National University, Bangladesh

National University Act, 1992, Section-46

Regulations for BBA Honors in Tourism and Hospitality Management Program (Effective from the session: 2015-2016)

 

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 Year – First 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

 

4. 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.
5. Duration of Registration and Academic Session

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

6. 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.

7. 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

 

8. 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

 

9. Promotion Improvement and Drop-Out
   1. Promotion: Results of two semesters in each academic year will be calculated for promotion to next year (1^st year to 2^nd 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 2^nd to 3^rd and 3^rd to 4^th
   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.

10. 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.

11. Examination Rules
12. 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.
13. 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 8^th 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

 

13. 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.