Tezpur University Sociology

Can you provide me the Course Structure and Syllabus of MA in Sociology as offered by Department of Sociology of Tezpur University?

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The Course Structure and Syllabus of MA in Sociology as offered by Department of Sociology of Tezpur University are as follows:

SC 411 Classical Sociological Traditions

Course Objective:
This course seeks to familiarize the students with the emergence and growth of sociology as a discipline. It introduces the students to select aspects of theoretical contributions of pioneer of the discipline with regards to social processes and the methods of their study. It is expected that an acquaintance with the ideas of these classical thinkers would prepare the student to grapple with various social processes, sociological perspectives and theories to be taught in subsequent courses.

Unit 1
The Emergence of Sociology as a discipline: Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution.

Unit 2
Karl Marx: Historical Materialism, Class Struggle and Capitalist Society, Alienation.

Unit 3
Emile Durkheim: Rules of Sociological Method, Forms of Solidarity and Division of Labour, Suicide, Religion.

Unit 4
Max Weber : Methodology of Social Sciences, Social Action, Bureaucracy and Rationality, Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism
Reference Book(s)
1. Bottomore, T. Theories of Modern Capitalism. London: Unwin Hyman Ltd., 1985.
2. Durkheim, E. The Rules of Sociological Method. London: Macmillan, 1982.
3. Durkheim, E. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (5
th edition). New York: Collier
Books, 1961.
4. Durkheim, E. Suicide. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1997.
5. Durkheim, E. The Division of Labour in Society. New York: The Free Press, 1993.
6. Kamenka, E. (Ed.) The Portable Marx. New York: Penguin, 1983.
7. Marx, K. and F. Engels. Manifesto of the Communist Party (Marx-Engels Collected
Works). Vol. 6, London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1976.
8. Marx, K. Capital (Vol. I). Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1954.
9. Morrison, K. Marx, Durkheim, Weber: Formations of Modern Social Thought (2nd
edition). London: Sage Publications Ltd., 2006.
10. Nisbet, R. A. The Sociological Tradition. London: Heinemann, 1976.
11. Ritzer, G. Sociological Theory. McGraw Hill, New York: Roxbury Publication Co.,2000.
12. Weber, M. Methodology of the Social Sciences. New York: The Free Press, 1949.
13. Weber, M. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Los Angeles: Blackwell Publishers, 2002.