Course Outline: Introducing Sociology: Definition, Nature, Subject Matter, Sociology and Common Sense, Importance of Sociological Study; The Development of Sociology: The Origins, Early Sociologists (Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber), Modern Developments and Industrial Revolution; Capitalism and Socialism, The Theoretical Perspectives: The Functionalist Perspective, The Conflict Perspective, and The Interactionist Perspective. Sociological Research Methods: Scientific Methods and their Application in Sociological Research: Fact, Concept, Variables, Correlations, Control, Hypothesis, Assumption, and Theory; The Methods of Social Research: Historical, Comparative, Statistical, Case-study, Experiments etc; The Research Process: Select the problem, Review the Literature, Formulate a Hypothesis, Choose a Research Design, Collect the Data, Analyze the Results, Draw a Conclusion, Report Writing and Use of SPSS in Sociological Research; Basic Social Institutions, Marriage: Concept, Forms, and Functions; Family: Concept, Forms, and Functions, Changing Pattern of Marriage and Family in Modern Industrial Society; Culture, Society, and Socialization: Definition, Characteristics, Aspects and Elements of Culture, Cultural Lag, Culture and Civilization, Stages in the Evolution of Human Civilization; Agencies of Socialization: Family, Schools, Peer Groups, Mass Media etc; Social Change and Social Stratification: Concept of Social Change, Social Evolution, Social Progress, and Social Development. Factors of Social Change and Its Impacts on Society; Social Stratification: of Concept, Forms, Social Stratification and Social Mobility; Social Problems and Applied Sociology: Concept of Social Problems; Major Social Problems: Crime, Juvenile Delinquency, Drug Addiction etc. Concept, Scope, Role of Sociologist in Applied Sociology; Social Policy and Planning: Objectives and prerequisites of Social Planning; Globalization: Information and Communication Technology: Concept and Areas of Globalization, Impact of Globalization on Society, The Rise of Information and Communication Technology. Dimensions of Globalization: Technological and Information globalization; Technology and Society: Concept, Technological Innovation, and Technological Fix (Alvin Weinberg-1966), Technology and Society: Effects of technological factors on social life and Influence of Technology on Social Institution.