Syllabus Analysis of Compulsory English BBS and BIM New Course TU (2023)

General Introduction (Bachelor in Management)

Tribhuvan University was established in 1959 which is the first national institution for higher study. It is one of the non- profit autonomous institution funded by Nepal government. According to Dean's office record 606,437 students have been studying here. There are 1062 affiliated campus all over Nepal. The Faculty of Management (FOM) contributes to enhance in the knowledge and understanding of business and public administration. There are all together 45 campus which are running BIM Course. In case of BBS course there are 465 affiliated campuses all over Nepal. 

The course of BIM is mixture of computer and management so it is quite new course than BBS. The curriculum of BBS program focused to equip graduates with practical knowledge and skills necessary to effectively organize and manage organizations in a modern world. It is the most popular program in Nepal. So every year thousands of students enrolled in this program. It is because the students from different faculties like science and Arts, can enrolled this faculty if they have Mathematics or Economics as full paper at the intermediate level. Private campus may have their own entry criteria but government campus has not any difficult provision for enrollment process.

Dilemma after +2

After passing class twelve from management subject, students are in dilemma which subject is better for future. There are various Business related courses available government and private institution like the course BBS, BIM, BBA, BCA, BHM, BBM etc. It is great issue for counseling their son or daughter to parents. Equally,  it is hard to suggest student for Bachelor of Business studies (BBS) or Bachelor of Business Information Management (BIM). Both courses are designed for Bachelor level's management students. Hopping a successful future, students are requested to choose their favorite option through their own knowledge, thought and aim in life. This article is for those students and lectures who have been involving in teaching and learning process of Bachelor level in a management faculty.

Bachelor Degree in Management

Tribhuvan University has designed various faculties for Bachelor degree. Management is one of hub area these days. Most of the students from urban and rural area choose this faculty. Other faculties like humanities, Education, Science are in student crisis problematic situation day by day. Productivity of management faculty get more employ in market too. Both BIM and BBS are four year Management faculty's program. BIM course is eight folded semester system program. And BBS from Tribhuvan University is annual academic program which hold 4 years.

Requirements for BBS and BIM

The candidates who pass 11 and 12 with minimum D plus in all subjects with at least 1.6 GPA are eligible to apply the BBS course. In case of studying BIM the minimum requirement is at least second division or it's equivalent in any intermediate level acknowledged by TU.

The actual objectives of BBS course are to improve linguistic competence at structural and grammatical levels. Producing correct sentences, developing cohesive paragraph and organized texts. To develop such objective there are seven units in English. The course focuses grammar and writing mechanics, using the business language, business vocabulary, business writing. Another part, next book patterns for college writing, which is written by Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell focus reading and writing. This book is especially for academic writing and advanced writing. It helps the students of Bachelor to develop their writing habit, practice and way to make their writing effective. Hence, the focused how to make effective writing. The book actually shows the process of advanced writing i.e. paragraph writing, essay writing, avoiding plagiarism from the writing, following the pattern of successful writer. Which helps students to a thoughtful person through essays and its exercises? Unit one is interdisciplinary approach to learning English which carries 40% weightage. There are 13 texts to fulfill the objectives of curriculum. In Unit two, there is functional English language which covers 15% weigtage which all are Essays and Grammar. Unit 3 covers 30% weightage. Unit 4 is style which covers 15% weightage.

BIM I and II Semester

Eng.206 English I (BIM). The course is designed for six months semester system. The course Bachelor of Business Information Management (BIM) emphasizes on language and communication skills which required for general and professional contexts. Through the grammar section, all the students can apply their linguistic competency to their daily communicative purposes. Mainly ENG 206 has divided into Part one: A guide to the use of A Communicative Grammar of English book, Part two: Grammar in use and part three A-Z in English Grammar. In this way whole course focused grammatical correction. Everywhere we can found simple and applied grammar. The name of BIM English book is "A communicative Grammar of English" this book is written by Leech and Jan Svartvik. It is special for Nepal edition which is published by one of the world famous Rutledge publication from London and New York.

In BIM second semester students have learned the Business Communication. The writer of this books are Raymand V. Lesikar, Marie. E Flatley, Kathryn Rentz, Poula Lenz and Neerja Pande. In the preface of this book , there is chapter wise short description about the book. The whole book is divided into 6 different parts systematically. The first part focused workplace communication; cultural matter in language function, part two is fundamentals of business writing. This part focuses constructing clear sentence and paragraph. Part three is basic patterns of business messages in the same way part 4 is for report writing and part five is oral communication, at the last part, part 6 gives finishing in writing.

Comparing with BIM first, the II and semester is very practical and specially focused on advanced writing. Comparing with BBS First years English and BIM English is quite easier than BBS English course syllabus are nearly same.

With the reference of BIM teaching method, BBS English teaching method also suggested theme and writing task. So the goal of English teaching is to expand student's intellectual and spiritual horizons. Evaluation process will cover the language skills and include a range of tasks which assess students' ability.

In accordance with grade 12's compulsory English course, both BBS and BIM English courses are far harder. The difficulty level is not matched with student's actual level of understanding. BIM compulsory English syllabus focused more theoretical factor than BBS. The cause of BIM is shorter than BBS. For the teacher BBS English course is lengthy to finished all course in a academic year. And BIM English course (first semester and second semester) is not so long it is suitable for semester program. BIM first semester course focused grammatical aspect and II semester course focused reading and writing.

BBS & BIM Course for the Students of Karnali Province

Both courses are difficult for Karnali province's students. To fulfill the special and general objective of curriculum both teacher and student are suggested to work hard every day. Every minute of classroom teaching should be fruitful. Teacher must manage her time according to follow the syllabus. Without students' obedience and disciplined the course will not produce its own sound. Focus group discussion, conversation, topic speaking, topic writing, letter writing, listening practice, grammar and vocabulary learning, grammar practice work sheets will be supported factor for improving English. Both teacher and student should make English speaking policy in campus area. It will make English as normal subject. Foreign authors books mentioned international standard course. Both courses designed for getting high standard in English.

Conclusion

The curriculum designed by the Tribhuvan University for BBS and BIM is to promote the several managerial, business & commercial knowledge, skills and attitude. However English is taught in BBS First Year as well as BIM First and Second Semester. Comparing the English syllabus of BBS and BIM both useful for theoretical and practical purposes. The course designed for BIM First and Second semester has highlighted the practical aspects of English grammar and communication. The book ''A Communicative Grammar of English" has focused on the context based use of grammar rather than using it on rule and theory. In the same line Business Communication designed for 2nd Semester has incorporated all the skills and ability promotion activities for both writing and speaking. The English course designed for BBS is somehow more abstract but it helps to conceptualize the concept properly which obviously help them to build confidence and use it as per the need and necessity. Finally the teacher who teaches this course should have knowledge and understanding about the objectives, pedagogic guidelines, classroom management and overall assessment system then only the students can achieve the goals of the course.

References

TU Syllabus of BBS and BIM 

Communication Platform for the Students of BBS/BIM/BHM/MBS/MBA

Timilsena (2023). Academic Discussion Forum

Ms. Debaki Kafle (Master in English & Master in Education)

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