DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
DEPARTMENTAL PROFILE
- Name of the Department DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
- Year of Establishment
Date of UG Subject- June 1960
General Level : June 1960
Special Level : June 1972
Date of Introduction PG Course- June 2010
- Mission, Aims and Objectives of the Department
Mission of the Department:
Provide relevant, up-to-date, and career-oriented education in Geography.
Aims and Objectives of the Department
- To avail the qualitative education in Geography at UG and PG level in rural and semi-urban area.
- To ensure the overall personality development of students through extracurricular and co-curricular activities.
- To organize various extension activities for cultivation of human values and environmental awareness.
- To transfer the knowledge and skills for fulfillment of the changing needs of society in the process of modernization.
- To invoke the geographical interest among the students.
- Detail of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M. Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., Short term courses, Career oriented courses, etc. (Current academic year)
|
Sr. No. |
Programme level |
Name of the programme/ Course |
Duration |
Entry qualification |
Medium of Instruction |
Sanctioned/ Approved student strength |
|
1 |
UG |
BA |
3 Year |
12th Pass |
Marathi |
48 |
|
2 |
PG |
MA/MSc |
2 Year |
BA in Geography |
English |
24 |
|
3 |
COC |
Rainwater Harvesting |
3 Year |
12th Pass |
Marathi |
50 |
|
4 |
Short Term Course |
Certificate Course in Geographical Information System |
2 Months |
12th Pass |
Marathi |
50 |
|
5 |
COC |
Disaster Management |
40 Periods |
12th Pass |
Marathi |
30 |
|
6 |
Add on Course |
Application of QGIS Software |
30 Hours (2 Credits) |
12th Pass |
English |
50 |
- Annual/ semester/choice based credit system/elective course pattern (programme-wise)
|
Programme |
Pattern |
Year of Implementation |
|
UG |
Annual |
2013 |
|
UG |
Credit System |
2019 |
|
PG |
Credit System |
2013 |
|
COC |
Credit System |
2014 |
|
Short Term Course |
Credit System |
2012 |
- Number of teaching positions in the department
|
Designation |
Sanctioned |
Filled |
|
Professors |
3 |
1 |
|
Associate Professors |
Nil |
|
|
Asst. Professors |
2 |