Sociology

Sociology is one of the elective subjects and an important part of the Class XI curriculum. Students must have a clear understanding of the syllabus to score well in the exam. Here is the detailed curriculum of Sociology for the year 2022-23, as per the latest guidelines of CBSE.

A. Introducing Sociology

Unit 1- Sociology, Society and its Relationship with other Social Sciences  

• Introducing Sociology: Emergence. Nature and Scope
• Relationship with other Social Science disciplines 
• Introducing Society: Individuals and collectivities. Pluralities and Inequalities among societies

Unit 2- Terms, Concepts and their use in Sociology  

• Social Groups and Society  
• Status and Role 
• Society & Social Control
• Social Stratification   

Unit 3- Understanding Social Institutions  

• Family, Marriage and Kinship  
• Political Institutions  
• Religion as a Social Institution   
• Education as a Social Institution
• Work & Economic Life 

Unit 4- Culture and Socialization  

• Defining Culture  
• Dimensions of Culture  
• Socialization  
• Agencies of Socialisation and Sociology

B. Understanding Society

Unit 7- Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society  

• Social Change: Types, Causes and Consequences  
• Social Order: Domination, Authority and Law; Contestation, Crime and Violence  
• Concepts: Village, Town and City  
• Social Order and Social Change in Rural and Urban Areas

Unit 9- Introducing Western Sociologists  

• The Context of Sociology  
• Karl Marx on Class Conflict  
• Emile Durkheim: Division of Labour in society  
• Max Weber: Interpretive Sociology, Ideal Type & Bureaucracy

Unit 10- Indian Sociologists

• G.S. Ghurye on Caste and Race  
• D.P. Mukherjee on Tradition and Change 
• A.R. Desai on the State  
• M.N. Srinivas on the Village