CUET PG Sociology Syllabus 2027: Download PDF Topic-wise English Syllabus

Topics

Basic Concepts in Sociology

Social Processes and Problems

Society, Culture and Social Change

Indian Society

Social Research

Social Problems in India

Basic Concepts in Sociology

UNIT – I Sociology: Definition, nature and scope; Relationship with other Social Sciences: Psychology, Anthropology, History, Economics, and Political Science.

UNIT – II Basic Concepts: Social Structure, Society, Social Organization, Community, Association, Norms, Values.

UNIT – III Status and Role: Types of status and role and their interrelationship

UNIT – IV Socialization: Meaning, types, processes, and agencies. Theories of self (Freud, Cooley, and Mead). Culture: Meaning, characteristics, material and non-material culture, cultural lag. Culture and civilization.

Social Processes and Problems

UNIT – I Social Processes: Cooperation, Accommodation, Assimilation, Competition, and Conflict.

UNIT – II Social Groups: Definition, characteristics, types (primary and secondary; in-group and out- group; Reference group and Peer group).

UNIT – III Social Institutions: Marriage; Family; Kinship Education, Religion and Economy: Meaning and Functions

UNIT – IV Social Control: Meaning, Significance and Agencies. Social Deviance: Meaning, characteristics, forms, and factors.

Society, Culture, and Social Change

UNIT – I Societies: Types and Characteristics- Tribal, Rural, Urban, Industria,l and Post-Industrial.

UNIT – II Culture: Definition and Nature; Types- Material and Non- Material.Socialization: Importance, Process, and Stages. Social Control: Types and Means

UNIT – III Processes of Social Change: Characteristic Features of Industrialization, Modernization, Globalization, and Secularization.

UNIT – IV Social Stratification: Types, theories of stratificationsocial mobility, and its types.

Indian Society

UNIT – I Evolution of Indian Society: Traditional basis of Indian Society; Unity and Diversity in India; India as a Pluralistic Society.

UNIT – II Caste, theories of Caste system and its Changing Dimensions in India; Dominant caste.

UNIT – III Processes of Social Change in India: Sanskritization, Westernization, Modernization, Prophetization, and Universalization.

UNIT – IV Social Issues and Problems: Gender Discrimination, Problems of Women,; Problems of Dalits, OBCs and Minorities, Affirmative Actions.

Social Research

UNIT – I Social Research: Definition, Nature and Purpose; Steps in Social Research; Problem of Objectivity and Subjectivity in Social Research.

UNIT – II Research Methods: Research Designs; Social Survey; Hypothesis- Types & Significance; Sampling and Sampling Procedure.

UNIT – III Techniques of Data Collection: Observation, Interview, Questionnaire, Schedule, and CaseStudy; Types of Data. UNIT – IV Statistical Analysis and Use of Computer in Social Research: Classification and Tabulation of data; Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, and Mode; Use of Computers in Social Research.

Social Problems in India

UNIT – I Social Problem: Meaning and Definition; Importance of the Study of Social Problems; Sociological Perspectives on Social Problem-Anomie and suicide (Durkheim), Labeling (Becker).

UNIT – II Structural Issues: Inequality of Caste, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity.

UNIT – III Problems and Issues: Female Feticide, Dowry, Domestic Violence, Problems of the Aged.

UNIT – IV Social Disorganization: Crime, Juvenile Delinquency, Corruption, Communalism, Drug Addiction, Suicide, Nepotism, Prostitution, and AIDS.

Types of questions

MCQs

Total number of questions

75

Maximum marks

300

Marking scheme

• Four marks will be given for each correct response.

• One mark will be deducted for each incorrect response.

Duration

1 hour and 30 minutes (90 Minutes)

Language

English/Hindi