Sociology XI Part-I

By Dr. Sheetal Sharma | School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi

Learners enrolled: 2219

This Course is an introductory course in Sociology. It gives you basic idea about the subject of sociology, what is the subject matter of sociology, what do sociologists deal with, and how do they study society. It will help us to understand better, the society we live in. The course will attempt to familiarise students with the idea of what is sociological perspective, concepts in sociology and tools of research to carry our investigations. It seeks to establish how sociology as a discipline is different from common sense understandings about society and how do we arrive at sociological understanding. The subject of Sociology equips us to question the taken for granted. While understanding the basics of the subject we will study about the idea of society and what is subject of sociology in the initial modules. After developing an idea about the subject, the Course will introduce the learners with the concepts, and terms used in sociology to make sense of reality. The idea of concepts will be applied to understand social institutions, culture and the process of socialisation. Finally, the Course will introduce the learners to the process of sociological research. How do sociologist investigate the world and how do they establish sociological understanding.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	24 weeks
Category :	School
Credit Points :	2
Level :	School
Start Date :	15 May 2020
End Date :	29 Oct 2020
Enrollment Ends :	31 Aug 2020
Exam Date :	15 Oct 2020 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week	Module
Week 0	How to access the course?
Week 1	Sociology and Society – Part 1 (kesy_10101)
Week 2	Sociology and Society – Part 1 (kesy_10101)
Week 3	Sociology and Society – Part 2 (kesy_10102)
Week 4	Sociology and Society – Part 2 (kesy_10102)
Week 5	Sociology and Society – Part 3 (kesy_10103)
Week 6	Assignment
Week 7	Social Groups-concept, features, Types – Part 1 (kesy_10201)
Week 8	Social Stratification- Caste, origin and changes – Part 2 (kesy_10202)
Week 9	Social Stratification- Class, Race and Ethnicity, Gender – Part 3 (kesy_10203)
Week 10	Social status & role, conflict – Part 4 (kesy_10204)
Week 11	Assignment
Week 12	Understanding social institutions – Part 1 (kesy_10301)
Week 13	Understanding Social Institutions: Economic-Work & Division of Labour – Part 2 (kesy_10302)
Week 14	Understanding Social Institutions : Politics-State & stateless, Religion-Features, Durkheim & Weber concept of religion, Education – Part 3 (kesy_10303)
Week 15	Assignment
Week 16	Culture: definition and dimensions – Part 1 (kesy_10401)
Week 17	Culture: definition and dimensions – Part 2 (kesy_10402)
Week 18	Culture: definition and dimensions – Part 3 (kesy_10403)
Week 19	Assignment
Week 20	Doing Sociology: Research Methods – Part 1 (kesy_10501)
Week 21	Doing Sociology : Research Methods – Part 2 (kesy_10502)
Week 22	Assignment
Week 23	Feedback & Discussion

Books and references

NCERT "Introducing Sociology" for Class - XI
url:- https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?kesy1=0-5

Instructor bio

Dr. Sheetal Sharma

School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi

Dr. Sheetal Sharma is Assistant Professor at the Centre for European Studies. Prior to joining JNU, she was Lecturer at Institute of Technology and Management, Gurgaon, India, since 1999 and taught emergence of Sociological Theory in Europe and Methodology of Social Sciences as curriculum of degree program of London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Dr. Sharma holds a BA (Hon.) in Sociology from the University of Delhi, and holds post-graduate and doctoral degree in Sociology from the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her research interests include social and cultural issues in contemporary Europe and India and their historical roots, multiculturalism and diversity, Methodology of Social Sciences, Gender and empowerment of women. Dr. Sharma avidly follows methodological and theoretical trends in Social Sciences and International Relations. She writes regularly on socially relevant issues in India and Europe for journals and magazines of national and International repute. She is also interested in and writes on issues relevant to education in India particularly higher education. She has completed Video Lecture Series in Sociology for CIET, NCERT’s project NROER (National Repository for Educational Resources and Training), these lectures can be accessed on NROER website. She has also been invited as a discussant on number of programs on radio and TV. She has presented papers in a number of national and international seminars and conferences. Dr. Sharma has also successfully organized and participated in national/ international seminars and lectures at various universities. At the Centre for European Studies, JNU, she offers M.Phil and Ph.D supervision in the broad areas of International Relations with a focus on the sociological understanding of nature, structure and dynamics, of social and cultural institutions in Europe. She takes compulsory course in Research Methodology and is offering a course on European society titled as Social Structure and Dynamics in Europe at M.Phil level, Globalization, Culture and Social Change at MA, and other courses offered by Centre for European Studies at MA and BA level.