SOCIOLOGY OPTIONAL PLANNER

Date Day SOCIOLOGY + PYQs Practicing ( 3 Hours)

7/15/2024 Monday Understanding the Syllabus + Watching Toppers Talks

7/16/2024 Tuesday Resource collection ­ Primary and Reference Material

7/17/2024 Wednesday Resource collection ­ Primary and Reference Material

7/18/2024 Thursday Textbook for Class­XI (Introducing Sociology)

7/19/2024 Friday Textbook for Class­XI (Understanding Society)

7/20/2024 Saturday Textbook for Class­XII (Indian Society)

7/21/2024 Sunday Break

7/22/2024 Monday Textbook for Class­XII (Indian Society)

7/23/2024 Tuesday Textbook for Class­XII (Indian Society)

7/24/2024 Wednesday Textbook for Class­XII (Social Change and Development In India)

7/25/2024 Thursday Textbook for Class­XII (Social Change and Development In India)

7/26/2024 Friday Textbook for Class­XII (Social Change and Development In India)

Sociology ­ The Discipline:

7/27/2024 Saturday
(a) Modernity and social changes in Europe and emergence of Sociology.

7/28/2024 Sunday Break

7/29/2024 Monday (b) Scope of the subject and comparison with other social sciences.

7/30/2024 Tuesday (c) Sociology and common sense.

Sociology as Science:
7/31/2024 Wednesday
(a) Science, scientific method, and critique.

8/1/2024 Thursday (b) Major theoretical strands of research methodology.

8/2/2024 Friday (b) Major theoretical strands of research methodology.

8/3/2024 Saturday (c) Positivism and its critique.

8/4/2024 Sunday Break

8/5/2024 Monday (d) Fact value and objectivity.

8/6/2024 Tuesday (e) Non­positivist methodologies.

Research Methods and Analysis:

8/7/2024 Wednesday
(a) Qualitative and quantitative methods.

8/8/2024 Thursday (b) Techniques of data collection.

8/9/2024 Friday (c) Variables, sampling, hypothesis, reliability, and validity.

Sociological Thinkers:
8/10/2024 Saturday
(a) Karl Marx ­ Historical materialism, mode of production, alienation, class struggle.

8/11/2024 Sunday Break

8/12/2024 Monday (a) Karl Marx ­ Historical materialism, mode of production, alienation, class struggle.

8/13/2024 Tuesday (a) Karl Marx ­ Historical materialism, mode of production, alienation, class struggle.
8/14/2024 Wednesday (a) Karl Marx ­ Historical materialism, mode of production, alienation, class struggle.

8/15/2024 Thursday (a) Karl Marx ­ Historical materialism, mode of production, alienation, class struggle.

8/16/2024 Friday (b) Emile Durkhteim ­ Division of labour, social fact, suicide, religion and society.

8/17/2024 Saturday (b) Emile Durkhteim ­ Division of labour, social fact, suicide, religion and society.

8/18/2024 Sunday Break

8/19/2024 Monday (b) Emile Durkhteim ­ Division of labour, social fact, suicide, religion and society.

8/20/2024 Tuesday (b) Emile Durkhteim ­ Division of labour, social fact, suicide, religion and society.

(c) Max Weber ­ Social action, ideal types, authority, bureaucracy, protestant ethic and the spirit of
8/21/2024 Wednesday
capitalism.
(c) Max Weber ­ Social action, ideal types, authority, bureaucracy, protestant ethic and the spirit of
8/22/2024 Thursday
capitalism.
(c) Max Weber ­ Social action, ideal types, authority, bureaucracy, protestant ethic and the spirit of
8/23/2024 Friday
capitalism.

8/24/2024 Sunday Break

8/25/2024 Monday (d) Talcolt Parsons ­ Social system, pattern variables.

8/26/2024 Tuesday (d) Talcolt Parsons ­ Social system, pattern variables.

8/27/2024 Wednesday (d) Talcolt Parsons ­ Social system, pattern variables.

8/28/2024 Thursday (e) Robert K. Merton ­ Latent and manifest functions, conformity and deviance, reference groups.

8/29/2024 Friday (e) Robert K. Merton ­ Latent and manifest functions, conformity and deviance, reference groups.
8/30/2024 Saturday (e) Robert K. Merton ­ Latent and manifest functions, conformity and deviance, reference groups.

8/31/2024 Sunday Break

9/1/2024 Monday (f) Mead ­ Self and identity.

9/2/2024 Tuesday (f) Mead ­ Self and identity.

Stratification and Mobility:

9/3/2024 Wednesday
(a) Concepts ­ equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion, poverty, and deprivation.

9/4/2024 Thursday (b) Theories of social stratification ­ Structural functionalist theory, Marxist theory, Weberian theory.

9/5/2024 Friday (c) Dimensions ­ Social stratification of class, status groups, gender, ethnicity and race.

9/6/2024 Saturday (d) Social mobility ­ open and closed systems, types of mobility, sources and causes of mobility.

9/7/2024 Sunday Break

Works and Economic Life:

9/8/2024 Monday (a) Social organization of work in different types of society ­ slave society, feudal society, industrial
capitalist society.
(b) Formal and informal organization of work.
9/9/2024 Tuesday
(c) Labour and society.
Politics and Society:
9/10/2024 Wednesday
(a) Sociological theories of power.

9/11/2024 Thursday (b) Power elite, bureaucracy, pressure groups and political parties.

9/12/2024 Friday (c) Nation, state, citizenship, democracy, civil society, ideology

9/13/2024 Saturday (d) Protest, agitation, social movements, collective action, revolution.

9/14/2024 Sunday Break

9/15/2024 Monday (d) Protest, agitation, social movements, collective action, revolution.

Religion and Society:

9/16/2024 Tuesday
(a) Sociological theories of religion.

9/17/2024 Wednesday (b) Types of religious practices: animism, monism, pluralism, sects, cults.

(c) Religion in modern society: religion and science, secularization, religious revivalism,
9/18/2024 Thursday
fundamentalism.
Systems of Kinship:
9/19/2024 Friday
(a) Family, household, marriage.
(b) Types and forms of family.
9/20/2024 Saturday
(c) Lineage and descent.

9/21/2024 Sunday Break

(d) Patriarchy and sexual division of labour.

9/22/2024 Monday
(e) Contemporary trends.
Social Change in Modern Society:
9/23/2024 Tuesday
(a) Sociological theories of social change.

9/24/2024 Wednesday (b) Development and dependency.

9/25/2024 Thursday (c) Agents of social change.

9/26/2024 Friday (d) Education and social change.

9/27/2024 Saturday (e) Science, technology, and social change.

9/28/2024 Sunday Buffer Day

9/29/2024 Monday Buffer Day

9/30/2024 Tuesday Buffer Day

10/1/2024 Wednesday Buffer Day

10/2/2024 Thursday Buffer Day

10/3/2024 Friday Buffer Day

10/4/2024 Saturday Buffer Day

10/5/2024 Sunday Buffer Day

Perspectives on the Study of Indian Society:

10/6/2024 Monday
(a) Indology (G.S. Ghure).

10/7/2024 Tuesday (b) Structural functionalism (M. N. Srinivas).

10/8/2024 Wednesday (c) Marxist sociology (A. R. Desai).

Impact of colonial rule on Indian society:

10/9/2024 Thursday
(a) Social background of Indian nationalism.

10/10/2024 Friday (b) Modernization of Indian tradition.

10/11/2024 Saturday (c) Protests and movements during the colonial period.

10/12/2024 Sunday Break

10/13/2024 Monday (d) Social reforms.

Rural and Agrarian Social Structure:

10/14/2024 Tuesday
(a) The idea of Indian village and village studies

10/15/2024 Wednesday (b) Agrarian social structure— evolution of land tenure system, land reforms.

Caste System:
10/16/2024 Thursday (a) Perspectives on the study of caste systems: G. S. Ghurye, M. N. Srinivas, Louis Dumont, Andre
Beteille.
 (a) Perspectives on the study of caste systems: G. S. Ghurye, M. N. Srinivas, Louis Dumont, Andre
10/17/2024 Friday
Beteille.
(a) Perspectives on the study of caste systems: G. S. Ghurye, M. N. Srinivas, Louis Dumont, Andre
10/18/2024 Saturday
Beteille.

10/19/2024 Sunday Break

10/20/2024 Monday (b) Features of caste system.

10/21/2024 Tuesday (c) Untouchability­forms and perspectives

Tribal Communities in India:

10/22/2024 Wednesday (a) Definitional problems.
(b) Geographical spread.
10/23/2024 Thursday (c) Colonial policies and tribes.

10/24/2024 Friday (d) Issues of integration and autonomy.

10/25/2024 Saturday Buffer Day

10/26/2024 Sunday Break

10/27/2024 Monday (c) Colonial policies and tribes.

10/28/2024 Tuesday (d) Issues of integration and autonomy.

Social Classes in India:

10/29/2024 Wednesday
(a) Agrarian class structure.

10/30/2024 Thursday (b) Industrial class structure.

10/31/2024 Friday (c) Middle classes in India.

Systems of Kinship in India:

11/1/2024 Saturday
(a) Lineage and descent in India.
11/2/2024 Sunday Break

(b) Types of kinship systems.

11/3/2024 Monday
(c) Family and marriage in India
(d) Household dimensions of the family.
11/4/2024 Tuesday
(e) Patriarchy, entitlements and sexual division of labour.
Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India:
11/5/2024 Wednesday (a) Programmes of rural development, Community Development Programme, cooperatives, poverty
alleviation schemes.
(b) Green revolution and social change.
11/6/2024 Thursday
(c) Changing modes of production in Indian agriculture.

11/7/2024 Friday (d) Problems of rural labour, bondage, migration.

Industrialization and Urbanisation in India:

11/8/2024 Saturday
(a) Evolution of modern industry in India.

11/9/2024 Sunday Break

11/10/2024 Monday (b) Growth of urban settlements in India.

11/11/2024 Tuesday (c) Working class: structure, growth, class mobilization.

11/12/2024 Wednesday (d) Informal sector, child labour.

11/13/2024 Thursday (e) Slums and deprivation in urban areas.

Politics and Society:

11/14/2024 Friday
(a) Nation, democracy and citizenship.

11/15/2024 Saturday (b) Political parties, pressure groups, social and political elite.

11/16/2024 Sunday Break

(c) Regionalism and decentralization of power.

11/17/2024 Monday
(d) Secularization.
 Social Movements in Modern India:
11/18/2024 Tuesday (a) Peasants and farmers' movements.
(b) Women’s movement.
(c) Backward classes & Dalit movements.
11/19/2024 Wednesday
(d) Environmental movements.

11/20/2024 Thursday (e) Ethnicity and Identity movements.

Population Dynamics:
11/21/2024 Friday
Population size, growth, composition and distribution.

11/22/2024 Saturday Components of population growth: birth, death, migration.

11/23/2024 Sunday Break

11/24/2024 Monday Population Policy and family planning.

11/25/2024 Tuesday Emerging issues: ageing, sex ratios, child and infant mortality, reproductive health.

Challenges of Social Transformation:

11/26/2024 Wednesday
(a) Crisis of development: displacement, environmental problems and sustainability.
(b) Poverty, deprivation and inequalities.
11/27/2024 Thursday
(c) Violence against women.
(d) Caste conflicts.
11/28/2024 Friday
(e) Ethnic conflicts, communalism, religious revivalism.

11/29/2024 Saturday (f) Illiteracy and disparities in education.

11/30/2024 Sunday Break

12/1/2024 Monday Buffer week

12/2/2024 Tuesday Buffer week

12/3/2024 Wednesday Buffer week

 12/4/2024 Thursday Buffer week

12/5/2024 Friday Buffer week

12/6/2024 Saturday Buffer week

12/7/2024 Sunday Break

Primary Material ­ NCERTs

Textbook for Class­XI (Introducing Sociology)

Textbook for Class­XI (Understanding Society)

Textbook for Class­XII (Indian Society)

Textbook for Class­XII (Social Change and Development In India)

Reference Material ­ Sociology Paper 1

Essential Sociology by Nitin Sangwan

Haralambos & Holborn Sociology Themes and Perspective ­ Blue Book (Selective)

IGNOU BA & MA. (Selective)

Ritzer for Thinkers

Sample notes: upscprep.com/sociology­notes

Reference Material ­ Sociology Paper 2

Essential Sociology by Nitin Sangwan
Sample notes: upscprep.com/sociology­notes

Indian Sociological Thought by BK Nagla

IGNOU BA & MA. (Selective)