Bachelor in Business Studies (BBS) at Tribhuvan University, Bachelor in Business Studies (BBS) Colleges in Nepal

Bachelor In Business Studies (BBS)

Affiliated to: Tribhuvan University

About Course

Course Title : Bachelor In Business Studies (BBS)
Category/Level : Bachelors
Course Duration (months) : 48 months
Cost Range (NPR) :
Affiliated to : Tribhuvan University

Course Description:

Programme objective
The objectives of the BBS programme at the FOM (Faculty of Management) of Tribhuvan Uninversity are to develop students into competent managers for any sector of organized activity. The programme is based on the principles that graduates will spend a major portion of their life in a constantly changing environment. There for the student should have an opportunity to obtain a broad knowledge of the concepts and reality-based skills underlying the operation and management of organizations.

Upon graduation, a student should be equipped to function as a manager in business, industry and government. The graduate should also have a variety of career opportunity in different sector of business including entrepreneurship and create much needed jobs for others.

The BBS programme specially attempt to:

Equip the students with the required conceptual knowledge of business and administration to develop a general management perspective in them.
Develop required attitudes, abilities and practical skill in students, which constitute a foundation for their growth into competent and responsible business managers.
Encourage entrepreneurial capabilities in students to make them effective change agents in the Nepalese society.
Develop necessary foundation for higher studies in management and thereafter take up careers in teaching, research and consultancy.

Minimum General Requirements
The minimum general requirements for the 4-years BBS programme are as follows:
> An academic year will consist of a minimum of 150 teaching days excluding the days taken for admission and annual examinations.
> The total instructional hours in an academic year will be 615 (150 days x 4:10 hours a day). For courses requiring field and practical works, additional hours of study will be required.
> There will be a minimum of five periods (i.e. class hours) each teaching day. The campuses running morning or evening shifts will also be required to meet this minimum class requirement.

Attendance, Evaluation and Grading System
The final evaluation of students is done through the annual examination conducted by the Office of the Controller of Examinations, Tribhuvan University. However, for qualifying to appear in the annual examinations, students must meet the following requirements:
(a) The student must have a minimum of 70 percent attendance of the classes actually held.
(b) No student will be allowed to appear in the second year final examinations without first appearing in the first year final examinations

The grading system in the annual examinations is as follows:
> Third Division-35 Percent
> Second Division-45 Percent
> First Division-60 Percent
> Distinction-75 Percent

Admission info

Eligibility Conditions for Admission
The candidate applying for admission to the BBS programme:
1. must have successfully completed the PCL or 10+2 in business/commerce or an equivalent course from a Higher Secondary School Board, or from Tribhuvan University, or from any other University/Board recognized by TU.
2. Must have scored at least D Plus (D+) in each subjects in 10+2
3 .must satisfy any other entry requirements or criteria including the entrance test as prescribed by the Faculty Board or the campus.

Minimum General Requirements
The minimum general requirements for the 4-years BBS programme are as follows:
1. An academic year will consist of a minimum of 150 teaching days excluding the days taken for admission and annual examinations.
2. The total instructional hours in an academic year will be 615 (150 days x 4:10 hours a day). For courses requiring field and practical works, additional hours of study will be required.
3.There will be a minimum of five periods (i.e. class hours) each teaching day. The campuses running morning or evening shifts will also be required to meet this minimum class requirement.

Syllabus

The Faculty of Management recognizes the need for both breadth and depth in the total academic pattern. Therefore, the curriculum for BBS degree comprises four separate and distinct course components:

> A strong foundation in allied areas of business such as language, economic analysis, legal environment, quantitative methods and research methods to prepare graduates to understand, analyze and comprehend the management concepts, theories and practices.
> Core business studies encompassing and integrating all functional areas to provide graduates with an appreciation of the diversity and inter-relationship of business and management issues.
> The opportunity to concentrate in one area of specialization such as accounting, finance, human resources management, management science, and marketing in order to provide graduates with some degree of functional expertise.

Curricular Structure of Bachelor of Business Studies-BBS (4 year program)

The First Year Programme of BBS
The purpose of the first year programme is to build a strong foundation in students to prepare them to comprehend the business concepts, theories and practices. The first year programme is organized into the following compulsory and core courses:

First Year (500)
MGT 201: Business English (100)
MGT 202: Business Statistics (100)
MGT 207:Microeconomics for Business (100)
MGT 211: Financial Accounting and Analysis (100)

The Second Year Programme
The purpose of the second year programme is to providebasic concepts, tools andunderstanding of the foundation and core courses. The foundationscourses are required to develop understand business practices. The core courses provide essentials of learning which are basic in the broad area of business studies. The second-year programme is therefore organized into the following core and compulsory courses:

Second Year (500)
MGT 205: Business Communication (100)
MGT 209:Macroeconomics for Business (100)
MGT 212: Cost and Management Accounting (100)
MGT 223:Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management (100)
MGT 215: Fundamentals of Financial Management (100)

The Third Year programme
The purpose of the thirdyear programme is to provide basic concepts, tools and understandingof the fundamentals of business studies. The core courses provide essentials of learning which are basicto understand broaderarea of business studies. The third programme is therefore organized into the following core and compulsory courses:

Third Year (500)
MGT 204: Business Law (100)
MGT 226: Foundation of Financial Systems (100)
MGT 217:Business Environment and Strategy (100)
MGT 224: Taxation in Nepal (100)
MGT 214: Fundamentals of Marketing (100)

The Fourth Year Programme
In fourth year, the students are encouraged to focus on a particular functional andconcentrationarea of business studies. Building onthe foundation laid in the first, second and third years, the principal missionof the fourthyear twofold:
1)To enable the students to concentrate in one functional areas of business.
TU Faculty of Management (FOM) offers four stream of concentration courses:
a) Accounting
b) Finance
c) Management
d) Marketing

2)To provide opportunity to students to engage in research and final project prsentation.

Fourth Year (500)
MGT 225:Entrepreneurship (100)
Concentration I (100)
Concentration II (100)
Concentration III (100)
MGT 221: Business Research Methods (50)
MGT 401: Final Project (50)