Minor Course
| Sociology Minor – 15 credits |
| Core Courses (6 Credits) |
Introductory Sociology is designed to acquaint the beginning students with the major concepts and theories. With a brief discussion of its history and contributions of the major sociologists the course introduces the students to the methodology of social research. The course then looks at the major concepts, like culture, groups, socialization, deviance and social control. The next section deals with social inequality in terms of social stratification, global inequality, and inequalities among ethnic groups, gender and of age. It then moves to the different institutions like, family, religion, education, economy, and government and politics. The next section deals with population, environment, urbanization and finally with collective behaviour and social movements and social change.
The students are introduced to the logical sequence of the research process and the value of using research for scientific knowledge building. The course covers the connection between theory and social research; ethical issues involved in conducting research relating to diverse population; quantitative and qualitative method of inquiry, data analysis and writing scientific reports.
The course contents include, Introduction to the basic concepts of social inquiry: theory-hypothesis, empiricism, generalizability, probability, causality, induction, deduction. Key Issues : purposes, time dimensions, units of analysis or research. Social science research approaches : paradigm, theory and practice. Conceptualization, operationalization, validity, reliability and measurement. Research Process: from the research question to writing proposal to preparing the scientific report. Research Designs: Quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods of research- data collection techniques, data analysis and interception of research results. Ethical considerations and scientific report writing.
Elective Courses (9 Credits)
| Anthropology Minor – 15 credits |
Definition and scope; Historical formation of anthropology; anthropology and colonialism; Major Subfields: Cultural Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology and Archaeology; Anthropology and other Disciplines; Theory and methods in anthropology; Core Concepts: Culture, Marriage and Family, Kinship, Descent and Social Structure; Economic Systems, Political Systems; Applying Anthropology: Applied Anthropology; Recent Trends in Anthropology: Changes and Direction.
