Institute for Excellence in Higher Education (IEHE), Bhopal, MP

Department of Geography

Syllabus: Theory Paper (04 Credits)

PART-A: INTRODUCTION

Program: UG (B.A./B.Sc.) Semester: II Session: 2023-24

Subject: Geography
1. Course Code
2. Course Title Human Geography : Cultural & Landscape
3. Course Type Major
4. Pre-Requisite (if any) To study this course a student must have passed 12th in any stream.

After completing this course student will be able to:

CO-1 Understand the basic concepts in various sub-fields of human

geography

CO-2 Appreciate the growth, distribution and composition of population

5. Course Outcomes (COs)
in different parts of the world

CO-3 Analyse the types and patterns of rural and urban settlements,
urbanisation and related issues in India and other regions of the world

CO-4 Appreciate the nature and quality of human landscapes.

6. Credit Value 04

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 PART-B: CONTENT OF THE COURSE

Total No. of Lectures: 60 hours

Unit Topics No. of Lectures (Hrs)

I Meaning, Nature, scope and relevance of human Geography2; Man–

Environment relationships; Inter-relationship of Human Geography with 12
other Sciences, Concept of Areal Differentiation2.

Concept of human Geography - Determinism, Possibilism2, Neo- 08

II
determinism3.

III Division of Mankind into racial groups - their characteristics and distribution 14
in the world; Human Adaptation to the natural environment (i) Cold region -
Eskimo (ii) Hot region - Bushman, (iii) Humid region - Pigmy2.

IV Growth of population, Distribution and density of population in the world: 14

Factors affecting distribution of population, Demographic Transition theory1,
Migration: Concept, Types - internal and international.

V Settlements - types and patterns of rural settlements, Urban settlements: 12

evolution and classification, Hierarchy of Urban settlements.
Code Details: Gender – 1, Environment & Sustainability – 2, Human-Values – 3, Professional-Ethics – 4,
Employability – 5, Entrepreneurship – 6, Skill-Development - 7

PART-C: LEARNING RESOURCES

Textbooks, Reference Books, Other Resources
Suggested Readings :
1. Hussain, Mazid, 2014, Human geography, Anmol Publication, New Delhi.
2. Shelar, S. K., 2012, Human Geography, Chandralok Prakashan, Kanpur.
3. Singh, L.R., 2012, Fundamentals of Human Geography. Sharda Pustak Bhawan, Allahabad.
4. सैन, मािजद, 2014, मानव भूगोल, रावत पि लकेशन, नई द ली ।

5. मौय, एस. डी., 2018, मानव भूगोल, वािलका पि लकेशन, यागराज ।

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PART-D: ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION

Internal Assessment: External Assessment :

Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE): 40 Marks End-Term Examination : 60 Marks
The distribution of marks shall be as follows: Time: 03 hours

(1) Class Test (best 02 out of 03) 2*10 Marks

(2) Any one of the following: (best 01out of 02) Section (A) :
 Quizzes/Objective Tests 12 (MCQ) questions of
 GroupTasks 01*08 Marks 12*01 = 12
one mark each.
(Group Discussion/Fishbowl Technique;
RolePlay/Authentic-Problem Solving)

(3) Any one of the following: Home

Assignments (followed by presentation) /Class
Section (B):
Assignments/Class-Teaching/Poster
Four short questions
Presentations/Portfolios/Annotated 08 Marks 04*04 = 16
with internal choice
Bibliographies/Reports/Book Review/Article
(200 Words Each)
Review/Journal Writing/Paper
Presentations/Seminar/Field Assignments

(4) Attendance:
Section (C):
o 75%-80% : 01 Marks
Four long questions 04*08 = 32
o 80%-85% : 02 Marks 04 Marks
with internal choice
o 85%-90% : 03 Marks
(500 Words Each)
o 90% & above: 04 Marks

Total(01+02+03+04) 40 Marks Total (A+B+C) 60 Marks

Signature of Members – 1) ………………….. 2) …………………… 3) …………………….. 4)…………………

Date of BOS: …………………… Signature of the Chairmen (BOS):

Name: …………………………………………