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Geo_2nd Semester Truncated syllabus, 2021.pdf

NORTH BENGAL UNIVERSITY

C.B.C.S. U.G. Truncated Syllabus 2021

Subject : Geography

Semester : 2nd

Geo_4th Semester Truncated Syllabus, 2021.pdf

NORTH BENGAL UNIVERSITY

C.B.C.S. U.G. Truncated Syllabus 2021

Subject : Geography

Semester : 4th

Geo_6th Semester Truncated Syllabus, 2021.pdf

NORTH BENGAL UNIVERSITY

C.B.C.S. U.G. Truncated Syllabus 2021

Subject : Geography

Semester : 6th

Books

Geography of Transport Systems

SEMESTER 2

** B.A. HONOURS IN GEOGRAPHY **


CORE COURSE

PAPER : 3

COURSE CODE : GEO-H-CC-2-03-TH

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY


1. Defining Human Geography; Scope and content of Human Geography; contemporary relevance;

2. Space and society: cultural regions; race; religion and language;

3. Population growth and distribution with special reference to India; population composition; Demographic Transition Theory; Population Policy of India


CORE COURSE 3

COURSE CODE : GEO-H-CC-2-03-PR

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY PRACTICAL

1. Diagrammatic data presentation: circles (proportional concentric circle and proportional divided circle)

2. Thematic Mapping Techniques: properties, uses and limitations; Areal Data: Choropleth, Chorochromatic, Dot and Sphere, Proportional Cubes.


CORE COURSE

PAPER : 4

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-CC-2-04-TH

SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY


1. Settlements: Origin and growth of rural and urban settlements;

2. Types, patterns and morphology of rural settlements;

3. Theories of urban land use: Concentric Zone Theory; Sector Theory; Multiple Nuclei Theory.


CORE COURSE 4

COURSE CODE : GEO-H-CC-2-04-PR

SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY PRACTICAL

1. Concept of levelling and surveying; Surveying by Prismatic Compass (closed traverse); Levelling by Dumpy Level along a given line by rise and fall and collimation method


2. Geological Map; Drawing of sections on uniclinal and folded structures depicting unconformity.



** B.A. PROGRAMME IN GEOGRAPHY **


DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC COURSE

PAPER : 2

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-DSC-2-02-TH

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY


1. Introduction: Definition, scope and content of Human Geography;

2. Cultural Regions; Race; religion and language with reference to India;

3. Population growth and distribution with special reference to India;


PAPER : 2

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-DSC-2-02-PR

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY PRACTICAL

1. Thematic Mapping Techniques: Choropleth, Proportional Circles and Proportional Divided Circles


SEMESTER 4

** B.A. HONOURS IN GEOGRAPHY **


CORE COURSE

PAPER : 8

COURSE CODE : GEO-H-CC-4-08-TH

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

1. Introduction: Concept of economic activity; factors affecting location of economic activity with special reference to agriculture (Von Thunen theory), Industry (Weber’s theory)

2. Primary activities: subsistence and commercial agriculture and forestry

3. Secondary activities: Manufacturing (Cotton Textile, Iron and Steel), Concept of Manufacturing Regions, Special Economic Zones and Technology Parks.


COURSE CODE: GEO-H-CC-4-08-PR

PRACTICALS

1. Transport network analysis: connectivity and accessibility

2. Composite Index: comparison of developed and backward states


CORE COURSE

PAPER : 9

COURSE CODE : GEO-H-CC-4-09-TH

REGIONAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

1. Definition of region, evolution and types of regional planning : formal, functional, and planning regions and regional planning; need for regional planning; types of regional planning

2. Choice of a region for planning : Characteristics of an ideal planning region; delineation of planning region

Regionalization of India for planning (Agro Ecological Zones)

3. Measuring development: Indicators (economic, social and environmental); Human development.


COURSE CODE: GEO-H-CC-4-09-PR

PRACTICALS

1. Measuring inequality by Location Quotient; Measuring regional disparity by Sopher Index


CORE COURSE

PAPER : 10

COURSE CODE : GEO-H-CC-4-10-TH

FIELD WORK AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

1. Field work in geographical studies : Role, value, data and ethics of field-work

2. Defining the field and identifying the case study : Rural; urban; physical; human and environmental

3. Field techniques : Merits, demerits and selection of the appropriate technique; observation (participant and non-participant), questionnaires (open, closed, structured and non-structured); interview with special focus on focused group discussions


COURSE CODE: GEO-H-CC-4-10-PR

PRACTICAL (FIELD SURVEY)

1. Designing the field report: Aims and objectives, methodology, analysis, interpretation and writing the report.


** B.A. PROGRAMME IN GEOGRAPHY **


DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC COURSE

PAPER : 4

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-DSC-2-04-TH

SPATIAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

1. Introduction: definitions, concept and historical development

2. Spatial Information/Data: Web data sources; registration and projection; data structures; data interpolation and modelling.

3. Application of Spatial Information Technology


COURSE CODE: GEO-P-DSC-4-04-PR

PRACTICAL

1. Identification of broad physical and cultural features from aerial photographs using pocket stereoscope;

2. Statistical techniques: Measures of central tendency



SEMESTER 6

** B.A. HONOURS IN GEOGRAPHY **


CORE COURSE

PAPER : 13

COURSE CODE : GEO-H-CC-6-13-TH

EVOLUTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHTS



1. Development of geographical thought:

Pre-modern, early origins of geographical thinking with reference to the classical and medieval periods

2. Modern:

evolution of geographical thinking and disciplinary trends in Germany, France, Britain, United States of America.

3. Debates:

Environmental Determinism and Possibilism, Systematic and Regional


COURSE CODE: GEO-H-CC-6-13-PR

PRACTICALS

1. Quantitative techniques in geography: Chi square, ranking coefficient by Kendall

2. Crop combination by Weber and Rafiulla


CORE COURSE

PAPER : 14

COURSE CODE : GEO-H-CC-6-14-TH

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Definition, classification of hazards and disasters

2. Approaches to hazard study: Risk perception and vulnerability assessment

3. Factors, consequences and management of earthquake, landslide, flood and riverbank erosion


COURSE CODE: GEO-H-CC-6-14-PR

PRACTICALS

Project report based on any one field based case study from the following disaster will be prepared:

b) Flood

c) Landslide

d) Earthquake

========DSE 3========

Students will have to choose any two course, from Advanced Cartography or Political Geography


DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE

PAPER : 3

COURSE CODE : GEO-H-DSE-6-03-TH

ADVANCED CARTOGRAPHY

1. Fundamentals of cartography: Nature, scope and history

2. Determination of height and distance by Transit Theodolite (accessible and inaccessible base);

3. Map Projection: Properties, advantages, limitations and derivation of Polar Zenithal Equal Area, Polar Zenithal Equidistant, Polar Zenithal Gnomonic;

4. Remote Sensing and GIS: Concept, principles and components of Remote sensing, Techniques of digital image processing, Application of GIS


COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSE-6-03-PR

ADVANCED CARTOGRAPHY (PRACTICAL)

1. Determination of height and distance by transit Theodolite (accessible and inaccessible base)

2. Construction of Polar Zenithal Equal Area, Polar Zenithal Equidistant, Polar Zenithal Gnomonic.


*********** OR *********


DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE

PAPER : 3

COURSE CODE : GEO-H-DSE-6-03-TH

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

1. Introduction: Concepts, nature and scope.

2. State, Nation and Nation State: Concept of Nation and State, Attributes of state: frontiers, boundaries, shape, size, territory and sovereignty, concept of nation state; geopolitics; theories (Heartland and Rimland)

3. Political Geography of resource conflicts: water sharing disputes, disputes and conflicts related to forest rights and minerals.


COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSE-6-03-PR

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY (PRACTICAL)

1. Preparation of spatial distribution maps of India : gender, caste, religion; Analysis of migration data: (a) rural to urban and (b) urban to urban migration


========== DSE 4 ===========

Students will have to choose any two course, from Hydrology & Oceanography or Social Geography


DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE

PAPER : 4

COURSE CODE : GEO-H-DSE-6-04-TH

HYDROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

1. Hydrological Cycle: Systems approach in hydrology, human impact on the hydrological cycle; precipitation, interception, evaporation, evapo-transpiration, infiltration, ground-water, run off and over land flow; Hydrological input and output.

2. River Basin and problems of regional hydrology: Characteristics of river basins, basin surface run-off, measurement of river discharge; floods and droughts.

3. Ocean floor topography and oceanic movements: Waves, currents and tides, ocean salinity and temperature – distribution and determinants.


COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSE-6-04-PR

HYDROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY (PRACTICAL)

1. Morphometric analysis of any river basin from topographical map


*********** OR *********


DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE

PAPER : 4

COURSE CODE : GEO-H-DSE-6-04-TH

SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY

1. Social Geography: concept, origin, nature and scope.

2. Social categories: caste, class, religion, race and gender and their spatial distribution

3. Geographies of welfare and wellbeing:

concept and components – healthcare, housing and education, social geographies of inclusion and exclusion, slums



COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSE-6-04-PR

SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY (PRACTICAL)

1. Flow chart to show migration trends

2. Spatial distribution of caste and gender in India using proportional circles and proportional divided circles


** B.A. PROGRAMME IN GEOGRAPHY **


Students will choose either Climate Change: Vulnerability and Adaptation or Rural Development


DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE

PAPER : 2

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-DSC-6-02-TH

CLIMATE CHANGE: VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION

1. Science of climate change: understanding climate change; greenhouse gases and global warming; global climatic assessment, I.P.C.C.

2. Climate change and vulnerability: physical vulnerability; economic vulnerability; social vulnerability;

3. Impact of Climate Change: Agriculture and water; flora and fauna; human health


COURSECODE: GEO-P-DSE-6-02-PR

PRACTICAL

1. Project report based on climate change field based case study among any one of the following:

a) Local level


*********** OR *********


DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE

PAPER : 2

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-DSC-6-02-TH

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

1. Defining Development: Inter-Dependence of Urban and Rural Sectors of the Economy; Need for Rural Development, Gandhian Approach of Rural Development;

2. Rural Economic Base: Panchayat Raj System, Agriculture and Allied Sectors, Seasonality and Need for Expanding Non-Farm Activities, Co-operatives, PURA;

3. Target Group Approach to Rural Development: SJSY, MNREGA, Jan Dhan Yojana and Rural Connectivity.


COURSE CODE: GEO-P-DSE-6-02-PR

PRACTICAL

1. A case study on socio economic status of the people at any one of the following level:

a) Village level


SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE (S.E.C.)

FOR HONOURS COURSE & PROGRAMME COURSE


SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE (S.E.C.)

CHOOSE ANY ONE

A. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM

OR

B. TOURISM MANAGEMENT


COURSE CODE: GEO-SEC-A-4-02-TH

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM

1. Geographical Information System (GIS): Definition and Components.

2. Global Positioning System (GPS): Principles and uses; DGPS.

3. GIS Data Structures : Types (spatial and Non-spatial), raster and vector data structure.

4. Application of GIS : Land use mapping


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COURSE CODE: GEO-SEC-A-4-02-TH

TOURISM MANAGEMENT

1. Concepts, Nature and Scope, Inter-relationships of tourism, recreation and leisure; geographical parameters of tourism by Robinson

2. Type of tourism: Nature tourism, Cultural tourism, Medical tourism, Pilgrimage tourism and Ecotourism

3. Tourism in India: Case studies of Himalaya and heritage

4. National Tourism Policy

GENERIC ELECTIVE (G.E.)

6TH SEMESTER PROGRAMME COURSE

GENERIC ELECTIVE (G.E.)

PAPER : 2

COURSE CODE: GEO-GE-02-TH

GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA

1. Physiography, climate, natural vegetation and soil

2. Types of settlements, morphology of rural and urban settlements

3. Intensive farming (rice), plantation farming (tea and rubber), horticulture

4. Growth and distribution of population; demographic characteristics of population.


COURSE CODE: GEO-GE-02-PR

PRACTICAL

1. Geological map : Uniclinal and folded structure with given dips

2. Topographical maps: Interpretation of topographical map of India; relief, drainage and settlement (plateau region)


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