Public youth campus

aring professional and socially responsible managers and entrepreneurs capable of managing travel and tourism business in a dynamic global environment. Public Youth Campus has introduced the three-year programme to add value to its glorious education history. The campus also has the privilege of being situated at the cultural hub of the historical city of Kathmandu. Its location lies in vicinity to the spots that stage most festivals and cultural pageants, which interest and lure tourists and travellers from the country and abroad. Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS)
Programme Objectives
The objective of the BBs programme at the FOM is to develop students into competent managers for any sector of organized activity. The programme is based on the principle that graduates will spend a major portion of their life in a constantly changing environment. Therefore, 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 opportunities in different sectors of business including entrepreneurship and create much needed jobs for others. The BBS programme specially attempts to:
1. Equip the students with the required conceptual knowledge of business and administration to develop a general management perspective in them.
2. Develop required attitudes, abilities and practical skill in students, which constitute a foundation for their growth into competent and responsible business managers.
3. Encourage entrepreneurial capabilities in students to make them effective change agents in the Nepalese society.
4. Develop necessary foundation for higher studies in management and thereafter take up careers in teaching, research and consultancy. Curricular Structure
The FOM 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:
1. A strong foundation in allied areas of business such as language, economics analysis, legal environment and quantitative methods to prepare graduates to understand, analyzed and comprehend the management concepts, theories and practices.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. The opportunity to choose any sectoral management area such as tourism, cooperatives, transport, hotel and small business, as an elective course to enable graduates to apply the core and functional knowledge and skills in their chosen sector of business. Course Composition

The BBS programme requires the students to study a total of 14 courses (1400 marks) to be completed in three years. The course composition is as follows:

A. Compulsory Courses 400 Marks
MGT 201 English
MGT 202 Business Statistics
MGT 203 Business Economics
MGT 204 Business Law

B. Core Courses 600 Marks
MGT 211 Accounting for Financial Analysis and Planning
MGT 212 Costs and Management Accounting
MGT 213 Principles of Management
MGT 214 Fundamentals of Marketing
MGT 215 Fundamentals of Financial Management
MGT 216 Foundation of Human Resource Management

C. Concentration Area 300 Marks

(Three Courses from any one of the following five functional areas)

Accounting
MGT 311 Accounting for Business
MGT 312 Taxation in Nepal
MGT 313 Auditing
MGT 314 Accounting for Financial Institutions

Finance
MGT 321 Corporate Finance
MGT 322 Foundations of Financial Institutions and Markets
MGT 323 Fundamentals of Investment
MGT 324 Banking and Insurance

Marketing
MGT 331 Fundamentals of Advertising
MGT 332 Distribution Management
MGT 333 Fundamentals of Selling
MGT 334 Fundamentals of Service Marketing

Management
MGT 341 Fundamentals of Organizational Behaviour
MGT 342 International Business
MGT 343 Fundamentals of Strategic Management
MGT 344 Management of Industrial Relations

Management Science
MGT 351 Computer System and Programming
MGT 352 Management Information System
MGT 353 Productivity Management
MGT 354 Operations Research

D. Elective Courses 100 Marks
Group A (Sectoral Area)
(Any one course from the following)

MGT 401 Tourism Management
MGT 402 Rural Development and Cooperative Management
MGT 403 Hotel Management
MGT 404 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
MGT 405 Transport Management
MGT 406 Project Management
MGT 407 Foreign Trade and Transit Management

The First Year Programme
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:

English (100 Marks)
Business Economics (100 Marks)
Business Statistics (100 Marks)
Principles of Management (100 Marks)
Cost and Management Accounting (100 Marks)

The Second Year Programme
The purpose of the second year programme is to provide basic concepts, tools and an understanding of the fundamentals of business studies. 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:

Accounting for Financial Analysis and Planning (100 Marks)
Fundamentals of Marketing (100 Marks)
Fundamentals of Financial Management (100 Marks)
Foundation of Human Resource Management (100 Marks)
Business Law (100 Marks)

The Third Year Programme
In the third year, the students are encouraged to focus on a particular functional and sectoral area of business studies. Building on the foundation laid in the first and second years, the principal mission of the third year is twofold:

i. To enable the students to concentrate in one functional area of business. FOM offers five steams of Concentration:
a) Accounting
b) Finance
c) Marketing
d) Management, and
e) Management Science
ii. To provide opportunity to students to select any sectoral management area as an elective course for the integrated application of knowledge, concept and skills acquired from the core and concentration courses. The third year programme is therefore organized into the following concentration and elective courses:
Concentration I
Concentration II
Concentration III
Elective (Sectoral Management Area)

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 T.U.: or must have studied mathematics or economics as a full paper at the PC level or 10+2 programme.
2. Must have studied English as a full paper at the PC level or 10+2 programme.
3. Must have secured the minimum marks at the PC level or 10+2 programme as prescribed by the Faculty Board or the Campus concerned.
4. Must satisfy any other entry requirements or criteria including the entrance test as prescribed by the Faculty Board or the Campus. Academic Performance
The objective of the admission policy is to select students on a competitive basis. The applicant should enclose with the application from attested copies of:
1. Certificates
2. Equivalence, transfer and character certificates.
3. Two passport-size photographs. Final selection for admission will be based on the applicant’s previous academic records. Candidates selected for admission will have to produce original certificates/testimonials for all examinations passed at the time of admission. Field of Practical Work
The education of future managers will be incomplete without exposure to organizational reality. Therefore, the fieldwork is made an essential academic requirement for the third year students in all elective courses of the sectoral management area. The student will undergo a fieldwork and spend two weeks studying and learning from the organization during the time fixed by the Department/ Campus. After the fieldwork, the student will write the field report on the format prescribed by the FOM and submit it to the Department for evaluation. The student may also be asked to present the report to the general class and / or faculty members. The evaluation of the report will be made by a team of external and internal examiners appointed by the office of the Controller of Examinations. The fieldwork should relate to the student’s specialization and the sectoral elective. The student must complete the prescribed number of hours of practical work in all courses requiring such work to the satisfaction of the concerned department. The final practical examination will be conducted jointly by a team of external an internal examiners appointed by the office of the Controller of Examinations. A student will have to pass the theoretical, practical, and fieldwork examinations separately in all the courses having theoretical, fieldwork and / or practical components. Minimum General Requirements
The minimum general requirements for the 3-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. A paper of 100 marks will have 150 lectures each of 50 minutes. However, for practical works, extra class hours will be required as fixed by the Faculty Board.
4. 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 year final examination. The grading system in the annual examinations is as follows:
Third Division 35 percentage
Second Division 45 percentage
First Division 60 percentage
Distinction 75 percentage

Methods of Instruction
The campuses offering the BBS programme should use the methods of instruction which help prepare the student for the realities of Nepalese business, industry and government in which s/he has to work. A combination of lectures, group discussions, problem-solving exercises, guest lectures, practical work, and fieldwork will be used as approaches to learning. The campuses are also encouraged to use the case method of instruction whenever required and wherever possible. Offer of Elective Course by Campuses
The final authority to decide the concentration and sectoral elective courses to be offered by the campuses shall be the standing committee of the Faculty Board. The campuses will have to pay the Dean for permission to offer any concentration and / or sectoral elective courses. The applications thus received from the campuses will be assessed by the Standing Committee of the concerned subject committee. The campuses will be allowed to offer concentration and elective courses only upon assessment of the required physical facilities including computer and other equipment, faculty in the campus, scope for field or practical work, and the business reality of the area. Graduation Requirements
The BBS programme extends over three academic years and the BBS degree is awarded on its successful completion. All candidates for BBS degree must fulfill the following requirements:
1. The successful completion of 14 courses of 1400 marks as prescribed with passing grades in all the courses.
2. The passing scores obtained in all theory and practical components of the courses separately.
3. Completion of courses for the fulfillment of BBS programme must occur within the time limit as prescribed by Tribhuvan University.