Core subject: Geography (COGNATE SUBJECT)
Unit-1
Geomorphology: Fundamental concepts: Factors controlling land form development. Endogenic and Exogenic forces; Denudation process: weathering and erosion, Geosynclines, mountain building, continental drift and plate tectonics; Concept of Geomorphic Cycle, Landforms associated with fluvial, glacial, arid, coastal and Karst cycles, Slope forms and processes; Environmental and Applied Geomorphology.
Unit-II
Climatology: Composition and structure of the atmosphere; Insulation, Heat budget of the earth; Distribution of temperature, atmospheric pressure and general circulation of winds; Monsoons and jet streams; Stability and instability of the atmosphere; Air-masses; Fronts, temperate and tropical cyclones; Types and distribution of precipitation; Classification of world climates; Koppen's and Thornthwaite's schemes. Hydrological Cycle; Global warming.
Unit-111
Oceanography: Origin of ocean basins, Bottom relief of Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; Ocean deposits: Coral reefs: Temperature and salinity of the Oceans, Density of sea water; Tides and ocean currents: Sea-level changes. Bio-Geography: Physical factors influencing world distribution of plants and animals; Forms and functions of ecosystem: Forest, grassland, marine and mountain ecosystem: Bio-diversity and its depletion through natural and man induced causes; Conservation and management of ecosystems; Environmental hazards and problem of pollution; Ozone depletion.
Unit-IV
History of Geographic Thought: General character of Geographic knowledge during the ancient and medieval period: Foundations of Modern Geography: Contribution of German, French, British and American schools, Conceptual and methodological developments during the 20th century. Changing paradigms; Man and Environment, Determinism and Possibilism, areal differentiation and spatial organisation: Quantitative revolution, Impact of positivism, humanism, radicalism and behaviouralism in Geography
Unit-V
Population Geography: Nature, scope, subject matter and recent trends; Patterns ofworld distribution, growth and density of population; Policy issues; Patterns and processes of migration; Demographic transition; Population-resource regions. Settlement Geography: Site, situation, types, size, spacing and internal morphology of rural and urban settlements; Ecologicalprocesses of urban growth; Urban fringe: City - region: Settlement systems; Primate city; Rank-Size rule; Settlement hierarchy: Christaller's Central Place theory; August Losch's theory of market centres.
Unit-VI
Economic Geography: Location of economic activities and spatial organization of economies: Classification of economics Sectors of Economy: primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary: Natural resources: Renewable and nom renewable Conservation of resources. Agricultural Geography: Concept and techniques of delimitation of agricultural regions; Measurement of agricultural productivity and efficiency, Crop combinations and diversification; Von Thunen's Model: Agricultural systems of the world Industrial Geography: Classification of industries: Weber's and Losch's approaches; Resource based and footloose industries. Geography of Transport and Trade: Models of transportation and transport cost: Accessibility and connectivity: Inter-regional and Intra-regional: Comparative cost advantages
Unit - VII
Political Geography: Definition and scope of Political Geography: Geopolitics; Global strategic views (Heartland and Rimland theories); Concept of nation, state and Nation State; Boundaries and frontiers; Politics of world resources; Geography and Federalism Social Geography: Nature and scope of social geography; Social structure and social processes; Elements of Social Geography-ethnicity, tribe, dialect, language, caste and religion: Concept of Social well-being. Cultural Geography: Nature and scope of Cultural Geography; Environment and culture: Concept of culture-areas and cultural regions; Theories of tribal groups: Dwelling places as cultural expressions.
Unit-VIII
Regional Planning: Regional concept in Geography; its application to planning; Concept of planning region: Regional hierarchy; Types of regions and methods of regional delineation: Conceptual and theoretical framework of regional planning: Regional planning in India: Concept of development; Indicators of development; Regional imbalances
Unit - IX
Geography of India: Physiographic divisions; Climate: Its regional variations; Vegetation types and vegetation regions: Major soil types; Coastal and Marine resources: Water resources: Irrigation; Agriculture; Agro-climatic regions; Mineral and power resources; Major industries and industrial regions; Population distribution and growth; Settlement patterns; Regional disparities in social and economic development.
Unit-1
Geomorphology: Fundamental concepts: Factors controlling land form development. Endogenic and Exogenic forces; Denudation process: weathering and erosion, Geosynclines, mountain building, continental drift and plate tectonics; Concept of Geomorphic Cycle, Landforms associated with fluvial, glacial, arid, coastal and Karst cycles, Slope forms and processes; Environmental and Applied Geomorphology.
Unit-II
Climatology: Composition and structure of the atmosphere; Insulation, Heat budget of the earth; Distribution of temperature, atmospheric pressure and general circulation of winds; Monsoons and jet streams; Stability and instability of the atmosphere; Air-masses; Fronts, temperate and tropical cyclones; Types and distribution of precipitation; Classification of world climates; Koppen's and Thornthwaite's schemes. Hydrological Cycle; Global warming.
Unit-111
Oceanography: Origin of ocean basins, Bottom relief of Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; Ocean deposits: Coral reefs: Temperature and salinity of the Oceans, Density of sea water; Tides and ocean currents: Sea-level changes. Bio-Geography: Physical factors influencing world distribution of plants and animals; Forms and functions of ecosystem: Forest, grassland, marine and mountain ecosystem: Bio-diversity and its depletion through natural and man induced causes; Conservation and management of ecosystems; Environmental hazards and problem of pollution; Ozone depletion.
Unit-IV
History of Geographic Thought: General character of Geographic knowledge during the ancient and medieval period: Foundations of Modern Geography: Contribution of German, French, British and American schools, Conceptual and methodological developments during the 20th century. Changing paradigms; Man and Environment, Determinism and Possibilism, areal differentiation and spatial organisation: Quantitative revolution, Impact of positivism, humanism, radicalism and behaviouralism in Geography
Unit-V
Population Geography: Nature, scope, subject matter and recent trends; Patterns ofworld distribution, growth and density of population; Policy issues; Patterns and processes of migration; Demographic transition; Population-resource regions. Settlement Geography: Site, situation, types, size, spacing and internal morphology of rural and urban settlements; Ecologicalprocesses of urban growth; Urban fringe: City - region: Settlement systems; Primate city; Rank-Size rule; Settlement hierarchy: Christaller's Central Place theory; August Losch's theory of market centres.
Unit-VI
Economic Geography: Location of economic activities and spatial organization of economies: Classification of economics Sectors of Economy: primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary: Natural resources: Renewable and nom renewable Conservation of resources. Agricultural Geography: Concept and techniques of delimitation of agricultural regions; Measurement of agricultural productivity and efficiency, Crop combinations and diversification; Von Thunen's Model: Agricultural systems of the world Industrial Geography: Classification of industries: Weber's and Losch's approaches; Resource based and footloose industries. Geography of Transport and Trade: Models of transportation and transport cost: Accessibility and connectivity: Inter-regional and Intra-regional: Comparative cost advantages
Unit - VII
Political Geography: Definition and scope of Political Geography: Geopolitics; Global strategic views (Heartland and Rimland theories); Concept of nation, state and Nation State; Boundaries and frontiers; Politics of world resources; Geography and Federalism Social Geography: Nature and scope of social geography; Social structure and social processes; Elements of Social Geography-ethnicity, tribe, dialect, language, caste and religion: Concept of Social well-being. Cultural Geography: Nature and scope of Cultural Geography; Environment and culture: Concept of culture-areas and cultural regions; Theories of tribal groups: Dwelling places as cultural expressions.
Unit-VIII
Regional Planning: Regional concept in Geography; its application to planning; Concept of planning region: Regional hierarchy; Types of regions and methods of regional delineation: Conceptual and theoretical framework of regional planning: Regional planning in India: Concept of development; Indicators of development; Regional imbalances
Unit - IX
Geography of India: Physiographic divisions; Climate: Its regional variations; Vegetation types and vegetation regions: Major soil types; Coastal and Marine resources: Water resources: Irrigation; Agriculture; Agro-climatic regions; Mineral and power resources; Major industries and industrial regions; Population distribution and growth; Settlement patterns; Regional disparities in social and economic development.
2021
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