B.Sc/M.Sc Geography
                                               B.Sc Geography
                                                                        Previous qualification not required for joining this course

Tamil Nadu Open University
BA BCom BSC BBA BCA
Eligibility   Previous qualification not required for joining this course (No pre-qualification is required) All School failures are admittied to this course
Candidates who have completed 18 years of age  are eligible for admission to B.A/B.Com. three years degree course .  .Students need to appear for the  preparatory test along with FY BA Final Exam  First year student will automatically proceed to the second year and second year student to the final year whether they pass the exam or not. The same rule is applicable to the post graduate students also. Fresh Registration is available for academic year ( Exam will be held in May /June)  as well as calender year ( Exam will be held in Dec)The examination will be held on April/May every year
 B.Sc Geography
 Tamil Nadu Open University
 First Year
 1 Hindi or Urdu or  French  or Tamil or  Telugu or Malayalam or Kannada
2 English
3 Physical Geography
4 Practical-Preliminary Exercise and Relief Study 
5 Statistics
Second Year
1 Hindi or Urdu or  French  or Tamil or  Telugu or Malayalam or Kannada
2 English
3 Geography of resources 
4 practical-II Representation of Geographical  data and Survey 
5 Bio -Geography 
6 Environmental Studies
Third Year
1 Geography of India
2 Fundamentals of Cartography
3 Disaster Management
4 Spatial Information Technologies
5 Practical-III Computer assisted diagrams and Maps 
 
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 		 B.Sc Geography
Madras University
Eligibility  HSC or +2
First Year
Foundation Courses
Part - I -                Language - Paper - I
Part - II -              English - Paper - I
Main Subjects
Paper - I :             Physical Geography
Paper - II :            Practical - I - Cartography
 Allied Subject -I  Geology
Second Year Foundation Courses
Part - I -               Language - Paper - II
Part - II -             English - Paper - II
Main Subjects
Paper -III :          Economic and Social Geography
Paper -IV :          Practical - II - Representation of Relief,Climatic & Economic data
Allied Subject II  Basics of Computer Education
Third Year  Main Subjects
Paper -V :          Geography of India
Paper -VI :         Geographical Thought
Paper -VII :        Computers, Remote Sensing and GIS
Paper -VIII :      World Regional Geography
Paper -IX :         Practical - III - Map Interpretation and Surveying,Weather Maps, Projection, GIS and GPS
Application Oriented Subject Socio-Economic Studies and PRA
* Records marks will be awarded at the respective centres after the evaluation of practical exercises.
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M.Sc Geography
 Madras university
 Eligibility graduates of any faculty
Duration : Two years
First Year
01 Fundamentals of Geography and Environmental Science
02 Applied Physical Geography
03 Cartography
04 Geography of India : Resource Base,Population and Economy
05 Practical - I - Techniques of Mapping (Physical) and Map Interpretation Record
Final Year
06 Population and Settlement Geography
07 Fundamentals of GIS, GPS & Remote Sensing
08 Geographical Thought
09 Practical-II -Techniques of Mapping (Socio Economic) and GIS Record 40
10 Project: GIS / Remote Sensing / Applied Quantitative Analysis or Quantitative Modelling or Map Analysis & Mapping by GPS