Syllabus:
- Principles and concepts of society and sociology
- Relationship between individuals and society
- Definition of social concepts (groups, social role, social classification and stratification, social change, institutions and organizations)
- Culture and cultural concepts
- Cultural ecology
- Social ecology
- Society, culture and nature interactions
- Local communities
- Rural society in Iran
- Social psychology in rural communities
- Production structure in rural and nomadic communities
- Demographic trend in rural and nomadic communities
- Traditional cooperations in rural and nomadic communities
- Land reform in Iran
- Land utilization regimes in rural society of Iran
- Nomadic society and its evolution
- rural development in Iran (concepts, challenges and planning)
- Development and natural resource sustainability
- Social participation and local community's empowerment
- Social facilitation in natural resource management
- Indigenous knowledge and local traditions in natural resource management