Contemporary sociological theory syllabus

Modern Sociological theories grew steadily and mostly as criticisms to classical theories

Most modern sociological theories have transgressed into different schools of sociology such as Functionalism, Conflict Theory, Critical Theory and Symbolic Interactionism

The syllabus for Sociology is well laid out with 10 chapters in each of the two papers

The core areas in the syllabus may be roughly classified under following heads: Sociology as a discipline

Important currents in sociological thought

Social institutions Social Realities Social change

The syllabus for Sociology is well laid out with 10 chapters in each of the two papers

The core areas in the syllabus may be roughly classified under following heads: Sociology as a discipline

Important currents in sociological thought Social institutions Social Realities Social change

Early sociologists such as Auguste Comte, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber are credited with the Classical Sociological theories

The development of these theories is shaped by their social settings

Interestingly, the social setting itself stands to be the subject matter of these theories and also shapes it simultaneously