Karl Marx, Structure- Functionalism and Structuralism
Bronislaw Malinowski
A.R. Radcliffe- Brown
Talcott Parsons
Robert K. Merton
Claude Levi Strauss, Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions
G.H. Mead
Karl Manheim
Alfred Schutz
Harold Garfinkel
Erving Goffman
Clifford Geertz, Post Modernism, Post Structuralism and Post Colonialism
Edward Said
Pierre Bourdieu
Michel Foucault
Jurgen Habermas
Anthony Giddens
Manuel Castells, Indian Thinkers
M.K. Gandhi
B.R. Ambedkar
Radha Kamal Mukherjee
G. S. Ghurye
M.N. Srinivas
Irawati Karve
2Research Methodology and Methods
Conceptualizing Social Reality
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Method and Epistemology in Social Science
Hermeneutic Traditions
Objectivity and Reflexivity in Social Science
Ethics and Politics, Formulating Research Design
Reading Social Science Research, Data and Documents
Induction and Deduction
Fact, Concept and Theory
Hypotheses, Research Questions, Objectives, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
Ethnography
Survey Method
Historical Method
Comparative Method, Techniques
Sampling
Questionnaire and Schedule
Statistical Analysis
Observation, Interview and Case study
Interpretation, Data Analysis and Report Writing
3Basic Concepts and Institutions
Sociological Concepts
Social Structure
Culture
Network
Status and Role
Identity
Community
Diaspora
Values, Norms and Rules
Personhood, Habitus and Agency
Bureaucracy, Power and Authority, Social Institutions
Marriage, Family and Kinship
Economy
Polity
Religion
Education
Law and Customs, Social Stratification
Social Difference, Hierarchy, Inequality and Marginalization
Caste and Class
Gender, Sexuality and Disability
Race, Tribe and Ethnicity, Social Change and Processes
Evolution and Diffusion
Modernization and Development
Social Transformations and Globalization
Social Mobility
4Rural and Urban Transformations
Rural and Peasant Society
Caste-Tribe Settlements
Agrarian Social Structure and Emergent Class Relations
Land Ownership and Agrarian Relations
Decline of Agrarian Economy, De-Peasantization and Migration
Agrarian Unrest and Peasant Movements
Changing Inter-Community Relations and Violence, Urban Society
Urbanism, Urbanity and Urbanization
Towns, Cities and Mega-Cities
Industry, Service and Business
Neighbourhood, Slums and Ethnic Enclaves
Middle Class and Gated Communities
Urban Movements and Violence
5State, Politics and Development
Political Processes in India
Tribe, Nation State and Border
Bureaucracy
Governance and Development
Public Policy: Health, Education and Livelihoods
Political Culture
Grass-root Democracy
Law and Society
Gender and Development
Corruption
Role of International Development Organizations, Social Movements and Protests
Political Factions, Pressure Groups
Movements based on Caste, Ethnicity, Ideology, Gender, Disability, Religion and Region
Civil Society and Citizenship
NGOs, Activism and Leadership
Reservations and Politics
6Economy and Society
Exchange, Gift , Capital, Labour and Market
Mode of Production Debates
Property and Property Relations
State and Market: Welfarism and Neoliberalism
Models of Economic Development
Poverty and Exclusion
Factory and Industry Systems
Changing Nature of Labour Relations
Gender and Labour Process
Business and Family
Digital Economy, E-Commerce
Global Business and Corporates
Tourism
Consumption
7Environment and Society
Social and Cultural Ecology: Diverse Forms
Technological Change, Agriculture and Biodiversity
Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Ethno-Medicine
Gender and Environment
Forest Policies, Adivasis and Exclusion
Ecological Degradation and Migration
Development, Displacement and Rehabilitation
Water and Social Exclusion
Disasters and Community Responses
Environmental Pollution, Public Health and Disability
Climate Change and International Policies
Environmental Movements
8Family, Marriage and Kinship
Theoretical Approaches: Structure-Functionalist, Alliance and Cultural
Gender Relations and Power Dynamics
Inheritance, Succession and Authority
Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction
Children, Youth and Elderly
Emotions and Family
Emergent Forms of Family
Changing Marriage Practices
Changing Care and Support Systems
Family Laws
Domestic Violence and Crime against Women
Honour Killing
9Science, Technology and Society
History of Technological Development
Changing notions of Time and Space
Flows and Boundaries
Virtual Community
Media: Print and Electronic, Visual and Social Media
E-Governance and Surveillance Society
Technology and Emerging Political Processes
State Policy, Digital Divide and Inclusion
Technology and Changing Family Relations
Technology and Changing Health Systems
Food and Technology
Cyber Crime
10Culture and Symbolic Transformations
Signs and Symbols
Rituals, Beliefs and Practices
Changing Material Culture
Moral Economy
Education: Formal and Informal
Religious Organizations, Piety and Spirituality
Commodification of Rituals
Communalism and Secularism
Cultural Identity and Mobilization
Culture and Politics
Gender, Body and Culture
Art and Aesthetics
Ethics and Morality
Sports and Culture
Pilgrimage and Religious Tourism
Religion and Economy
Culture and Environment
New Religious Movements ***
Paper-I — common to every subject
1Teaching Aptitude
Teaching: Concept, Objectives, Levels of teaching (Memory, Understanding and Reflective), Characteristics and basic requirements.
Learner’s characteristics: Characteristics of adolescent and adult learners (Academic, Social, Emotional and Cognitive), Individual differences.
Factors affecting teaching related to: Teacher, Learner, Support material, Instructional facilities, Learning environment and Institution.
Methods of teaching in Institutions of higher learning: Teacher centred vs. Learner centred methods; Off-line vs. On-line methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs etc.).
Teaching Support System: Traditional, Modern and ICT based.
Evaluation Systems: Elements and Types of evaluation, Evaluation in Choice Based Credit System in Higher education, Computer based testing, Innovations in evaluation systems.
2Research Aptitude
Research: Meaning, Types, and Characteristics, Positivism and Post-positivistic approach to research.
Methods of Research: Experimental, Descriptive, Historical, Qualitative and Quantitative methods.
Steps of Research.
Thesis and Article writing: Format and styles of referencing.
Application of ICT in research.
Research ethics.
3Comprehension
A passage of text be given. Questions be asked from the passage to be answered.
4Communication
Communication: Meaning, types and characteristics of communication.
Effective communication: Verbal and Non-verbal, Inter-Cultural and group communications, Classroom communication.
Barriers to effective communication.
Mass-Media and Society.
5Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude
Types of reasoning.
Number series, Letter series, Codes and Relationships.
Mathematical Aptitude (Fraction, Time & Distance, Ratio, Proportion and Percentage, Profit and Loss, Interest and Discounting, Averages etc.).
6Logical Reasoning
Understanding the structure of arguments: argument forms, structure of categorical propositions, Mood and Figure, Formal and Informal fallacies, Uses of language, Connotations and denotations of terms, Classical square of opposition.
Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning.
Analogies.
Venn diagram: Simple and multiple use for establishing validity of arguments.
Structure and kinds of Anumana (inference), Vyapti (invariable relation), Hetvabhasas (fallacies of inference).
7Data Interpretation
Sources, acquisition and classification of Data.
Quantitative and Qualitative Data.
Graphical representation (Bar-chart, Histograms, Pie-chart, Table-chart and Line-chart) and mapping of Data.
Data Interpretation.
Data and Governance.
8Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
ICT: General abbreviations and terminology.
Basics of Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and Video-conferencing.
Digital initiatives in higher education.
ICT and Governance.
9People, Development and Environment
Development and environment: Millennium development and Sustainable development goals.
Human and environment interaction: Anthropogenic activities and their impacts on environment.
Environmental issues: Local, Regional and Global; Air pollution, Water pollution, Soil pollution, Noise pollution, Waste (solid, liquid, biomedical, hazardous, electronic), Climate change and its Socio-Economic and Political dimensions.
Impacts of pollutants on human health.
Natural and energy resources: Solar, Wind, Soil, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass, Nuclear and Forests.
Natural hazards and disasters: Mitigation strategies.
Environmental Protection Act (1986), National Action Plan on Climate Change, International agreements/efforts -Montreal Protocol, Rio Summit, Convention on Biodiversity, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, International Solar Alliance.
10Higher Education System
Institutions of higher learning and education in ancient India.
Evolution of higher learning and research in Post Independence India.
Oriental, Conventional and Non-conventional learning programmes in India.
Professional, Technical and Skill Based education.
Value education and environmental education.
Policies, Governance, and Administration.
Official UGC-NET syllabus (ugcnet.nta.ac.in), Paper-II subject units, verbatim.
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