REVIEW OF LAST LECTUER

NATURE OF SOCIOLOGY
1. Sociology is an independent science
2. Sociology is the social not a physical science 
3. Sociology is the categorical not normative
4. Sociology is the pure not an applied science 
5. Sociology is the generalizing and not a
particularizing
6. Sociology is both rational and an empirical
 SCOPE OF SOCIOLOGY
Society is the web (network) of social institutions. These
institutions like family, education, religion, political and economic
are interrelated and interdependent one another. Therefore it is
important that sociology should study society as a whole. Being
the study of society the scope of sociology is very wide. Sociology
studies every aspect of life whether that is economic, political,
religious or other aspect to which human beings are concerned as
members of society. That is why we can say that sociology is the
mother of social sciences. The scope of sociology has been
divided into two categories

• SCOPE IN THE FIELD OF KNOWLEDGE

• SCOPE IN THE FIELD OF PROFESSION
 SCOPE OF SOCIOLOGY
• SCOPE IN THE FIELD OF KNOWLEDGE
• Sociologists have the primary and basic aim to build up
knowledge about the society and social interaction. The
sociologists are required to gain the know-how about the
social problem and their solution. This is only possible on
the basis of scientific knowledge.
• Sociology provides understanding of the society and what
is going on in the society, through the specialized fields of
sociology.
• Which are discussed as under:
 SCOPE OF SOCIOLOGY
• Rural Sociology • Industrial Sociology
• Urban Sociology • Political Sociology
• Social change and
• Criminology
development
• Social Psychology • Anthropology (study of human
• Economic Sociology being)

• Sociology of Education
• Sociology of Religion
• Sociology of Family
 SCOPE OF SOCIOLOGY
• IN THE FIELD OF PROFESSION
1. Teaching
2. Research
3. Administration
 SCOPE OF SOCIOLOGY
• TEACHING
The persons who get great knowledge become
qualified. These qualified individuals are serving in the
teaching profession. The students are trained by them
and different techniques are taught to them how to
conduct survey or research and also the cultural traits
(characteristics) are transmitted to them. These teachers are

also writing books in which different ways are discussed

for the community development and knowledge is
increased and transmitted to the new generation.
 SCOPE OF SOCIOLOGY
• RESEARCH
Those qualified teachers or other individuals are also
engaged in the field of research to find out serious
problems, their causative factors and the ways how
to solve problems. The sociologists as researchers
are employed in many governmental and non-
governmental organization and are found very
helpful in finding difficulties in the way of
development and remedies (solutions) for those
problems.
 SCOPE OF SOCIOLOGY
• ADMINISTRATION
Sociologists as administrators direct and guide the people in different
organizations which work for the development and social welfare such
as:
• Health and social welfare
• Town departments
• Jail department
• Public administration
• Urban and rural community development projects
• Business administration
• Local government and community development
• Finance, planning and development
• Education