Features
Schedule
Note
- Duration = 8 Weeks (2months)
- Coverage of complete syllabus
- Daily two questions - one for evaluation, one for practice
- Evaluation within 24 hours
- Discussion video for both the questions
- 5 questions per week with ample room for revision on Saturday and Sunday
- Personalised mentoring with Teacher
- Final Tests - Two full length (UPSC format) Tests in the end with evaluation and discussion
Paper - I | ||
S. No. | WEEK | SYLLABUS |
| First week | Origin of Sociology, Sociology as Science, and Research methods |
1 | Monday, 9-Oct-23 | Orientation Session – How to write answers? |
2 | Tuesday, 10-Oct-23 | Unit 1 a) 1 b) |
3 | Wednesday, 11-Oct-23 | 1 c) 2 a) |
4 | Thursday, 12-Oct-23 | 2 b) 2 c) 2 d) |
5 | Friday, 13-Oct-23 | 2 e) 3 a) |
6 | Saturday, 14-Oct-23 | 3 b) 3 c) |
| Sunday, 15-Oct-23 | Break |
| Second Week | Sociological Thinkers, Social Stratification and Mobility |
7 | Monday, 16-Oct-23 | Unit 4 a) b) |
8 | Tuesday, 17-Oct-23 | 4 c) d) |
9 | Wednesday, 18-Oct-23 | 4 e) f) |
10 | Thursday, 19-Oct-23 | 5 a) b) |
11 | Friday, 20-Oct-23 | 5 c) d) |
| Saturday, 21-Oct-23 | Break |
| Sunday, 22-Oct-23 | Break |
| Third Week | Works and Economic Life, Politics & society, and Religion & society |
12 | Monday, 23-Oct-23 | Unit 6 a) b) c) |
13 | Tuesday, 24-Oct-23 | 7 a) b) |
14 | Wednesday, 25-Oct-23 | 7 c) d) |
15 | Thursday, 26-Oct-23 | 8 a) |
16 | Friday, 27-Oct-23 | 8 b) c) |
| Saturday, 28-Oct-23 | Break |
| Sunday, 29-Oct-23 | Break |
| Final Week | Systems of Kinship and Social change in Modern society |
17 | Monday, 30-Oct-23 | Unit 9 a) b) |
18 | Tuesday, 31-Oct-23 | 9 c) d) |
19 | Wednesday, 1-Nov-23 | 9 e) |
20 | Thursday, 2-Nov-23 | 10 a) b) |
21 | Friday, 3-Nov-23 | 10 c) d) e) |
| Saturday, 4-Nov-23 | Break |
| Sunday, 5-Nov-23 | (PAPER -I Full length Test) |
DAMP SOCIOLOGY PAPER -II | ||
| WEEK | SYLLABUS |
First week | ||
22 | Monday, 6-Nov-23 | Paper 2 Orientation (Sources & challenges) |
23 | Tuesday, 7-Nov-23 | Section A a) Indology (GS Ghurye) |
24 | Wednesday, 8-Nov-23 | b) Structural Functionalism (M N Srinivas) |
25 | Thursday, 9-Nov-23 | c) Marxist sociology (A R Desai) & a) Social background of Indian nationalism. |
26 | Friday, 10-Nov-23 | b) Modernization of Indian tradition c) & d) Protests and movements during the colonial period & Social reforms |
| Saturday, 11-Nov-23 | Break |
| Sunday, 12-Nov-23 | Break |
Second Week | ||
27 | Monday, 13-Nov-23 | Section B) i a) The idea of Indian village and village studies b) Agrarian social structure evolution of land tenure system, land reforms. |
28 | Tuesday, 14-Nov-23 | B) ii (a) Perspectives on the study of caste systems: GS Ghurye, M N Srinivas, Louis Dumont, Andre Beteille, b) Features of caste system |
29 | Wednesday, 15-Nov-23 | (c) Untouchability – forms and perspectives |
30 | Thursday, 16-Nov-23 | iii) Tribal communities in India:(a) Definitional problems. (b) Geographical spread |
31 | Friday, 17-Nov-23 | iii) Tribal communities in India: (c) Colonial policies and tribes (d) Issues of integration and autonomy. |
| Saturday, 18-Nov-23 | Break |
| Sunday, 19-Nov-23 | Break |
Third Week | ||
32 | Monday, 20-Nov-23 | (iv) Social Classes in India:(a) Agrarian class structure. (b) Industrial class structure. (c) Middle classes in India. |
33 | Tuesday, 21-Nov-23 | (v) Systems of Kinship in India. |
34 | Wednesday, 22-Nov-23 | (vi) Religion and Society:(a) Religious communities in India. (b) Problems of religious minorities. |
35 | Thursday, 23-Nov-23 | Section C (i) Visions of Social Change in India, (ii) Rural and Agrarian transformation in India:(a) & (b) |
36 | Friday, 24-Nov-23 | Rural and Agrarian transformation in India: c) & d) (iii) Industrialization and Urbanisation in India |
37 | Saturday, 25-Nov-23 | (iv) Politics and Society: (a) b) c) d) |
| Sunday, 26-Nov-23 | Break |
Final Week | ||
38 | Monday, 27-Nov-23 | (v) Social Movements in Modern India:(a) Peasants and farmers movements. (b) Women’s movement. |
39 | Tuesday, 28-Nov-23 | (c) Backward classes & Dalit movement. (d) Environmental movements. (e) Ethnicity and Identity movements |
40 | Wednesday, 29-Nov-23 | (vi) Population Dynamics |
41 | Thursday, 30-Nov-23 | (vii) Challenges of Social Transformation:(a) b) c). |
42 | Friday, 1-Dec-23 | vii) Challenges of Social Transformation (d) e) f) |
| Saturday, 2-Dec-23 | Break |
| Sunday, 3-Dec-23 | (PAPER-II Full length Test) |
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- Start Date: 09th Oct, 2023
- Details: Daily 2 Questions (5 Days in a week)
- Duration: 2 Months
- Validity: Final date of the program + 15days
- Delivery Mode: Online
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