Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Fundamentals of Sociology Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
Syllabus for Fundamentals of Sociology
Part of this reading list is printed in Devanagari, which the University's own PDF does not release as reliable text. Those entries are not set here; they are in the document above, as she printed them.
Module 1: Social Stratification
- 1 Concept of Social stratification
- 2 Types of Social Stratification and Discrimination - Age, Caste, Class, Gender, Religion, Race and Differently Abled
- 3 Social Mobility
Module 2: Social Control and Deviance
- 1 Social Control, Conformity and deviance: Meaning and forms
- 2 Perspectives on Crime: Functionalist (Merton), Symbolic Interactionist (Becker), Marxist perspective (Chambliss)
Module 3: Types of Crime and Rehabilitation
- 1 White-collar crime, Corporate crimes, Cyber crimes
- 2 Environmental Crime
- 3 Criminal Rehabilitation
Module 4: Social Interaction
- a Understanding Social Interaction Communication Verbal and nonverbal communication (face, body, gestures) Relationship between culture and communication
- b Social Process Cooperation Accommodation Assimilation
- c Virtual Interaction -- Interaction, relationships at a distance on a global/virtual platform, building trust, etc.
References
- 1 Dasgupta and Saha. (2012).An Introduction to Sociology, Pearson.
- 2 Giddens, Anthony. (2017). Sociology (8th edition), Atlantic Publishers.
- 3 Haralambos M and Heald. (2009).Sociology Themes and Perspectives. New Delhi Oxford University Press.
- 4 Julia Jary and David Jary. (2005). Dictionary of Sociology,Collins.
- 5 Macionis, John. (2005).Sociology (10 th edition), Prentice Hall.
- 6 Marshall Gordon. (2004).Dictionary of Sociology, New Delhi Oxford University Press.
- 7 Schaefer,Sociology A Brief Introduction (2006) sixth edition, Tata McGraw Hill New Delhi.
- 8 Schaeffer and Lamm. (1998).Sociology (6 th edition), McGraw Hill.
- 9 Stolley S, Kathy. (2005).The Basics of Sociology, Greenwood Press.