Programs Offered

• Bachelors Degree in Tourism Studies
• Postgraduate Degree Program in Master of Tourism Studies
• M.T.S.(Master of Tourism Studies)

Doctoral Program leading to PHD

Research in emerging areas:-

1)     Spiritual and Health tourism

2)     Pilgrimage and Eco tourism

3)     Rural and Adventure tourism

4)     Travel Agency & tour operations

5)     IT; Airline and GIS(Geographical Information System)sector

6)     Cultural Industry and Cultural heritage

7)     New trend in tourism sectors

M.A. TOURISM MANAGEMENT

1. 1. The M.A. in Tourism Management course shall be spread over in FOUR semesters (2 years).

• Duration and Time Schedule

1. The TWO-year Masters course shall be divisible within 4 semesters and a student will be required to earn 80 credits to complete the Course.
2. Semester I & III will ordinarily commence in July, and end in December, while Semesters II & IV will ordinarily commence in January and end in May.
3. A student holding Bachelor Degree (10+2+3) with minimum 50% marks in any discipline of this university or any other university recognized by Dev Sanskriti University is only eligible to apply for the course.
4. The prescribed fee for this program is as per the university norms.

·         Course

1)   The total number of courses will be 28 with 5 credits for each course.

·         Examination

1. The examination of the M.A. Tourism Management course is divided into 4 semester examinations. Each paper shall be of 100 marks out of which 80 marks will be evaluated in semester end examinations and 20 marks shall be evaluated in the form of internal tests, seminars, assignments, tutorials, field work etc.
2. All the question papers shall be in English language. Howe ever the students shall have the option to write the answers in either English or Hindi language.
3. The Head of the Department shall forward the internal assessment marks (20 marks each paper) on the basis of the periodical tests, written assignments, seminars, field trips etc. to the Controller of Examination/Registrar at least one week before the commencement of examination.
4. The division shall be awarded thus: 60% and the above first class, 50% and less than 60% second class. Candidate who passes all semester examinations with 75% or more marks in aggregate at the first attempt shall be declared to have passed with distinction.
5. The Dissertation report, Field Tour report and Viva-voce shall be examined jointly by the internal and external examiners. The last date to submit the dissertation in Two copies in the Department shall be one month before the commencement of the concerned semester examination. The topic of the Dissertation report with synopsis will be approved by the Department. No dissertation will be accepted without the certificate of the Supervisor and Head of the Department. The Job Training report should be submitted before the date of Viva-voce.

• Course Structure
• The program will be divided into two academic years and the modules are as follows:

MASTER OF TOURISM MANAGEMENT

Semester Layout

BA (Tourism)

In the Bachelors Degree Program each student is required to take four subjects. Tourism in one subject in the program.12 Hours in a month are devoted to one paper . Classes for each paper are held only 3hrs in a week.

The number of papers offered semester wise are as follows: