This document outlines the course requirements for a Master of Science in Geography program at the Department of Geography at Government College University Faisalabad. The program requires completion of 18 credit hours per semester over 4 semesters for a total of 72 credit hours. Courses cover topics in geographic thought, geomorphology, climatology, economic geography, and more. Students must complete compulsory courses each semester and can choose elective courses in specialized topics like soil geography, hydrogeography, and regional planning.

1. Department of Geography
Government College University Faisalabad
M.Sc. Geography
Semester 1
Course Code Course Title Compulsory Credit
Hrs
1 GEOG-551 Geographic Thought and Modern Concepts // 3(3-0)
2 GEOG -553 Geomorphology // 3(3-0)
3 GEOG -555 Climatology // 3(3-0)
4 GEOG -557 Economic Geography // 3(3-0)
5 GEOG -559 Concepts in Human Geography // 3(3-0)
6 GEOG -561 Surveying and Leveling // 3(1-2)
Total 18
Semester 2
1 GEOG -552 Geography of Pakistan Compulsory 3(3-0)
2 GEOG -554 Research Methodology // 3(3-0)
3 GEOG -556 Quantitative Techniques in Geography // 3(2-1)
4 GEOG -558 Oceanography // 3(3-0)
5 GEOG -560 Geographic Information System // 3(2-1)
6 GEOG -562 Cartography // 3(1-2)
Total 18

2. Department of Geography
Government College University Faisalabad
Semester 3
1 GEOG -651 Digital Cartography Compulsory 3(1-2)
2
GEOG -653 Regional Studies of South Asia / North America /
Australia etc.
Compulsory 3(3-0)
3 GEOG -655 Soil Geography Elective 3(2-1)
4 GEOG -657 Hydro Geography // 3(3-0)
5 GEOG -659 Population Geography // 3(3-0)
6 GEOG -661 Agricultural Geography // 3(3-0)
7 GEOG -663 Cultural Geography // 3(3-0)
8 GEOG -665 Transportation Geography // 3(3-0)
9 GEOG -667 Geography of Recreation & Tourism // 3(3-0)
10 GEOG -669 Urban Geography // 3(3-0)
11 GEOG -671 Geography of Arid Lands // 3(3-0)
12 GEOG -673 Maritime Affairs and its Applications // 3(3-0)
13
GEOG -680 Thesis (in lieu of two elective papers one from 3rd
and one from 4th
semester)
Elective 6(0-6)
Total Credit Hours 18
Note: Students have to choose 4 optional courses from GEOG-655 to GEOG-673 in
the seventh semester.

3. Department of Geography
Government College University Faisalabad
Semester 4
1 GEOG -650 Field Research Report Compulsory 3(0-3)
2 GEOG -652 Climate Change Studies Elective 3(3-0)
3 GEOG -654 Environmental Management // 3(3-0)
4 GEOG -656 Meteorology // 3(3-0)
5 GEOG -658 Regional Planning & Development // 3(2-1)
6 GEOG -660 Industrial Geography // 3(3-0)
7 GEOG -662 Global Positioning System // 3(1-2)
8 GEOG -664 Geography of Marketing // 3(3-0)
9 GEOG -666 Remote Sensing // 3(1-2)
10 GEOG -668 Political Geography // 3(3-0)
11 GEOG -670 Fluvial Morphology // 3(3-0)
12 GEOG -672 Military Geography // 3(3-0)
13 GEOG -674 Medical Geography // 3(3-0)
14 GEOG -676 Geography of Natural Hazards and Disasters // 3(3-0)
15 GEOG -678 Environmental Geography // 3(3-0)
16
GEOG -680 Thesis (in lieu of two elective papers one from 3rd
and one from 4th
semester)
Elective 6(0-6)
Total 15
Note: Students have to choose 4 optional courses from GEOG-652 to GEOG-678 in the seventh
semester