PROGRAMMES OFFERED
The department offers the following academic and research degrees to the students. These are:
Master’s Degree (M.A. or M.Sc.) in the subject of Geography to qualified bachelor degree (B.A. and B.Sc.) holders. The following papers are being taught as part of this degree.
Paper-I
Geomorphology
Paper -II
Climatology
Paper -III
Human Geography
Paper -IV
Cartography
Paper -V
Economic Geography
Paper -VI
Population Geography
Paper -VII
Bio-geography
Paper -VIII
Fundamentals of Geographic Information System (GIS)
Paper -IX
Regional Planning
Paper -X
Quantitative Techniques in Geography
Paper -XI
History of Geographical Thought
Paper -XII
Field Survey
Paper -XIII
Geography of Himachal Pradesh
Paper -XIV
Cultural Geography
Paper -XV
Geography of Social Well-being
Paper -XVI
Fundamentals of Remote Sensing
Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in the subject of Geography to holders of master’s degree in the subject. The candidates have to pass two courses, one in research methodology and another in recent issues in the philosophy of geography, in addition to writing a dissertation in a field of specialization available in the department faculty.
Semester and
Course No
Nomenclature
SEMESTER-I
Course I
Research Methodology in Geography
100
Course- II
Recent Issues in Geographic Thoughts
100
SEMEST ER- II
Dissertation
Viva-voce examination (about dissertation)
75
25
TOTAL
300
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in the specializations available in the department’s faculty (viz. Natural resource management, geomorphological issues, watershed management, social geography, population geography, regional development etc.)specially for study areas located in the Himalayas or Himachal Pradesh.
One year Advanced P.G. Diploma in Remote Sensing & GIS: The department had started this diploma from the academic session 2009. However, due to some circumstances it has been kept in abeyance from academic session-2019.
