UNIT - I 

1. Sociology : Meaning, Scope and Subject-Matter 2. Nature of Sociology 3. Relation Between Sociology and Other Social Sciences : Social Philosophy and Other Social Sciences 4. Study Methods of Sociology 5. Society 6. Human and Animal-Society 7. Community 8. Association and Institution 9. Social Group : In-Group and Out Group and Primary Group and Secondary Group 10.Social Institutions : Marriage 11. Family 12. Religion 13. Political Institutions 14. Economic Institutions 15. Education 16. The Concept of Total Environment, Geographical Environment and its Impact on Social Life 17. Social Ecology 18. The Village and City 19. Individual and Society : Social Contract and Organismic Theory 20. Social Stratification and Differentiation 21. Caste and Class 22. Status and Role 23. Basic Social Processes : Co-operation, Competition and Conflict 24. The Concept of Culture 25. Tradition, Folkways and Mores 

UNIT - II

1. Textual View of Indian Society 2 .Field Views about Indian Society 3 .Traditional Bases of Indian Social System : Varnashram System 4. Ashram System 5. Purushartha 6. Sanskar 7. The Concept of Dharma : Samanaya and Vishistha 8. The Doctrine of Karma : Karma and Rebirth 9. Caste System : Definition, Characteristics and Theories of Origin 10. Recent Changes in the Caste-system, Factors Responsible for Changes, Emerging Patterns of Stratification and Caste and Class 11. Hindu Marriage : Sacramental Nature, Forms, Rules of Marriage and Recent Changes 12. The Hindu Family : Forms and Functions and Recent Changes 13. Muslim Family and Marriage 14. Chritian Family and Marriage 15. Family and Marriage in Tribes 16. The Problems of Acculturation of Indian Tribes.