DESCRIPTION
Geography, the study of the earth’s surface, is an academic discipline that can lead to a career in mapping, planning, or environmental protection. Several colleges and universities offer undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees in geography, and many allow students a chance to focus in specific areas within this field, like global information systems (GIS) or environmental geography. Field study and lab work is often required in geography courses at all levels.
Here is an outline of common concepts taught in geography courses:
- Human geography
- Physical geography
- Globalization
- GIS and mapping
- Geopolitics
Learning outcomes
- Students will learn how human, physical and environmental components of the world interact.
- Students will learn the regional geography of the world, particularly from the perspective of hpw human, physical and environmental components of the world interact.
- Students will learn geographic theory and its use in understanding real world processes.
- Students will acquire geographic analytical skills that can be applied to a variety of research and professional tasks where the analysis of spatial information is required.
Course Features
- Lectures 79
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 35 hours
- Language English
- Students 2
- Assessments Yes
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1. Introduction to Geography
Designed to examine the key themes, concepts and ideas in geography and to develop a geographical perspective of the contemporary world. A basic foundation of the fundamental themes will be extended to the study of places and regions. Emphasis will be placed on the development of cartography and map interpretation skills.
- What is Geography?
- Nature and scope
- Geography and other disciplines
- Geography as study of environment
- Man-environment relationship
- Ecology and Geography
- Ecosystems – terrestrial
- Ecosystems- freshwater
- Ecosystems- marines
- Environmental Determinism
- Dualism in Geography
- Branches of Geography
- Geographic Methodologies
- Cartographic Methods
- Mapping Techniques
- Quantitative Statistical methods
- Geographic fieldwork
- Preparation of Maps
- Instrumental surveys
- Modern Techniques in Geography
- Aerial photograpghy
- Remote sensing and geography
- Computer Cartography
- Perspectives in Geography
- Recent Trends in Geography
- Careers in Geography
- Computer applications in Geography
- Natural Hazards
- Satellite Images
- Geographic Information systems
- Concepts of State, Nation And Nation-State
- Regions of Industrial concentration
- Areas of employment and functional specialization
- Territorial morphology
- World great Geographers
- Phenomenology and Geography
- Idealism And Geography
- Regional concept in Geography
- Theory of Categorization
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2. Geomorphology
Geomorphology is the study of the surface of the Earth. This course examines a variety of geomorphological processes and systems. The goal is to provide students with an appreciation of how the landscape around them formed and its continued evolution .
- Introduction to physical Geography
- Physical Geography and Earth Sciences
- Outline of Geomorphology
- Geological Time scale
- Earth’s Interior
- Continental Drift
- Plate Tectonics
- Earth Movements
- Isostacy
- Earthquakes
- Volcanoes
- Great Rock families
- Mineral Kingdom
- Weathering
- Mass-wasting
- Formation of Regolith and Soils
- Rocks and Relief
- Geomorphic Agents and Processes
- Erosion, Transportation and Deposition
- Evolution of landscapes
- Concept of cycle of Erosion
- Fluvial Landforms
- Aeolian landforms
- Glacial landforms
- Coastal landforms
- Karst Topography
- Applications of Geomorphology
- Drainage Patterns
- Landslides
- Global Relief Features
- Crustal Deformation Processes
- Lakes
- Geomorphic Slopes
- Global Earthquakes
- Geysers And Hot Springs
- Types of Streams
- River Basins
- Quantitative Geomorphology
- Mountain Types
- Causes of Floods
