Week 1: Introduction to Rural Sociology, Field of rural sociology, Rural sociology and other social sciences
Rural sociology is the study of social organization and social processes that are characteristic of geographical localities where population size is relatively small and density is low. Thus, rural Sociology can be defined as the sociology of rural society.
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Course Material
- Lesson Plans
- Time Table
- Week 1: Introduction to Rural Sociology, Field of rural sociology, Rural sociology and other social sciences
- Week 2: An understanding of rural social system
- Week 3: Pattern of rural settlement & Rural resources
- Week 4: social stratification and social differentiation
- Week 5: Group, role and status, Norms and values, folkways and Mores, Social system and Sub- systems
- Week 6: Size of Land Holding, Small & large scale Farming
- Week 7: Land Tenure System
- Mid Term Exam
- Week 9: Food Production Processes & Services in Rural Settlement
- Week 10: Social change
- Week 11: Acceptance and resistance to change, Role of Extension worker as change
- Week 12: Relationship between technological and socio-economic aspect of rural society
- Week 13: Gender and development in rural set-up
- Week 14: Rural Tourism
- Week 15: Other institutions of rural society, health, education, sanitation
- Week 16: Final Term Exam
- Chapters 18
- Department Sociology and Criminology
- Teacher
Azka Murtaza
