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Syllabus
M.A/M.Sc. (part-1)
GEOGRAPHY
(1) Paper-1 : Geomorphology. 100 marks
(2) Paper-2 : Geography of Resources 100 marks
(3) Paper-3 : Geographical concepts and Research Methodology . 100 marks
(4) Paper-4 : Any one of the following papers 100 marks
(a) Climatology and oceanography
(b) Argicultural Geography
(c) Geographical information system and Computer mapping
(d) Geography of Rural Settlements
(e) Geography of Tourism
(5) Paper-5 : Practicals 100 marks
Lab work exercise and excursion.
(1) PAPER-1 (GEOMORPHOLOGY)
Course Contents :
Unit-1 : Nature and scope of Geomorphology, Fundamental concepts - Geological structures and landforms ,unifromitarianism, multicyclic and polygenetic evolution of landscapes , concept of threshold, Environmental change - Climatic change and geochronological methods - documentary evidence , artifacts major horizons , dendrochronology, pollen, thermo luminescence.
Unit-2 : Earth movements - epeirogenic, , Orogenic and cymatogenic earth movements Forces of crustal instability , isostasy , plate tectonics , seismicity, vulcanicity , orogenic structures with reference to the evolution of the Himalaya.
Unit-3 : Exogenic processes Concept of gradation , Agents and processes of gradation, causes, types and classification of weathering , massmovement erosional , and depositional processes and resultant landforms and soil formation . Slope evolution, downwearing, parallel retreat and slope replacement models.
Unit-4 : Geomorphic processes , dynamic of fluvial, glacial, Aeolian , marine and karst processes and resulting landforms complexities in geomorphological processes, Erosion surfaces - techniques of identification and correlation.
Unit-5 : Applied geomorphology - application of geomorphic mapping terrain evaluation. Digital elevation model (DEM) and triangulated irregular network (TIN) unit , Land capability and land suitability classification, hydro - geomorphology , urban geomorpholog , environmental geomorphology , geomorphic hazards.
Books : 1. H.S sharma , : Perspectives in Geomorphology , concept , New Delhi . 1980
2. S. singh : Geomorphology , peayag publication, Allahabad , 1998.
PAPER - 2 ( GEOGRAPHY OF RESOURCES )
Course Contents :
Unit -1 : Introduction : Meaning and Scope of Resource geography , concept of resource geography , concept of resources and their relations with nature , man culture , classification of resources, Hierarchy resources in modern world economy .
Unit -2 : World resource soil , water , biotic - natural vegetal and wild life , minerals - iron ore, manganese, petroleum, human resources - quantitative and qualitative aspects.
Unit -3 : Resource Utilization : production & distribution wheat, rice , cotton , sugarcane , milk , wool , fishery classification of industries, Resource based and footloose industries, theories of Industrial location - weber, Losch and lsard, case studies selected industries - iron and steel , Aluminum, chemical, oil refining and petrochemical , engineering textile, etc
Unit -4 : Resource conservation and resource regions: concept of resource regions. concept of resource conservation techniques of conservation , conservation of soil , water and Forest Resource, regions of world & India, world Energy Crises.
Unit -5 : Economic development of India , Regional disparities impact of green revolution on Indian economy , Globalization and Indian economy and its impact on environment .
Books : 1- Mamoria and Sharma - Sansadhan bhoogol .
2- S.D. Kaushik & A kumar - Sansadhan bhoogol .
3. Mehdi Reza, Sansadhan Bhoogol.
4. K.N Singh and J. singh - Arthik bhoogol .
PAPER - 3 ( GEOGRAPHICAL CONCEPT AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Course Contents :
Unit -1 : The nature of Geography - form the earliest time to the present day Trends in Geographical thought (a) concept of earth surface (b) landscape analysis (c) spatial organization (d) System analysis.
Unit -2 : Concept of region and regionalism - regions of different types and hierarchies. concept of core and marginal areas, concept related to man and environment , relationship - determinism, adaptation, possiblism , umland (urban - field.)
Unit -3 : Research Methodology- Meaning and objective and objective of research , types and approaches, research process, problems encountered by researchers in India, Defining research problem, research design, sampling design.
Unit -4 : Processing and Analysis of data- Methods of measuring concentration and dispersion of human and economic activities, hierarchy of central places and Neighbour analysis , chi-square test. binomial test, application of remote sensing techniques.
Unit -5 : Hypothesis testing-needs and types of hypothesis, goodness of fit and significance and confidence levels, parametric and non-parametric procedures, Analysis of variance (ANOVA).
Books :- (1) S.D Kaushik , Bhaugolik vichar dharain aur vidhitantra,
(2) J. singh , Bhaugolik chintan ka mooladhar.
(3) woodridgs, S.W. , The Geographer as a Scientist
PAPER -4 (A) CLIMATOLOGY
Unit-1 : Nature and scope of climatology and relationship with meteorology . Composition, maa and structure of the atmosphere . Insolation heat balance of the earth, green house effect , vertical and horizontal distribution of temperature . Atmospheric motion; Forces controlling motion of air vertical motion and vorticity , local winds, jet stream , general circulation in the atmosphere,
Atmospheric moisture, Humidity , evaporation, condensation , precipitation, formation types, acid rain , world pattern of precipitation .
Unit-2 : Tropical, temperate and high latitude weather systems- concept of air masses and atmospheric disturbances, ocean atmospheric interaction- El nino, Southern oscillation (ENSO) and La Nina, Monsoon winds, norwesters , and cyclones Tropical temperature phenomena , climate of India and its controls : Western disturbances.
Climatic classification of koppen and thornthwaite. Major climates of the world tropical temperature . desert and mountain climate.
Unit-3 : Climatic changes: Evidences, possible causes: global warming . environmental impacts and society's response.
Applied climatology: Data collection, archiving accessing. interpretation and generation of climatic information specially for water balance studies, soils, agriculture activities, house tpes and health.
PART (B) OCEANOGRAPHY
Unit-4 : Definition, History of Science of oceanography. Topography of the ocean bottom. Distribution of Temperature and salinity in the ocean water , Marine Flora, Fauna and deposits , corals.
Unit-5 : Movement of ocean water : Waves, currents and tides surface currents of the ocean , intensive study of the Indian ocean. and future source of minerals and food.
PAPER-4 (B) AGRICULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
Unit-1 : Nature , scope , significance and development of agricultural geography. Approaches to the study of agricultural geography; Commodity, systematic and regional and systems. Origin and dispersal of agriculture. Sources of agricultural data.
Unit-2 : Determinants of agricultural land use physical , economic , social and technological. Landholding and land tenure systems, Land reforms, land use policy and planning selected agricultural concepts and their measurements; cropping pattern, crop concentration , intensity of cropping , degree of commercialisation, diversification and specialization , efficiency and productivity, crop combination regions and agricultural development. Green Revolution - its impact and consequences.
Unit-3 : Theories of agricultural location based on several multi-dimensioned factors. Von Thunen's theory of agricultural location and its recent modifications: Whittlesey's classification of agricultural regions; land use and land capability.
Unit-4 : Agricultural, in India- land use shifting cropping pattern. Regional pattern of productivity in India - Green Revolution , White Revolution Food deficit and food surplus regions; nutritional index. Specific Problems in Indian agriculture and their management and planning Agricultural policy in India .
Unit-5 : Contemporary Issues ; Food, nutrition and hunger, food security, drought and food security, food aid programmes ; environmental degradation, role of irrigation fertilizers. insecticides and pesticides. technological know- how . Employment in the agricultural sector. landless labourers, women, children, occupational health and agricultural activities.
PAPER - 4(C) GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM AND MAPPING
Unit-1 : Spatial science : Geography as a spatial science , maps and spatial information , dynamic of spatial information elements of information technology, geographic objects and their relations- definition and development of GIS, computer environment for GIS,
Unit-2 : Spatial Data: Elements of spatial data; data sources; Primary and secondary, census and sample- data; quality and error variations- raster and vector data structures data conversion- comparison of raster and vector databases- method of spatial interpolation- GIS data formats for the computer environment.
Unit-3 : Elements of GIS : Data capture - verification and preprocessing - data storage and maintenance of data bases - database Management systems:
Types and merits and demerits-data manipulation, analysis ( integrated analysis of spatial and attribute data , overlay analysis , neighbourhood operations and connectivity functions) and spatial modelling - output format and generation.
Unit-4 : GIS Technology: coordinate system-basic principles of cartography and computer assisted cartography for GIS- remote sensing data as a data source for Gis and integration of GIS ;technology, data generation and limitations- visualization in GIS- digital elevation models (DEM and TINS).
Unit-5 : GIS application GIS as a decision support system-expert system for GIS-basic flow chart for GIS application-Gis standards, legal system and national GIS policy application GIS in Land information System, Urban Management , environmental management and emergency response system.
PAPER-4(D) GEOGRAPHY OF RURAL SETTLEMENTS
Unit-1 : Nature, scope, significance and development of settlement geography; Approaches to rural settlement geography, human settlement as a system. Rural-urban continuum. Histogenesis of rural settlements: Spatio-temporal dimensions and sequent occupance Definition and characteristics of ruralsettlements in the fringe areas and sparsely settled areas. Distribution of Rural settlements: Size and spacing of rural settlements.
Unit-2 : Types , forms and Patterns of rural settlements: cause and effect; Functional classification of rural settlements: Central places and rural service centres; Their nature, hierarchy and functions; rural-urban fringe-structure, characteristics and functions.
Unit-3 : Social issues in rural settlements: poverty, housing and shelter, deprivation and inequality; empowerment of women, helth care; Rural-urban interaction.
Unit-4 : Environmental issues in rural settlements, access to environmental infrastructure: qater supply sanitation, drainage, occupational health hazards.
Unit-5 : Cultural landscape elements in rural settlements in different geographical environments with spacial reference to India House types and field patterns. Origin evolution , size , socio-spatial structure of Indian villages. Rural development planning in India, Integrated Rural Development.
Books : 1- Ramchandran, H. Village clusters and Rural Development , Concept Publication, New Delhi, 1985.
2- Rao, E.N. Strategy for Integrated Rural Development , B.R Publication cor., New Delhi.1986.
PAPER - 4 (E) GEOGRAPHY OF TOURISM
Course Contents :
Unit-1 : Basics of tourism, Definition of tourism , Factors influencing tourism; historical, natural , socio-cultural and economic; motivating factors for piligrimagrs: leisure, recreation , elements of tourism, tourism as an industry.
Unit-2 : Geography of tourism:- its spatial affinity; areal and locational dimensions comprising physical , cultural, historical and economic; Tourism types: cultural , eco-ethno coastal and adventure tourism, national and international tourism; globalization and tourism.
Unit-3 : Indian Tourism : regional dimensions of tourist attraction ; evolution of tourism, promotion of tourism.
Unit-4 : Infrastructure and support system-accommodation and supplementary accommodation; other facilities and amenities; Tourism circuits-short and longer detraction- Agencies and intermediacies - Indian hotel industry.
Unit-5 : Impacts of tourism, physical, economic and social and perceptional positive and negative impacts, Environmental laws and tourism- Current trends, spatial patterns and recent changes, Role of foreign capital & impact of globalization on tourism. Project report on relevant topics such as impact of tourism on Garhwal Himalaya , Dal Lake, Goa and North East impact mpact on historic city.
Books : 1- A.K Bhatia ; Tourism Development Principles and practices. Sterling Publishers, New Delhi, 1996.
2- A.K Bhatia International Tourism-Fundamentals and Practices, Sterling, New Delhi.(1991)
3- R.H. Chandra, : Hill Tourism Planning and Development , Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi , 1998.
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