Sociology is a science

  The main characteristics of sociology as a science are as follows:

• Sociology is an independent science: Sociology has its own field of study boundary and methods. So, it is an independent science. It has its different types of theories and approaches to study about social phenomena. Sociology does made use of scientific methods in the study of its subject matter. So, it is not treated and studied as a branch of any other science like philosophy or political philosophy or philosophy of history.

• Sociology is a social science and not a physical science: As a social science it concentrates its attention on men, his social behavior, social activities and also social life. Sociology deals with the social universe which is different than physical, chemistry, geology, mathematics and other physical sciences. It is intimately related to other social science like history, political science, economics, psychology and topology.  

• Sociology is a general science and not a particular or specific science: The area of inquiry of sociology is general and not a specialized. Economic studies about economy aspects. Political science concentrate on political activities and history on historical aspects of society but sociology as a general science studies about social, economic, political, historical aspect in general. It is always concern with the studies of human activities, human interaction and human life in general. It does not study each and every events that take place in the society but it tries to make generalization on the basis of study of some selected events.