SYLLABUS OF GRADE XI - SOCIOLOGY (SO1113)

INSTRUCTIONS:

  • This syllabus is divided into two parts. Both the parts are compulsory.
  • Separate marks are given with each unit.

SECTION

AREA COVERED

MARKS

A

READING

20

B

WRITING SKILLS

20

C

GRAMMAR

20

D

LITERATURE

40

TOTAL MARKS

100                 TIME: 3 HOURS

PART A : INTRODUCING SOCIOLOGY READING

UNIT 1 : SOCIETY AND SOCIOLOGY AND RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES(10 MARKS)
  • Introducing Society: Individuals and collectivities. Plural Perspectives
  • Introducing Sociology: Emergence. Nature and Scope. Relationship to other disciplines

UNIT 2 : BASIC CONCEPTS(10 MARKS)
  • Social Groups
  • Status and Role
  • Social Stratification
  • Social Control

UNIT 3 : SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS(10 MARKS)
  • Family, Marriage and Kinship
  • Political and Economic Institutions
  • Religion as a Social Institution
  • Education as a Social Institution

UNIT 4 : CULTURE AND SOCIETY(10 MARKS)
  • Culture, Values and Norms: Shared, Plural, Contested
  • Socialization: Conformity, Conflict and the Shaping of Personality

UNIT 5 : PRACTICAL IN SOCIOLOGY: METHODS AND TECHNIQUES(10 MARKS)
  • Methods: Participant Observation, Survey
  • Tools and Techniques: Observation, Interview, Questionaire
  • The Significance of Field Work in Sociology

PART B : UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY

UNIT 6 : STRUCTURE, PROCESS AND STRATIFICATION(10 MARKS)
  • Social Structure
  • Social Processes: Cooperation, Competition, Conflict
  • Social Stratification: Class, Caste, Race, Gender

UNIT 7 : SOCIAL CHANGE(10 MARKS)
  • Social Change: Types and Dimensions; Causes and Consequences
  • Social Order: Domination, Authority and Law; Contestation, Crime and Violence
  • Village, Town and City: Changes in Rural and Urban Society

UNIT 8 : ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY(10 MARKS)
  • Ecology and Society
  • Environmental Crises and Social Responses

UNIT 9 : WESTERN SOCIAL THINKERS(10 MARKS)
  • Karl Marx on Class Conflict
  • Emile Durkheim on Division of Labour
  • Max Weber on Bureaucracy

UNIT 10 : INDIAN SOCIOLOGISTS(10 MARKS)
  • G.S. Ghurye on Race and Caste
  • D.P. Mukherjee on Tradition and Change
  • A.R. Desai on the State
  • M.N. Srinivas on the Village