• Accredited by NAAC
  • birparacollege@gmail.com 

Sociology

  • About
  • Faculty Profile
  • Academic Resource
  • Routine
  • Gallery

The Department of Sociology opened in 1995. On 14 August 1995, Sociology Pass course was introduced in Birpara College along with Economics and Geography and on 6 June 2005 Sociology Honours was started. The first departmental faculty members were Smt. Madhukala Karki. and Smt. Malashree Majumder.  Later Smt. Anupa Minj joined the department as Guest Lecturer. Currently, there are five faculty members comprising two Assistant Professor and three State Aided College Teachers (SACTs). The current seat capacity in Sociology Honours is 48.

 

Courses Offered

  1. Sociology Honours
  2. Sociology as Generic Elective (GE) course for other Honours subjects in 3rd and 4th semester. Beside this, GE course is also for 5th and 6th semester BA Program course students.
  3. Sociology as Discipline Specific Core (DSC) from paper I to IV is taught for 1st to 4th  semester and  DSE (Discipline Specific Elective) Paper I and II is taught for 5th and 6th semester program students.
  4. Sociology as SEC (Skill Enhancement Course) is taught for 3rd and 4th Semester B.A. Honours students & Program DSC1 students. It also offered for DSC2 5th and 6th semester Program students.

Faculty Contact Details:

  1. SK Kamruzzaman (HOD)- 7890700264/ 7980005702
  2. Shaan Anjum-7908944584
  3. Kajal Das-7074017244
  4. Mamoni Barman-8967527003
  5. Shaswati Chakraborty-9593659744

Departmental Resources

The department gives students access to a number of academic resources:

  1. Stock of textbooks and reference books in the Departmental and Central Library.
  2. E-Bank of digital books
  3. E-learning resources on the departmental webpage – Click here
  4. Departmental YouTube channel – Click here
  5. Departmental Lecture Series- Click here
  6. Syllabus for Honours Course- Click here
  7. Syllabus for Program Course- Click here

 

  • SK. Kamruzzaman

    Assistant Professor

    View Profile
  • Mrs. Shaan Anjum

    Assistant Professor

  • Mrs. Kajal Das

    State Aided College Teacher (Category - II)

  • Mrs. Shaswati Chakraborty

    State Aided College Teacher (Category - II)

  • Ms. Mamoni Barman

    State Aided College Teacher (Category - II)

Weekly Online Lecture Series

Youtube links to all episodes of online lectures (nos 1-28) on Culture and Personality organised with Educational and Cultural Station, Kolkata in 2020-2021 – Click here

(ACADEMIC RESOURCE FOR HONOURS STUDENTS)

 

CC-1- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

 

CC-2- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

 

CC-3- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

 

CC-4- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

 

CC-5- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

 

CC-6- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

 

CC-7- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

 

SEC-1- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

 

GE-1-CLICK HERE TO OPEN

 

CC-8- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

 

CC-9- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

 

CC-10- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

 

SEC-2- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

 

GE-2-CLICK HERE TO OPEN

 

CC-11- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

 

CC-12- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

 

DSE-1- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

 

DSE-2- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

 

CC-13- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

 

CC-14- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

DSE-4-CLICK HERE TO OPEN

GE-I (GENDERAND VIOLENCE)

 

  1. Gendered Violence: Meaning and Concept
  2. Gender as Social Construct- 1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  3. Sex and Gender
  4. Forms of Gender Violence
  5. Dowry
  6. Domestic Violence
  7. Witchcraft
  8. Wife Beating
  9. Causes of Domestic Violence
  10. Women Trafficking’s
  11. Caste and Violence
  12. Women and Violence
  13. Violence, Harassment at the Workplace
  14. Sextual Violence
  15. Gendered Violence: Politics
  16. Power and subordination in Gender- 1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  17. Gendered Violence: Public Policy
  18. Empowerment of Women- 1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  19. Legislative Measure

 

CC-VIII (RURAL SOCIOLOGY IN INDIA)

 

  1. E-Book-Click Here
  2. Rural Sociology: Definition, Subject Matter and Scope-1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  3. Rural Society: Meaning and Characteristic-1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  4. Village community- Concept and Characteristic-1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  5.  Jajmani system – Features, interrelationship-1. Click Here 2.Click Here 3. Click Here
  6. Jajmani system – Changing Trend-1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  7. Features of Agrarian Economy- 1. Click Here 2. Click Here 3. Click Here
  8. Village Economy, Village Self-sufficiency-1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  9. Rural Leadership-1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  10. Caste system: Features and Significance-1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  11. Agrarian class-Nature and Forms-1. Click Here 3. Click Here
  12. Peasant Society- Concept and Forms-1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  13. Labor Class (Agriculture Labor)-Meaning, Characteristic and Forms-1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  14. Sharecropping/ Agrarian Relation System-1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  15. Various Agrarian class Structure-1. Click Here 2.Click Here 3. Click Here
  16. Land Tenure System-1. Click Here 2. Click Here 3. Click Here
  17. Land Reforms- objectives and Program-1. Click Here 2. Click Here 3. Click Here 4. Click Here
  18. Operation Barga-1. Click Here
  19.  Gender and agrarian Realities-1. Click Here 2. Click Here 3. Click Here 4.  Click Here
  20. Indian Agriculture- Feature of Indian Agriculture, Types of Crops, Types of Farming, Challenges- 1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  21. Risk, Farmer’s and Agriculture Crisis in India-1. Click Here 2.  Click Here 3. Click Here
  22. Agrarian movements-1. Click Here 2. Click Here 3. Click Here
  23.  Cooperative Society-Concept, Types, Characteristic- Click Here
  24. Cooperative Movement-1. Click Here 2. Click Here 3. Click Here
  25. Green Revolution-1. Click Here 2. Click Here 3. Click Here 4. Click Here 5. Click Here
  26. Agriculture Technology in India, Digital Agriculture-1. Click Here 2. Click Here 3. Click Here
  27. Telengana Mevement-1. Click Here 2. Click Here 3. Click Here
  28. Tebhaga Movement-1. Click Here 2. Click Here 3. Click Here
  29. Nakshalbari/ Naxalbari Movement-1. Click Here 2. Click Here 3. Click Here
  30. The Global Agrarian order-1. Click Here
  31. Rural Poverty-1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  32. Poverty Alleviation Program- 1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  33. Rural Indebtedness-1. Click Here 2. Click Here 3. Click Here
  34. Rural Unemployment-1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  35. Rural Illiteracy-1. Click Here
  36. Problems of Food Security in Rural Society-1. Click Here 2. Click Here 3. Click Here
  37. Problems of Landlessness in Rural Society-1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  38.  Rural Problems- Click Here
  39. Rural Health Care and Sanitation-1. Click Here 2. Click Here 3. Click Here 4. Click Here
  40. Rural Health Mission.-1. Click Here 2. Click Here 3. Click Here
  41. Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI):Development, Constitutional Provisions and Structures-1. Click Here 2. Click Here 3. Click here 4. Click here
  42. Panchayati Raj and Rural Development (Function of Panchayat)-1. Click Here 2. Click Here 3. Click Here 
  43. Decentralization and Panchayati raj- Click Here
  44. Rural Development: Perspectives, Strategies and Program-1. Click Here 2. Click Here 3. Click Here
  45.  Community Development Program-1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  46. PMGSY-Click Here
  47.  IRDP-1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  48. Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY)-1. Click Here
  49. National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)-1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  50.  Literacy Program-1. Click Here 2. Click Here

 

CC-IX (SOCIOLOGY OF KINSHIP)

 

  1. Nature, Scope and Subject Matter of Sociology of Kinship
  2. Kinship: Meaning, Significance
  3. Kinship: Types
  4. Degree of Kinship
  5. Kinship Usages
  6.  Key Terms: Descent, Consanguinity, Filiations, Incest Taboo, Affinity,
  7.  Residence ( House hold dimensions of Family)
  8.  Kinship Approaches on Descent
  9. Kinship Approaches on Alliance
  10. Kinship Approaches on Cultural
  11. Meaning and Types of Clan
  12. Relationship Between  Clan and Lineage
  13.  Totemism and Taboos: Meaning and Nature
  14.  Kinship Terminologies
  15. Kinship Organizations in India
  16. Regional Variation of Kinship Organization
  17. New Dimensions of Kinship in Modern India: Continuity and Change
  18. Kinship in Modern India: Continuity and Change
  19.  Emerging Family Pattern in India: From the Perspective of Human Dimension

 

CC-X (SOCIAL STRATIFICATION)

 

  1. Meaning of Social Stratification, Characteristics
  2.  What is Social Differentiation and Inequality
  3. Nature and dimensions of Inequality
  4. Dimensions of Social Stratification
  5.  Various Theories of Stratification
  6. Marxian Approach on Class and Status Group
  7.  Weberian Perspective  on Class and Status Group
  8. Functionalist Perspective of  Kingsley Davis on Social Stratification
  9. Functionalist Perspective of Wilbert E Moore on Social Stratification
  10.  Functionalist Perspective of Melvin M Tumin on Social Stratification
  11. Caste- Meaning, Nature and Change
  12. Race-Meaning, Nature and Change
  13. Ethnicity- Meaning, Nature and Change
  14. Class-Meaning, Nature and Change
  15. Estate System-Meaning, Nature and Change
  16. Slavery System-Meaning, Nature and Change
  17. Feminism and Gendered Stratification
  18. Social , Cultural Aspects – reproduction
  19. Social , Cultural Aspects Mobility
  20. Forms of Mobility

 

SEC-II (VISUAL SOCIOLOGY)

 

  1. An Introductory Survey of Visual and Visual Sociology: Scope
  2. Method of  Visual Sociology as in Sociological Enquiry
  3. Vision: Meaning and Importance
  4. Visuality: Meaning and Importance
  5. Scopic regime: Meaning and Importance
  6. Simulacrum: Meaning and Importance
  7. visual cultures: Meaning and Importance
  8.  John Berger Concept of Ways of seeing
  9. Various Discourse on Visual Sociology and visual culture.
  10. Discourse on Inter Textuality Discourse
  11.  Discourse on Discursive Formation
  12.  Discourse on Power/knowledge
  13.  Discourse on Regime of truth
  14. Methodological tools for Visual Sociology: Site
  15. Methodological tools for Visual Sociology: Production
  16. Methodological tools for Visual Sociology: Image
  17. Methodological tools for Visual Sociology: Photography
  18. Methodological tools for Visual Sociology: Audience
  19. Methodological tools for Visual Sociology: Modalities
  20. Documentary Photography: Meaning, How to Frame and Its Importance
  21.  Photo journalism: Meaning, How to Frame and Its Importance
  22.  Poster design: Meaning, How to Frame and Its Importance
  23.  Film Review: Meaning, How to Frame and Its Importance
  24.  Group Discussion: Meaning, How to Frame and Its Importance

 

GE-II (POPULATION AND SOCIETY)

 

  1. Relationship Between Sociology and Demography
  2.  Concepts and Approaches of Social Demography
  3.  Scope and subject matter of demography
  4.  Pre- Malthusian Theories of population
  5.  Malthusian Theory & critique of population
  6.  Post-Malthusian Theories of population
  7.  Marxist Theories of population
  8. Neo-Marxist Theories of population
  9. Demographic Transition Theory of Population
  10. Optimum Theory of Population
  11. Population Structure: Characteristic
  12. Population Distribution: Age and Sex Structure,
  13. Population Distribution: Population Size and Growth
  14. Fertility-Factors of high growth,
  15. Reproduction
  16. Mortality and its Causes of High mortality,
  17. Infant Mortality
  18. Recent Trend of Declining Mortality.
  19. Population Explosion in India
  20. Trends of Population Growth in Developing Countries
  21. Population as Constraints and Resources for Development
  22. Population Program in India
  23. Population Policies in India
  24. Migration

 

 

CC-XIII ( SOCIOLOGICAL THINKERS-II)

 

  1. e-Book- 1. Click Here 2. Click Here
  2. Various Theories at a Glance-Click Here
  3. Talcott Parsons: A Short Introduction to Life and work
  4. Structural Functionalism: General Assumption/ Basic Principle
  5. Talcott Parsons: System Theory
  6. Talcott Parsons: Social Action Theory
  7. Person’s Structural Functionalism
  8. Merton’s Structural Functionalism
  9. Structuralism: General Assumption/ Basic Principle
  10. Claude Levi‐Strauss theory of Structuralism
  11. Symbolic Interactionalism: General Assumption/ Basic Principle
  12. G. H. Mead approach of Self in Society (Mind, Self and Society)
  13. G. H. Mead approach of The Genesis of Self
  14. G. H. Mead approach of The ‘I’ and the ‘Me’
  15. Self and the work of Erving Goffman
  16.  Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann theory of Social Construction of Reality
  17. Sociological Imagination: General Approach & Principal
  18.  Sociological Imagination of C. Wright Mills- Click Here
  19. School of Critical Theory: General Approach & Principal
  20.  Frankfurt School
  21.  Critical Theory of Habermas

 

DSE-IV (INDIAN SOCIOLOGICAL TRADITIONS)

 

  1. Origin and Development of Indian Sociology
  2. D P Mukerji Concept of Indian Tradition and Modernity
  3.  D P Mukerji Concept of Middle Class
  4. Radhakamal Mukerjee Concept of Personality,
  5. Radhakamal Mukerjee Concept of Society, Values
  6. Radhakamal Mukerjee Concept of Social Ecology
  7. G S Ghurye Concept of  Caste and Race
  8. G S Ghurye Concept of  City and Civilization
  9. Irawati Karve Concept of Gender
  10. Irawati Karve Concept of  Kinship
  11. A R Desai: Ideas of Nationalism
  12. M.N. Srinivas Concept of Modernization and Westernization (Social Change)
  13. M.N. Srinivas Concept of Dominant Caste
  14. M.N. Srinivas Concept of Sanskritization
  15. Binay Kumar Sarkar’s Contribution to Indian Sociology
  16. Binay Kumar Sarkar concept of Personality and Social Progrss
  17. S. C. Dube Concept of Sociology of Development

 

(ACADEMIC RESOURCE FOR PROGRAM STUDENTS)

 

1. SOCP-DSC -1-CLICK HERE TO OPEN

2. SOCP-DSC-2-CLICK HERE TO OPEN

3. SOCP-DSC-3- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

4. SOCP-DSC-4- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

5. SOCP-DSE-1- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

6. SOCP-SEC-1- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

7. SOCP-DSE-2- CLICK HERE TO OPEN

DSE-II (SOCIAL STRATIFICATION)

SEC-II (VISUAL SOCIOLOGY)

GE-I (GENDER AND VIOLENCE)

GE-II (POPULATION AND SOCIETY)

Get In Touch With Us