GEOGRAPHY (General)
WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
Full Marks-75
PAPER-II
Objectives
The objective of this course is to give an overview of the land, people and economy of different countries of the world, so that the students are aware of their neighbours as well as other countries located in distant realms. In this process, the students would be abreast of the diverse geographical processes, in the ambits of which economic development of various countries of the world have evolved.
Course Content:
Unit-l: Asia in the context of world. Terrain pattern, drainage, climate, natural vegetarier, soils, spetial distribution of population and economic base of continents in general. Regional studies of soudies South East East West and Central Asia.
Unit-Il Physical, economic and demographic characteristics of the continent of Europe.
Unit-III: North & South America. Physical, economic and demographic set-up
Unit-IV: Australia & New Zealand, general account of the physical, economic and demographic set-up.
Unit-V. Contemporary issues in world geography: globalization, W.T.O. and world Summit, U. N. Environment programmes (UNEP) UN Development Programmes : Population, environment and sustainable development.
Suggested Reading :
1. Cole, J: A Geography of the World's Major Regions Routledge, London, 1996.
2. Cole, J.P. Latin America - Economic and Social Geography, Butterworth U.S.A. 1975.
3. DeBli J. H. J.: Geography: Regions and Concept, John Wiley, New York, 1994.
4. Dickinson, J. P. et al: The Geography of the Third World Routledge, London. 1996.
5. Gourou. P, The Tropical world, Longman: London, 1980.
6. Jackson R. H and Hudman, L.E.: World Regional Geography : Issues for Today. John Wiley, New York. 1991 .
7. Kolb, A: East Asia Geography of Cultural Region Methuen, London. 1977.
8. Videotapes or slides of different places available from the media as well as from embassies may be shown to the students for better assimilation.
PRACTICAL
PAPER II (B)
The course has been divided into three Units. There shall be three questions, one for each unit, and the examinees shall be required to answer all questions. The examination shall be of two hours duration and shall carry 25 marks.
Unit-1: Map projection : Cylindrical equal area and equidistant, Zenithal equal area and equidistant, Conical projection with one and two standered parallels. -10 marks
Unit - II:Simple statistics : Mean, Median and Mode, quartiles, Standared deviation. -10 marks.
Unit-III : Records of Practical Class works & viva voce. -5 marks.
Books recommended :
1. Singh & Dutta - Elements of Practical Geography.
2. Singh and Kanaujia - Practical Geography.
3. Jagdish Singh & Others - Prayogik Bhugol (Hindi)
4. D.D.P.P. Satpathi - Ganitik Bhugol Pt. I & II (Hindi)
B.A./B.Sc. GEOGRAPHY HONOURS PAPER-III WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
Full Marks - 75 Objectives
Objectives
The objective of this course is to give an overview of the land, people and economy of different countries of the world, so that the students are aware of their neighbours as well as other countries located in distant realms. In this process, the students would be abreast of the diverse geographical processes, in the ambits of which economic development of various countries of the world have evolved.
Unit-l:
of world.Term pattern, drainage, climate , natured vegetarier, soils, spetial distribution of papulation and ...AL UT world. , of continents in general. Regional studies of and Central Asia.
Unit-lI:Physical economic and demographic characteristics of the continent of Europe.
Unit-III: North & Sough America. Physical, economic and demographic setup
Unite- IV : Australia & New Zealand, general account of the physical, economic and demographic set-up.
Unit-V: Contemporary issues in world geography: globalization, W.T.O. and Summit, U. N. Environment programmes (UNEP) UN Development Programmes: Population, environment and sustainable development.
Suggested Reading:
1.Cole, J: A Geography of the World's Major Regions, London, 1996.
2. Cole, J.P. Latin America - Economic and Social Geography,Butterworth U.S.A. 1975.
3. DeBli J. H. J.: Geography: Regions and Concepts, John Wiley, New York, 1994.
4. Dickinson, J. P. et al: The Geography of the Third World Routledge, London. 1996.
5. Gourou. P, The Tropical world, Longman. London, 1980.
6.Jackson R. H and Hudman, L.E.: Woeld Regional Geography: Issues for Today. John Wiley, New York. 1991
7.Kolb, A: East Asia Geography of Cultural Region Methuen, London. 1977.
Videotapes or slides of different places available from the media as well as front embassies es may be shown to the students for better assimilation.
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
PAPER-IV
Full marks-75
Objectives
The objective of this course is to acquaint the students with the nature of man-environment relationship and human capability to adopt and modify the environment under it varied conditions from primitive life style to the modern living to identify and understand environment and population in terms of their quality and spatial distribution pattern and to comprehend the contemporary issues facing the global community.
Course content:
Unit 1: Nature and scope of human geography; Branches of human geography. Concepts of man environment relationship - determinism, possibilism and probabilism; dichotomy in Physical and Human Geography; primitive life-style of mankind and subsequent migration.
Unit II: Division of Mankind spatial distribution, physical and social profile of racial groups, ethnic groups, tribal groups and religious groups in the world and in India; early economic activities and mankind; food gathering, hunting, fishing, and vegeculture, shifting cultivation.
Unit III: Human Adaptation in the environment:
(i) cold region - Eskimo :
(ii)hot region Bush man, Beduin;
(ii) Plateau - Gonds, Masai,
(iv) Mountain - Gujjars, nomads,
(v) regions of recurrent floods, droughts and other natural hazards; Adaptation in modern society agricultural, urban and metropolitan;
Unit IV:
Distribution of population; world distribution pattern-physical, economic and social factors influencing spatial distribution; concepts of over population, under population and optimum population. Zero population growth; Migration - internal and international. Population conflicts and conflict resolution in developed and developing world. Population theories; Classical and Modern.
Unit V: Population regions of India. dynamic, prospective, depressed; Problem of over population of India and remedial measures. Population programmes and policy of India.
Suggested Readings :
1. Bergwan, Edward E: Human Geography : Culture, Connections and Landscape Prentice - New Jersey - 1995.
2.Carr, M.: Parterns, Process and change in Human Geography. Mac Millan Education, London 1987.
3. Feliman, J. L.: Human Geography Landscapes of Human Activities. Brown and Benchman. Pub. U.S.A., 1997.
4. De Blij H.J.: Human Geography. Culture, Society and Space John Wiley, New York, 1996.
5. Johnston, R.J. (editor).: Dictionary of human Geography Blackwell, Oxford, 1994. 6. Mc Bride, P. J,: Human Geography Systems, Patterns, and Change. Nelson, U.K. and Canada. 1996.
7. Michael, Can : New Patterns. Process and Change in Human Geography Nelson; 1997.
8. Rubenstein, J. H. and Bacon R, S.: The Cultural Landscape - an Introduction to Human geography, Prenice Hall, India, New Delhi - 1990.
9. Singh, K. N. People of India. An introduction Seagull Books, 1992.
10. Spate O.H. K. and Learmonth A.T.A.: India and Pakistan Methuen, London, 1968.
Pedagogy:
. Students should be introduced to the exact form of many development - environment relationship though local level field visits.
.They should be encoraged to browse through census atlases and census, data and the topoaraphical sheets to understnad various dimensions of population and settiements & their relationship with the terrain.
.They should be encouraged to write an essay on the human geography of their local areas to understand the multi dismensional nature of the subject.
. Students should be introduced to the exact form of complex relationship among environmental - activities (place-work-folk) and through local level field visits.
PAPER-III( B) & IV ((B): PRACTICAL
The course has been divided into four units. There shall be Four questions. One from each unit, and the examinees shall be required to answer all questions. The examination shall be of three hours duration and shall carry 50 marks.
Unit 1: Cartograms: Spherical diagrams, Climograph, Hythergraph, wind Isopleth, and Choropleth maps, Age and Sex Pyramidal diagram. - 15 marks
Unit II: Projections: Bonne's Polyconic, Sinusoidali and Mollweides Projection. - 15 marks
Unit III: Simple Statistics : Mean, Median, Mode, Quartiles and Standard deviation -10 marks
Unit IV: Record of practical class work and Viva voce. -10 marks
Books Recommended:
Singh & Dutta :Element of Practical Geography
Singh & Kenaujia :Practical Geography
Singh, Jagdish & Others :Prayogik Bhugol (Hindi)
Satpathi, D.D.PP. :Ganitia Bhugol. Part 1 & II (Hindi)
Monkhuse & Wilkinson Raiz : Mathematical Geography Vol. I & II
Raiz : Principles of Cartography
Sharma, J.P. : Prayogik Bhugol