Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Social Geography Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
Syllabus for Social Geography
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Module 1: Introduction to Social Geography
- 1 Social Geography: Definition, Meaning, Nature and Scope
- 2 Approaches: Holistic, Qualitative and Quantitative and Other
- 3 Significance of Social Geography
- 4 Relationship between social geography and other social sciences.
Module 2: Social Stratification
- 1 Religion: Definition, types, social issues.
- 2 Linguistic Family:- Definition, Distribution, and Issues Related to Language
- 3 Race:-Definition, types and racial conflicts
- 4 Socio-cultural regions in the world
Text Books
- 1 Ahmad, A. (1999): “Social Geography”, Rawat Publications, Jaipur
- 2 Jyptirmoy Sen (2007): A Text Book of Social and Cultural Geography, Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.
Reference Books
- 1 Banerjee-Guha, S. (2004): “Space, Society and Geography”, Rawat Publications, Jaipur
- 2 Carter and Jones (2000) Social Geography – An Introduction to Contemporary Issues.
- 3 Desai, M. (2007): “Women and the Built Environment”, Zuban Publications, Delhi.
- 4 Dutt, A., Wadhwa, V. et al (2012): “Facets of Social Geography: International and Indian Perspectives”, Foundation Books, New Delhi
- 5 Gharpure, V. (2013): “Samajik ani anskrutik Bhugol”, (Marathi) Pimpalapure and Company Publishers, Nagpur
- 6 Karmarkar, D. (2012): “Fishy Spaces: Globalization and Livelihood of Indigenous Fishermen – A Case of Mumbai”, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany
- 7 Knowles, R. and Wareing, J. (1996): “Economic and Social Geography”, the Made Simple Series, Rupa & Co.