DISSERTATION (Practical)

Paper Code: 
24GEO424
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
180.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The students will be taught how to write a project report/dissertation.

 

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Course Outcomes(Cos)

Learning & Teaching Strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

 

 

CO104: Acknowledge

Approach   in Teaching: Observation, Conduction            and Compiling data

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning            File work/Report writing, learning by doing.

Viva,         Continuous assessment,    Semester

end examinations, Individual and Group team work.

 

 

case    study    and    get

24

GEO 424

Dissertation (Practical)

acquainted with report writing. Interpret Field techniques, sampling

etc.

 

 

CO105:       Contribute

 

 

effectively in   course-

 

 

specific interaction.

 

180.00

A dissertation work has to be submitted in hard copy and presented in a Power-point presentation.

Practical Record:

  1. Each student will prepare an individual report based on primary and secondary data collected during fieldwork.
  2. The duration of the field work should not exceed 10 days.
  3. The word count of the report should be about 8000 to 12,000 excluding figures, tables, photographs, maps, references and appendices.
  4. Four copies of the report on A 4 size paper should be submitted in Hard copy.

 

 

Essential Readings: 

ESSENTIAL READING:

 

  1. Creswell J., 1994: Research Design: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches Sage Publications.
  2. Dikshit, R. D. 2003. The Art and Science of Geography: Integrated Readings. Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi.
  3. Evans M., 1988: “Participant Observation: The Researcher as Research Tool” in Qualitative Methods in Human Geography, eds. J. Eyles and D. Smith, Polity.
  4. Mukherjee, Neela 1993. Participatory Rural Appraisal: Methodology and Application. Concept Publs. Co., New Delhi.
  5. Mukherjee, Neela 2002. Participatory Learning and Action: with 100 Field Methods. Concept Publs. Co., New Delhi.

 

SUGGESTED READINGS:

 

  1. Robinson A., 1998: "Thinking Straight and Writing That Way", in Writing Empirical Research Reports: A Basic Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioural Sciences, eds. by F. Pryczak and

R. Bruce Pryczak, Publishing: Los Angeles.

  1. Special Issue on “Doing Fieldwork” The Geographical Review 91:1-2 (2001).
  2. Stoddard R. H., 1982: Field Techniques and Research Methods in Geography, Kendall/Hunt.
  3. Wolcott, H. 1995. The Art of Fieldwork. Alta Mira Press, Walnut Creek, CA.

 

Academic Year: 
2024-2025