UNIT - I  Basic Concepts of Social Research 

1. Social Research : Concept, Objectives, Types, Importance and Stages 2. Scientific Method : Concept, Characteristics and Significance 3. Social Survey : Concept, Characteristics, Types, Signi-ficance, Distinction between Social Research and Social Survey 4. Hypothesis : Meaning, Characteristics, Importance and Sources 5. Techniques of Data Collection 6. Primary and Secondary Data 7. Sampling : Concept, Characteristics of a Good Sample, Merits, Limitations and Types 8. Questionnaire : Meaning, Types, Formulation, Utility and Limitations 9. Schedule : Meaning, Types, Limitations, Utility and Difference between Schedule and Questionnaire 10.Observation : Concept, Types, Utility and Limitations 11. Interview : Concept, Types, Utility and Limitations 12. Case Study : Concept, Process, Merits and Demerits 13. Sociometry Concept, History, Utility and Limitations 14. Content Analysis 15. Objectivity : Concept, Characteristics, Importance and Difficulties in Achieving Objectivity in Social Research 16. Classification and Tabulation of Data 17. Report Writing 18. Meaning of Statistics, Utility and Limitations 19. Measurement of Central Tendency : Mean, Median and Mode 20. Diagrammitical Presentation of Data 21. Use of Computer in Social Research

UNIT - IInd  Social Change and Development

1. Social Change : Concept, Nature and Factors of Social Change 2. Forms of Social Change : Evolution and Revolution 3. Progress and Development 4. Theories of Social Change 5. Westernization : Meaning, Characteristics and Conse-quences 6. Industrialisation, Urbanisation and Modernisation 7. Industrialisation, Urbanisation and Modernisation 8. Globalization 9. Information Revoluation 10. Social Movements 11. Role of Social Movement in Social Change 12. Agencies of Social Development : State, Non-Government Agencies and Market 13. Sustainable Development 14. Indian Experience of Development 15. Social Planning : Meaning, Objective, Nature, Limitations and Requisites of Effective Planning 16. Sociological Appraisal of Five Year Plans 17. Social Policy : Meaning, Definition, Characteristics and its Formulation 18. Community Development Programme 19. Niti Ayog