UNIT - I 

1. The Emergence of Sociology : Transition from Social Philosophy to Sociology—The Intellectual Context, 2 .Renaissance : The Social, Economic and Political Forces—The French and Industrial Revolutions, 3 .Sociological Concepts and Facts : Relation between Concept and Theory, 4 .Social System, 5 .Social Structure, 6 .August Comte : Positivism, 7. Herbert Spencer : Social Drawinism and Super Organic Evolution, 8. The Classical Tradition : Emile Durkheim—Social Solidarity and Suicide, 9 .Max Weber : Authority and Concept of Ideal Type, 10 .Karl Marx : Materialistic Conception of History, Dialectical Materialism and Class-struggle, 11. Vilfredo Pareto, 12 .Development of Sociological Thought in India, 13 .Various Perspectives or Trends of Sociological Studies in India, 

UNIT - II 

1. Social Research : Meaning, Scope and Significance 2. Hypothesis : Concept and Formulation 3. Scientific Study of Social Phenomena 4. Scientific Method : Logic in Social Science 5 .Objectivity and Subjectivity in Social Science 6 .Positivism and Phenomenology 7 .Methods of Social Research : Quantitative (Social Survey), 8 .Observation 9 .Cash Study 10 .Contents Analysis 11. Types of Research : Basic Applied, Historical and Empirical 12. Types of Social Research : Exploratory, Descriptive or Explana-tory, Diagnostic and Experimental, 13 .Techniques of Data Collection 14. Sampling Technique, 15. Questionnaire 16. Schedule 17. Interview 18. Primary and Secondary Data 19. Classification of Data Tabulation and Presentation 20. Graphical Presentation of Data 21. Measurement of Central Tendency : Mean, Median, Mode and Standard Deviation, 

UNIT - III 

1. Radhakamal Mukerjee (1889-1968), 2. D. P. Mukerjee (1894-1962), 3. Andre Beteille (1934-......), 4. G. S. Ghurye (1893-1984), 5.Irawati Karve (1905-1970), 6. M. N. Srinivas (1916-1999), 7. S. C. Dubey (1922-1996), 8. M. S. A. Rao (1926-1985) and T. K. Oommen (1937-......) Social Movement in India, 9. Yogendra Singh (1932-.......).