Scope of sociology

  The term scope simply refers to the subject matter or the area of any discipline. According to V.F.Caberton "since sociology is so elastic science, it is difficult to determine just where its boundaries begin and end. Where sociology becomes social  psychology and where economic theories becomes theory of sociology doctrine or biological theory becomes sociological theory, It is said that sociology studies everything and anything under the Sun. The area covers by sociology or subject matters of sociology is called as scope of sociology.
   Sociology is define as the science of society. According to some sociologist it is the study of social relation, social action, interaction and consequences these definition also shows the wider area of sociology. So, sociology is not limited with a particular aspect of society.
   In the broadest sense sociology is the study of human interaction and inter relation their condition and consequences. So, whole life of men in society is the field of sociology. However there are two main schools of thoughts regarding the scope of sociology:

1. The specialistic or formalistic  school of thought.
2. Synthetic school of thought.