UPSC Mains Syllabus of Sociology
 

Hello sir I have cleared civil service exam prelims now I want to get prepare for main exam. My subject is Sociology so can you provide me the syllabus of main exam of Sociology.

Re: UPSC Mains Syllabus of Sociology
 

You want UPSC Sociology main exam syllabus so here is its syllabus:

General Sociology/Foundations of Sociology/Fundamentals of Sociology

1. Sociology - The Discipline:

(a) Modernity and social changes in Europe and emergence of sociology.

(b) Scope of the subject and comparison with other social sciences.

(c) Sociology and common sense.

2. Sociology as Science:

(a) Science, scientific method and critique.

(b) Major theoretical strands of research methodology.

(c) Positivism and its critique.

(d) Fact value and objectivity.

(e) Non- positivist methodologies.

3. Research Methods and Analysis:

(a) Qualitative and quantitative methods.

(b) Techniques of data collection.

(c) Variables, sampling, hypothesis, reliability and validity.

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