NPTEL Syllabus
Introduction to Sociology - Video course
COURSE OUTLINE
This course covers lessons on sociological approaches,defintion classification of family,perspectives of family,concept of power,need for work,bases of religion,perspectives in sociology and ethnography in India.
COURSE DETAIL
S.No Topic
1 What is sociology?
2 Sociological approaches
3 Nature of society: Individuals and groups 4 Cooperation and conflict
5 Family-I: Definition and classification of family 6 Family-II: Perspectives on family
7 State-I: Definition of state 8 State-II: State in India
9 State-III: The concept of power
10 State-IV: Functionalist and Marxist perspectives on power
11 Sociology of work-I: Need for work
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Humanities and Social
Sciences
Coordinators:
Prof. A.K. Sharma Department of
Humanities and Social SciencesIIT Kanpur
12 Sociology of work-II: Social change and work 13 Sociology of work-III: Development and work
14 Sociology of work-IV: Capitalism and motivation for work
15 Religion-I: Social conditions and religious thought 16 Religion-II: Bases of religion
17 Religion-III: Forms of religious beliefs 18 What is sociology?
19 Religion-V: Religion and society
20 Religion-VI: Contributions of Marx and Weber 21 Education-I: Concept of education?
22 Education-II: Functions of education
23 Social stratification-I: Social inequality and stra 24 Social stratification-II: Explanations of social st 25 Social stratification-III: Theories and facts 26 Social stratification-IV: Stratification in India 27 Deviance-I: Concept of deviance
28 Deviance-II: Perspectives on deviance 29 Deviance-III: Theories of deviance
30 Social change-I: Definition of social change
31 Social change-II: Theories of social change 32 Social change-III: Social change in industrial soci 33 Social change-IV: Urbanization and related issues i 34 Population-I: Malthusian theory of population
35 Population-II: Population and Society 36 Perspectives in Sociology-I
37 Perspectives in Sociology-II 38 Social Problems and Theory 39 Sociological methods-I
40 Sociological methods-II: Ethnography
41 Sociological methods-III: Ethnography in India
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