University of Madras - Syllabus of Bachelor of Science (BSc) Geography - Semester VI - Application Oriented Subject - Socio Economic Studies and PRA - III
UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN GEOGRAPHY
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)
Semester VI - Application Oriented Subject - Socio Economic Studies and PRA - III
Duration: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4
(90 hrs)
Socio Economic Studies and PRA - III
Unit I
Socio-economic studies - Introduction - scope - limitation and applications.
Unit II
Social groups : Village and Urban community - Religious and cultural group - religious communities - ethnic societies
Unit III
PRA - Conceptual understanding - Principles of PRA - Advantages of PRA
Unit IV
PRA methods - space related social and resource maps - transact - participatory census
Unit V
Time and relational methods : trend analysis - seasonal diagrams - activity schedules - Network and important diagrams - matrix and Venn diagrams
Reference
1. Somesh Kumar, Methods for Community participation. Vistar Publication, New Delhi.