Department of 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/ Asstt. Professor

          02

        02

 

Sr. No.

Name

Designation

Profile

1.

Dr. Vijay Thakur

 Associate Professor

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2.

Sh. Rajinder

Assistant Professor

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Programme Specific Outcomes(PSOs):

PSO

Geography Specific Outcomes

 

PSO1

Students also 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.

The courses you will learn during this three year course is:

 Course Outcomes (COs)

Sr. No.

Course Title

Course Code

Class

CO's

Course Outcome

1

Physical Geography

GEOGP 101CC

 B.A 1st       Year

CO1

Students are taught about the solar system's introduction and hypotheses about the earth's formation, such as the tidal hypothesis, the big bang theory, and rocks.

CO2

Davis introduces the ideas of the internal structure of the earth, plate tectonics, weathering, and the cycle of erosion to the students.

CO3

Students gain knowledge of the atmospheric composition and structure, heat balance, pressure and wind systems, tropical cyclones, monsoons, and Koppen's classification of climate.

CO4

Students learn about oceans, tides, ocean currents, and Pacific Ocean Relief Features.

2

 General Cartography

GEOGP 102CC

B.A1st Year

CO1

Students are familiar with the fundamental ideas behind map importance and classification.

CO2

Students learn about the meaning of several scales, including the plain, comparative, and diagonal scales.

CO3

The foundation of creating maps is map projection. Students learn how to create different projections of maps, including conical, cylindrical, and zenith projections, as well as the necessity for and methods of map protection.

CO4

Students are taught how to create a dot map and a choropleth map as well as how to show data using bar and line graphs.

3

Human Geography

GEOGP 201CC

B.A 2nd  Year

CO1

Students learn the fundamentals of human geography, including its nature, scope, and applicability.

CO2

The patterns of population distribution around the world, as well as population growth and the theory of demographic transition, are familiar to the students.

CO3

It imparts knowledge about the various human races and their geographic distribution. It is examined the distribution of the major world religions and languages.

CO4

Students are taught about the definitions of rural and urban settlements, their historical development, their classification, and the patterns and trends in global distribution.

4

Environmental Geography

GEOGP 202CC

B.A 2nd  Year

CO1

The significance of environmental geography and its application are explained to the students, along with its components. They learn about the ideas, elements, and functions of ecosystems.

CO2

They are educated about the interaction between humans and their environment using the ideas of environmentalism and possibility theory.

CO3

The different types of pollution, including air, water, and pollution, are taught to students. pollution's causes, effects, and management. Additionally taught are environmental issues and the loss of biodiversity.

CO4

Students learn about the 1982 Environmental Protection Act. (2006) Indian environmental policy and the Chipko Movement.

5

Regional Planning and Development

GEOGP 203 SEC

B.A 2nd  Year

CO1

The definitions of regions, regional planning, and regional development are introduced to the class. Regions' characteristics and the definition of planning regions.

CO2

With the use of a case study on Himachal Pradesh (both physically and culturally), students learn about regionalization.

CO3

The growth pole hypothesis and the core Periphery model are taught.

CO4

Case studies of the DVC and the integrated tribal development programme (ITBP) are used to study regional development initiatives.

6

Remote Sensing and GPS

GEOGP 204SEC

B.A 2nd  Year

CO1

Students learn about the definition, platforms, and several types of remote sensing.

CO2

They are given information about aerial photography, including its definition, types, principles, and geometry.

CO3

Students learn about the fundamentals of satellite remote sensing, its meaning, and how it interacts with the earth's surface and atmosphere. They also learn about Landsat and IRS satellites and sensors.

CO4

Students learn about how to visually analyse satellite and aerial photography. Both the basics and applications of the Global Positioning System are covered.

7

Geographic Information System

GEOGP 301 SEC

B.A 3rd  Year

CO1

Students learn about the definition of GIS, its use, its elements, and its history.

CO2

Students learn about vector and raster data structures as well as spatial and non-spatial data structures.

CO3

Editing and the integration of attribute data are also covered in the georeferencing concept lesson.

CO4

Students learn about thematic mapping, extraction of land use layers from any location, and georeferencing subsetting.

8

Field Techniques and survey based project  Report

GEOGP 302  SEC

B.A 3rd   Year

CO1

The purpose, importance, and ethics of fieldwork are taught. Field definition and case studies (rural/urban, physical/human environmental) are topics covered in class.

CO2

The teaching of field techniques, observation, participant and non-participant, as well as merits and demerits.

CO3

Students learn about open-ended, closed-ended, structured, and non-structured questionnaires. Students learn about interviews with a particular emphasis on targeted group discussions.

CO4

Students learn how to design a field report, including its goals and objectives, methodology, analysis, and writing.

9

Geography of India

GEOGP  303 -IDSE

B.A 3rd  Year

CO1

Students learn about India's primary physiographic areas. They become familiar with the ideas of the Indian climate and Indian soils.

CO2

Students learn about the increase in population since 1901 as well as concepts like population density distribution and sex ratio.

CO3

Students learn about the many forms and patterns of urban and rural settlements.

CO4

Students are taught information about agriculture, cotton textile industry, iron and steel industry, and power and mineral resources.

   

   10

 

 Disaster Management

GEOGP 304- IDSE

B.A 3rd  Year

CO1

Students learn about hazards, vulnerabilities, and many sorts of disasters.

CO2

Disasters like landslides, earthquakes, and cyclones that affect India are known.

CO3

Students learn about human-caused calamities like road accidents and forest fires.

CO4

Students are also taught NDMA, NIDM, community-based disaster management, and dos and don'ts during catastrophes in addition to response and mitigation to disasters.

  11

Disaster Risk Reduction

GEOGP 305 GEI

B.A 3rd      Year

CO1

Students learn about hazards, risks, and vulnerabilities.

CO2

It provides information on the causes, effects, and distribution of numerous sorts of disasters. There is also discussion of cyclones, floods, and earthquakes.

CO3

Students learn about the causes, distribution, and mapping of human-induced disasters.

CO4

Students are also taught NDMA, NIDM, community-based disaster management, and Dos and Don'ts during catastrophes in addition to response and mitigation to disasters.

   12

Sustainability    and Development

GEOGP 306 GE2

B.A 3rd  Year

CO1

Students learn about the ideas and elements of sustainability and development.

CO2

The Millennium Development Goals are explained, and national and international experiences are also covered.

CO3

Students learn about the principles and elements of development and sustainability.

CO4

National strategies and international experiences are also presented, along with information about the Millennium Development Goals.

 

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Time Table 2023-24

Department of Geography

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