After successful completion of the three-year B.Sc/ B.A.. (Honours) degree program in Geography, students should be able to achieve the following objectives/ outcomes:
Program Specific Outcomes (PSO):
Course Outcomes (CO):
CO1: Develop ideas on Physical and Human Geography.
CO2: Understand and solve problems of scale, geological map and area measurement.
CO3: Analyse the geographical problems through statistical tools.
CO4: Comprehend the geographical knowledge of India and the world.
CO5: Appreciate the geographical resources and its impact on environment.
CO6: Explore the basic tools and techniques of computer application in Geography.
CO7: Have a thorough understanding of the applied aspects of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System.
CO8: Be competent in applying Geography towards generating solutions to complex problems in Water resources, Agriculture, Mining, Forestry, Fishing, Regional Planning, Environment and conservation of biodiversity.
CO9: Be fully sensitive about changes in landform through instrumentation (prismatic compass and dumpy level survey).
CO10: Conversed with basic characteristics of rocks and minerals and capable of megascopic identification.
University of Kalyani Honours Course in Geography (Figures in the bracket represent number of Lectures)
PART- I 200 Marks
Paper – I: Physical Geography (No. of Lectures – 90) 75 Marks
Paper – II: Soil and Bio-geography (No. of Lectures –90) 75 Marks
Paper – III: Practical 50 Marks
PART – II
Paper – IV:Climatology and Hydrology(No. of Lectures- 90) 75 Marks.
Group – A: Climatology(No. of lectures –40) 35 Marks
Group – B: Hydrology (No. of lectures –25) 20 Marks
Group-C: Oceanography (No. of lectures-25) 20Marks
Paper – V: Social, Cultural and Population Geography(No. of Lectures- 90) 75 Marks
Group – A: Social and Cultural Geography (No. of lectures –50) 40 Marks
Group B: Population Geography (No. of lectures – 40) 35 Marks
Paper VI: (Practical) Statistical Methods 50 Marks
Group – A: Application of Statistical methods 40 Marks
PART – III
Paper –VII : Social, Cultural & Political Geography (No. of Lectures- 80) 80 Marks
Paper –VIII : Economic Geography (No. of Lectures- 80) 80 Marks
Paper-IX : Regional Geography (No. of Lectures- 80) 80 Marks
Paper-X : (Practical) 80 Marks
Paper-XI : (Practical) 80 Marks