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BBA Honors in Department of Political Science

National University, Bangladesh

National University Act, 1992, Section-46

Regulations for BBA Honors in Department of Political Science

 

  1. Introduction: The National University BBA Honours in Tourism and Hospitality Management (THM) program equips students with the skills and self-confidence to effectively manage and adapt to a wide range of comparative and constantly changing business environments. The program is designed to provide students with the specialized knowledge they need for entry into the job market along with the theoretical and practical skills essential for a successful career in Tourism and Hospitality.
  2. Admission: Students from all disciplines are to be admitted into the BBA Honours in Tourism and Hospitality Management program in the first year (first semester) in approved colleges/institutes as per policy of the National University through a centrally administered online based admission procedures. After the announcement of the admission notice, intending students should apply in the National University online admission portal. A combined score is developed based on marks in the SSC and HSC examination. Selection will be made on the basis of combined merit score. The detailed procedure of admission and allocation of seats will be determined by the National University.
  3. The Program: Tourism and Hospitality Management (THM) Program will be a fouryear program where teaching and examination of allocated courses for a specific semester would be finished within six months. Students will automatically transfer to the next semester after examination pending the results.  

Duration and credit:  The duration of THM programs is four years divided into eight semesters. A total of 120 credit hours are required for the student in 37 taught courses and viva-voce examination and an Internship with Defense at the end of the fourth year. History of the Emergence of Independent of Bangladesh, a compulsory course will be taught for the students of undergraduate programs of the National University.:

Year  Semester

Common Course

(credit x Course)

Project report & viva voce Total Credit
First year First semester 3 x 5=15   15
Second semester 3 x 5=15   15
Second Year Third semester 3 x 5=15   15
Fourth semester 3 x 5=15   15
 Third Year Fifth semester 3 x 5=15   15
Sixth semester 3 x 5=15   15
 Fourth Year

Seventh semester

 

3 x 5=15   15
Eight semester 3 x 2=06

Internship report

(6 credits) &

Viva-Voce (3

credit)

15
     Total   37 courses 111 credits  9 Credits 120

 

Year- wise courses, marks, and credit distribution

  First YearFirst Semester    
Course Code Course Title Marks Credits
510901 Introduction to Business 100 3
510903 Fundamentals of Tourism and Hospitality 100 3
510905 Introduction to Computer 100 3
510907 Basic English Language 100 3
510909 History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh 100 3

 

  First Year – Second Semester    
Course Code Course Title Marks Credits
510911 Business Mathematics 100 3
510913 General Science and Environment 100 3
510915 Micro Economics 100 3
510917 First Aid, Safety and Security 100 3
510919 Fundamentals of Management 100 3

 

 

 

  Second Year – Third Semester    
Course Code Course Title Marks Credits
520901 Hospitality Managerial Communication 100 3
520903 Business Statistics 100 3
520905 Fundamentals of Accounting 100 3
520907 Macro Economics and Economy of Bangladesh 100 3
520909 Business Law and Legal Issues of Tourism 100 3

 

  Second Year – Fourth Semester    
Course Code Course Title Marks Credits
520911 Tourism and Hospitality Marketing 100 3
520913 Fundamentals of Culinary Art 100 3
520915 Front Office Operations and Reservation 60 2
520916 Front Office Operations and Reservation (Practical) 40 1
520917 Housekeeping Management 60 2
520918 Housekeeping Management (Practical) 40 1
520919 HRM in Tourism and Hospitality 100 3

 

  Third Year – Fifth Semester    
Course Code Course Title Marks Credits
530901 Tourism in Bangladesh 100 3
530903 Food and Beverage Production 60 2
530904 Food and Beverage Production (Practical) 40 1
530905 Food and Beverage Service 60 2
530906 Food and Beverage Service (Practical) 40 1
530907 Food Hygiene and Sanitation 100 3
530909 Tourism Planning and Development 100 3

 

  Third Year – Sixth Semester    
Course Code Course Title Marks Credits
530911 Research Methodology 100 3
530913 Tourist Behavior 100 3
530915 Food and Beverage Management 60 2
530916 Food and Beverage Management (Practical) 40 1
530917 Computerized Reservation System(CRS) 100 3
530919 Fundamentals of Finance 100 3
  Fourth Year- Seventh Semester    
Course Code Course Title Marks Credits
540901 Geography of Tourism 100 3
540903 Community and Cultural issues in Tourism 100 3
540905 Travel Agency and Tour Operations 60 2
540906 Travel Agency and Tour Operations (Practical) 40 1
540907 French Language 100 3
540909 Tourism and Hospitality Entrepreneurship 100 3

 

  Fourth Year- Eighth Semester    
Course Code Course Title Marks Credits
540911 Destination Management 60 2
540912 Destination Management (Field Work) 40 1
540913 MICE Management 100 3
540914 Internship (Report and Defense)

200

(100+100)

3+3=6
540916 Viva-Voce 100 3

 

  1. Class Lecture and semester: Each 3 credits course will require a minimum 45 class lectures per semester (3 lectures per week), each semester being six months duration. Each semester will consist of about 21 weeks, in which 17 weeks will be kept for class lectures and 1 week for preexamination break and 3 weeks for examination. The duration of the class lecture should not be less than 50 minutes. The teacher assigned for a particular course should plan the lectures accordingly keeping in view the course content to match the available working days excluding holidays. The students are allowed 3 months after their final examination to complete and submit their internship report.
  2. Duration of Registration and Academic Session

The duration of the registration is 7 years where the academic session will be June to July.

  1. Class Attendance

Every student of THM program must attend at least 75% class lecture to quality for sitting in the semester final examinations. Students having less than 75% attendance but more than 60% can be allowed to sit in the examination as non-collegiate students. Rules applicable for the noncollegiate students will be applied to them.

  1. Grading System

The result of a THM student will be determined on the basis of grade point on a scale of 4.00 points along with letter grade. However, to determine the letter grade/grade point, the following range of marks will be considered.

Numerical Grade Letter Grade (LG) Grade point (GP)
80% and above A+ (Plus) 4.00
75% to less than 80% A (Plain) 3.75
70%% to less than 75% A(minus) 3.50
65% to less than 70% B+ (plus) 3.25
60% to less than 65% B (plain) 3.00
55% to less than 60% B (minus) 2.75
50% to less than 55% C+(Plus) 2.50
45% to less than 50% C  (plain) 2.25
40% to less than 45% D  (plain) 2.00
Less than 40% F  (Fail) 0.00

 

  1. Evaluation

There will be an examination committee for each year of the THM Program.  The single examiner will evaluate the final examination scripts under the supervision of head examiner.

Computation of grade point average will be merging on the basis of the following illustration. (Credit X Grade Point)   GPA=

First Semester

Course

No

No. of

Credits

  Grade Awarded

Corresponding    Grading

Point

Points Secured
  Col. 1   Col. 2 Col. 3 Col 4= (Col. 1 X col. 3)
510901 3   B 3 9
510903 3   A 4 12
510905 3   C 2 6
510907 3   B 3 9
510909 3   B 3 9
Total 15       45

Earned Credit (EC) = 3+3+3+3+3=15

CGPA: 45/15=3.00

Second Semester

Course No. No. of Credit  Grade Awarded

Corresponding     Grading

Point

Points Secured
  Col. 1 Col. 2 Col. 3 Col 4= (Col. 1 X col 3)
510911 3 B 3 9
510913 3 C 2 6
510915 3 F 0 0
510917 3 B 3 9
510919 3 C 2 6
Total 15     30

Earned Credit (EC) =3+3+3+3+3=15 CGPA: 30/15=2.00

 

Cumulative up to date

Total Credit       15+15     30
Total Grade Point secured       45+30     75
Yearly GPA       75/30     2.5
Earned Credit (EC)       15+12      27

 

  1. Promotion Improvement and Drop-Out
    1. Promotion: Results of two semesters in each academic year will be calculated for promotion to next year (1st year to 2nd year). The student must appear at the semester final examination in all courses and pass at least 80 % of the total courses, for example, 8 (eight) out of 10 (ten) courses with a grade of D or above. Same rules will be applicable for the examination to the subsequent year is 2nd to 3rd and 3rd to 4th
    2. Improvement: A student receiving F grade in one or more courses must attend the improvement examination (s) in subsequent semesters. A student will be given two chances to convert F grade up to B plus. If the student receives a countable grade in his/her first attempt, no further attempt will be allowed. A student receiving C or D grade in one or more courses will get one more opportunity for the improvement in the consecutive semester. In this case, he/she can improve the grade up to the achievement. However, in any case, students will not be allowed to sit for the improvement exam for more than two courses in a semester. Improvement rules will not be applied for in-course, oral (viva voce) and internship grades in any circumstances.

 

  1. Drop Out: If any student fails to qualify for the degree within the seven academic years including internship (report and defense), he/she will automatically be dropped from the program.
  1. Medium of Instruction

The medium of instruction of the program will be in English. Students can also answer the course ‘History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh’ in Bangla.

  1. Examination Rules
  2. There will be two in-course examinations, one home assignment to be conducted by the course teacher. Evaluation of students along with grade is submitted to the head of the department for compilation and subsequent submission to the Controller of Examinations of the National University. The routine for the final examination is spread in such a way that those sitting for improvement and re-taker should not coincide.
  3. All 3 credit courses of 100 marks and marks awarded are as follows:
Particulars Marks Examined/Provided by
First in-course Exam 10 Course Teacher
Second in-course Exam 10 Course Teacher
Assignment and Presentation 5 Course Teacher
Attendance 5 Course Teacher
Semester Final Examination 70 Single Examination
    Total 100  

 

Duration of the semester final exam (70 marks):  The duration of the exam will be of 3 hours and the distribution of marks in the question paper will be as follows:

Part- A short question (such as conceptual/numerical) covering all the chapters of the syllabus 5 question out of 7 6 x 5=30
Part-B board question (such as analytical/descriptive/numerical) 4 question out of 7 10 x 4=40

 

 

 

  1. All 2 credit courses of 60 marks and marks awarded are as follows:
Particulars Marks Examined/provided by
In-course Exam 10 Course Teacher
Assignment and Attendance 5 Course Teacher
Semester Final Examination 45 Single Examination
    Total 60  

 

Duration of the Practical Related Semester final Exam (45 Marks):  The duration of the exam will be of 2.5 hours and the distribution of marks in the question paper will be as follows:

Part-

A

short question (such as conceptual/numerical)             covering all the chapters of the syllabus) 5 question out of 7 3 x 5=15
Part-B

board       question       (such        as

analytical/descriptive/numerical)

3 question out of 6 10 x 3=30

 

  1. Practical Examination and Field Work: The duration of the practical examination will be of 3 hours. The practical examinations have to be conducted by two internal and two external examiners. The external examiners should be the teachers from different Public/Private Universities or relevant Colleges/Institutes of the country. The practical examination will be conducted by the National University. Full marks for practical examination and field work will be of 40 marks for each course. The field work will be conducted and evaluated by the respective course teachers of institutions.
  2. Viva-Voce, Internship (report and defense): Students are required to appear before an oral exam (viva voce) at the end of their fourth year exam. The weight of viva -voce exam will be of 3 credits. In the 8th semester, students will undertake an internship relating to their specialization area under the supervision of a faculty member. The internship will be evaluated by two examiners including supervisor of the student and an external examiner. Students are required to defend their internship report to the examiners after the evaluation. The external examiner will be nominated by the National University.

 

  1. Disciplinary Measure: Any students adopting unfair means in the examination will be treated as the rules of National University go on.

 

  1. Establishment of Laboratory and Arrangement of Equipment: Tourism and Hospitality Management is a practical oriented program whereas practical laboratory as well as necessary equipments will be arranged in colleges/institutions for practical purposes. In addition, the students may also get the privilege to practise practically oriented course to their attached (MOU) respective hotels.
  2. Degree Requirements

Students must meet the following requirements in order to earn a Tourism and Hospitality degree:

Total Credits Obtained Performance in the course Time taken Cumulative Grade Point Average The degree to be awarded
120 Credits No F Grade in any course and minimum 2.0 in viva voce Maximum 7 years to complete the degree including internship and defense Minimum 2.25

BBA (Hons) in Tourism

and Hospitality

Management

 

  1. Amendment of the Rules

The National University may time to time amend the existing rules for the THM program. The university may also make any clarification in regards to rules if needed.

4 Years