BA (Hons./by Research) Geography
Programme Code: | Level: Graduate | Duration: 4 | Dept: Humanities and Social Sciences
Overview
The programme provides with a holistic understanding of our planet and its human and natural spatial systems. The programme thus initiates a student to the core geography courses combining skill based and knowledge base of the modules. It better prepares students to understand practical and specialized topics in second year onwards. The discipline further encourages students to develop their own subject specific for higher level of studies in coming years. Students alongside main subject modules are also taught research methods to explore and understand basic approach to research work in geography. The course also exposes students for intensive field-based exposure focusing on geography and also interdisciplinary understanding.
Course Fee
National Students ( Semester wise Fee )
1st Semester
₹ 63300
2nd Semester
₹ 63300
3rd Semester
₹ 65154
4th Semester
₹ 65154
5th Semester
₹ 67064
6th Semester
₹ 67064
7th Semester
₹ 69031
8th Semester
₹ 69031
National Students ( Yearly Fee )
1 Year
₹ 123600
2 Year
₹ 127308
3 Year
₹ 131127
4 Year
₹ 135061
International ( Yearly Fee )
3800*
Programme Structure
Programme Cirriculum
Eligibility Criteria
- Sr. Secondary (10+2) with minimum 50% marks.
- Proficiency in English Communication.
Career Path
- Geography is known as mother of all sciences and so is true when it comes to career path. Geography makes a student global citizen who can enter highly employable employment opportunities. You can go for higher skill approach after graduation. Following are the path which a geographer can choose.
- The disciplines makes a students ready to utilise research tools which are intrinsic for better analysis and problem solving such as Geographic information system (GIS), data management (EXCELL to SPSS) etc.
- Students can enter earth sciences, environment, disaster management, weather science expertise.
- Those who are experts in various “hotspot” regions of the world are certain to find career opportunities in their expert region.
- The discipline also makes you expert in data handling and temporal analysis for understanding and problem solving and hence one can find organisations working specially in data like census operations to organisations which are working in social- economic aspects too.
- Demography/population studies give ample opportunity to get coveted placement in national and international organisations.
- Political geography allows students to develop a flair of understanding of geo-political facets and therefore placement in organisations working on international relations strategic analysis.
- Town planner, regional planners are the some of the fetching vocations for geography students. A background in urban geography can prepare one for a career in such fields as urban and transportation planning, site selection in business development and real estate development
