Course Information & Syllabus
MSc Geography, Cotton College State University (CCSU), Guwahati
Eligibility
B.A./B.Sc. (in the 10 + 2 + 3 pattern) with Major Course (1st preference) in the concerned subject.
Only those candidates who obtain their qualifying degree on or after 2011 are eligible to apply.
Recognition of qualifying degree obtained under Distance Education Programmes will be as per the prevailing guidelines of the University Grants Commission.
Eligibility criteria for MA in Sociology is graduation in any discipline who passed on or after 2011.
Eligibility criteria for MA in Psychology is graduation in any discipline who passed on or after 2011.
Semester – I
GPH 701C Geomorphology
GPH 702C Population and Settlement Geography
GPH 703C Geographic Thought: History of Development and Contemporary Issues
GPH 704C Cartographic Methods
Department will choose one of the following three elective papers
GPH 705E Environment and Development
GPH 706E Water Resources
GPH 707E Cartography and Geographical Information Systems
Semester – II
GPH 801C Climatology
GPH 802C Regional Geography of India
GPH 803C Field and Instrumental Survey
GPH 804C Quantitative Methods in Geography
Department will choose one of the following three elective papers
GPH 805E Geography in Tourism
GPH 806E Natural Hazards and Disasters
GPH 807E Natural Resource Management
Semester – III
GPH 901C Soil and Biogeography
GPH 902C Economic Geography
GPH 903C Research Methodology in Geography
GPH 904C Fundamentals of Geoinformatics
Department will choose one of the following three elective papers
GPH 905E Basic Foundations of Cartography
GPH 906E Theoretical Basis of Agricultural Geography
GPH 907E Drainage Basin Analysis and Hydrology
GPH 908E Remote Sensing Principles and Techniques
GPH 909E Basis of Regional Planning and Development
GPH 910E Conceptual and Theoretical Framework of Social Geography
Semester – IV
GPH 1001C Geography and Development of Northeast India
GPH 1002C Cultural and Political Geography
GPH 1003C Contemporary Issues in Human Geography
GPH 1004C Dissertation on Special Papers
Department will choose one of the following three elective papers
GPH 1005E Modern Cartographic Techniques
GPH 1006E Agricultural Geography of India
GPH 1007E Channel Form and Processes
GPH 1008E Principles and Applications GIS and GPS
GPH 1009E Regional and Global Perspective of Development
GPH 1010E Social Geography of India
