AMU Entrance Exam Syllabus for M.A. in Sociology

Faculty of Social Sciences M.A. (Sociology) PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY : Introduction, Basic Concepts, Social Institution, Major Social Institutions, Major Social Processes, Social Change in India. URBAN SOCIETY : Introductory, Social Institutions in Urban-setting, Urban Social Organization, Major Social Problems, Urban Re-construction and Planning. RURAL COMMUNITY : Basic concepts, Rural Social Structure, Agrarian Social Structure, Religion in Rural India, Rural Polity. INDIAN SOCIAL INSTITUTION : Family, Marriage and Kinship in India, Caste in India, Village Community in India, Religion in India, Economic and Political Institutions. RELIGION AND SOCIETY IN INDIA : Approach to the Study of Religion, Sociology of primitive religion, Religion and Society in Hinduism, Religion and Society in Islam, Religion and Secularism. SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION : Introduction, Forms of Individual Disorganization, Forms of Family Disorganization, Community Disorganization, Welfare Services. INTRODUCTION OF SOCIAL THOUGHT : Intellectual and Social Background of Sociological thought, French School, British and Italian School, German School, Modern and Contemporary School. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, STATISTICS AND FIELD WORK : Social Research, Application of Scientific Method, Methods / Technques of Data Collection, Sampling and Diagrams, Statistical Calculation. COMMUNITY HEALTH AND FAMILY PLANNING IN INDIA : Health and Society Concepts in Community Health, Community Health in India, Indian Population Problems, Family Planning in India. SOCIOLOGY OF MINORITIES : Minority-Majority Relations, Indian Muslims, Indian Christians, Sikhs of India, Minorities and Other Backward Classes of India. INDIAN SOCIAL PROBLEMS : Socio-Political Problems, Socio-Legal Problems, Socio- Cultural Problems, Socio-Economic Problems, Socio-Demographic Problems.

SOCIAL CHANGE IN INDIA : Social Change, Theories of Social Change, Major Process of Change in India, Changes in Social Institutions, Social Movements. SOCIAL CONTROL : Social Control, Institutions of Social Control, Means of Social Control, Crime and Social Control, Problems of Social Control in Indian Society. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION : Concept and Approaches, Forms of Stratification, Systems of Stratificatation and Social Mobility, Stratification and Social Change in India.