UNIT - I Indian Society and Culture

1. Varna-System 2. Ashram-System 3. Purushartha 4. Sanskar 5. The Doctrine of Karma 6. Diversity of Indian Society : Demographic, Cultural, Religious and Linguistic 7. Tribes : Meaning and Characteristics & Tribe and Caste 8. Classification of Tribal People 9. Family and Marriage in Tribes 10. Kinship System 11. Indian Tribal Problems, Change, Development and Welfare 12. Rural Dynamics 13. Jajmani System : Meaning, Structure, Functions and Changes 14. Rural Migration 15. Problem of Landless Labour 16. Theories of City : Metropolis 17. Indian Cities, Their Growth and Classification 18. Problems of Minorities in Indian Society 19. Problems of Dalits 20. Problems of Backward Classes 21. Gender Inequality 22. Domestic Violence 23. Divorce 24. Youth Tensions 25. Intra and Inter-Generation Conflict 26. Problems of Old Age

UNIT - II Primary Concepts of Sociology

1. Sociology : Meaning, Scope and Subject-Matter 2. Origin and Development of Sociology 3. Humanistic Orientation in Sociology 4. Relation between Sociology and other Social Sciences 5. Society 6. Relation between Individual and Society 7. Community 8. Association and Institute 9. Social Group 10. Social Structure and Function 11. Status and Role 12. Social System 13. Family 14. Marriage 15. Caste, Class and Power 16. Education 17. Culture 18. Socialization 19. Social Processes : Co-Operation, Accommodation, Competi-tion and Conflict 20. Social Control 21. Forms of Social Control 22. Social Stratification 23. Social Mobility 24. Social Change.