Biogeography

By Dr. P.T. BHARATHI | University of Mysore, Manasagangotri

Learners enrolled: 954

Biogeography deals with the World Biomes in addition, this area of Biogeography focuses on the Geographical Distribution of Fungi, Flora, Fauna etc. It also consists of detailed account of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, Human Races, Glaciations Cycles and Extinctions and Ecology. Man-Environment Relationship, Population and Settlement and Domestication of Life are also dealt with.

Pedagogy

• Online teaching

• One-to-one interaction

• Presentation through Power Point slides, etc.

• Display of pictures / photos / short videos, etc.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	15 Jul 2019
End Date :	30 Sep 2019
Enrollment Ends :	10 Sep 2019
Exam Date :	09 Nov 2019 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

Page Visits

Course layout

Week – 3 | 9. Global Distribution of Plants | 10. Global Distribution of animals | 11. Types and Distribution of Forest |

Week - 4 | 12. Types and Distribution of Fisheries | 13. Phytogeography | 14. Phylogeography |

Week – 5 | 15. Natural Vegetation and Ecosystem | 16. Island Biogeography | 17. Darwin’s Theory of Evolution |

Week - 11 | 38. Population and Settlement | 39. Man-Environment Relationship | 40. Domestication of life |

Books and references

Reading material	Author & Year	Type of publication (article/notes)	Content Abstract	Number of pages
Biogeography, Pravalika, Publications, Allahabad.	Pro.Savindra Singh, 2016	Book	Nature of Biogeography, Ecosystem and Ecology.	360
Biogeography and Biodiversity, Rawat, Publication, Jaipur.	R. B.Singh(editor), 2009	Book	Ecosystem, Biodiversity.	340
Biogeography, Rajesh Publications, New Delhi.	N. N. Bhattacharya, 2003	Book	Approaches in biogeography, Ecology, Biosphere, and Bio energy cycles.	149
Fundamentals of Biogeography, Routledge taylor & francis group London and New York.	Richard John Haggett, 2004	Book	Bio geographical process, Climate and life, Topography and life.	424
Biogeography: An Ecological Approach, Calisto Reference, New York.	Neil Griffin (Editor), 2018	Book	Ecosystems, Conservation of Biosphere.	254
Environmental Geography, Pravalika, Publications, Allahabad.	Pro.Savindra Singh, 2015	Book	Plant kingdom, Animal kingdom, Environmental pollution.	646
Study Material for Insect Ecology and Integrated Pest Management: Department of Agricultural Entomology, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad	Raghavaiah, G. and Ramesh Babu, T. (2012)	Laboratory Manual: Course No. Ento. 231 (2+1).	Predators, Parasitoids, Beneficial insects, IPM, etc.	167

Instructor bio

I Dr. P.T. BHARATHI, Principal Investigator/ Course coordinator for BIOGEOGRAPHY course under Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Studies GEOGRAPHY, MAHARAJAS COLLEGE, University of Mysore, Mysuru, obtained Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees with distinction from the University of MYSORE. I have more than 6 years of research and 21 years of teaching experience.

I am a recipient of 2 Gold Medals and one cash prize for Masters Degree. I have participated in more than 50 national and international Conferences / Seminars / Workshops, besides I am having a life membership of academic bodies like Union Geographers Information Technologists, (UGIT) Bengaluru and UG. Board of Studies in Geography, University of Mysore. I have more than 10 research publications to my credit in the journals of national and international repute, besides I have organised one National seminar.

I have also served as one of the organiser in more than four state and national seminars and conferences. I have also associated in the development of curricula for undergraduate and post graduate courses in Geography. I have been serving as an external examiner in Geography in different colleges. I have guide ship for PhD s. and currently four candidates have been working for their PhD degree in Geography. In addition, I am serving as a Faculty Advisor, University of Mysore, and Mysuru. I have participated as a subject expert / script writer for 8 modules in the subject of Geography in Audio/Visual based lecture programmes in the multimedia production/e-content development under NME-ICT project of CEC-UGC through the Educational Multimedia Research Centre, University of Mysore, Mysuru.

Course certificate

30% for in course Assessment & 70% of end-term Proctored exam. The Certificates will be available after Qualifying in the end-term online Proctored exam.

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