HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Paper Code: 
GEO 302
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes (COs)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

CO1:   The students will be able to describe what geography and human geography is and also appreciate the nature and scope of human geography

CO2: The students will understand evolution of races.

CO3: They will understand population dynamics and migration along with the concepts given by different thinkers. 

CO4: They will learn about the tribes and societies of the world 

CO5: They will learn about urban and rural structure and development in the country.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures,

Discussion, Tutorials,

Reading assignments,

Demonstration,

Learning             activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions,             Seminar

presentation

Class test, Semester end examinations, Presentation, Quiz,

Assignments,

Presentation,

Individual and group projects

 

9.00

•      Definition, aim and scope

•      Relation of Human Geography with other sciences

•      Essential facts of Human geography by Brunches and Huntington

  •  Determinism, Possibilism and Neo- determinism 
9.00
  • Evolution of Man
  • Pleistocene age and humans
  • Races of Mankind

 

9.00
  • Ecumene and Non Ecumene Regions
  • Population Growth: distribution and density
  • Concepts of Over, Under and Optimum population
  • Population resource regions according to Akermann

 

 

9.00

Elements of the environment and their impact on the Habitat, Economy and Society of: Eskimos, Pygmies, Khirgiz

 

9.00
  • Bases of Classification of Settlements
  • House Types and Patterns of rural and urban settlements

 

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Haggett, P. (2001). Geography: A Global Synthesis, Prentice Hall, New York.
  • Husain, M. (1994). Human Geography, Rawat Publications, Jaipur.
  • Kaushik, S.D. (2011). Manav Bhugol, Rastogi Publication, Meerut.
  • Singh, K. N. and Singh, J. (2001). Manav Bhugol, Gyanodaya Prakashan, Gorakhpur.
  • Singh, L.R. (2005). Fundamentals of Human Geography, Sharda Pustak Bhawan, Allahabad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023