@Equalizer This is my first attempt so I am not the best person to answer that. I have prepared from home on my own. Hopefully someone else will shed some light
What is ur graduating subject
some basic learnings from previous failures:
1) It’s very important to FINISH the syllabus.
There are 2 parts to the syllabus. One is the CORE part - this includes THINKERS plus some HIGH VALUE topics. Most of the serious aspirants have a decent grasp on these topics. The trend is that not more than 50% of the paper is from this section. The other section has PERIPHERAL topics which appear very general. If you write a general answer here - it won’t work. Must make “Sociological” notes on these general topics.
2) Examples seem to work!
Found in multiple topper copies that they spend 30-40% of the space writing contemporary examples. For ex: If sacred-Profane is asked - you can write about Sabarimala and profanity of menstrual blood.
3) Interlinkage between 2 papers seems to work.
Found in multiple topper copies that when something from Paper-2 is asked, it is linked with some theory or concept in Paper-1.
4) Value of diagrams and flow charts is questionable in Sociology.
Didnt find many diagrams etc in topper copies in Sociology. Most of them wrote in standard 3-line paragraphs combined with points where necessary.
5) Dropping Names works!
For everything you say - if it’s substantiated with the name of a Sociologist or Sociological study - it seems to work. One topper copy had as many as 45 Names in Paper-2. This is a common feature of all topper copies.
6) 75% of paper is from PYQ. Practice them instead of writing random test series.
How to make sociological notes on general topics
some basic learnings from previous failures:
1) It’s very important to FINISH the syllabus.
There are 2 parts to the syllabus. One is the CORE part - this includes THINKERS plus some HIGH VALUE topics. Most of the serious aspirants have a decent grasp on these topics. The trend is that not more than 50% of the paper is from this section. The other section has PERIPHERAL topics which appear very general. If you write a general answer here - it won’t work. Must make “Sociological” notes on these general topics.
2) Examples seem to work!
Found in multiple topper copies that they spend 30-40% of the space writing contemporary examples. For ex: If sacred-Profane is asked - you can write about Sabarimala and profanity of menstrual blood.
3) Interlinkage between 2 papers seems to work.
Found in multiple topper copies that when something from Paper-2 is asked, it is linked with some theory or concept in Paper-1.
4) Value of diagrams and flow charts is questionable in Sociology.
Didnt find many diagrams etc in topper copies in Sociology. Most of them wrote in standard 3-line paragraphs combined with points where necessary.
5) Dropping Names works!
For everything you say - if it’s substantiated with the name of a Sociologist or Sociological study - it seems to work. One topper copy had as many as 45 Names in Paper-2. This is a common feature of all topper copies.
6) 75% of paper is from PYQ. Practice them instead of writing random test series.
How to make sociological notes on general topics
There is no simple way to do it. I usually do the following 3 things:
1) I check if any content is available for the topic in Harlambos and Giddens
2) I try to see if any of the Thinkers that we have already studied can be applied to the topic
3) I search on Internet --->I join "Sociology" as a keyword beside the topic I'm looking for -->usually some JSTOR article pops up --I try to read it and make notes.
Thanks
some basic learnings from previous failures:
1) It’s very important to FINISH the syllabus.
There are 2 parts to the syllabus. One is the CORE part - this includes THINKERS plus some HIGH VALUE topics. Most of the serious aspirants have a decent grasp on these topics. The trend is that not more than 50% of the paper is from this section. The other section has PERIPHERAL topics which appear very general. If you write a general answer here - it won’t work. Must make “Sociological” notes on these general topics.
2) Examples seem to work!
Found in multiple topper copies that they spend 30-40% of the space writing contemporary examples. For ex: If sacred-Profane is asked - you can write about Sabarimala and profanity of menstrual blood.
3) Interlinkage between 2 papers seems to work.
Found in multiple topper copies that when something from Paper-2 is asked, it is linked with some theory or concept in Paper-1.
4) Value of diagrams and flow charts is questionable in Sociology.
Didnt find many diagrams etc in topper copies in Sociology. Most of them wrote in standard 3-line paragraphs combined with points where necessary.
5) Dropping Names works!
For everything you say - if it’s substantiated with the name of a Sociologist or Sociological study - it seems to work. One topper copy had as many as 45 Names in Paper-2. This is a common feature of all topper copies.
6) 75% of paper is from PYQ. Practice them instead of writing random test series.
How to make sociological notes on general topics
There is no simple way to do it. I usually do the following 3 things:
1) I check if any content is available for the topic in Harlambos and Giddens
2) I try to see if any of the Thinkers that we have already studied can be applied to the topic
3) I search on Internet --->I join "Sociology" as a keyword beside the topic I'm looking for -->usually some JSTOR article pops up --I try to read it and make notes.
Thanks
Vision is actually starting a socio test series.
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