Sociology - the science of the laws of formation, functioning and development of social systems. The social system is a holistic education, the main elements of which are people, as well as their stable connections, interactions and relationships. Social systems are formed on the basis of joint activities of people.

- Definition of sociology, its object, subject and method. Sociology and science
- Sociology in the humanities system
- Functions and structure of sociological knowledge
- The structure of sociological knowledge, levels of knowledge and branches of sociology
- Social in the subject area of ​​sociology. Sociological paradigm
- Methods of sociological science
- O. Comte - the founder of sociology. Positivism in sociology
- Teaching G. Spencer. Naturalistic schools in sociology
- Sociology of Marxism. K. Marx and F. Engels on the materialistic understanding of history. Formation approach
- The concept of anomie. Social Action Concept
- Theory of Rationalization
- Sociology M. Weber. Types of domination
- The problem of the legitimacy of the power of the ideal type. The theory of social differentiation G. Simmel
- Sociological Theories G. Simmel, V. Pareto. Conception of the Community and the Society of F. Tennis
- The theory of circulation of elite
- Sociology in Russia Sociological traditions and directions
- Doctrine of panslavism N.YA. Danilevsky. Sociological ideas of anarchists
- Marxist trend in Russian sociology. Subjective sociology in Russian sociological thought
- Chicago School
- Structural functionalism of T. Parsons and R. Merton
- Phenomenological sociology (A. Schütz, P. Berger, G. Garfinkel)
- The present stage of development of sociology
- The concept of society as a system education
- The structure of society and its elements. The main signs of society
- Signs of society. Disruptive factors. Civil society
- The concept of culture. The subject of sociology of culture. Cultural Paradigms and Universals
- Composition and structure of culture, principles of its development
- Forms of culture. Problems of modern culture
- The role of the domestic sphere of culture in society. Notion of personality
- Formation of personality. Personality structure
- Socialization of personality and its features
- Social roles. Prescribed statuses and roles
- Achieved statuses and roles. Role behavior
- The social structure of society. Social stratification
- Concepts Social class, Social group, Social layers, Social status
- Personal activity. Social action. Social mobility
- Social communities. Social group concept
- Social community, its features and principles, classifications
- Social interaction. Disorganization of social communities
- Social organizations. Social institutions
- The subject of the sociology of the organization, its structure and dynamics
- Deviations
- The concept of social control
- Types of social control. Public opinion as an instrument of social control
- Social control mechanisms
- Social conflict, its types
- The emergence and causes of conflict
- Characteristics and severity of the conflict. Stages of conflict
- Sociology of national conflicts. Ethnic conflict
- Causes of exacerbation and the main directions of decisions of national and territorial issues
- Factors affecting the duration of social conflict. Stabilization of inter-ethnic conflict
- Sociology of conflicts in the Russian Federation
- Causes and forms of socio-economic conflicts in the Russian Federation
- Sociological study of its structure and methods
- The structure of the study. Sociological observation. Sociological experiment. Analysis
- Sampling grounds. Methods of analysis. Testing
- Sociological survey. Questioning