UNIT - I

1. Sociology : Meaning, Origin, Scope and Subject-Matter 2. Nature of Sociology 3. Relation Between Sociology and Other Social Sciences 4. Humanistic Orientation to Sociological Study 5. Society and Community 6. Association and Institution 7. Social Group 8. Social Structure 9. Status and Role 10. Human and Animal Society 11. Institutions : Family and Kinship 12. Religion 13. Education 14. State 15. Culture 16. Socialization 17. Relationship Between Individual and Society 18. The use of Sociology : Applied Sociology and Social Problems 19. Ecology and Environment : Pollution 20. Global Warming and Green House Effect 21. Impact of Industrialization and Urbanization on Environment 

UNIT- II

1. The Structure and Composition of Indian Society : Villages, Towns, Cities and Rural-Urban Linkages 2. Tribes 3. Weaker Section : Dalits 4. Other Backward Classes 5. Women in India 6. Minorities in Indian Society 7. Population Profile and Related Issues 8. Cultural, Ethnic, Religious, Language and Regional Diversities in Indian Society 9. Concept, Nature and Origin of Caste 10. Caste System : Functions and Dysfunctions and Recent Changes 11. Marriage : Hindu Marriage–Meaning, Types and Changes 12. Dharma 13.  Class 14. Joint Family 15. Democracy 16. Culture : Material and Non-Material Culture and Cultural Lag 17. Change and Transformation in Indian Society 18. Factors Affecting National Integration 19. Regionalism 20. Communalism 21. Naxalism.