Sociology Honours In Calcutta University

I have completed 12th class with Arts stream and want to join BA Sociology Honours course at Calcutta University. Will you please provide the BA Sociology Honours course syllabus of Calcutta University so that I can compare it with syllabus of other Universities?

Can you provide me the syllabus of Three-Year B.A (Bachelor of Arts) Honours program offered by University of Calcutta as I want to check it before taking admission in it?

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The syllabus of Three-Year B.A (Bachelor of Arts) Honours program offered by University of Calcutta is as follows:

Part-I
Paper I: Introductory Sociology 100 Marks
Group A:
Module I:
(a) Sociological perspective; Sociology as a science; Sociology and Common Sense; Sociology and other social sciences (only to understand Sociologys distinctiveness); Practical significance of Sociology: Sociology and Social Work.
(b) Social interaction; Communication verbal non-verbal; Interpretation and action; Understanding others: attributing meaning and interpretation; Social relationship: Primary and Secondary.

Module II:
(a) Culture meaning and characteristics; Types of culture popular, elitist, folk, and consumer cultures; Pluralism and Multiculturalism.
(b) Types of society; Pre-modern societies: hunters and gatherers, pastoral and agrarian, non-industrial and traditional; Modern societies: Industrial, Advanced/Post-industrial, Postmodern and Developing societies.

Group B:
Module I:
(a) Socialization: meaning and agencies; Theories of child development; Resocialization.
(b) Social control: meaning, agencies and mechanisms; Conformity and Deviance.
Module II:
(a) Social stratification: meaning and forms Caste, Class, Status, Power, Gender and Ethnicity; Social Mobility, Social Closure and Social Exclusion.
(b) Social Change: definition, factors and theories of social change.

Paper II: Western Sociological Thought 100 Marks
Group A:
Module I:
(a) Origin and development of Sociology as a distinct discipline; Role of European Enlightenment; Contributions of Montesquieu and St. Simon
(b) Auguste Comte: Positivism; Law of Three Stages; Social Statics and Social Dynamics.
Module II:
(a) Herbert Spencer: Organicism; Theory of Evolution.
(b) Emile Durkheim: Rules of Sociological Method; Division of Labour; Suicide.
Group B:
Module III:
(a) Karl Marx: Dialectics; Materialist interpretation of history; Capitalism: origin and dynamics; Alienation; Class, Class Struggle and Revolution.
(b) Max Weber : Concept of social action; Methodology; Protestant Ethic and Capitalism; Types of authority.
Module IV:
(a) George Simmel: Formal Sociology; Concepts of Sociation and Group Formation; Objective Culture; Place of Money.
(b) Vilfredo Pareto: Logical and Non-logical actions; Residues and Derivations; Circulation of Elites.


Syllabus Three-Year B.A (Bachelor of Arts) Honours University of Calcutta