Introduction
Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) is four year program run by SSMC affiliated to Faculty of Management , Tribhuvan University. The campus started this program from 2042 BS, which was initially known as B. Com a two years bachelor level program. The B. Com. program was converted to BBS from 2053 BS as a three years Bachelor level program. It has become four year program from 2070 BS.
Objectives of the Courses
The objective of the BBS program of SSMC is to develop students into competent managers for any sector of organized activity. The program is based on the principle that graduates will spend a major portion of their life in a constantly changing business 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 of SSMC specially attempts to
Curricular Structure
The FOM recognizes the need for both breadth and depth in the total academic pattern. Therefore, the curriculum for BBS degree comprises these distinct course components:
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:
MGT 201: Business English 100
MGT 202: Business Statistics 100
MGT 207 : Microeconomics for Business 100
MGT 211 : Financial Accounting and 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:
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 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:
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 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:
1) To enable the students to concentrate in one functional areas of business 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 presentation.
MGT 225: Entrepreneurship 100
Concentration I 100
Concentration II 100
Concentration III 100
MGT 221: Business Research Methods 50
MGT 401: Final Project 50
Concentration Area
Students can choose 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: Auditing
ACC 254: Advance Cost and Management Accounting
Finance
FIN 250: Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
FIN 251: Commercial Bank Management
FIN 255: Management of Financial Institutions
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 251: International Business
MGT 256: Small and Medium Enterprises
MGT 257: Event Management
MGT 258: Project Management
MGT 259: Technology & Information Management