Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Sociological Studies Paper I Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
Syllabus for Sociological studies Paper I
The University sets this paper under Scheme III only, so your college may not run it.
Module 1: Sociological Perspectives on Social Problems
- 1 Functionalism
- 2 Conflict theory
- 3 Symbolic interactionism
Module 2: Social Problems
- 1 Education
- 2 Health
- 3 Environment
Reference Books
- 1 Blumer, H. (1969). Symbolic interactionism: Perspective and Method. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
- 2 Dalai Ajit K. & Subha Ray (ed) 2005: Social dimensions of health, Rawat Publishers New Delhi.
- 3 Dak, T. M. (ed) 1997 Sociology of Health in India, Rawat Publishers, Jaipur.
- 4 Dash, Dhanalaxmi, 2005 Women, Environment and Health, Mangaldeep Publishers, Jaipur
- 5 Gans, H. J. (1972). The positive functions of poverty. American Journal of Sociology, 78, 275–289.
- 6 Indu Mathur & Sanjay Sharma 2002 Health Hazards, Gender & Society Rawat Pub. WHO 1988 Education for Health, WHO report, Geneva.
- 7 Marx, K. (1906). Capital. New York, NY: Random House. (Original work published 1867).
- 8 Marx, K., & Engels, F. (1962). The communist manifesto. In Marx and Engels: Selected works (Vol. 2, pp. 21–65). Moscow, Russia: Foreign Language Publishing House. (Original work published 1848).
- 9 Mills, C. W. (1959). The sociological imagination. London, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press
- 10 Singh, Y. M. (1992). ‘Sociological Foundations of Education’, Sheth Publishers, Bombay.
- 11 World Bank 2005 The Millennium Development Goals for Health Rising to the challenges