UNIT - I 

1. August Comte : Positivism, Law of Three Stages, Hirarchy of Science and Plan of Reconstruction of Society, 2 .Karl Marks : Historicism and Historical Materialism, Dialectical Materialism and Class Struggle, 3. Herbert Spencer : Social Darwinism and Theory of Social Evolution, 4. Verstehen Sociology with special Reference to Max Weber, 5. Structural-Functionalism : Anthropological and Sociolo-gical, 6. Talcott Parsons and System-Analysis, 7. Symbolic-Interactionism with Special Reference to Herbert Mead, 8. Sociologism of Emile Durkheim, 9. Deterministic Approach : Geographical Determinism, 10. Psychological Determinism, 

UNIT - II

1.The Nature and Scope of Anthropology, 2 .Social Anthropology : Definition, Scope and Subject Matter : Sociology and Social Anthropology, 3. Methods of Social Anthropology, 4. Culture : Definition and Characteristics—Culture and Society, 5. Culture and Personality, 6.Components, Patterns and Configuration of Culture, 7. Theories of Cultural Growth : Evolutionism, Diffu-sionism, Structural Functional Approach, 8. Features of Tribal Societies, 9. Tribal Social Organization with Particular Reference to Indian Tribes : Dormitory System, 10. Marriage in Tribal Society, 11. Family Amongst Tribes, 12. Kinship System, 13. Totem and Taboo, 14. Tribal Religion and Magic : Theories of Religion, 15. Tribal Political Organization : Law, Custom, Justice and Government, 16. Changing Canvas of Indian Tribal Life, 17. Culture Contact and its Problems, 18. Government and Tribal Welfare, 

UNIT - III 

1.Social Movements : Definition, Characteristics and Types, 2. Theories of the Emergence of Social Movements, 3 .Reform Movements in India : Brahmo-Samaj and Arya-Samaj,, 4. Aligarh Movement, 5. National Movement in India, 6. Old Social Movements : Peasant Movement, 7. Labour and Trade-Union Movement, 8. Tribal Movement, 9. New Social Movement, 10. Women’s Movement, 11. Ecological and Environment Movement, 12. Ethnic Movements.