1. About the Geography Department
The Department of Geography, Dr B R Ambedkar University, established in the year 2022. For the inception of Department of Geography was the hon’ble Vice-Chancellor Prof. K. Seetha Rama Rao who were behind the establishment of the Department. Presently the Department is under the stewardship of Prof. V. Srinivas Rao, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences. There is a greater demand for the graduates from this Department and so is the Demand for the courses too.
The department offers under graduate course leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts (BA). The Department’s gives importance to teaching and learning. The faculty gives importance to teaching to enrich the students and impart knowledge to develop critical understanding in
various aspects of geography. Extra care is to be taken to pay individual attention to the students in their lecture sessions. Experts in different allied fields are also invited for interaction and curriculum development whenever necessary. It has a close interaction with academicians and experts from the other universities and research organizations of the city.
The Department is committed to quality, inclusive and focused education on physical and human aspects of life. Imparting an integrated understanding of economy, society, politics, ecology and environment holistically is the Department’s mission.
The renowned geographers like Prof. R. Rammohan Rao, Prof. P. Padmaja, Prof Vijaya Bhole, Prof. Kalpana Markande, Prof. A. Kamalakar Reddy, and Prof. C. Venugopal Rao were the advisory and expert committee members of the Department. With the assistance of Dr. P. Padmanabha Rao, Adjunct Professor, and course coordinator, the course curriculum and course material was developed with the help of eminent professors. It is going to be a pioneering Department of Geography for undergraduate course in open and distance learning in Geography.
Present Status of the Department
The Department is under Faculty of Social Science. Presently Dr. P. Padmanabha Rao is Adjunct Professor, and course coordinator. The Department is younger with the joining of young faculties very soon. The young Department is fully supported by the Osmania and Telangana Universities geography departments.
For taking Geography as one of the core subject in B.A course, a candidate is required to take one core course from Geography in the first and second semester comprising of 5credits each. In third and fourth semester a candidate is required to take one core course of 5 credits each. In the fifth and sixth semester, a candidate is required to take at least one Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) along with one Skill enhancement course (SEC) each for fifth and sixth semester.
BA Geography is a 3-years undergraduate course which spans across 6 semesters. It deals with earth and its different phenomena, features and inhabitants. Important subjects that are taught in this course are Physical Geography, Human Geography, Economic Geography and about Maps and diagrams. It also involves the study of climate, soil, vegetation.
This syllabus is designed to impart basic knowledge on geography as a spatial science and train the undergraduates to secure employment in the sectors of geospatial analysis, development and planning, mapping and surveying
2. Course Curriculum for Under Graduate (BA) Classes under CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS). – Semester wise Syllabus
Semester 1: Geomorphology
Semester 2: Climatology, Oceanography
Semester 3: Human Geography
Semester 4: Economic Geography
Semester 5: a. Geography of India
b. Disaster Management
Semester 6: a. Geography of Telangana
b. Remote Sensing and GIS