Institutions and Legal System; Criminology; Legal
Profession.
xi) Social Research: Social Research: significance and types; Methods
of social research; Observation; Social Survey: Definition and use
of social survey, Sample Survey; Kinds of Samples; Interview:
Definition, objectives, types and process; Questionnaire:
Definition and types; Socio-legal Research.
xii)Course Fieldwork and Seminar: The curse instructor/teacher
shall form groups comprising students of this course and assign or
approve, to each group of students, an issue to be studied
applying the knowledge and capacities acquired studying this
course. Groups shall submit report on their empirical study and
present in open seminars. Each report shall have to be finalized
taking into consideration the justified comments and suggestions
obtained from the seminar.