UNIT I
Meaning and scope of Anthropology
Definition, Major divisions of Anthropology namely cultural,
physical, Archaeolgical and linguistic anthropology
and their contributions to the integrated study of Man,
Anthropology and its relations with other disciplines.
UNIT II
Basic concepts of society and culture
Civilization, institution, Association, group, status
and role, social structure and social organisation and
social functions.
UNIT III
Marriage, Family and Kinship
Definition of Marriage, types of Marriage, Rules of
Marriage, ways of Acquiring Mates, Marriage systemes
in India. Marriage payments and functions; Family -
Definition, classifications and fuctions of family;
Hindu Joint family system; Definition of Kinship - Kinship
terminology - Descent groups - Importance of Kinship
in primitive societies.
UNIT IV
Economic and political Anthropology
Salient features of Tribal, Economic organization -
concept of property in tribal groups, primitive forms
of Exchange - Nature of political organizations in tribal
societies and forms of social control in tribal societies.
UNIT V
Religion and Magic
Definition and function of Religion, Forms of religion
in primitive groups, Theories of origin of Religion,
Magic types, Magic, Religion and Science.
UNIT VI
Indian peasant society
Physical and Social structures of Indian villages, Indian
caste system - origin and development and features,
changing caste system, India's changing villages.
UNIT VII
Indian Urban Society
Rural Urban differences, Culture of poverty, - slums
- Industrilization Indians Urban Problems - gambling.
Alcoholism prostitution, labour problems, pollution
and health hazards.
UNIT VIII
Indian Tribal society
Definition and characteristics of tribe; Geographical
distribution - social economic religios features; Tribal
problems - constitutional safe guards for tribes - tribals
movements - Tribal development and welfare measures.
UNIT IX
Organic Evolution
Theories of Evolution Lamarckiam, Darurnism, and Neo-Darurnism;
Bio-Cultural factors in evolution; primates, classification,
and salient features of Living primates; Man's position
in Animal Kingdom, - Differences between apes and Man
(Morphological and Anatomical) Fossil man - Stages of
Human Evolution - and their characteristics Australopithocines,
Homoerectus, Neanderthals, Cromagnon(Modern Man).
UNIT X
Human Variation
Definition of Race - Criteria of Racial classification,
Major Racial groups and characteristics of the world,
Racial composition of Indian populations, Principles
of Genetics, Mendalism and its application to human
populations; Genetics and society.
UNIT XI
Indian Pre-History
Palaeolithic Muselithic Neolithic Proto-historic (Indus
civilization) stages of Indian culture.
UNIT XII
Applied Anthropology
Meaning and scope of applied Anthropology - Anthropologist's
Role in tribal development, colonial Administration,
Rural and Urban Planning - Role of Applied Anthropology
in Industry. Medicine and Human health.
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