POKHARA UNIVERSITY

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (BBA)

Program Objectives

The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program of Pokhara University aims to provide students with foundational knowledge and practical skills in various areas of business administration. It also intends to develop intellectual ability and managerial skills in students through business and other social science courses. Besides, the program helps the students to develop proper attitudes and qualities required for managing business functions. The program specifically aims to produce the graduates who:

    • have   a   sound   knowledge   and   proper   conceptual   underpinnings   of   business management,

    • are well acquainted with the broad contexts of business organizations in Nepal and outside,

    • possess analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills,

    • possess the ability to use electronic media and computers to solve organizational problems,

    • have the ability to work in teams and individually, and

    • have awareness of the environmental factors, social/functional relationships, and ethical  standards  that  affect  business  and  administrative  decisions  within  an organization.

Curricular Structure

The curriculum is designed to equip students with the competencies, knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for success in management field. The coursework gives students a broad and holistic view of the challenges in today’s business environment. The BBA program provides students basis for career growth and prepares them for higher studies. The curriculum comprises the following five distinct components:

    • Foundation Courses: These courses develop students’ communication skills and provide them with strong foundation in economics, behavioral science, statistics, mathematics, information technology, and legal environment of business.

    • Core Courses: These courses will help students to understand principles and practices  in the basic and  functional areas  of  management  and develop  their  ability  to synthesize and appreciate the interrelationships among these areas of management.

    • Concentration Courses: The concentration courses will help students to develop specialized and focused skills in the areas of their choice. Students are required to select four courses from any one of the concentration areas offered by the University.

    • Elective Courses:  The elective courses are non-business courses, based on social sciences. A student may select any two of the listed elective courses. These courses take place as other regular courses, and are graded in the same way.

    • Project Work and Internship: Students need to take an independent capstone project that carries the weight of 3 credit hours. The project involves fieldwork and its empirical analysis. Students must follow the prescribed formats to prepare such reports. Besides this, students also need to do internships in business organizations for six to eight weeks. Aimed to provide an opportunity to gain real-life experience, this course also helps the students to apply theoretical understanding to action. The internship carries the weight of 3 credit hours.

Program Features

The BBA is a four-year program structured in eight semesters. A student needs to complete 120 credit hours of course work, project work and internship for graduation.

Besides lectures, the classes are facilitated by case studies, group discussions, project assignments, field visits, class presentations and other teaching methods. In order to develop communication and interpersonal skills, students are emphasized to participate in class activities, group discussions and individual presentations.

The medium of instruction and examination for this program will be English, and a student is expected to have good English language proficiency with acceptable communication skills.

The Semester System

The prominent feature of the semester system is the continuous evaluation of a student’s performance, and flexibility given to the students to progress at pace suited to his/her individual ability as per the credit requirements.

The credit hour assigned to each course of this program varies depending on its lecture, tutorial and practical work hours in a week. One lecture/contact hour per week per semester is assigned one credit. That is, a three credit hours course has 48 class hours. A faculty member is assigned to teach each of the courses. If the course is taught by more than one faculty member, then one of the members is designated as the coordinator of that course.

Entry Requirements and Admission Procedures

Eligibility

The entry requirement for a new student in BBA will be Intermediate or Higher Secondary level (10+2) or Proficiency Certificate Level (PCL), or equivalent as recognized by Pokhara University. In addition, the student must pass the entrance test conducted by the concerned college.

Documents Required

The applicant is required to submit the following documents with the application form made available by the concerned college/school by paying a predetermined fee:

    • Completed and signed BBA application form

    • Official transcripts from the academic institutions previously attended.

Certificates of all degrees should be photocopied and submitted with proper attestation. Enrolment is conditional upon completion of all admission formalities including payment of all fees as determined by the college. Incomplete applications shall not be processed.

Admission Procedures

A notice inviting applications for admission is publicly announced. Application forms and information brochures are provided, on request, after the payment of the prescribed fee. The concerned college scrutinizes the application. The eligible candidates are informed to take the entrance test. The date and time for the entrance test are informed to the applicants by the concerned colleges.  The college may also interview the candidates for the final selection for admission.

The candidates who are given provisional admission under special conditions are required to submit all necessary documents within a month after their regular classes begin. A student who fails to do so will have his/her admission cancelled.

Academic Schedule and Course Registration

An academic session consists of two semesters. The Fall Semester starts in September and the Spring Semester starts in March. Students are normally admitted to the program in the Fall Semester. Students are required to register the courses by themselves from the concerned college at the beginning of each semester. Registration in absence may be allowed only in rare cases at the discretion of the principal. In normal cases, a student’s nominee will not be allowed for course registration of the concerned student, but he/she may complete other formalities.

Addition and Withdrawal from the Course

A student will have the option to add or drop from the course. This can, however, be done only during the first three weeks of the semester.

A student wishing to withdraw from a course should apply on the prescribed form within one month of the start of the semester.

Attendance Requirements

A student must attend every lecture, tutorial, seminar and practical class. However, to accommodate for late registration, sickness and other contingencies, the attendance requirements will be a minimum of 80% of the classes actually held. If a student is absent in the class for more than four weeks without the permission of the concerned authority, his/her name will be removed from the college roll.

Normal and Maximum Duration of Study

The duration for the completion of the program is as follows:

•    Normal duration: 4 Years (8 Semesters)

•    Maximum Duration: 8 Years

A full-time student has to take a minimum of 12 credits.

Evaluation System

A student’s academic performance in a course is evaluated in two phases:

    • Internally by the concerned faculty member through quizzes, tutorials, lab works, home  assignments,  class  tests,  class  participation,  term  papers,  formal  internal examination etc.

    • Externally by the Office of the Controller of Examinations through semester-end examinations.

A fifty percent weight is given to each internal and external evaluation (semester-end examination).  A  student  is  required  to  pass  the  internal  and  external  evaluations independently. The final grade awarded on the basis of his/her consolidated performance in both internal and external evaluations.

A student will get NOT QUALIFIED (NQ) status in the internal evaluation if his/her performance falls below the minimum requirement. Such students will not be allowed to appear in the semester-end examination of that particular course.

Evaluation of Elective and Concentration Courses

The concerned school/college will conduct internal and semester-end examinations of the elective/concentration  courses  following  the  rules  and  directives  of  the  Office  of the Controller of Examination (OCE). The school/college must properly preserve answer copies and other necessary documents of these examinations and submit these to the Office of the Dean as and when instructed. The school/college must forward final grades of students to the OCE within 3 weeks after completion of semester-end examinations and the results should not be disclosed to students till formal notification is received from the OCE. The answer sheets must be preserved in sealed bags at the respective school/college for a period of six

months.

Grading System

Pokhara University follows a four-point letter grade system. The letter grades awarded to students will be as follows:

Grade              Grade Point                 Description

A                     4.0                               Excellent

A-                    3.7                              

B+                   3.3                              

B                     3.0                               Good

B-                    2.7                              

C+                   2.3                              

C                     2.0                               Satisfactory

C-                    1.7                              

D+                   1.3                              

D                     1.0                               Minimum Requirement

F                      0                                  Fail

In some rare and unusual circumstances, if a student is unable to complete all the required works for the course, he/she may be temporarily marked with an incomplete grade “I”. If all the required works are not completed within the following semester, the letter “I” will be automatically converted into “F”. The performance of a student is evaluated in terms of the following two indices:

    • The semester grade point average (SGPA) which is the grade point average for the semester and is given by:

SGPA = Total honor points earned in a semester/ total number of credit hours taken in a semester.

    • The cumulative grade point average (CGPA) which is the grade point average for all completed semester and is given by:

CGPA = Cumulative total honor points earned/ cumulative total number of credit hours taken.

Repeating a Course

A course may be taken only once for grade. Since passing of all courses individually is a degree requirement, the student must retake the failing course when offered and must successfully complete the course. A student will be allowed to retake maximum of two courses to achieve a minimum CGPA of 2.0. The grade earned on the retake examination will substitute the earlier grade earned by the student in that course. A student can retake a course only when it is offered by the college/University.

Credit Transfer and Withdrawal

Up to 25% of the total credit hours of the courses completed in an equivalent program of a recognized institution may be transferred/ waived for credit on the recommendation of the principal of the college. For the credit transfer, a student must receive a “B” or above grade in respective course. Courses taken earlier than five years from the time of transfer may not be accepted for the credit transfer. However, a student transferring from one program to another program of Pokhara University may receive a credit transfer of all the compatible courses completed with at least a “C” grade.

A student may apply for withdrawal from the entire semester only on medical grounds. The principal will examine the application for semester withdrawal, and depending on the gravity of the case, he/she will make the decision. No partial withdrawal from the courses registered in a semester will be considered.

Project Work

Students are required to do an independent capstone project that involves fieldwork and its empirical analysis. At the end, the students must prepare a report of this work in the prescribed format and submit it to the authorized person/body. The objective of these project works is to develop students’ skills in research, particularly in areas of data collection, processing, analysis, and report writing. These reports will be evaluated by the concerned authority.

Internship

Students need to do an internship as approved by the college. The purpose of internship is to provide  students  with  the  real-life,  on-the-job  exposure  and  an  opportunity  to  apply theoretical concepts in real-life situation. Students’ interest and intended area of concentration are taken into account while making the internship placement decisions.

Unfair Means

Students are strictly forbidden from adopting any unfair means in class assignments, tests, report-writing and final examination.

The following would be considered as adoption of unfair means during examination:

    • Communication with fellow students for help.

    • Copying from another student’s script/report/paper.

    • Copying from disk, palm of hand, mobile phone, or other incriminating documents.

    • Processing from any incriminating documents, whether used or not.

    • Any direct or indirect approach to influence teacher for the grade.

    • Unruly behavior which disrupts academic program.

If the instructor detects a student using unfair means, the student may be given an ‘F’ at the discretion of the Examination Board. Adoption of unfair means may further result in the expulsion of the student from the program, college and the University as well.

Provision for Re-totaling and Rechecking

Students may apply for re-totaling or rechecking of their grades as per the University rules.

Dismissal from the Program

A student must obtain 2.0 CGPA at the undergraduate level. If his/her performance in the past semesters does not show the possibility of maintaining this CGPA, he/she may be dismissed from the program.

Degree Requirements

For graduation a student should:

earn at least a ‘D’ grade in each course as specified in the grading system section,

    • complete the internship with ‘Pass’ grade,

    • complete all the courses, project work and internship as specified in the curricular

    • structure, section within the maximum time period mentioned in the duration of study

    • section,

    • maintain  at least 2.0 SGPA

Distinction and Dean’s List

A student who obtains 3.6 CGPA or above will receive the BBA degree with distinction. The Dean’s list recognizes outstanding academic performances in the FMS. To qualify, a student must have 3.7 CGPA or above.

CURRICULUM STRUCTURE

Foundation Courses                                                                                      (39 Credit Hours)

ENG   101             English I                                                                           3

ENG  102              English II                                                                          3

MTH  101             Business Mathematics I                                                    3

MTH 102              Business Mathematics II                                                  3

STT 101                Business Statistics                                                            3

STT 201                Data Analysis and Modeling                                            3

ECO 101               Introductory Microeconomics                                           3

ECO 201               Introductory Macroeconomics                                          3

SOC 101               Fundamentals of Sociology                                              3

PSY 101                General Psychology                                                          3

ENG 201               Business Communication I                                               3

ENG 202               Business Communication II                                             3

MIS 101                Computer and IT Applications                                         3

Core Courses                                                                                                 (57 Credit Hours)

MGT  111             Principles of Management                                                3

LAW  291             Legal Aspects of Business and Technology                     3

MIS 201                Introduction to Management Information Systems          3

MGT 211              Fundamentals of Organizational Behaviour                     3

ACC 121               Financial Accounting I                                                     3

ACC 122               Financial Accounting II                                                    3

ACC 221               Basics of Managerial Accounting                                    3

FIN 131                 Essentials of Finance                                                        3

FIN 231                 Financial Management                                                     3

RCH 311               Business Research Methods                                             3

MKT 241              Principles of Marketing                                                    3

MGT 311              Fundamentals of Operations Management                       3

MGT 314              Management of Human Resources                                   3

MGT 313              Introduction to International Business                              3

MGT 312              Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship                                   3

MIS 301                Essentials of e-Business                                                    3

MGT 212              Business and Society                                                        3

MGT 411              Business Environment in Nepal                                       3

MGT 412              Strategic Management                                                      3

Concentration      (12 Credit Hours)

Accounting

ACC  421              Taxation                                                                            3

ACC  422              Auditing                                                                            3

ACC  423              Advanced Management Accounting                                3

ACC 424               Accounting Information System                                       3

ACC  425              Accounting Reports and Financial Statement Analysis   3

ACC  426              Special Topics in Accounting                                           3

Marketing

MKT  441             Consumer Behaviour                                                        3

MKT 442              Advertising and Sales Promotion                                     3

MKT  443             Sales Management                                                            3

MKT 444              Retail Marketing                                                               3

MKT 445              Service Marketing                                                             3

MKT 446              Foreign Trade Management                                              3

Finance

FIN 431                 Corporate Finance                                                             3

FIN 432                 Microfinance                                                                     3

FIN 433                 Investment Management                                                   3

FIN 434                 Bank Operations and Management                                   3

FIN 435                 Risk Management and Insurance                                      3

FIN 436                 Fundamentals of Financial Derivatives                            3

FIN 437                 Financial Institutions and Markets                                   3

Human Resource

HRM   451            Labour-Management Relations                                        3

HRM  452             Contemporary Issues in HRM                                          3

HRM  453             Compensation and Benefits Management                        3

HRM  454             Negotiation and Conflict Management                             3

HRM  455             Performance Appraisal                                                     3

HRM  456             Human Resource Development                                        3

Small Business and Entrepreneurship

SBE 461                Small Business Entrepreneurship                                     3

SBE 462                Small Business Finance                                                    3

SBE 463                Rural Marketing                                                                3

SBE 464                Retail Management                                                           3

SBE 465                Social Entrepreneurship                                                    3

SBE 466                Venture Ideas and Models                                                3

Electives               (6 Credit Hours)

(Any TWO courses from the following list)

The courses offered in this area are basically of non-business nature. These are offered to widen the knowledge base of students in social and development issues. A college can also develop and offer any other non-business elective courses with the prior approval of the Subject Committee and the Dean.

NBE  391              Society and Politics                                                           3

NBE  392              Basic Econometrics                                                          3

NBE  393              Social Ecology and Environment                                     3

NBE  394              Media and Public Relations                                              3

NBE  395              Energy and Sustainable Development                              3

NBE  396              Management of Technology                                             3

NBE  397              Population Dynamics and Development Challenges        3

NBE  398              Critical Thinking and Problem Solving                            3

Project Work and Internship                                                                      (6 Credit Hours)

PRJ 491                 Project Work                                                                     (3 Credit Hours)

INT 391                Internship                                                                          (3 Credit Hours)

Pokhara University

BBA Program

CURRICULAR STRUCTURE AND COURSE CYCLE

Semester I                                                                                                               Semester II

Course         Course Description                          Credit            Course         Course Description                                                   Credit

Code                                                                          Hours            Code                                                                                                    Hours

ENG 101     English I                                              3                      ENG 102      English II                                                                              3

MTH 101    Business Mathematics I                   3                      MTH 102     Business Mathematics II                                                    3

ACC 121     Financial Accounting I                     3                      ACC 122      Financial Accounting II                                                      3

MGT 111    Principles of Management              3                      PSY 101       General Psychology                                                            3

MIS 101      Computer and IT Applications        3                      ECO 101      Introductory Microeconomics                                           3

Semester III                                   Semester IV

Course         Course Description                            Credit             Course         Course Description                                                       Credit

Code            Hours                                                   Code              Hours

ENG 201     Business Communication I             3                      ENG 202     Business Communication II                                                3

STT 101      Business Statistics                             3                      STT 201      Data Analysis and Modeling                                               3

FIN 131       Essentials of Finance                        3                      MGT 211    Fundamentals of OB                                                             3

SOC 101     Fundamentals of Sociology             3                      MKT 241    Principles of Marketing                                                       3

ECO 201     Introductory Macroeconomics       3                      FIN 231       Financial Management                                                         3

Semester V  Semester VI

Course         Course Description                            Credit             Course         Course Description                                                       Credit

Code            Hours                                                   Code              Hours

ACC 221     Basics of Managerial Accounting  3                      MIS 201      Introduction to Management Information System          3

RCH 311     Business Research Methods            3                      LAW 291    Legal Aspects of Business and Technology                     3

MGT 314    Management of Human Resources 3                      MGT 212    Business and Society                                                            3

MGT 311    Fundamentals of Operations           3                      PRJ 491       Project Work                                                                          3

                      Management                                                                                    Concentration II                                                                    3

                      Concentration I                                  3                                           

Semester VII                                                            Semester VIII

Course         Course Description                            Credit             Course         Course Description                                                       Credit

Code            Hours                                                   Code              Hours

MGT 411    Business Environment in Nepal     3                      MGT 412    Strategic Management                                                         3

MGT 312    Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship 3                      MGT 313    Introduction to International                                               3

                      Business                                                                      MIS  301     Essentials of e-Business                                                       3

INT 391      Internship                                            3                     

                      Elective I                                             3                                            Elective II                                                                               3

                      Concentration III                              3                                            Concentration IV