Distinguish between sociology and economics.

 Economics and Sociology are two branches of social science that study human development overall Economics is the social science that deals with factors of production, consumption of goods and services and resource management. Sociology is the study of human behaviour, development and how different human societies function under different organizational structures.

Economics deals and covers only the economic relations concerning people and forms only one aspect of man’s social life. It is concerned with studying man in accordance with wealth, how man acquires and disposes of it. It studies the relations and factors which are purely economic. Factors such as the price, supply, demands of goods and services, elasticity of the products and how these factors contribute to the fluctuation of the products and services in the market are the basic knowledge of economics.

In economics, man is the main subject of interest. Economics studies humans as an economic being and therefore is very concrete. It does not have much scope in comparison to sociology because the economics just covers the economic relation of man.  Sociology, on the other hand, deals with the social aspect of man, the diverse patterns of interactions and relationships people around the globe employ.

Society is the target of learning and experimenting. It is the component of sociology just as individually is to economics. Despite the above-mentioned differences sociology and economics are dependent on each other. Economics which is mainly concerned with the economic aspect of man is directly correlated to of societies.

In order to understand the economic lives of human beings, knowledge about societies i.e., the behaviors, actions, and activities is a prerequisite. This is of doing these actions, activities, economy plays a major role. It directly the societies. Simultaneously sociology concerning the study of social beings is highly impacted by the economic factors. While studying these social associations and behavior of social animals studying how man acquire wealth. consume it and dispose of is an integral part without which one cannot completely understand the factors and relationships that constitute the societies as sociologists.

Hence economics as a branch of social science and a discipline is considered to be the branch of sociology Since both the disciplines are directly proportional economic welfare is also a part of social welfare.  It is not worth considering the economic welfare in the absence of sufficient and appropriate knowledge of the social aspect of social animals and vice versa.

Economics	Sociology
. Economics focuses on how economic factors behave in a given scenario and how economies operate	.Traditional focuses of sociology include social stratification, social class, religion, law etc.
. Economics is further divided into Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. Microeconomics analyzes elements such as individual buyer and businesses while macroeconomics analyzes the economy as a whole where factors of productions such as land, labour and capital are studied in detail	. Sociology can also be defined as the general science of society as it uses various methods of critical analysis and empirical investigation that develops a system of knowledge about social change and behaviour
. Other broad definitions within economics include positive economics and normative economics. Positive economics describes what is while normative economics focus on “what should be	. Sociology has slowly expanded its focus on other subjects such as health, medicines, military, social stigma, the system of control and role of social activity in human development
. Economic analyses can find its applications in finance, government, businesses. It is even at times applied to subjects such as crime, family law and war.	. Research done through sociology has influence throughout various aspects of life and finds its application among politicians, policymakers, educators and legislators
. Adam Smith (15th June 1723 – 17th July 1790) is regarded as the father of modern economics)	. Modern-day Sociology can find its origins through the works of Auguste Comte ( January 19th, 1798 – September 5 1857)

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