The courses of BTTM are delivered with an exclusive emphasis on student active participation both in theory and practical as its main driving course of learning in self-engaged, team and collaborative-actions. The foundational and core theoretical content is delivered by using the basic texts which are also combined with the external resources. Each subject is delivered by embracing teaching methods that lend students an autonomy in problem-solving tasks integrated within learning in construction that will help them acquire knowledge through first-hand experience. Within this concept, course delivery for BTTM at GCI constitutes in these interactive practices:
Lectures and guest lectures;
Group discussions and presentations;
Experiential learning with field visits;
Seminars and conferences;
Projects; and
Travel and tourism business lab based practical works
In the combo incorporating the lab and field-based practical actions with the classroom deliveries on theories, the students of BTTM are motivated to be participative, take lead, and learn to create. Besides, linking the intellectual significance, the classroom deliveries constitute in the analysis of travel and hospitality problems and then to explore and evaluate diverse perspectives, and make decisions relating to different specificities of travel and tourism within which come etiquettes of hospitality combined. Let alone the practice of lectures, delivery of BTTM course incorporates these interactive sessions such as student presentations, role plays, group exercises, debates, leadership and entrepreneurial training, internships, refreshment programs, events management etc. that considerably complement learning from the combination of case-methods, experiential tasks, and projects.
Course structure:
| | Semester 1 | |
| Code | | Credit hr. |
| BTTM 311 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| BTTM 312 | Fundamentals of Tourism | 3 |
| BTTM 313 | Introduction to Hospitality Management | 3 |
| BTTM 314 | English | 3 |
| BTTM 315 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BTTM 316 | Travel Service Operation Management I | 3 |
| | Semester 2 | |
| Code | | Credit hr. |
| BTTM 321 | Tourism Economics | 3 |
| BTTM 322 | Computer & Information Technology | 3 |
| BTTM 323 | Business Communication | 3 |
| BTTM 324 | Language I (Chinese/French/Spanish) | 3 |
| BTTM 325 | Travel Service Operation Management II | 3 |
| BTTM 326 | Adventure Tourism | 3 |
| | Semester 3 | |
| Code | | Credit hr. |
| BTTM 331 | Language II (Chinese/French/ Spanish) | 3 |
| BTTM 332 | Managerial Accounting for Travel and Tourism | 3 |
| BTTM 333 | Sustainable Tourism Development | 3 |
| BTTM 334 | Tourism Products Development | 3 |
| BTTM 335 | Culture and Heritage Tourism in Nepal | 3 |
| | Semester 4 | |
| Code | | Credit hr. |
| BTTM 341 | Business Finance | 3 |
| BTTM 342 | Tourism and Environment | 3 |
| BTTM 343 | Tourism Geography | 3 |
| BTTM 344 | GDS (Global Distribution System) Ticketing | 3 |
| BTTM 345 | Entrepreneurship Development in Travel & Tourism | 3 |
| | Semester 5 | |
| Code | | Credit hr. |
| BTTM 351 | Tourism Law | 3 |
| BTTM 352 | E-Tourism | 3 |
| BTTM 353 | Tourism Policy, Planning and Development | 3 |
| BTTM 354 | Tour Guiding | 3 |
| BTTM 355 | Human Resource Management for Travel and Tourism | 3 |
| | Semester 6 | |
| Code | | Credit hr. |
| BTTM 361 | Language II (Chinese/French/ Spanish) | 3 |
| BTTM 362 | Managerial Accounting for Travel and Tourism | 3 |
| BTTM 363 | Sustainable Tourism Development | 3 |
| BTTM 364 | Tourism Products Development | 3 |
| BTTM 365 | Culture and Heritage Tourism in Nepal | 3 |
| | Semester 7 | |
| Code | | Credit hr. |
| BTTM 371 | Marketing for Travel and Tourism | 3 |
| BTTM 372 | Air Cargo Management | 3 |
| BTTM 373 | Event Management | 3 |
| BTTM 374 | Organizational Behaviour for Travel and Tourism | 3 |
| BTTM 375 | Peace Tourism | 3 |
| | Semester 8 | |
| Code | | Credit hr. |
| BTTM 381 | Industrial attachment/ Internship Report | 12 |
| BTTM 382 | Project Report | 3 |