Under Graduate Choice Based Credit System Syllabus (Geography) - 2016, University of Kashmir
GEOGRAPHY
COURSE SCHEME FOR UNDER GRADUATE CLASSES UNDER CHOICE BASED
CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS) FROM 2016 ONWARDS
Semester Core Courses (12) AECC (2) Ability SEC (4) DSE (6) ENG (4)
4+2= 6 credits Enhancement Skill Discipline 2 Credits
Course Enhancement Specific Elective
2 credits each Course 4+2=6 credits
4 Credits each
Ist DSC-1A Commu Eng-I- 2
DSC-2A Evs -I 2
DSC-3A
2nd DSC-1B Commu Eng-II- 2
DSC-2B Evs -II 2
DSC-3B
3rd DSC-1C SEC-I ENG-I
DSC-2C
DSC-3C
4th DSC-1D SEC-II ENG-II
DSC-2D
DSC-3D
5th SEC-III DSE-1A ENG-III
DSE-2A
DSE-3A
6th SEC-IV DSE-1B ENG-IV
DSE-1B
DSE-1B
6 x 12= 72 4x2=8 4 x 4=16 6 x 6=36 2 x 4=8
140 credits
NOTE: For taking Geography as one of the core subject in B.A/B.Sc course, a candidate
is required to take one core course from Geography in the first and second semester comprising
of 6 credits each (theory 4 credits + practical 2 credits). In third and fourth semester a candidate
is required to take one core course of 6 credits each (theory 4 credits +practical 2 credits) along
with one skill enhancement course (SEC) comprising of four credits in both third and fourth
semesters. In the fifth and sixth semester, a candidate is required to take at least one Discipline
Specific Elective (DSE) of 6 credits along with one Skill enhancement course (SEC) of four
credits each for fifth and sixth semester.
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Under Graduate Choice Based Credit System Syllabus (Geography) - 2016, University of Kashmir
Course Structure UGSCBCS -2016 B.A/B.Sc. Geography
Name of the Course Course Nature of Course Credits
Semester Number
1st. Elements of Physical GG-CR- CORE 4
Geography 16101
Practical-Cartography GGP-CR- CORE 2
16101
2nd. Philosophies & GG-CR- CORE 4
Methodologies in Geography 16201
Practical-Surveying GGP-CR- CORE 2
16201
3rd. Human Geography GG-CR- CORE 4
16301
Practical- Quantitative GGP-CR- CORE 2
Techniques in Geography 16301
Surveying and its GG-SEC- Skill Enhancement 4
Applications 16301 Course
4th. Geography of India GG-CR- CORE 4
16401
Practical- Remote Sensing GGP-CR- CORE 2
Techniques 16401
Regional Planning & GG-SEC- Skill Enhancement 4
Development 16401 Course
5th. Geography of Tourism GG-DSE- Discipline Specific 6
16501 Elective
Economic Geography GG-DSE- Discipline Specific 6
16502 Elective
GIS & GPS Applications GG-SEC- Skill Enhancement 4
16501 Course
6th. Fundamental of Disaster GG-DSE- Discipline Specific 6
Management 16601 Elective
Field Techniques and Survey GG-SEC- Skill Enhancement 4
Based Project Report 16601 Course
Note: Lectures per week: 4 of one hour. Practical per week: 2 of two hours each
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Under Graduate Choice Based Credit System Syllabus (Geography) - 2016, University of Kashmir
GG-CR-16401 Geography of India Marks: 60
Credit -I
1) Land: Physical Divisions and Drainage Systems of India.
2) Climate: General Climatic Conditions and Seasonal Variations in India
3) Monsoons: Mechanism and its types (Classical and Modern theory)
4) Soil: Types and Distribution
Credit –II
1) Population: Distribution, Density and Growth since 1951
2) Land Resources and Utilization
3) Characteristics of Indian Agriculture
4) Distribution and Production of Food Crops: Rice and Wheat
Credit – III
1) Distribution and production: Iron Ore, Coal and Petroleum in India
2) Cotton Textiles Industry
3) Iron and Steel Industry
4) Major Industrial Regions of India
Credit –IV
1) Physical Divisions: Drainage, Climate and vegetation (J&K)
2) Population Distribution: Density and Growth (J&K)
3) Agriculture with special reference to Horticulture and Saffron (J&K)
4) Tourism industry (J&K)
Suggested Readings
1. Drew, F .K.,The territories of India, Kashmir State. Standard Press London. 1979 :
2. Gazetter of Kashmir and Ladakh. (1890) Reprint (1974).
3. Lawrence, S.W. The Valley of Kashmir, Oxford University Press. 1895.
4. Raina, A.N. Geography of Jammu and Kashmir. National Book Trust, New Delhi, 1971.
5. Spate, O.H.K., India and Pakistan, Mac Million & Co. 1967.
6. Singh, R.L. , India, Regional Geography, Banarus Hindu University, 1987
7. Qazi, S.A., Geography of India with special reference to J&K State, APH Publishing Co.
2000.
8. Majid Hussain, Systematic Geography of Jammu and Kashmir, Rawat Publications 2000
9. R. L. Singh, India- A Regional Geography, National Geographical Society of India 2003
10. Chandra Vijay Purty, Geography of India, ABD Publishers.
11. Majid Hussain, Geography of India, 2nd Ed. Tata Mcgraw Hill, 2011
12. D. R Khullar, Geography of India,
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Under Graduate Choice Based Credit System Syllabus (Geography) - 2016, University of Kashmir
GGP-CR-16401 –Practical Remote Sensing Techniques Marks: 30
Credit -1
1) Remote Sensing: Definition, Scope and Applications
2) Types of Remote Sensing.
3) Sensors and their types
4) Satellite Images and their Interpretation
Credit -II
1) Types of Remote Sensing Data
2) Scale of Aerial Photographs and Methods of its Determination
3) GPS: Definition, Principles
4) Applications of GPS
Suggested Readings
1. Kali Charan Sahu, Textbook of Remote Sensing and Geographic
Information System, Atlantic Publishers and Distributors 2008
2. B.C. Panda, Remote Sensing- Principles and Applications, Viva Books 2008
3. Jensen, R Fundamentals of Remote Sensing. Shree Maitree Printech Pvt
Limited Noida 2007
4. Gopal Singh, Map World and Practical Geography, Vikas Publishing House 2000
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