Paper-I : History of Sociological Thought

1. The Emergence of Sociology : Transition from Social Philosophy to Sociology-The Intellectual Context 2. Auguste Comte 3. Emile Durkheim 4. Karl Mark : Materialistic Conception of History, Dialec-tical Materialism and Class-Struggle 5. Max Weber 6. Herbert Spencer.

Paper-II : Applied Sociology

1. Applied Sociology-Meaning, Nature, Scope and Importance 2. Social System/Order : Meaning, Definition, Characteris-tics, Elements and Types 3. Social Policy : Meaning, Definition, Characteristics and its Formulation 4. Social Planning-Meaning, Objective, Nature, Limita-tions and Requisites of Effective Planning 5. Social Problems 6. Population Explosion in India (Imbalanced Population Growth) 7. Poverty 8. Unemployment 9. Child Labour 10. Alcoholism and Drug-Addiction 11. Inequality or Differentiation of Caste and Gender 12. Family Disorganization 13. Domestic Violence.