Reading, Writing & Reasoning for Sociology

Reading an academic text and effectively writing a good academic paper is a big challenge for the students of social sciences which relies on multiple methods of data collection. In context of Indian academia this issue is more aggravated because of insensitivity among students about ethical issues and plagiarism. This course attempts to address these issues and will equip students to handle academic paper efficiently.The course will enable students to read academic texts and identify the central argument(s) and grasp the content of the texts. It will facilitate them to organize ideas, to structure their arguments, style and tone of the author and author biases. To seeks to enable students to identify standard elements of writing and equip them to express in different genres of writing such as summaries, critical reviews and essays. It is expected that the students will be able to approach writing as a form of reasoning, with specific organization of ideas, style and perspective and develop critical thinking through reflecting on various texts consciously keeping cross-cultural perspective in background.This course aims to enhance skills of reading, writing and reasoning for students from Sociology. It aims to equip the students with the necessary skills of writing and publishing a research paper. Important ethical issues while writing a research paper like the issue of plagiarism, and the peer review process is also discussed in this course which will help the students to inculcate good academic writing habits.