Sociology XI Part-I

By Dr. Sarika C. Saju | RIE, NCERT, Bhopal

Learners enrolled: 420

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
Level :	School
Start Date :	28 Apr 2022
End Date :	07 Oct 2022
Enrollment Ends :	31 Aug 2022
Exam Date :	01 Oct 2022 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

Chapter No.	Module No.	Module Name
Chapter 1	Module 1	Sociology and Society – Part 1
	Module 2	Sociology and Society – Part 2
	Module 3	Sociology and Society – Part 3
	Assignment 1
Chapter 2	Module 4	Social Groups - Concept, Features, Types
	Module 5	Social Stratification - Caste, Origin and Changes
	Module 6	Social Stratification - Class, Race and Ethnicity, Gender
	Module 7	Social Status - Its Role and Conflict
	Assignment 2
Chapter 3	Module 8	Understanding Social Institutions: Family and Marriage
	Module 9	Understanding Social Institutions: Economic-Work & Division of Labour
	Module 10	Understanding Social Institutions: Politics, Religion and Education
	Assignment 3
Chapter 4	Module 11	Culture and Socialisation – Part 1
	Module 12	Culture and Socialisation – Part 2
	Module 13	Culture and Socialisation – Part 3
	Assignment 4
Chapter 5	Module 14	Doing Sociology: Research Methods – Part 1
	Module 15	Doing Sociology: Research Methods – Part 2
	Assignment 5
	Final Assessment

Books and references

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

Instructor bio

Dr. Sarika C. Saju
RIE, NCERT, Bhopal

Her areas of interest are Gender Studies, Sociology of weaker sections, Pedagogy of Social Science, Internship in teaching. She developed course materials for the Textbook of NCERT (08) + Teacher Handbook (02) + other teacher training modules (18) + Alternative academic calendar for Sociology (Class â€“ XI and XII) + Learning outcomes of sociology at Hr. Sec. Level. And represented NCERT, India at Global Human Resource Forum, 2019 at SEOUL, South Korea.

Course certificate

The final assessment will be conducted in the last week of the course i.e. from 2 October to 6 October 2022. The participants will get completion certificate if they score 60% and above in the final assessment.

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