HS 307 Sociology

Course description

This is an introductory course on sociology. The course content varies slightly from instructor to instructor.

It begins with describing what sociology is, followed by philosophy of society by Karl Marx. It talks of communism, capitalism, philosophies of sociologists like Marx Webber, Emile Durkhaim.
Post midsem content includes nationalism, phases of Indian nationalist movement and politics of secularism. The lecture notes, which are often parts of some sociology book, are too lengthy (owing to content and english) to cover in one-two day's time, hence listening to classes attentively and making notes can save a lot of preparation time.

Course pattern & logistics

Pre mid sem stuff is pretty chill. Post midsem content is not so intuitive and hence attending classes becomes important.
Exams- 3 quizzes (2mcq & 1 subjective), 1 midsem (mcq) and 1 endsem(mcq). Endsem portion includes only post mid-sem content.

Comments on Instructor
(Kushal Deb)

The prof is very much approachable and open to discussions. He basically summarizes large portions of the book and makes boring content appealing by arousing curiosity in the subject.

Who will find it interesting

Students who have a slightest of liking for history and politics will like the course as it takes you back to the time when capitalism was taking over feudalism, national freedom  movement was happening, discusses politics of secularism.