STUDENT ASSIGNMENTS MA SOCIOLOGY
SESSION 2022-23 (DISTANCE MODE) FIRST SEMESTER
The students are required to read carefully and follow the instructions given below:
Submission of one complete Assignment in each course of the programme every semester is compulsory.
Completed Assignments on A4 size paper are to be submitted in Google Classroom.
For Assignments Submitted after prescribed date, a late fee of Rs. 100/- per Assignment will be payable to CDOE through Demand Draft in favour of Jamia Millia Islamia, Payable at New Delhi.
For Ex-students who failed to submit Assignments during the course of the programme are required to submit with late fine of Rs. 200/- per Assignment to CDOE in the form of Demand Draft in favour of Jamia Millia Islamia, Payable at New Delhi.
Write your name, roll number and other details as required on the cover page of Assignment.
For your record you keep a photocopy of your Assignment
Please go through Programme Guide carefully
For any further clarification contact your Programme co-ordinator
Course Title –Classical Sociological Theory Course Code: MAS101
Session: 2022-23 Maximum Marks-25
Note: Attempt three questions in all. Question No. 5 is compulsory (10*2=20) 1. Discuss the contribution of Ibn- Khaldun in the development of Sociology.
2. Critically examine the methodological contribution of Emile Durkheim to study society.
3. Write a short notes on Historical Materialism as discussed by Karl Marx
4. Critically examine the impact of modernity on individual life as discussed by Georg Simmel
5. Write short note on any one of the followings (05) (a) Organic Analogy
(b) Types of Social Action
Course Title – Methodological Orientations and Methods in Research Course Code: MAS102
Session: 2022-23 Maximum Marks-25
Note: Attempt three questions in all. Question No. 5 is compulsory (10*2=20)
1. Critically discuss objectivity as a principle in social science research with suitable example.
2. Differentiate between the quantitative and the qualitative research.
3. What are the various types of sampling? Discuss with suitable examples.
4. Discuss the significance of ethics in social science research.
5. Write short note on any one of the followings: (05) a. Interpretivism
b.Ethnomethodology
Course Title – Ethnicity, Minorities and Multiculturalism Course Code: MAS103
Session: 2022-23 Maximum Marks-25
Note: Attempt three questions in all. Question No. 5 is compulsory (10*2=20)
1. Critically examine the concept, nature and types of minorities in India.
2. Differentiate between the religious minorities and the linguistic minorities in India.
3. Do you think communalism challenges the idea of national integration? Elucidate.
4. Do you think practice of democracy would be incomplete without ensuring minority rights?
5. Write short note on any one of the followings: (05) a. Ethnicity
b.Secularism
Course Title – Ecology and Society Course Code: MAS104
Session: 2022-23 Maximum Marks-25
Note: Attempt three questions in all. Question No. 5 is compulsory (10*2=20)
1. Culture has played an important role in deepening of the ecological understanding.
Discuss with reference to the cultural ecological approach.
2. What is the role that development process plays in ecological sustainability?
3. What effect did ecological movements have on the Right to nature and livelihoods?
Explain with examples.
4. Discuss the effects of lifestyle changes and consumption choices on ecology and climate change.
5. Write short note on any one of the followings (05) (a) Effects of Industrial Revolution on Ecology (b) Eco-Feminism
Course Title – Sociology of Tribes and Indigenous People (CBCS) Course Code: MASX105
Session: 2022-23 Maximum Marks-25
Note: Attempt three questions in all. Question No. 5 is compulsory (10*2=20) 1. Analyse the anthropological perspective of Tribe
2. Discuss the contribution of indigenous people in sustainability of ecology 3. Write a short notes on Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006
4. Critically examine the impact of development on tribe.
5. Write short note on any one of the followings (05) (a) Indigenous status of tribe
(b) Territorial autonomy of tribe