Course Outcome
| Name of the Paper | CC/SEC/DSE | Marks and Credit Points | Course Outcome |
| Physical Geography | CC/GE – 1
Theory |
60 marks
4 credit |
1. Explain the Earth’s interior with special reference to seismology
2. Understand plate tectonics; with special emphasis on their role in landform development 3. Overview of degradational processes: Weathering, mass wasting, and resultant landforms 4. Know about the evolution fluvial, glacial, Aeolian and coastal landforms 5. Understand slope evolution 5. Know about the Global hydrological cycle, run-off and principles of watershed management 6. Explain the Ocean circulation, waves and tide, physical and chemical properties of ocean waters, temperature and salinity. 7. Acquire knowledge about Classification and sustainable utilization of marine resources. |
| Physical Geography | CC/GE – 1
Practical |
30 marks
2 credit
|
1. Understand the characteristics of rocks and minerals
2. Explain the relation between relief and drainage 3. Gain knowledge about topographical maps and apply this knowledge on ground |
| Environmental Geography | CC/GE – 2
Theory |
60 marks
4 credit |
1. Learn the interaction between atmosphere and the earth’s surface.
2. Understand the importance of the atmospheric pressure and wind system. 3. Develop an idea about Indian Monsoon, tropical and temperate cyclones. 4. Acquire knowledge of soil profile development under different climatic conditions 5. Understand the physical and chemical properties of soils and soil classification. 6. Appreciate the concepts of Ecosystem and Biomes 7. Explain the causes, consequences and restoration processes of biodiversity loss and deforestation. |
| Environmental Geography | CC/GE – 2
Practical |
30 marks
2 credit
|
1. Learn interpretation of daily weather map of India, hythergraph, climograph
2. Ability to prepare peoples’ biodiversity register 3. Get the knowledge to determine the soil types with the help of ternary diagram |
| Human Geography | CC/GE – 3
Theory |
60 marks
4 credit |
1. Able to assess the importance of economic activities around the world.
2. Understand the locational factors for the development of agriculture and industries 3. Develop knowledge about structure, functions, social systems of human society. 4. Learn to appreciate social issues 5. Know about cultural landscape and elements of culture 6. Understand the origin, characteristics and spatial variations of Race, Language and Religion |
| Human Geography | CC /GE – 3
Practical |
30 marks
2 credit |
1. Acquire knowledge about the construction of divided proportional circles
2. Calculate growth rate of population 3. Understand Nearest Neighbour Analysis. |
| Cartography | CC /GE – 4
Theory |
60 marks
4 credit |
1. Understand the classification and types maps.
2. Acquire knowledge about map projections. 3. Preparing dots and proportional circles, isopleth and choropleth maps. 4. Acquire information about principal national agencies producing thematic maps in India: NATMO, GSI, NBSSLUP, NHO, and NRSC / Bhuvan 5. Introduction to Remote Sensing and image classification. 6. Acquire knowledge about Geographical Information System 7. Understand Prismatic compass and Dumpy level as survey instruments. |
| Cartography | CC /GE – 4
Practical |
30 marks
2 credit |
1.Learn the graphical construction of scales
2. Learn the construction of map projections 3. Draw thematic maps using proportional squares and circles, choropleth and isopleths 4. Learn thematic overlays from satellite standard FCCs on a scale of 1:50, 000 |
| Regional Development | DSE –A/1
Theory |
60 marks
4 credit |
1. Gain knowledge about definition of region, evolution and types of regional planning.
2. Develop an idea about choice of a region for planning. 3. Understand the strategies and models for regional planning 4. Appreciate growth centre model and concept of village cluster 5. Identify problem regions in regional planning, case studies, their success and failure 6. Know about development indicators. 7. Build knowledge about development and regional disparities in India. |
| Regional Development | DSE –A/1
Practical |
30 marks
2 credit |
1. Ability to delineate regions according to given criteria using Weaver’s method
2. Ability to measure inequality by Lorenz Curve and Location Quotient 3. Determine sphere of influence by gravity model 4. Gain knowledge about preparing Z-score and composite index. |
| Population Geography | DSE –B/4
Theory |
60 marks
4 credit |
1. Understand the basic concepts of population geography and their data sources 2. Develop knowledge about world’s population distribution and the Demographic Transition Model.
3. Build knowledge about population distribution, density, and growth in India 4. Introduce students to the concepts of population composition and measurements of fertility and mortality. 5. Understand the Population–Resource regions and Human Development Index. 6. Analyse migration causes and types 7. Appreciate contemporary issues like ageing, population environment dichotomy, declining sex ratio, HIV/AIDS |
| Population Geography | DSE – B/4
Practical |
30 marks
2 credit |
1. Acquire knowledge to make population projection by arithmetic method
2. Ability to prepare population density mapping and analyze work participation rate. 3. Analyze occupation structure by Dominant and Distinctive functions |
| Coastal Management | SEC
Theory |
90 marks
2 credit |
1. Understand the coastal components and coastal morpho-dynamics in the evolution of coastal forms.
2. Develop knowledge about coastal resources and the related industries. 3. Assess the impacts of different hazards in coastal areas and their management. 4. Acquire knowledge about the principles of coastal zone management. |
| Sustainable Development | SEC
Theory |
90 marks
2 credit |
1. Develop knowledge about concept, historical background and components of Sustainable development
2. Understand the challenges of sustainable development: 3. Analyse global environmental issues 4. Assess the global goals for sustainable development |
Course Outcome
| Name of the Paper | CC/SEC/DSE | Marks and Credit Points | Course Outcome |
| Geotectonics and Geomorphology | CC-1
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
1.Understand crustal mobility and tectonics with special emphasis on their role in landform development
2. Explain different types of geomorphic processes like weathering and mass wasting and cycles of erosion. 3. Establish the relationships between landforms, processes and underlying structure 4.Understand the processes of erosion, deposition and resultant landforms 5. Acquire knowledge about slope forms and processes 6. Get an overview and critical appraisal of landform development models |
| Geotectonics and Geomorphology | CC-1
Practical |
30 marks
2credits |
1.Understand the characteristics of rocks and minerals and their megascopic identification
2. Explain the relation between relief and drainage 3. Gain Knowledge about topographical maps and apply this knowledge on ground surface 4. Know the use of clinometers to measure dip and strike |
| Cartographic Techniques | CC – 2
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
1. Develop an idea about scale and their types
2. Acquire knowledge different types of map projection. 3. Understanding the relevance of socio-economic maps 4. Understand bearings 5. Explain the co-ordinates systems 6. Concepts of geoid and spheroid |
| Cartographic Techniques | CC-2
Practical |
30 marks 2credits | 4. Develop an idea of scale and the drawing of different types of scale like linear, diagonal and vernier
5. Acquire knowledge about different types of map projection and the techniques of drawing them 7. Acquire knowledge of thematic maps and the drawing of such maps |
| Human Geography | CC – 3
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
1.Assess the importance of Space, society, and cultural regions
2.Develop an idea about population growth and distribution of population 3. Explain population resource regions 4. Learn about human adaptation to the environment 5. Build an idea about urban and rural settlements and their relationship with the environment and also different theories related to settlement geography 6. Develop an idea of rural house types |
| Human Geography | CC – 3
Practical |
30 marks
2credits |
1. Acquire knowledge about the construction of divided proportional circles
2. Understanding the nature and types of age-sex pyramid. 3. Able to do nearest neighbor analysis |
| Thematic Mapping and Surveying | CC – 4
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
1. Understand the concepts of rounding, scientific notation. Logarithm and anti-logarithm. Natural and log scales
2. Acquire knowledge to prepare and interpret geological maps 3. To be able to interpret weather maps 4. Acquire information about principal national agencies producing thematic maps in India: NATMO, GSI, NBSSLUP, NHO and NRSC / Bhuvan 5. Interpret the land use, land cover and socio-economic maps. 6. Develop the basic concepts of surveying and survey equipments like prismatic compass, dumpy level, theodolite and abney level |
| Thematic Mapping and Surveying | CC – 4
Practical |
30 marks
2credits |
1.Learn traverse survey with prismatic compass
2. Learn profile drawing by dumpy level 3. Determine the height for base accessible and base inaccessible objects using Theodolite. 4. Develop an idea about the underlying structure from geological maps and profiles drawn from them |
| Climatology | CC – 5
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
1. Learn the interaction between the atmosphere and the earth’s surface.
2. Understand the importance of the atmospheric pressure and winds. 3. Know about insolation and heat budget of the atmosphere 4. Get an overview of climate change and significance of ozone layer 5. Understand how atmospheric moisture works. 6. Develop an idea about cyclones. 7. Understand the mechanism of monsoon 8. Know about climatic classifications |
| Climatology | CC – 5
Practical |
30 marks
2credits |
1. Learn the use of various meteorological instruments.
2. Gain knowledge about Indian daily weather maps 3. Construction and interpretation of climograph, hythergraph and windrose |
| Hydrology and Oceanography
|
CC – 6
Theory
|
60 marks
4credits
|
1. Describe and analyze the concepts of Hydrology and Oceanography
2. Understand the global hydrological cycle and its significance 3. Appreciate the significance of drainage basin as hydrological unit and the principles of rain water harvesting 4. Understand occurrence and storage of groundwater Course Outcome |
| Hydrology and Oceanography | CC – 6
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
5. Study the behaviour and characteristics of ocean waters, physical and chemical properties
6. Understand coral reefs, waves and tides 7. Get an idea of marine resources and the implications of sea level change |
| Hydrology and Oceanography | CC – 6
Practical |
30 marks
2credits |
1. Understanding the drawing and importance of hydrograph and unit hydrograph
2. Develop knowledge to construct and interpret monthly rainfall dispersion diagram, Climatic water budget and Ergograph 3. Construction of Theissen polygon from precipitation data |
| Statistical Methods in Geography | CC – 7
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
1. Learn the significance of statistics in geography.
2. Understand the importance of data in geography 3. Compute measures of central tendency and dispersion 4. Know about different methods of sampling 5. Develop an idea about distribution of statistical data. Measures of central tendency and dispersion 6. Learn correlation techniques 7. Do time series analysis and regression 8. Learn hypothesis testing |
| Statistical Methods in Geography | CC – 7
Practical |
30 marks
2credits |
1. Learn to do tabulation of data.
2. Gain knowledge about association and correlation. 3. Construction of data matrix and draw sample sets with different methods of sampling 4.Plot scatter diagram 5. Residual mapping from regression |
| Economic Geography | CC – 8
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
1.Know the approaches to Economic Geography
2. Understand the concept of economic man and the theory of choices 3. Assess the importance of economic activities around the world 4. Analyse locational factors for the development of primary activities and secondary activities 5. Gain knowledge about International trade and economic blocs. 6. Know about WTO and BRICS 7. Understand transnational sea-routes, airways and highways with reference to India |
| Economic Geography | CC – 8
Practical |
30 marks
2credits |
1. Learn the techniques of choropleth mapping of economic parameters
2. Understand and interpret transport network analysis by detour index and shortest path analysis 3. Analyse time series data of industrial production |
| Regional Planning and Development | CC – 9
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
1. Gain knowledge about regions, their concepts, types and delineation
2. Learn about regional planning, its objectives and tools 3. Understand multi-level planning in India
|
| Regional Planning and Development | CC – 9
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
4. Know about metropolitan area and urban agglomeration
5. Differentiate growth from development 6. Identify the indicators of development 7. Understand the concept of human development 8. Know regional development theories and models 9. Assess regional disparity in India |
| Regional Planning and Development | CC – 9
Practical |
30 marks
2credits |
1.Delineation of formal regions by weighted index method
2. Delineation of functional regions by breaking point analysis. 3. Measure inequality by Location Quotient 4. Measure regional disparity by Sopher Index. |
| Soil and Biogeography | CC – 10
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
1. Know the pedological and edaphological approaches to soil studies
2. Explain the processes of soil formation 3. Assess the significance of soil properties. texture, pH, organic matter and NPK 4. Know the principles of soil classification and the concept of land capability and classification 5. Understand biosphere, ecosystem, ecotone, community and ecology 6. Develop an idea about trophic structure, food chain, food web and energy flow in ecosystems 7. Analyze world biomes and their characteristics 8. Understand biogeochemical cycles. 9. Explaining the causes, consequences and management of deforestation 10.Understand the threats to biodiversity and conservation measures |
| Soil and Biogeography | CC – 10
Practical |
30 marks
2credits |
1. Determine soil pH and salinity using field kit
2. Know the identification of plant species diversity by matrix method 3. Identify soil type by ternary diagram textural plotting |
| Research Methodology and Fieldwork | CC – 11
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
1.Acquire knowledge about research design based on literature review
2.Learn the techniques of writing scientific reports, references, abstract and keywords 3. Know about plagiarism 4. Learn to select study area and landscape survey techniques 5. Understand the significance of field work in geographical studies and the techniques and tools 6. Learn the art of tabulation and data processing |
| Research Methodology and Fieldwork | CC – 11
Practical |
30 marks
2credits |
1.Conducting field excursions and preparation of field report
2. Learn the techniques of primary data collection, household survey with the help of questionnaires 3.Do plot to plot land use survey for preparation of land use map 4. Learn to analyse data, prepare maps and diagrams and write field reports |
| Remote Sensing, GIS and GNSS | CC – 12
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
1.Understand the principles of remote sensing satellites and sensors with reference to IRS and Landsat missions
2. Learn the preparation of False Colour Composites from IRS LISS-3, Landsat TM/OLI data 3. Learn image interpretation 4. Acquisition and utilization of free Digital Elevation Model data: CartoDEM, SRTM and ALOS 5. Develop knowledge about concept and components of Geographical Information System 6.Explain GIS Data Structures 7. Learn the preparation of attribute tables, overlay and buffer 8. Understand the Global Positioning System, GNSS waypoints |
| Remote Sensing, GIS and GNSS | CC – 12
Practical |
30 marks
2credits |
1. Understand georeferencing and preparation of reflectance libraries of LULC features across image bands of IRS L3 or Landsat OLI data
2. Learn supervised image classification and post classification analysis 3.Training in the use Geographic Information System (GIS) softwares for contemporary mapping skills. 4. Collect waypoints from GNSS receivers and export to GIS database |
| Evolution of Geographical Thought | CC – 13
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
1. Discussing the evolution of geographical thought from ancient to modern times
2. Understand the impact of dark age in geography and the age of discovery and exploration 3. Appreciate dualism and dichotomies in geography 4. Know the evolution of geographical thought in Germany, France, Britain and USA 5. Understand the contribution of Humboldt, Ritter, Richthofen, Hartshorne-Schaeffer, Ratzel, La Blache 6.Analyze modern and contemporary principles of Quantitative Revolution, Systems Approach, Behavioural, Humanistic and Radical Approaches 7. Understand post modernism in geographical studies. |
| Evolution of Geographical Thought | CC – 13
Practical |
30 marks
2credits |
1. Appreciate the changing perception of world maps by Ptolemy, Ibn Batuta, Mercator
2. Learn the mapping of voyages of Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Magellan, Thomas Cook 3. Learn group presentation |
| Hazard Management | CC – 14
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
1. Understand the definition, classification of hazards and disasters
2. Know about risk perception, vulnerability assessment and hazard paradigms |
| Hazard Management | CC – 14
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
3. Undertake hazard specific study with focus on West Bengal and India
4. Understand their vulnerability, consequences and management 5. Acquire knowledge about biohazards |
| Hazard Management | CC – 14
Practical |
30 marks
2credits |
1. Assessing the nature, impact and management of major natural and man-made hazards affecting West Bengal
2. Develop knowledge to prepare a project report and preparedness of any case study hazard including flood, landslide, earthquake, accidents and human induced disaster |
| Coastal Management | SEC
Theory |
30 marks
2credits |
1. Understand components of coastal zone and coastal morpho-dynamics.
2. Assess the environmental impacts of mining, oil explorations salt manufacturing, land reclamation and tourism 3. Be informed about coastal hazards and their management with structural and non structural measures 4. Know about the principles of coastal zone management Exclusive Economic Zone and Coastal Regulation Zones |
| Sustainable Development | SEC
Theory |
30 marks
2credits |
1. Develop knowledge about concept, historical background, components and limitations of sustainable development
2. Understand the challenges of sustainable development 3. Determine global environmental issues 3. Assess the global goals for sustainable development |
| Climate Change: Vulnerability and Adaptations | DSE – A
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
1. Developing the knowledge about the science behind climate change and its relation with geological time scale
2. Assessing the role of Greenhouse gases in global warming. 3. Understanding the impacts of climate change on the environment, human health and morbidity 4. Know about the global initiatives to climate change mitigation 5. Appreciate the role of local bodies on climate change mitigation 6. Read about climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptive strategies in South Asia |
| Climate Change: Vulnerability and Adaptations | DSE – A
Practical |
30 marks
2credits |
1. Develop knowledge to analyze the trends of temperatures and seasonal rainfall based on Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) data.
2. Understand the annual rainfall variability in the climatic regions of India 3. Prepare an inventory of extreme climate events and mitigation measures of a country or climatic region of South Asia |
| Cultural and Settlement Geography | DSE – B
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
1. Develop knowledge about the definition, scope, and content of Cultural Geography
2. Understand the concept of cultural hearth, cultural realm, cultural diffusion, cultural diversity, and segregation. 3.Learn about the major religions and languages of the world and their spatial distribution 4. Understand race and racial groups of the world 5. Develop knowledge about cultural regions of India 6. Learn about rural settlements, site, situation and morphology 7. Understand social segregation in rural areas, house types and census categories 8. Gain knowledge about urban settlements, city regions and conurbation, urban morphology, models of urban morphology and functional classification of cities |
| Cultural and Settlement Geography | DSE – B
Practical |
30 marks
2credits |
1. Prepare language distribution maps of India
2. Learn proportional squares for CD Block wise housing distribution maps for West Bengal 3. Identify types of rural settlement from topographical maps 4. Learn social area analysis for a city |
| Environmental Issues in Geography | DSE – A
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
1. Understand the approaches to environmental studies and the concept of holistic environment
2. Develop knowledge about Ecosystems and their relation with habitats. 3. Be aware of rural and urban environmental issues 4. Acquire knowledge of global environmental policies 5. Analyze the Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Planning |
| Environmental Issues in Geography | DSE – A
Practical |
30 marks
2credits |
1. Prepare questionnaire for perception survey on environmental problems
2. Learn quality assessment of soil using field kit |
| Geography of India | DSE – B
Theory |
60 marks
4credits |
1. Developing the knowledge about physiographic divisions of India
2. Acquire knowledge about classification and interrelation of climate, soil and vegetation 3. Get an overview of green revolution and its consequences 4. Understand the distribution, growth, structure, and policy of population 5. Gain an overview of tribal lifestyle in India 6. Develop the knowledge about geographical and economic environment of West Bengal |
| Geography of India | DSE – B
Practical |
30 marks
2credits |
1. Prepare monthly temperature and rainfall graphs
2. Develop and analyze Crop combination pattern 3. Comparison of developed and backward states of India with the help of Composite Index 4. Plot annual trends of production |
- B.A./ B.SC. DEGREE COURSE GEOGRAPHY GENERAL
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Course Outcome
Name of the Paper CC/SEC/DSE Marks and Credit Points Course Outcome Physical Geography CC/GE – 1 Theory
60 marks 4 credit
1. Explain the Earth’s interior with special reference to seismology 2. Understand plate tectonics; with special emphasis on their role in landform development
3. Overview of degradational processes: Weathering, mass wasting, and resultant landforms
4. Know about the evolution fluvial, glacial, Aeolian and coastal landforms
5. Understand slope evolution
5. Know about the Global hydrological cycle, run-off and principles of watershed management
6. Explain the Ocean circulation, waves and tide, physical and chemical properties of ocean waters, temperature and salinity.
7. Acquire knowledge about Classification and sustainable utilization of marine resources.
Physical Geography CC/GE – 1 Practical
30 marks 2 credit
1. Understand the characteristics of rocks and minerals 2. Explain the relation between relief and drainage
3. Gain knowledge about topographical maps and apply this knowledge on ground
Environmental Geography CC/GE – 2 Theory
60 marks 4 credit
1. Learn the interaction between atmosphere and the earth’s surface. 2. Understand the importance of the atmospheric pressure and wind system.
3. Develop an idea about Indian Monsoon, tropical and temperate cyclones.
4. Acquire knowledge of soil profile development under different climatic conditions
5. Understand the physical and chemical properties of soils and soil classification.
6. Appreciate the concepts of Ecosystem and Biomes
7. Explain the causes, consequences and restoration processes of biodiversity loss and deforestation.
Environmental Geography CC/GE – 2 Practical
30 marks 2 credit
1. Learn interpretation of daily weather map of India, hythergraph, climograph 2. Ability to prepare peoples’ biodiversity register
3. Get the knowledge to determine the soil types with the help of ternary diagram
Human Geography CC/GE – 3 Theory
60 marks 4 credit
1. Able to assess the importance of economic activities around the world. 2. Understand the locational factors for the development of agriculture and industries
3. Develop knowledge about structure, functions, social systems of human society.
4. Learn to appreciate social issues
5. Know about cultural landscape and elements of culture
6. Understand the origin, characteristics and spatial variations of Race, Language and Religion
Human Geography CC /GE – 3 Practical
30 marks 2 credit
1. Acquire knowledge about the construction of divided proportional circles 2. Calculate growth rate of population
3. Understand Nearest Neighbour Analysis.
Cartography CC /GE – 4 Theory
60 marks 4 credit
1. Understand the classification and types maps. 2. Acquire knowledge about map projections.
3. Preparing dots and proportional circles, isopleth and choropleth maps.
4. Acquire information about principal national agencies producing thematic maps in India: NATMO, GSI, NBSSLUP, NHO, and NRSC / Bhuvan
5. Introduction to Remote Sensing and image classification.
6. Acquire knowledge about Geographical Information System
7. Understand Prismatic compass and Dumpy level as survey instruments.
Cartography CC /GE – 4 Practical
30 marks 2 credit
1.Learn the graphical construction of scales 2. Learn the construction of map projections
3. Draw thematic maps using proportional squares and circles, choropleth and isopleths
4. Learn thematic overlays from satellite standard FCCs on a scale of 1:50, 000
Regional Development DSE –A/1 Theory
60 marks 4 credit
1. Gain knowledge about definition of region, evolution and types of regional planning. 2. Develop an idea about choice of a region for planning.
3. Understand the strategies and models for regional planning
4. Appreciate growth centre model and concept of village cluster
5. Identify problem regions in regional planning, case studies, their success and failure
6. Know about development indicators.
7. Build knowledge about development and regional disparities in India.
Regional Development DSE –A/1 Practical
30 marks 2 credit
1. Ability to delineate regions according to given criteria using Weaver’s method 2. Ability to measure inequality by Lorenz Curve and Location Quotient
3. Determine sphere of influence by gravity model
4. Gain knowledge about preparing Z-score and composite index.
Population Geography DSE –B/4 Theory
60 marks 4 credit
1. Understand the basic concepts of population geography and their data sources 2. Develop knowledge about world’s population distribution and the Demographic Transition Model. 3. Build knowledge about population distribution, density, and growth in India
4. Introduce students to the concepts of population composition and measurements of fertility and mortality.
5. Understand the Population–Resource regions and Human Development Index.
6. Analyse migration causes and types
7. Appreciate contemporary issues like ageing, population environment dichotomy, declining sex ratio, HIV/AIDS
Population Geography DSE – B/4 Practical
30 marks 2 credit
1. Acquire knowledge to make population projection by arithmetic method 2. Ability to prepare population density mapping and analyze work participation rate.
3. Analyze occupation structure by Dominant and Distinctive functions
Coastal Management SEC Theory
90 marks 2 credit
1. Understand the coastal components and coastal morpho-dynamics in the evolution of coastal forms. 2. Develop knowledge about coastal resources and the related industries.
3. Assess the impacts of different hazards in coastal areas and their management.
4. Acquire knowledge about the principles of coastal zone management.
Sustainable Development SEC Theory
90 marks 2 credit
1. Develop knowledge about concept, historical background and components of Sustainable development 2. Understand the challenges of sustainable development:
3. Analyse global environmental issues
4. Assess the global goals for sustainable development
- B.A./ B.SC. DEGREE COURSE GEOGRAPHY HONOURS
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Course Outcome
Name of the Paper CC/SEC/DSE Marks and Credit Points Course Outcome Geotectonics and Geomorphology CC-1 Theory
60 marks 4credits
1.Understand crustal mobility and tectonics with special emphasis on their role in landform development 2. Explain different types of geomorphic processes like weathering and mass wasting and cycles of erosion.
3. Establish the relationships between landforms, processes and underlying structure
4.Understand the processes of erosion, deposition and resultant landforms
5. Acquire knowledge about slope forms and processes
6. Get an overview and critical appraisal of landform development models
Geotectonics and Geomorphology CC-1 Practical
30 marks 2credits
1.Understand the characteristics of rocks and minerals and their megascopic identification 2. Explain the relation between relief and drainage
3. Gain Knowledge about topographical maps and apply this knowledge on ground surface
4. Know the use of clinometers to measure dip and strike
Cartographic Techniques CC – 2 Theory
60 marks 4credits
1. Develop an idea about scale and their types 2. Acquire knowledge different types of map projection.
3. Understanding the relevance of socio-economic maps
4. Understand bearings
5. Explain the co-ordinates systems
6. Concepts of geoid and spheroid
Cartographic Techniques CC-2 Practical
30 marks 2credits 4. Develop an idea of scale and the drawing of different types of scale like linear, diagonal and vernier 5. Acquire knowledge about different types of map projection and the techniques of drawing them
7. Acquire knowledge of thematic maps and the drawing of such maps
Human Geography CC – 3 Theory
60 marks 4credits
1.Assess the importance of Space, society, and cultural regions 2.Develop an idea about population growth and distribution of population
3. Explain population resource regions
4. Learn about human adaptation to the environment
5. Build an idea about urban and rural settlements and their relationship with the environment and also different theories related to settlement geography
6. Develop an idea of rural house types
Human Geography CC – 3 Practical
30 marks 2credits
1. Acquire knowledge about the construction of divided proportional circles 2. Understanding the nature and types of age-sex pyramid.
3. Able to do nearest neighbor analysis
Thematic Mapping and Surveying CC – 4 Theory
60 marks 4credits
1. Understand the concepts of rounding, scientific notation. Logarithm and anti-logarithm. Natural and log scales 2. Acquire knowledge to prepare and interpret geological maps
3. To be able to interpret weather maps
4. Acquire information about principal national agencies producing thematic maps in India: NATMO, GSI, NBSSLUP, NHO and NRSC / Bhuvan
5. Interpret the land use, land cover and socio-economic maps.
6. Develop the basic concepts of surveying and survey equipments like prismatic compass, dumpy level, theodolite and abney level
Thematic Mapping and Surveying CC – 4 Practical
30 marks 2credits
1.Learn traverse survey with prismatic compass 2. Learn profile drawing by dumpy level
3. Determine the height for base accessible and base inaccessible objects using Theodolite.
4. Develop an idea about the underlying structure from geological maps and profiles drawn from them
Climatology CC – 5 Theory
60 marks 4credits
1. Learn the interaction between the atmosphere and the earth’s surface. 2. Understand the importance of the atmospheric pressure and winds.
3. Know about insolation and heat budget of the atmosphere
4. Get an overview of climate change and significance of ozone layer
5. Understand how atmospheric moisture works.
6. Develop an idea about cyclones.
7. Understand the mechanism of monsoon
8. Know about climatic classifications
Climatology CC – 5 Practical
30 marks 2credits
1. Learn the use of various meteorological instruments. 2. Gain knowledge about Indian daily weather maps
3. Construction and interpretation of climograph, hythergraph and windrose
Hydrology and Oceanography CC – 6 Theory
60 marks 4credits
1. Describe and analyze the concepts of Hydrology and Oceanography 2. Understand the global hydrological cycle and its significance
3. Appreciate the significance of drainage basin as hydrological unit and the principles of rain water harvesting
4. Understand occurrence and storage of groundwater
Course Outcome
Hydrology and Oceanography CC – 6 Theory
60 marks 4credits
5. Study the behaviour and characteristics of ocean waters, physical and chemical properties 6. Understand coral reefs, waves and tides
7. Get an idea of marine resources and the implications of sea level change
Hydrology and Oceanography CC – 6 Practical
30 marks 2credits
1. Understanding the drawing and importance of hydrograph and unit hydrograph 2. Develop knowledge to construct and interpret monthly rainfall dispersion diagram, Climatic water budget and Ergograph
3. Construction of Theissen polygon from precipitation data
Statistical Methods in Geography CC – 7 Theory
60 marks 4credits
1. Learn the significance of statistics in geography. 2. Understand the importance of data in geography
3. Compute measures of central tendency and dispersion
4. Know about different methods of sampling
5. Develop an idea about distribution of statistical data. Measures of central tendency and dispersion
6. Learn correlation techniques
7. Do time series analysis and regression
8. Learn hypothesis testing
Statistical Methods in Geography CC – 7 Practical
30 marks 2credits
1. Learn to do tabulation of data. 2. Gain knowledge about association and correlation.
3. Construction of data matrix and draw sample sets with different methods of sampling
4.Plot scatter diagram
5. Residual mapping from regression
Economic Geography CC – 8 Theory
60 marks 4credits
1.Know the approaches to Economic Geography 2. Understand the concept of economic man and the theory of choices
3. Assess the importance of economic activities around the world
4. Analyse locational factors for the development of primary activities and secondary activities
5. Gain knowledge about International trade and economic blocs.
6. Know about WTO and BRICS
7. Understand transnational sea-routes, airways and highways with reference to India
Economic Geography CC – 8 Practical
30 marks 2credits
1. Learn the techniques of choropleth mapping of economic parameters 2. Understand and interpret transport network analysis by detour index and shortest path analysis
3. Analyse time series data of industrial production
Regional Planning and Development CC – 9 Theory
60 marks 4credits
1. Gain knowledge about regions, their concepts, types and delineation 2. Learn about regional planning, its objectives and tools
3. Understand multi-level planning in India
Regional Planning and Development CC – 9 Theory
60 marks 4credits
4. Know about metropolitan area and urban agglomeration 5. Differentiate growth from development
6. Identify the indicators of development
7. Understand the concept of human development
8. Know regional development theories and models
9. Assess regional disparity in India
Regional Planning and Development CC – 9 Practical
30 marks 2credits
1.Delineation of formal regions by weighted index method 2. Delineation of functional regions by breaking point analysis.
3. Measure inequality by Location Quotient
4. Measure regional disparity by Sopher Index.
Soil and Biogeography CC – 10 Theory
60 marks 4credits
1. Know the pedological and edaphological approaches to soil studies 2. Explain the processes of soil formation
3. Assess the significance of soil properties. texture, pH, organic matter and NPK
4. Know the principles of soil classification and the concept of land capability and classification
5. Understand biosphere, ecosystem, ecotone, community and ecology
6. Develop an idea about trophic structure, food chain, food web and energy flow in ecosystems
7. Analyze world biomes and their characteristics
8. Understand biogeochemical cycles.
9. Explaining the causes, consequences and management of deforestation
10.Understand the threats to biodiversity and conservation measures
Soil and Biogeography CC – 10 Practical
30 marks 2credits
1. Determine soil pH and salinity using field kit 2. Know the identification of plant species diversity by matrix method
3. Identify soil type by ternary diagram textural plotting
Research Methodology and Fieldwork CC – 11 Theory
60 marks 4credits
1.Acquire knowledge about research design based on literature review 2.Learn the techniques of writing scientific reports, references, abstract and keywords
3. Know about plagiarism
4. Learn to select study area and landscape survey techniques
5. Understand the significance of field work in geographical studies and the techniques and tools
6. Learn the art of tabulation and data processing
Research Methodology and Fieldwork CC – 11 Practical
30 marks 2credits
1.Conducting field excursions and preparation of field report 2. Learn the techniques of primary data collection, household survey with the help of questionnaires
3.Do plot to plot land use survey for preparation of land use map
4. Learn to analyse data, prepare maps and diagrams and write field reports
Remote Sensing, GIS and GNSS CC – 12 Theory
60 marks 4credits
1.Understand the principles of remote sensing satellites and sensors with reference to IRS and Landsat missions 2. Learn the preparation of False Colour Composites from IRS LISS-3, Landsat TM/OLI data
3. Learn image interpretation
4. Acquisition and utilization of free Digital Elevation Model data: CartoDEM, SRTM and
ALOS
5. Develop knowledge about concept and components of Geographical Information System
6.Explain GIS Data Structures
7. Learn the preparation of attribute tables, overlay and buffer
8. Understand the Global Positioning System, GNSS waypoints
Remote Sensing, GIS and GNSS CC – 12 Practical
30 marks 2credits
1. Understand georeferencing and preparation of reflectance libraries of LULC features across image bands of IRS L3 or Landsat OLI data 2. Learn supervised image classification and post classification analysis
3.Training in the use Geographic Information System (GIS) softwares for contemporary mapping skills.
4. Collect waypoints from GNSS receivers and export to GIS database
Evolution of Geographical Thought CC – 13 Theory
60 marks 4credits
1. Discussing the evolution of geographical thought from ancient to modern times 2. Understand the impact of dark age in geography and the age of discovery and exploration
3. Appreciate dualism and dichotomies in geography
4. Know the evolution of geographical thought in Germany, France, Britain and USA
5. Understand the contribution of Humboldt, Ritter, Richthofen, Hartshorne-Schaeffer, Ratzel, La Blache
6.Analyze modern and contemporary principles of
Quantitative Revolution, Systems Approach, Behavioural, Humanistic and Radical Approaches
7. Understand post modernism in geographical studies.
Evolution of Geographical Thought CC – 13 Practical
30 marks 2credits
1. Appreciate the changing perception of world maps by Ptolemy, Ibn Batuta, Mercator 2. Learn the mapping of voyages of Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Magellan, Thomas Cook
3. Learn group presentation
Hazard Management CC – 14 Theory
60 marks 4credits
1. Understand the definition, classification of hazards and disasters 2. Know about risk perception, vulnerability assessment and hazard paradigms
Hazard Management CC – 14 Theory
60 marks 4credits
3. Undertake hazard specific study with focus on West Bengal and India 4. Understand their vulnerability, consequences and management
5. Acquire knowledge about biohazards
Hazard Management CC – 14 Practical
30 marks 2credits
1. Assessing the nature, impact and management of major natural and man-made hazards affecting West Bengal 2. Develop knowledge to prepare a project report and preparedness of any case study hazard including flood, landslide, earthquake, accidents and human induced disaster
Coastal Management SEC Theory
30 marks 2credits
1. Understand components of coastal zone and coastal morpho-dynamics. 2. Assess the environmental impacts of mining, oil explorations salt manufacturing, land reclamation and tourism
3. Be informed about coastal hazards and their management with structural and non structural measures
4. Know about the principles of coastal zone management Exclusive Economic Zone and Coastal Regulation Zones
Sustainable Development SEC Theory
30 marks 2credits
1. Develop knowledge about concept, historical background, components and limitations of sustainable development 2. Understand the challenges of sustainable development
3. Determine global environmental issues
3. Assess the global goals for sustainable development
Climate Change: Vulnerability and Adaptations DSE – A Theory
60 marks 4credits
1. Developing the knowledge about the science behind climate change and its relation with geological time scale 2. Assessing the role of Greenhouse gases in global warming.
3. Understanding the impacts of climate change on the environment, human health and morbidity
4. Know about the global initiatives to climate change mitigation
5. Appreciate the role of local bodies on climate change mitigation
6. Read about climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptive strategies in South Asia
Climate Change: Vulnerability and Adaptations DSE – A Practical
30 marks 2credits
1. Develop knowledge to analyze the trends of temperatures and seasonal rainfall based on Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) data. 2. Understand the annual rainfall variability in the climatic regions of India
3. Prepare an inventory of extreme climate events and mitigation measures of a country or climatic region of South Asia
Cultural and Settlement Geography DSE – B Theory
60 marks 4credits
1. Develop knowledge about the definition, scope, and content of Cultural Geography 2. Understand the concept of cultural hearth, cultural realm, cultural diffusion, cultural diversity, and segregation.
3.Learn about the major religions and languages of the world and their spatial distribution
4. Understand race and racial groups of the world
5. Develop knowledge about cultural regions of India
6. Learn about rural settlements, site, situation and morphology
7. Understand social segregation in rural areas, house types and census categories
8. Gain knowledge about urban settlements, city regions and conurbation, urban morphology, models of urban morphology and functional classification of cities
Cultural and Settlement Geography DSE – B Practical
30 marks 2credits
1. Prepare language distribution maps of India 2. Learn proportional squares for CD Block wise housing distribution maps for West Bengal
3. Identify types of rural settlement from topographical maps
4. Learn social area analysis for a city
Environmental Issues in Geography DSE – A Theory
60 marks 4credits
1. Understand the approaches to environmental studies and the concept of holistic environment 2. Develop knowledge about Ecosystems and their relation with habitats.
3. Be aware of rural and urban environmental issues 4. Acquire knowledge of global environmental policies
5. Analyze the Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Planning
Environmental Issues in Geography DSE – A Practical
30 marks 2credits
1. Prepare questionnaire for perception survey on environmental problems 2. Learn quality assessment of soil using field kit
Geography of India DSE – B Theory
60 marks 4credits
1. Developing the knowledge about physiographic divisions of India 2. Acquire knowledge about classification and interrelation of climate, soil and vegetation
3. Get an overview of green revolution and its consequences
4. Understand the distribution, growth, structure, and policy of population
5. Gain an overview of tribal lifestyle in India
6. Develop the knowledge about geographical and economic environment of West Bengal
Geography of India DSE – B Practical
30 marks 2credits
1. Prepare monthly temperature and rainfall graphs 2. Develop and analyze Crop combination pattern
3. Comparison of developed and backward states of India with the help of Composite Index
4. Plot annual trends of production