COURSE OUTLINE of 2nd year 2nd semester
Introduction to Research Methodology (Soc-2201)
Chapters
Chapter One:
Science and Research
Chapter Two:
Basic Concepts of Social
Research
Chapter Three:
Measurement and Scaling
Chapter Four:
Reviewing the Literature
Topics
a. Social research
b. Foundation of social sciencesTheory, not philosophy or belief
c. Theory and Research:
Inductive and deductive
d. Theoretical framework and
Conceptual framework: A
clarification
a. Paradigms
b. Concepts, variables, hypothesis
c. Types of social research:
Quantitative & qualitative;
Purposes of social research:
Exploratory, descriptive and
explanatory
d. Primary data and secondary data
e. Ethics in social research
a. Conceptualization,
operationalization and scaling
procedure
b. Measurement and level of
measurement
Validity and reliability of
measurement
a. Reviewing the existing literature
b. Techniques of searching the
existing literature
c. Avoiding plagiarism
Chapters
Topics
Chapter Five:
Sampling
Chapter Six:
Quantitative Data
Collection Technique
Chapter Seven:
Qualitative Data
Collection Technique
a. Logic of sampling
b. Types of sampling methods:
probability sampling and nonprobability sampling
c. Types of probability and nonprobability sampling
d. Sample size determination
e. Sampling error
f. Limitations of sampling
a. Survey research
b. Types of survey:
Interview survey, telephone survey,
self-administered questionnaires,
computer-assisted telephone survey
c. Advantages and disadvantages of
survey
d. Questionnaire formulating
e. Content analysis as an unobtrusive
research
a. Access to research setting
b. Ethnography and participant
observation
c. Focus Group Discussions (FGD)
d. Case study
e. In-depth interview
f. Participatory Rural Appraisal
(PRA) & Rapid Rural Appraisal
(RRA)
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Sociology of Poverty (Soc-2202)
Chapters
Chapter One:
Concepts and meaning of
poverty
Chapter Two:
Measurement of poverty
Chapter Three:
Theories of poverty
Chapter Four:
Gender and poverty
Chapter Five:
Ethnicity, Race and
Poverty
Topics
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Definition of poverty
Understanding the nature of poverty
Absolute poverty
Relative poverty
Human development
Measures of human development
Social exclusion
The relationship between social
exclusion and poverty
Marginalization
Poverty line and Composite index
The problem of measurement
Quantitative measures
Measures of inequality: Pen’s
‘Parade of Dwarfs’
Qualitative measures
Townsend
Amartya Sen
The feminization of poverty
Employment, low pay and poverty
Social security
The costs of caring
Dependency
Family, labour market and state
Racial discrimination and racism
Racialized stereotyping
Racism in benefits
Disadvantage and deprivation
Chapters
Topics
Chapter Six:
Poverty alleviation
approaches and
challenges
Chapter Seven:
Experience and outcome
of poverty alleviation
programs in Bangladesh
a.
b.
c.
d.
MDG and SDG
Targeted based approach
PRSP-I and PRSP-II
Social safety net program
a. Micro credit, empowerment and
awareness
b. Challenge in poverty alleviation:
Chronic poverty, Hardcore poverty
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Gender and Development (Soc-2203)
Chapters
Chapter One:
Introduction
Chapter Two:
Basic Concepts
Chapter Three:
Women, History and
Social Change
Chapter Four:
Feminist Theories
Chapter Five:
Socialization of Gender
Role
Topics
a. Definition and difference between
gender and sex
b. Social Construction of gender
c. Origin and Development of women
studies/Gender studies
a. Gender needs, gender stereotypes
b. Gender equity and equality
c. Gender mainstreaming and gender
gap
d. Patriarchy
a. Women’s Role and Status in
Horticulture Society
b. Women’s Role and Status in
Agriculture Society
c. Women’s Role and Status in PreIndustrial Society
d. Women’s Role and Status in
Industrial Society
e. Women’s Role and Status in Urban
Hierarchy
a. Liberal feminism
b. Radical feminism
c. Marxist and socialist feminism
d. Post-modern feminism
a. Family and socialization:
Childhood experience and adult
socialization
b. Mass media
c. Educational institutions
d. Social values: Myth, taboo and
women
Chapters
Topics
Chapter Six:
Gender and Approaches
Chapter Seven:
Gender in Bangladesh:
Situation Analysis and
Government Policies
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b.
c.
d.
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d.
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f.
Women in Development (WID)
Women and Development (WAD)
Gender and Development (GAD)
Global Conferences
CEDAW, UN Charter
Economic, Political and Cultural
status
Empowerment of Women
Legal status of women
Women and violence
Five-year plans
Social safety Net-policies
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Social Psychology (Soc-2204)
Chapters
Chapter One:
The Field of Social
Psychology
Chapter Two:
Social Cognition: Making
Sense of Self and Others
Chapter Three:
Learning
Chapter Four:
Motivation and emotion
Chapter Five:
Attitudes – evaluating the
social world
Topics
a. What is social psychology?
b. Subject matter and history of social
psychology
c. Social psychology and related field
d. Perspectives on social behavior
a. Non-verbal communications,
impacts of Schemata and primacy
effects
b. Theories of attribution – Jones’ and
Kelly’s model
c. Self-conception: Reflected
Appraisal, Social Comparison and
Gender Role Internalization
a. What is learning?
b. Pavlov’s and Skinner’s theories of
learning
a. What are the biological and social
rights behind motivation?
b. Motivation theories: Instinct, Drive
Reduction, Arousal, Cognitive and
Humanistic approaches
c. Sensation and emotion:
James-Lange theory,
Cannon-Bard theory,
Schachter-Singer theory
a. Attitude, and formation and
changes of attitudes
b. Measuring attitudes: Likert scale,
Thurstone scale and Bogardus scale
c. Mob and Crowd
d. Rumors and Propaganda
Chapters
Topics
Chapter Six:
Personality
Chapter Seven:
Leadership
a. Personality and types of personality
b. Personality and culture
c. Theories of personality
development- Freud, Adler and
Erikson
a. What is leadership?
b. Characteristics of leaders
c. Leadership and gender
d. Leadership formation theories
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