Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Memorial, Govt. College Hamirpur

Geography

Course Offered: BA (Geography)

At Govt Degree College Hamirpur, the course offered is BA(Geography) i.e. you will study History, Economics, Mathematics, Music, Public Administration and Sociology in this three year degree programme as your core subjects.

Departmental Profile of Geography

Name of the department: Geography
Year of Establishment: 1965
Name of Programmes/Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil, PhD, Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D, etc.): UG (UG w.e.f. 1965)
Name of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: Generic Elective courses : BA III Year
Annual/semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): UG CBCS Semester System (under R.U.S.A for the session 2017-18 and UG annual system w.e.f. 2018-19.

Numbers of Teaching Posts:

Post	Sanctioned	Filled
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor	02	02

Faculty Members

Dr. Vijay Thakur

Assistant Professor

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Sh. Rajinder

Assistant Professor

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Syllabus

Syllabus B.A. Geography

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSO)

PSO	Geography Specific Outcome
PSO1	Students learn the fundamentals of cartography, including how to make and read maps, scale maps, and how to handle data. They also learn about various ideas in geomorphology, climatology, and oceanography.
PSO2	Students learn about a variety of human geography topics, including human racial and ethnic groups, languages, and faiths, as well as the distribution of rural and urban settlements and the environment’s ecosystems, biomes, and environmental issues and policies.
PSO3	Students learn about several types of remote sensing, their benefits and applications, the definition of planning regions, and case studies including DVC and ITDP in particular.
PSO4	Students learn about India’s physiographic regions, its resource base, its climate, and its soils. Students learn about field methods, creating questionnaires, conducting field surveys, and writing field reports.
PSO5	Students learn about the many types of data structures, geographic information systems, and other GIS-related topics.
PSO6	Students learn about different sorts of disasters, how they are managed, and the fundamental ideas behind sustainability and development in a global perspective.

Subjects

Course Details

Geography Course Outcomes

Sr. No.	Course Title	Course Code	Class	CO1	CO2	CO3	CO4
1	Physical Geography	GEOGP 101CC	B.A 1st Year	Solar system, earth formation theories, rocks.	Internal structure, plate tectonics, erosion cycle.	Atmosphere, heat balance, winds, cyclones, Koppen’s classification.	Oceans, tides, currents, Pacific Ocean Relief Features.
2	General Cartography	GEOGP 102CC	B.A 1st Year	Importance and classification of maps.	Scales – plain, comparative, diagonal.	Map projections – conical, cylindrical, zenith.	Dot map, choropleth map, bar & line graphs.
3	Human Geography	GEOGP 201CC	B.A 2nd Year	Nature and scope of human geography.	Population distribution and demographic transition.	Races, religions, and languages distribution.	Rural and urban settlements – types and trends.
4	Environmental Geography	GEOGP 202CC	B.A 2nd Year	Environmental geography and ecosystems.	Human-environment interaction, environmentalism.	Pollution types, causes, and biodiversity issues.	Environmental policies and Chipko Movement.
5	Regional Planning and Development	GEOGP 203 SEC	B.A 2nd Year	Definition of region, planning and development.	Himachal Pradesh case study.	Growth pole theory and core-periphery model.	DVC and ITDP case studies.
6	Remote Sensing and GPS	GEOGP 204SEC	B.A 2nd Year	Definition, platforms and types of remote sensing.	Aerial photography – types and principles.	Satellite sensing, Landsat & IRS.	Image analysis and GPS basics.
7	Geographic Information System	GEOGP 301 SEC	B.A 3rd Year	Definition, elements and uses of GIS.	Vector/raster, spatial/non-spatial data.	Georeferencing and attribute data integration.	Thematic mapping and land use extraction.
8	Field Techniques and Survey Report	GEOGP 302 SEC	B.A 3rd Year	Importance and ethics of fieldwork.	Observation and participant techniques.	Questionnaires and group interviews.	Report design – goals, methods, writing.
9	Geography of India	GEOGP 303 - IDSE	B.A 3rd Year	Physiography, climate and soils of India.	Population growth and distribution.	Settlement patterns – rural and urban.	Agriculture, industries, and resources.
10	Disaster Management	GEOGP 304 - IDSE	B.A 3rd Year	Hazards, vulnerability, and types of disasters.	Natural disasters in India – earthquakes, etc.	Human-caused disasters – accidents, fires.	NDMA, NIDM, and disaster responses.
11	Disaster Risk Reduction	GEOGP 305 GEI	B.A 3rd Year	Hazards, risk, and vulnerability concepts.	Causes and effects of disasters.	Human-induced disaster mapping.	NDMA, community disaster management.
12	Sustainability and Development	GEOGP 306 GE2	B.A 3rd Year	Concepts of sustainability and development.	Millennium Development Goals overview.	Principles of development and sustainability.	National strategies and international case studies.

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Time Table

Name	10:10–10:50	10:50–11:30	11:30–12:10	12:10–12:50	12:50–01:30	02:10–02:50
Dr Vijay Thakur	BA 2nd Remote Sensing & GPS SEC (1–2) Room: Geography Lab	BA 1st General Cartography (4–6) Room No: 164	BA 2nd Environmental Geography (1–3) Room No: 162	BA 3rd Field Survey and Report SEC (4–5) Room: Geography Lab	BA 3rd Geography of India (1–3) Room No: 63
Prof. Rajinder Singh	BA 2nd Regional Planning & Dev SEC (3–4) Room: Geography Lab	BA 1st Physical Geography (1–3) Room No: 164	BA 2nd Human Geography (4–6) Room No: 162	BA 3rd GIS SEC (1–2) Room: Geography Lab	BA 3rd Disaster Management (4–6) Room No: 63
Prof. Arun						BA 3rd Generic Elective (1–6) Room No: 162