SOC302: SOC302 Handouts PDF
Sociological Theories
Download the complete SOC302 Sociological Theories handouts in one PDF, all 45 lectures from start to end. Read a lecture, then test yourself with the matching quiz so it stays in your head on exam day.
- 45 lectures
- 164 pages
- PDF, 2.3 MB
- Updated November 2026
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- 1 SOC302 Lecture 1Theory and Theorizing
- 2 SOC302 Lecture 2Theory and Research
- 3 SOC302 Lecture 3Social Thought and Sociological Theory
- 4 SOC302 Lecture 4Origins of Sociological Theory
- 5 SOC302 Lecture 5Rational Society
- 6 SOC302 Lecture 6Social Forces and Growth of Science
- 7 SOC302 Lecture 7Enlightenment
- 8 SOC302 Lecture 8The Development of French Sociology
- 9 SOC302 Lecture 9The Development of German Sociology
- 10 SOC302 Lecture 10The Development of British Sociology and Italian Scholars
- 11 SOC302 Lecture 11The Development of American Sociology-I
- 12 SOC302 Lecture 12The Development of American Sociology-II
- 13 SOC302 Lecture 13The Development of American Sociology-III
- 14 SOC302 Lecture 14The Development of American Sociology-IV
- 15 SOC302 Lecture 15The Development of American Sociology-V
- 16 SOC302 Lecture 16The Development of American Sociology-VI
- 17 SOC302 Lecture 17Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory
- 18 SOC302 Lecture 18Classical Sociological Theorists: Emile Durkheim (1838-1917)-I
- 19 SOC302 Lecture 19Classical Sociological Theorists: Emile Durkheim (1838-1917)-II
- 20 SOC302 Lecture 20Classical Sociological Theorists: Emile Durkheim (1838-1917)-III
- 21 SOC302 Lecture 21Classical Sociological Theorists: Karl Marx (1818-1883)-I
- 22 SOC302 Lecture 22Classical Sociological Theorists: Karl Marx (1818-1883)-II
- 23 SOC302 Lecture 23Classical Sociological Theorists: Karl Marx (1818-1883)-III
- 24 SOC302 Lecture 24Classical Sociological Theorists: Karl Marx (1818-1883)-IV
- 25 SOC302 Lecture 25Classical Sociological Theorists: Max Weber (1964-1920)-I
- 26 SOC302 Lecture 26Classical Sociological Theorists: Max Weber (1964-1920)-II
- 27 SOC302 Lecture 27Classical Sociological Theorists: Max Weber (1964-1920)-III
- 28 SOC302 Lecture 28Classical Sociological Theorists: Max Weber (1964-1920)-IV
- 29 SOC302 Lecture 29Contemporary Social Theorists: Talcott Parsons (1902-1979) -I
- 30 SOC302 Lecture 30Contemporary Social Theorists: Talcott Parsons (1902-1979) -II
- 31 SOC302 Lecture 31Contemporary Social Theorists: Talcott Parsons (1902-1979) -III
- 32 SOC302 Lecture 32Contemporary Social Theorists: Ralf Dahrendorf (1929-1979)-I
- 33 SOC302 Lecture 33Contemporary Social Theorists: Ralf Dahrendorf (1929-1979)-II
- 34 SOC302 Lecture 34Contemporary Social Theorists: George Hebert Mead (1863-1931)-I
- 35 SOC302 Lecture 35Contemporary Social Theorists: George Hebert Mead (1863-1931)-II
- 36 SOC302 Lecture 36Contemporary Social Theorists: George Hebert Mead (1863-1931)-III
- 37 SOC302 Lecture 37Muslim Thinkers: Abd Al-Rahman Ibne Khaldun (1332-1406)-I
- 38 SOC302 Lecture 38Muslim Thinkers: Abd Al-Rahman Ibne Khaldun (1332-1406)-II
- 39 SOC302 Lecture 39Muslim Thinkers: Abd Al-Rahman Ibne Khaldun (1332-1406)-III
- 40 SOC302 Lecture 40Muslim Thinkers: Abd Al-Rahman Ibne Khaldun (1332-1406)-IV
- 41 SOC302 Lecture 41Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazzali (1058-1111)-I
- 42 SOC302 Lecture 42Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazzali (1058-1111)-II
- 43 SOC302 Lecture 43Muslim Thinkers: Qutbuddin Ahmad Shah Waliullah (1703-1763)-I
- 44 SOC302 Lecture 44Muslim Thinkers: Qutbuddin Ahmad Shah Waliullah (1703-1763)-II
- 45 SOC302 Lecture 45Muslim Thinkers: Qutbuddin Ahmad Shah Waliullah (1703-1763)-III
How to study SOC302 with the handouts
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- 1Read one or two lecturesShort sessions stick better than reading the whole PDF the night before.
- 2Take the lecture quizEvery Gradup quiz matches the handout lectures, with explanations in English and Roman Urdu.
- 3Revise what you got wrongGo back to those pages in the handouts, then try the quiz again.
- 4Take a mock before the examPick the lectures in your midterm or final term syllabus and get a mock paper from only those.
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