INTRODUCTION TO COURSE

SOCIOLOGY ( SOCIO 303)

1st year 1st semester

AFSHAN ARZOO ( Lecturer)

COURSE STRUCTURE:
• Credit hour: 2hour ( 2days a week 1 hour
each day)
• Evaluation Criteria:

Internal Evaluation & Mid-term Examination

60%
Final Examination 40%.
Total: 100%
Course Objectives:
• At the end of the course the student will be able to:
• Identify the basic units of social structure and their
function.
• Describe the structure and patterns of groups.
• Discuss the role of members of a society.
• Explain social interaction and its varieties.
• Explain the social development of Pakistan.
• Describe the impact of culture on social structure.
• Understand the impact of social structure on the
individual.
CONT:
• Explain the effects of culture on illness.
• Discuss about the educational dynamics in Pakistan
• Explain the major social problems in Pakistan.
• Develop an understanding of sociological interpretation
of the relationship between the individual, culture,
community and society and the nature of institutional
structure with in a society.
• Promote awareness about the nature and processes of
social control and social structural changes in the
analytically separable elements of society.
• Promote a positive attitude towards sociology as an
intellectually satisfying discipline relevant to everyday
life.
COURSE OUTLINE:
• Course Outline:
 
• Unit 1: Introduction to sociology
• Unit 2: Basic Concepts 
• Unit 3: Developmental theories of
sociology
• Unit 4: Social groups
CONT:
• Unit 5: Culture
• Unit 6: Society
• Unit 7: Self, Socialization & Personality
• Unit 8: Deviance, Social Control and
collective behavior
• Unit 9: Role & Status
• Unit 10: Major Social Problems in
pakistan.
Recommended Reading:
• An Introduction to Sociology by Abdul Hameed
Taga & Abdul Aziz Taga Latest Edition.

• A Text Book of General Sociology by M. Iqbal

Chaudhry.