• Block-1 Social Structure – Rural and Urban
  • Unit-1 Unity and Diversity
  • Unit-2 Rural Social Structure
  • Unit-3 Village and the Outside World
  • Unit-4 Patterns of Urbanisation
  • Unit-5 Urban Social Structure

• Block-2 Family Marriage and Kinship
  • Unit-6 Family and its Types
  • Unit-7 Marriage and its Changing Patterns
  • Unit-8 Kinship-I
  • Unit-9 Kinship-II

• Block-3 Economy and Polity
  • Unit-10 Rural Economy
  • Unit-11 Urban Economy
  • Unit-12 Rural and Urban Poverty
  • Unit-13 National Politics
  • Unit-14 Regional and State Polities

• Block-4 Social Organisation
  • Unit-15 Hindu Social Organisation
  • Unit-16 Muslim Social Organisation
  • Unit-17 Christian Social Organisation
  • Unit-18 Sikh Social Organization
  • Unit-19 Zoroastrian Social Organisation

• Block-5 Caste and Class
  • Unit-20 Caste Structure and Regional Patterns
  • Unit-21 Caste - Continuity and Change
  • Unit-22 The Scheduled Castes
  • Unit-23 Class in India
  • Unit-24 Backward Classes

• Block-6 Tribes in India
  • Unit-25 Tribes: Social Structure -I
  • Unit-26 Tribes Social Structure -II
  • Unit-27 Religion in Tribal Societies
  • Unit-28 Tribes and Modernisation in India

• Block-7 Women and Society
  • Unit-29 Status of Women in India
  • Unit-30 Women’s movements in India
  • Unit-31 Women and Work
  • Unit-32 Women and Education
  • Unit-33 Contemporary Women’s Issues: Health and Legal Aspects

• Block-8 Social Change
  • Unit-34 Ethnic Relations and Conflicts
  • Unit-35 Social Movements
  • Unit-36 Development Planning and Change
  • Unit-37 Ecology and the Future of Society

• Block-1 Early Sociology
  • Unit-1 Emergence Of Sociology In Europe
  • Unit-2 Founding Fathers – I
  • Unit-3 Founding Fathers - II
  • Unit-4 History And Development Of Sociology In India - I
  • Unit-5 History And Development Of Sociology In India - II

• Block-2 Karl Marx
  • Unit-6 Historical Materialism
  • Unit-7 Forces, Relations and Modes of Production
  • Unit-8 Class and Class Conflict
  • Unit-9 Dialectics and Social Change

• Block-3 Emile Durkheim
  • Unit-10 Sociology as Science
  • Unit-11 Comparative Method
  • Unit-12 Collective Representations
  • Unit-13 Forms of Social Solidarity

• Block-4 Max Weber
  • Unit-14 Ideal Types
  • Unit-15 Religion And Economy
  • Unit-16 Power And Authority
  • Unit-17 Rationality

• Block-5 Comparative Analysis
  • Unit-18 Methodology: Marx, Durkheim And Weber
  • Unit-19 Religion: Durkheim And Weber
  • Unit-20 Division of Labour — Durkheim And Marx
  • Unit-21 Capitalism: Weber & Marx

• Block-6 Malinowski and Radcliffe-Brown
  • Unit-22 Concept of Culture and Function-Malinowski
  • Unit-23 Magic, Science and Religion — Malinowski
  • Unit-24 Concept of Social Structure Radcliffe.Brown
  • Unit-25 Concept of Function -Radcliffe-Brown
  • Unit-26 A Critique of Malinowski and Radcliffe-Brown

• Block-7 Parson and Merton
  • Unit-27 The Concept Of Social System — Parsons
  • Unit-28 Functionalism And Social Change — Parsons
  • Unit-29 Manifest And Latent Function — Merton
  • Unit-30 Theory Of Reference Group — Merton
  • Unit-31 Critique Of Parsons And Merton

• Block-1 Introducing Social Stratification
  • Unit-1 Social Stratification: Meaning and Approaches
  • Unit-2 Approaches to Social Stratification
  • Unit-3 Caste and Class in India
  • Unit-4 Stratification: Implications of Gender and Ethnicity

• Block-2 Explaining Social Stratification
  • Unit-5 Marx and Weber
  • Unit-6 Parsons and Davis
  • Unit-7 Coser and Dahrendorf on Social Classes
  • Unit-8 Theories of Stratification: Towards A Synthesis Lenski, Luhmann, Berghe

• Block-3 Ethnic Stratification
  • Unit-9 Ethnicity as a Basis of Stratification
  • Unit-10 Tribal Ethnicity: The North-East
  • Unit-11 Religious Ethnicity: The Case of the Punjab
  • Unit-12 Linguistic ethnicity in India

• Block-4 Gender Differentiation and Ethnicity
  • Unit-13 Gender as a Basis of Discrimination
  • Unit-14 Formation of Gender Identities
  • Unit-15 Gender Status and Power
  • Unit-16 Women's Empowerment: Some Illustrations

• Block-5 Explaining caste in Indian Society
  • Unit-17 The Basis of Caste Hierarchy: Purity and Pollution
  • Unit-18 Dimensions of Caste: Rituals and Power
  • Unit-19 Caste Identity: Attributional and Interactional Approaches
  • Unit-20 Caste Dynamics: Economic and Political

• Block-6 Marginalised Communities and Stratification
  • Unit-21 Status of Dalits
  • Unit-22 Other Backward Classes
  • Unit-23 Scheduled Tribes
  • Unit-24 Marginalised Groups and Their Changing Status

• Block-7 Class in Indian Society
  • Unit-25 Agrarian Class Structure
  • Unit-26 Industrial Classes
  • Unit-27 Middle Classes in India
  • Unit-28 Class Conflict

• Block-8 Social Mobility
  • Unit-29 Concepts and Forms of Social Mobility
  • Unit-30 Social Mobility in Caste and Class
  • Unit-31 Factors and Forces of Social Mobility
  • Unit-32 Consequences of Social Mobility

• Block-1 The Study of Religion
  • Unit-1 Sociology and the Study of Religion
  • Unit-2 Evolutionary Theories of Religion
  • Unit-3 Functionalist Theories of Religion
  • Unit-4 The Study of Religious Beliefs
  • Unit-5 The Study of Religious Symbols

• Block-2 Perspectives on Religion
  • Unit-6 Comparative Sociological Theories of Ritual
  • Unit-7 Ritual-I: A Case Study from Africa
  • Unit-8 Ritual-II: A Case Study from South-East Asia
  • Unit-9 Civil Religion
  • Unit-10 Religion and the Economic Order
  • Unit-11 Religion and Politics/State

• Block-3 Religion and Related Aspects
  • Unit-12 Religious Organisations: Sects, Cults and Denominations
  • Unit-13 Religious Specialists: Shamans, Priests and Prophets
  • Unit-14 Religion: Social Stability and Change
  • Unit-15 Fundamentalism: Some Case Studies
  • Unit-16 Secularism and Secularisation

• Block-4 Religious Pluralism-I
  • Unit-17 Religious Pluralism in India: As Fact and Value
  • Unit-18 Tribal Religion: Two Case Studies

• Block-5 Religious Pluralism-II
  • Unit-19 Hinduism
  • Unit-20 Jainism and Buddhism
  • Unit-21 Christianity
  • Unit-22 Islam
  • Unit-23 Sikhism

• Block-6 Religious Movements: Medieval and Modern
  • Unit-24 Medieval Religious Movements I: Bhakti and Sufism
  • Unit-25 Medieval Religious Movements I: Veerashaivism
  • Unit-26 Modern Religious Movements II: Arya Samaj
  • Unit-27 Modern Religious Movements II: Ramakrishna Mission

• Block-7 Social Significance of Religion
  • Unit-28 Life Cycle Rituals-I: Birth and Marriage
  • Unit-29 Life Cycle Rituals-II: Death
  • Unit-30 Social Significance of Pilgrimages
  • Unit-31 Social Significance of Religious Festivals
  • Unit-32 Fundamentalism, Communalism and Secularism

• Block-1 Social Framework
  • Unit-1 Social Transformation and Problems
  • Unit-2 Approaches and Paradigms
  • Unit-3 Social Problems: The Indian Context

• Block-2 Structure in Transition-I
  • Unit-4 Social Demography
  • Unit-5 Migration
  • Unit-6 Urbanisation
  • Unit-7 Changing Family Structure

• Block-3 Structure in Transition-II
  • Unit-8 Unemployment
  • Unit-9 Labour : Industrial
  • Unit-10 Labour : Rural
  • Unit-11 Labour : Women
  • Unit-12 Labour : Children

• Block-4 Patterns of Deprivation and Alienation
  • Unit-13 Poverty and its Social Dynamics
  • Unit-14 Crime and Delinquency
  • Unit-15 Drug Addiction and Alcoholism
  • Unit-16 Violence and Terrorism

• Block-5 Identity, Dignity and Social Justice-I
  • Unit-17 Children
  • Unit-18 Youth: Identity And Alienation
  • Unit-19 Women
  • Unit-20 The Aged

• Block-6 Identity, Dignity and Social Justice-II
  • Unit-21 Scheduled Castes
  • Unit-22 Scheduled Tribes
  • Unit-23 Minorities
  • Unit-24 Ethnicity

• Block-7 Ecology and Resources
  • Unit-25 Land: Access, Control and Management
  • Unit-26 Water: Access, Control and Management
  • Unit-27 Forests: Access, Control and Management
  • Unit-28 Role of the State and Other Associations