This course aims to impart basic knowledge of the theories, dimensions, sources and impact of social change and development, to address in particular the Indian experience of social change and development and, to provide insights into the concerns and challenges of developmental changes occurring now.
The topics are divided in to the following 4 Modules:
Module I: Understanding Change and Development
Module II: Theoretical Approaches
Module 3: Social Change and Development: Process and Strategies
Module IV: Development in India: Concerns and Challenges
This course aims to familiarize the students with the statistical methods in social sciences and to enable them to summarize numeric data by computing descriptive statistics, to compute various inferential statistics and to equip them to identify appropriate technique for a given set of variables and research questions.
This paper discusses the major personality theories and various aspects of counselling.
This course aims to introduce the contemporary developments in Sociology including Rational, exchange theories and perspectives of critical theory. It also allows insights to micro-macro integration of schools of thought.
An academic portrayal of Urban society with its possible historical, theoretical and contemporary implications. Issues, Significances and Challenges of Urbanization process in India are also systematically investigated.
Delivery of Sociology of media in both conceptual and applicational ways. Dealing with media facilitations and its utility in varying societal structures. The legal and legislative stipulations within which media and its operations are confined are also dealt with.
This course aims to provide a holistic perspective on the history, structure and development of Kerala from a sociological outlook. It also illustrates why Kerala is called a consumerist State and learn the features of the trade union culture of Kerala. The course also emphasizes how migrant labourers contribute to Kerala's economy and the changes happening in marriage, family and religion.
Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary study of how gender, race, age, class, nationality, ethnicity, ability, sexuality, and other differences impact almost every facet of the social, political, and cultural experience.
The primary goal of this
course is to familiarize students with theoretical frameworks, key issues, questions and debates in
Culture.
Rural Sociology is a mirror of the rural social life. The course aims to provide a detailed study of knowledge about different aspects of rural life, its problems, its culture, its religion, its economic and political life.
The course introduces students to the central topics
and concepts of demography and provide the knowledge with understanding of the demographic processes, and the related
contemporary issues.
Aims at to familiarize the students with the social significance of Industry. Such aspects of industry as Industrial Relations, Industrial Work, Organization and Management, Issues and Trends of Post Industrial India are dealt with in various modules.
The course aims to provide a solid basis for understanding the society and the various sociological perspectives.
This course aims to sensitize the students
regarding the relationship between human society and ecosystem, various approaches to the study of environment and
ecosystem and to create awareness regarding environmental degradation and the importance of sustainable development.
The course aims to demonstrate the views of modern theorists in Globalization and how it relates to the situation around us. It also helps the students to know how the world has shrunk due to the advancement of science, technology, trade, communication and transportation. It goes on to describe how Globalization has affected the institutions of marriage, family and religion; and also our environment.