What is the contact number if the Department of Sociology in the Calicut University? I am going to take admission in MA Sociology course of the institute so wants to get the details of admission from the Department of Sociology in the Calicut University.

The syllabus of MA Sociology Programme offered by the Department of Sociology, Calicut University under regulations for Choice Based Credit Semester System (CCSS), 2008 is as follows:

SEMESTER I

CORE COURSE

NO. OF CREDITS: 4

SOC1 C01 CLASSICAL SOCIAL THEORY

MODULE 1 THE EMERGENCE OF SOCIOLOGY
1.1 Socio economic and political context- Enlightenment, French Revolution
1.2 Transition from Social philosophy to Sociology- Contributions of Montesquieu and Saint Simone
1.3 Industrial Revolution, Rise of Capitalism ,Enlightenment and growth of Scientific thinking

MODULE 2 PIONEERS OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
2.1 Auguste Comte: Positivism, Law of three stages, Hierarchy of sciences, Social Statics and Social Dynamics
2.2 Herbert Spencer: Evolutionary Theory and Social Darwinism, Organic Analogy, Types of Society
2.3 Emile Durkheim: Social Fact, Social Solidarity, Division of Labour, Sociology of
Religion

MODULE 3 PARETO AND SIMMEL
3.1 Vilfredo Pareto: Logical and Non-Logical Actions, Residues and Derivatives, Theory of Circulation of Elites, Socialism and Fascism
3.2 Georg Simmel: Formal Sociology, Sociation and Group formation, Philosophy of Money, Relationships and Social types, Modernity – Metropolis

MODULE 4 MARX AND WEBER
4.1 Max Weber: Social Action, Ideal Type, Power and Authority, Bureaucracy,
The Protestant ethics and spirit of capitalism
4.2 Karl Marx: Dialectical Materialism, Class and Class conflict, Theory of Social Change, Theory of Alienation, Commodity Fetishism
4.3 Comparison between Marx and Weber

Reference
Ian Craib - Classical Social Theory
Raymond Aron - Main Currents in Sociological Thought
George Ritzer - Sociological Theory
Ronald Fletcher - The making of Sociology
Paramjit S Judge - Foundations of Classical Sociological Theory
Vidya Bhushan and Sachdeva- Fundamentals of Sociology
Anthony Giddens - Capitalism and Modern Social Theory
J.Turner et al - The emergence of Sociological Theory
Irving.M.Zetlin - Ideology and the development of Sociological Theory
Lewis.A.Coser - Masters of Sociological Thought
John Hughes et.al - Understanding Classical Sociology: Marx, Weber, Durkheim
Anderson & Kaspersen - Classical and Modern Social Theory
Hawthorne, Geoffrey - Enlightenment and Despair


MA Sociology Syllabus Department of Sociology, Calicut University

Attached Files

MA Sociology Syllabus Department of Sociology, Calicut University.pdf (477.2 KB, 391 views)