IGNOU Bachelor of Arts (Vocational Studies) Tourism Management (BAVTM)

IGNOU BA (Vocational Studies) Tourism Management (BAVTM)

The Indira Gandhi National Open University has introduced a new programme known as Bachelor of Arts (Vocational Studies) Tourism Management. It’s a 3 year Bachelor degree programme.

It’s a semester based programme.There are six semester in three years.The total programme fee is Rs.12000/-. The fee has to be paid @Rs.4000/- per year.

Programme Description

This programme is prepared and offered by School of Tourism and Hospitality Service Management (SOTHSM) in IGNOU.

To complete degree in BA (Vocational Studies) Tourism Management programme, the student has to complete 132 credits in three years. The students have to study and complete 22 credits in each semester to pass out this vocational bachelor degree programme in tourism management.

Programme Name Bachelor of Arts (Vocational Studies) Tourism Management
Programme Code BAVTM
School School of Tourism and Hospitality Service Management (SOTHSM)
Eligibility Criteria 10+2
Medium of Instruction English and Hindi
Duration 3 Years
Fee Structure Rs. 12000/-  (4000/- per year )

IGNOU BAVTM Course Details

As we have already mentioned above, there are six semesters in BAVTM programme. In each semester, the students have to choose 4 courses  in all from different categories of courses.

While the courses under Core Courses (CC), Discipline Specific Electives (DSE) and Generic Electives (GE) Categories are of 6 credits each, the courses under Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AEC) and Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC) are of 4 credits each. Therefore, the study load in each semester will come out to 22 credits.

The following Table presents the CODES of Courses available as option in each semester from different categories of courses with credit load:

CORE COURSES
Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BTMC-131 History of Tourism – I 6
BTMC-132 Fundamentals of Management 6
BTMC-133 History of Tourism – II 6
BTMC-134 Entrepreneurship and Small Business 6
BTMC-135 Concept and Impacts of Tourism 6
BTMC-136 Tourism Marketing 6
BTMC-137 Profile of Modern Tourism 6
BTMC-138 Managerial Accounting and Finance in Tourism 6

Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) Course

Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BTME-141 Tourism Undertaking 6
BTMP-142 Project 6
BTME-143 Procedure and Operations in the Tourism Business 6
BTMP-144 Globalization 6

Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC)

Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BCOS-183 Computer Application in Business 4
BCOS-184  E-Commerce 4
BTMS-185 Airport  Handling 4
BEGS-186 Business Communication 4

General Elective (GE) Courses

Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BTMG-171 Culture in Indian Subcontinent I 6
BTMG-172 Culture in Indian Subcontinent II 6
Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course
Environmental Studies
Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BEVAE 181 Environmental Studies 4
English
BEGAE 182 English Communication Skills 4
Hindi
BHDAE 182 4
LANGUAGE COURSES
English
Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BEGLA  – 135 English In Daily Life 6
BEGLA – 136 English At The Work Place 6
BEGLA – 137 Language Through Literature 6
BEGLA – 138 Reading and Speaking Skills 6
Hindi
Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BHDLA 135 6
BHDLA 136 6
BHDLA 137 6
BHDLA 138 6
Hindi
Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BUDLA 135  Urdu 6
Sanskrit
Course Code Title of the Course No. of Credits
BSKLA 135  Sanskrit 6

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