CUET PG Sociology Syllabus 2026 (OUT): Check Pattern and Syllabus PDF Download

UNIT – I
Sociology: Definition, nature and scope; Relationship with other Social Sciences: Psychology, Anthropology, History, Economics and Political Science.

UNIT – II
Basic Concepts: Social Structure, Society, Social Organization, Community, Association, Norms, Values.

UNIT – III
Status and Role: Types of status and role and their interrelationship

UNIT – IV
Socialization: Meaning, types, processes and agencies. Theories of self (Freud, Cooley and Mead) Culture: Meaning, characteristics; material and non-material culture; cultural lag. Culture and civilization.

UNIT – I
Societies: Types and Characteristics- Tribal, Rural, Urban, Industrial and Post-Industrial.
UNIT – II
Culture: Definition and Nature; Types- Material and Non- Material. Socialization: Importance, Process and Stages. Social Control: Types and Means 

UNIT – III
Processes of Social Change: Characteristic Features of Industrialization, Modernization, Globalization and Secularization.
UNIT – IV
Social Stratification: Types, theories of stratification social mobility and its types.

UNIT – I
Evolution of Indian Society: Traditional basis of Indian Society; Unity and Diversity in India; India as a Pluralistic Society.
UNIT – II
Caste, theories of Caste system and its Changing Dimensions in India; Dominant caste.
UNIT – III
Processes of Social Change in India: Sanskritization, Westernization, Modernization, Prophetization and Universalization.
UNIT – IV
Social Issues and Problems: Gender Discrimination, Problems of Women, Problems of Dalits, OBCs and Minorities, Affirmative Actions.

UNIT – I
Social Research: Definition, Nature and Purpose; Steps in Social Research; Problem of Objectivity and Subjectivity in Social Research.
UNIT – II
Research Methods: Research Designs; Social Survey; Hypothesis- Types & significance; Sampling and Sampling Procedure.
UNIT – III
Techniques of Data Collection: Observation, Interview, Questionnaire, Schedule and Case Study; Typesn of Data.
UNIT – IV
Statistical Analysis and Use of Computer in Social Research: Classification and Tabulation of data; Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median and Mode; Use of Computers in Social Research.

UNIT – I
Social Problem: Meaning and Definition; Importance of the Study of Social Problems; Sociological Perspectives on Social Problem-Anomie and suicide (Durkheim) Labeling (Becker).
UNIT – II
Structural Issues: Inequality of Caste, Class, Gender and Ethnicity.
UNIT – III
Problems and Issues: Female Feticide, Dowry, Domestic Violence, Divorce, Problems of the Aged.
UNIT – IV
Social Disorganization: Crime, Juvenile Delinquency, Corruption, Communalism, Drug Addiction, Suicide, Nepotism, Prostitution and AIDS.

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