The Course structure of B.Sc. (Hons.) in Geology under Choice Based Credit System FIRST YEAR- First Semester-Total 20 credits 5 Credits (Teaching 5 hours per week and Paper -1, CORE 1 (Theory) –Crystallography- minimum 60 teaching hours). FM .75 Crystallography Elementary ideas about crystal structure. Crystalline and amorphous substances. Crystal: faces, edges, solid angles and interfacial angles. Crystallographic axes and axial angles. Cryatallographic forms. Spherical and stereographic projection o crystals. Symmetry elements- plane, axis, centre and rotary inversion axis of symmetry. Parameter, indices and symbol. Laws of crystallography. Symmetry elements and common forms of normal classes of six crystal system. Credits (Teaching 5 hours per Paper -2, CORE 2 (Theory) Geomorphology, Mathematical Geology -5 week and minimum 60 teaching hours). FM .75 Geomorphology & Mathematical Geology Rock weathering and erosion. Geological work of wind, running water, glaciers and oceans. Earthquakes- types, causes and their distribution. Volcanoes- types, products and their distribution. Basic concepts of geomorphology. Karst topography. Drainage patterns and their significance. Application of statistics, trigonometry, algebra and calculus to the study of Geology. (Teaching 4 hours per week and minimum 48 teaching Paper 3, CORE 1 &2 Practical , 2 Credits hours). F.M. 50 Study of toposheet, Identification of drainage pattern in a topographic map Calculation of Earthquake Epicentre with given data Clinographic and stereographic projections of the following crystal models: Cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, zircon and vesuvianite. Records of laboratory work and viva-voce.
The Course structure of B.Sc. (Hons.) in Geology under Choice Based Credit System FIRST YEAR- First Semester-Total 20 credits Paper -1, CORE 1 (Theory) –Crystallography- 5 Credits (Teaching 5 hours per week and minimum 60 teaching hours). FM .75 Crystallography Elementary ideas about crystal structure. Crystalline and amorphous substances. Crystal: faces, edges, solid angles and interfacial angles. Crystallographic axes and axial angles. Cryatallographic forms. Spherical and stereographic projection o crystals. Symmetry elements- plane, axis, centre and rotary inversion axis of symmetry. Parameter, indices and symbol. Laws of crystallography. Symmetry elements and common forms of normal classes of six crystal system. Paper -2, CORE 2 (Theory) Geomorphology, Mathematical Geology -5 Credits (Teaching 5 hours per week and minimum 60 teaching hours). FM .75 Geomorphology & Mathematical Geology Rock weathering and erosion. Geological work of wind, running water, glaciers and oceans. Earthquakes- types, causes and their distribution. Volcanoes- types, products and their distribution. Basic concepts of geomorphology. Karst topography. Drainage patterns and their significance. Application of statistics, trigonometry, algebra and calculus to the study of Geology. Paper 3, CORE 1 &2 Practical , 2 Credits (Teaching 4 hours per week and minimum 48 teaching hours). F.M. 50 Study of toposheet, Identification of drainage pattern in a topographic map Calculation of Earthquake Epicentre with given data Clinographic and stereographic projections of the following crystal models: Cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, zircon and vesuvianite. Records of laboratory work and viva-voce.