বিষয় : সমাজবিজ্ঞান (Sociology)
বিষয় কোড : ৪০৮
পূর্ণমান : ১০০
(i)
The Sociological Perspective: The origins and growth of sociology,
nature and scope, theoretical perspectives. Sociology and other social
sciences.
(ii)
The Process of Sociological Research : Sociology and scientific research, the
research process, Sociology as science, research method and techniques.
Objectives and ethics in social research.
(iii)
Culture: Definitions, components of culture,
the diversity and unity of culture, cultural integration and cultural change.
(iv)
Social Institutions: Family and marriage, definitions,
forms and functions of family, types of marriage, recent trends in family and
marriage; Economic Institutions: Contemporary economic systems capitalism,
socialism, economic system of developing countries property; Political Institutions
: state, political systems, power, authority, leadership, political parties,
bureaucracy, nature of civil society and democratization in developing
countries; religion: definition, varieties theories, religion and social
change, mass media, growth of media press radio, television, internet, impact
of mass media and global culture.
(v)
Society and Social Structure: The Units of social structure-status
role groups, institutions; types of societies: hunting and gathering societies.
Horticultural societies, pastoral societies, agrarian societies, industrial
societies, post industrial/post-modern societies.
(vi)
Social Differences and Social
Inequality:
Principles of stratification major forms: slavery, estate, caste, class and
status group: theories of stratifications: functionalist theories, conflict
theories, Lens Ki's theory. Social structure and differentiation; by age,
gender, ethnicity, social class and social mobility: stratification pattern in
Bangladesh.
(vii)
Socialization: Definitions, formation of the
self-James cooley and the social self, mead and the self process, Goffman and
the presentation of self; Socialization process, agents of socialization.
(viii)
Deviance and Social Control: Nature of deviance and crime.
sociological theories of crime and deviance; Social control - agencies of
social control : Religion, art, public opinion, education, mass media custom
and law, state and government. Family, Agencies of social control with
particular reference to Bangladesh.
(ix)
Population, People and Their
Environment:
Basic demographic concepts, the growth of populations, theories of populations,
composition of the population. Population patterns in modern and developing
nations; population resources and the environment; human impact on the natural
world; environmental movements.
(x)
Urban Development and Community: Urban versus rural life- the origin
and growth of the cities, urbanization after the industrial revolution, urban
life and change, metropolitan problems and the urban crisis.
(xi)
Social change: Definitions, sources of change, social
change and modernization. Types of change major theories of change: change,
progress and evolution. Social History of Bangal : Impact of Muslim rule,
British rule and its impact, developments of middle class, emergence of
Bangladesh, tribes of Bangladesh. Racial characteristics of the population of
Bangladesh, rural development in Bangladesh, role of BARD and other similar
organizations in rural development including NGO's.