M
Sc. Geoinformatics
Note: There are
fifteen units, each carrying four marks. Paper setters are required to give uniform
representation to the whole syllabus.
Unit 1 Computer
Science: Concepts
of hardware and software, Storage devices, Graphic User Interface, database
concepts, Compilers and interpreters; Number systems: Binary, Decimal, Common
Application Softwares, Computer networks, Internet tools and browsers.
Unit-2 Physical
Geology: Origin,
age and interior of the earth, continental drift, geological scale. Causes and
distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes, definition and classification of rocks,
folds, faults and joints, geological work of running water, glaciers and winds
Unit-3 Land use
Planning: Land
use and land cover classification. Land capability classification, Weathering,
erosion and types of erosion, soil classification, soil formation and soil
conservation.
Unit-4 Remote
Sensing and GIS: Definition
of remote Sensing, types of sensors and applications of remote sensing,
Geographical information System (GIS) and its applications, field survey
techniques, topographic and geologic maps
Unit- 5
Hydrology: Hydrologic
cycle, various hydrological processes like precipitation, surface runoff,
evaporation, transpiration, evapotranspiration, interception and base flow, Hydrographs,
Hydropower estimation, Hydrological instrumentation, Floodplains and flooding.
Unit-6
Environmental Sciences: Global Environmental issues, International
Conventions: UNFCCC, UNCCD, CBD; water resources management, disaster
management, pollution: causes, consequences and control; sustainable
development and Millennium development goals
Unit-7 Physical
Geography: Physiography,
climate, energy, mineral resources, water resources, forests, soils, flora and
wildlife of J&K . Map types, design, symbolization, legend, scale,
annotation and map layout.
Unit-8 Plant
Science: Concept,
structure and types of ecosystems, types of succession. Dormancy and seed
germination, respiration, genetic engineering, photosynthesis, Flowering,
growth and development. Importance of water to plant life, transpiration, mineral
uptake.
Unit-9 Animal
Science: Animals
in the use of man, introduction to physiology and development of Digestive,
circulatory, respiratory, execratory, reproductive and nervous system.
Endocrine and exocrine systems. Zoo-geographic realms, major biomes of world, Fauna
of J&K
Unit-10 Physical
Science : Fundamentals
concepts of light, electricity and magnetism, electromagnetic radiation,
gravitational laws , laws of thermodynamics, Spectroscopy, Basic concepts and
forms of energy.
Unit-11 Chemical
Science: Basics
of atomic structure, electronic configuration, , basic concepts of chemical
bonding, concept of acids and bases, Oxidation and reduction reactions, Water-
physical characteristics; Kinetic theory of gases and gas laws
Unit-12 Ecosystem services and
Processes: Plants in the service of mankind, Minor forest produce,
Environmental flows, Energy flow, biogeochemical cycles- carbon, nitrogen and
phosphorus, importance of snow and glacier resources in Himalayas.
Unit 13
Climatology: Atmosphere:
origin, composition and structure, Climate change and its causes,
Paleoclimatology, renewable and non-renewable forms of energy.
Introduction to environmental and atmospheric chemistry
Unit-14
Statistics: Measures
of central tendency, measures of dispersion, measures of skewness and kurtosis,
frequency distribution, scatterplots, sampling methods, Regression analysis,
coefficient of variation
Unit-15
Mathematics: logarithms,
permutations and combinations, arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progressions,
quadric equations, solution to linear equations, Matrices; Boolean Algebra,
Matrix inversion
