UNIT - I  Research Methodology

1. Social Research : Concept, Characteristics, Significance and Stages, 2. Social Survey : Concept, Characteristics, Significance, Distinction between Social Research and Social Survey, 3. Scientific Method : Concept, Characteristics and Significance, 4. Objectivity : Concept Characteristics, Importance and Difficulties in Achieving Objectivity in Social Research, 5. Research Design : Meaning and Major Types, 6. Hypothesis : Meaning, Characteristics, Importance and Sources, 7. Sampling : Concept, Characteristics of a Good Sample, Merits, Limitations and Types, 8. S chedule : Meaning, Process, Types, Merits and 'Demerits, 9. Questionnaire : Meaning, Merits and Demerits, Distinction between Schedule and Questionnaire, 10 .Interview : Concept, Process, Types, Merits and Demerits, 11. Observation : Concept, Types, Merits and Demerits, 12. Case Study : Concept, Process, Merits and Demerits, 13. Use of Information Technology in Social Research,

UNIT - II Urban Sociology

1. Urban Sociology : Meaning, Subject-Matter, Scope and Importance, 2. Urban Sociology in India, 3. Emerging Trends in Urbanization, 4. Factors of Urbanization, 5. Sociological Dimensions of Urbanization, 6. Social Consequences of Urbanization, 7. Classification of Urban Centres : Cities and Town’s City, 8. Indian Cities and its Industrial Urban Base, 9. Cities’s Growth and Special Features, 10. Industry Centered Development, 11. Changing Occupational Structure and its Impact on Social Stratification : Class, Caste, Gender, Family, 12. Indian Cities and their Growth, 13. Migration, 14. Problems of Housing and Slum Development, 15. Urban Environmental Problems, 16. Urban Poverty.