Overview
Overviews of Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) at NIMS College, Lalitpur, Nepal (affiliated with TU)
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, students 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 skills 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 the 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, economic analysis, legal environment, and quantitative method to prepare graduates to understand, analyze 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, and marketing in order to provide graduates with some degree of functional expertise.
Course Composition
Compulsory Courses
MGT 201: Business English
MGT 202: Business Statistics
MGT 203: Microeconomics
MGT 204: Business Law
MGT 205: Business Communication
MGT 206: Macroeconomics
Core Courses
MGT 211: Accounting for Financial Analysis
MGT 212: Cost and Management Accounting
MGT 213: Principles of Management
MGT 214: Fundamentals of Marketing
MGT 215: Fundamentals of Financial Management
MGT 216: Foundations of Human Resource Management
MGT 217: Business Environment and Strategy
MGT 218: Taxation and auditing
MGT 219: Organizational Behavior
MGT 220: Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
MGT 221: Business Research Methods
Concentration Area (Three courses from any one of the following five functional areas)
Accounting ACC 250: Accounting for Banking
ACC 251: Accounting for Business
ACC 252: Advanced Financial Accounting
ACC 253: Advance Auditing
ACC 254: Budgeting and Controlling of Profit
Finance
FIN 250: Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
FIN 251: Commercial Bank Management
FIN 252: Foundations of Financial Institutions and Markets
FIN 253: Fundamentals of Investment
FIN 254: Insurance and Risk Management Marketing
MKT 250: Fundamentals of Selling
MKT 251: Customer Relationship Management
MKT 252: Foreign Trade and Export Management in Nepal
MKT 253: Fundamentals of Advertising
MKT 254: Fundamentals of Services Marketing
Management
MGT 250: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
MGT 251: International Business
MGT 252: Management of Industrial Relations
MGT 253: Productivity Management
MGT 254: Quality 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 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 203: Microeconomics | 100 |
| MGT 211: Accounting for Financial Analysis | 100 |
| MGT 213: Principles of Management | 100 |
The Second Year Programme
The purpose of the second-year programme is to provide basic concepts, tools, and understanding of the foundation and core courses. The foundations courses 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 206: Macroeconomics | 100 |
| MGT 212: Cost and Management Accounting | 100 |
| MGT 214: Fundamentals of Marketing | 100 |
| MGT 216: Foundations of Human Resource Management | 100 |
The Third Year programme
The purpose of the third year programme is to provide basic concepts, tools and understanding of the fundamentals of business studies. The core courses provide essentials of learning which are basic to understand broader area 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 215: Fundamentals of Financial Management | 100 |
| MGT 217: Business Environment and Strategy | 100 |
| MGT 218: Taxation and Auditing | 100 |
| MGT 219: Organizational Behavior | 100 |
The Fourth Year Programme
In the fourth year, the students are encouraged to focus on a particular function and concentration area of business studies. Building on the foundation laid in the first, second, and third years, the principal mission of the fourth year twofold:
- To enable the students to concentrate in one functional area of business. FOM offers four-stream of concentration courses:
- Accounting
- Finance
- Management
- Marketing
- To provide an opportunity to students to engage in research and final project presentation.
| Fourth Year (500) | |
| MGT 220: Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development | 100 |
| Concentration I | 100 |
| Concentration II | 100 |
| Concentration III | 100 |
| MGT 221: Business Research Methods | 50 |
| MGT 401: Final Project | 50 |
Eligibility Conditions for Admission
The candidate applying for admission to the BBS programme:
- Must have successfully completed the 10+2 in business/ commerce or an equivalent course from a Higher Secondary School Board or from Tribhuvan University or from other University/ Board recognized by T.U or must have studies mathematics or economics as a full paper at the 10+2 programme.
- Must have studied English as a full paper at the 10+2 or equivalent programme.
- Must have secured the minimum marks at the 10+2 or equivalent programme as prescribed by the Faculty Board or campus concerned.
- Must satisfy any other entry requirements or criteria as prescribed by the Faculty Board or the campus.
Final Project Work
The education of future managers will be incomplete without exposure to organizational reality. Therefore, the final project work is made an essential academic requirement for the fourth-year students in all concentration courses. To write a project work students will undergo fieldwork and spend four weeks studying and learning from the organization during the time fixed by the campus/college. After the fieldwork, the student will write a project report on the format prescribed by the FOM and submit it to the college/campus 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 Research department of the respective campus/ college. The project work should relate to the student’s specialization.
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 and internal examiners appointed by the office of the controller of examinations.
A student will have to pass the theoretical, practical, and project work examinations separately in all the courses having theoretical, project work, and or practical components.
Minimum General Requirements
The minimum general requirement 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 *4:10hours a day). For courses requiring field and practical works, additional hours of study will be required.
- 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.
- 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:
- The student must have a minimum of 70 percent attendance of the classes actually held.
- No student will be allowed to appear in the second year final examinations without first appearing in the first year final examinations.
Third Division: 35 percent
Second Division: 45 percent
First Division: 60 percent
Distinction Division: 75 percent
Methods of Instruction
The campuses offering the BBS programme should use the methods of instruction that help prepare the student for the realities of Nepalese business, industry, and government in which he/she has to work. A combination of lectures, group discussions, problem-solving exercises, guest lectures, practical work, and project work will be used as approaches to learning. The campuses are also encouraged to use the case method of instruction whenever required and wherever possible.
Graduation Requirements
The BBS programme extends over four academic years and the BBS degree is awarded on its successful completion. All candidates for a BBS degree must fulfill the following requirements:
- The successful completion of 19 courses of 1950 marks and submit a final project report of 50 marks as prescribed with passing grades in all the courses.
- The passing scores obtained in all theory and practical components of the courses separately.
- Completion of courses for the fulfillment of BBS programme must occur within the time limit as prescribed by Tribhuvan University.
Contact NIMS College's administrative office for detailed information on the Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) course, including fees, scholarships, facilities, counseling, eligibility criteria, etc.
