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M.Sc in Tourism Studies


1) To provide sound knowledge and tools from a Top Tier business school.
2) To enrich strategic and operational insights of the hospitality and tourism world.
3) To train participants to act and manage in a global and multicultural environment

1) Students will learn the importance of responsible tourism
2) Students will understand the concept of responsible traveller
3) Students will understand the concept of untouched destinations

1) Accounting for Tourism Management

Objectives-
1) The basic purpose of this paper is to apprise the students about the fundamentals of accounting so that they can analyse and interpret the financial statements of various business enterprises particularly related to tourism.
2) The students in addition to the given contents in their paper
are also required to go through the Annual Reports of leading Travel Agencies and other tourism business establishments in India.
3) The basic purpose of this paper is to apprise the students about the fundamentals of accounting so that they can analyse and interpret the financial statements of various business enterprises particularly related to tourism.

Outcomes-
1) Student will get basic knowledge about accounting
2) Students will get to know difference between debit & Credit
3) Students will analysis the financial transactions

2) Economics of tourism

Objectives-
1) Working of economy in tourism. Basic problems of tourism economy, Market for tourism products.
2) Tourism and economic development- Indian perspective Analysis: Law of Diminishing Marginal utility, Law of substitution & Consumer Surplus
3) Concepts and definitions of demand for tourism, determinants of tourism demand. Tourism demand and elasticity- price, total revenue, income and cross elasticity of Tourism demand.

Outcomes-
1) Student will Understand contemporary tourism and hospitality issues;
2) Students will develop Managerial, Economics and Financial Skills
3) Student will understand ethical and regulatory aspects of Tourism

4) Management and organizational behaviour

Objectives-
1) Learn about the Concept of the management & its fuctional departments
2) Learn about the Motivational factor and some theories of authors
3) Learn about the entire organizational management and some analysis

Outcomes-
1) Students will develop managerial skills and behavioral understanding of the Organizations.
2) Student will able to understand about the nature of Economics in general and economics of tourism in particular, in terms of demand, supply, pricing, impacts.
3) The overall behaviour of the organization

5) English

Objectives-
1) The course is intended to give a foundation of English Language. The literary texts are indented to help students to inculcate creative & aesthetic sensitivity and critical faculty through comprehension, appreciation and analysis of the prescribed literary texts. It will also help them to respond form different perspectives.
2) The course is intended to give a foundation of English Language.
3) The literary texts are indented to help students to inculcate creative & aesthetic sensitivity and critical faculty through comprehension, appreciation and analysis of the prescribed literary texts. It will also help them to respond form different perspectives.

Outcomes-
1) International Tourism Studies
2) Scope of Entrepreneurship Development in Tourism.
3) Student will learn the Importance of English

6) Tourism Geography

Objectives-
1) Student will learn the concept of tourism, its, growth and development, motivations for travel, role of tourism as an economic intervention, global nature of tourism, tourism products and emerging trends in tourism industry.
2) Scope of geography
3) Knowledge of latitude and longitude

Outcomes-
1) Students will understand the time zone
2) Students will understand the various demographic regions
3) Students will get the knowledge of entire geography

7) Tourism Principles, Policies & Practices

Objectives-
1) Students will be able to Understand Various Tourism Products, Services and Policies related to them.
2) Students will develop better and viable marketing and product innovation strategies
3) Students will able to conduct industry benefits research.

Outcomes-
1) Students will learn the various policies & principles in the management
2) Students will get to know about the various concept of organization
3) Students will learn Start up opportunities in Tourism Sector.

8) Financial Tourism

Objectives-
1) The basic purpose of this paper is to apprise the students about the fundamentals of accounting so that they can analyse and interpret the financial statements of various business enterprises particularly related to tourism.
2) The students in addition to the given contents in their paper
are also required to go through the Annual Reports of leading Travel Agencies and other tourism business establishments in India.
3) The basic purpose of this paper is to apprise the students about the fundamentals of accounting so that they can analyse and interpret the financial statements of various business enterprises particularly related to tourism.

Outcomes-
1) Student will get basic knowledge about accounting
2) Students will get to know difference between debit & Credit
3) Students will analysis the financial transactions

8) Marketing Management

Objectives-
1) Explain and understand importance tourism marketing strategies.
2) Students will get the market knowledge
3) They get to understand various marketing planning and process

Outcomes-
1) Students will get the change to understand entire market strategies
2) Students will get to understand better way of promotions
3) Students will get to understand better marketing process

9) HRM in Tourism

Objectives-
1) Students will learn the concept of Travel Agency and its functions
2) Students will learn about the organizational structure and also the inbound and outbound handling
3) Students will learn about the travel documents and format used in the documents

Outcomes-
1) Students will get the change to understand entire HR strategies
2) Students will get to understand better way of Management
3) Students will get to understand better HR process

10) Ethical & Regulatory aspects in tourism

Objectives-
1) The course aims to develop the understanding, about the nature of Ethical & Reg. Aspects in general and Tourism & Hospitality Laws in particular, in terms of legislation, Natinal Policies etc.
2) The course aims to develop the understanding, about the nature of Ethical & Reg. Aspects in general and Tourism & Hospitality Laws in particular, in terms of legislation, natinal policies etc.
3) The course aims to develop the understanding, about the nature of Ethical & Reg. Aspects in general and Tourism & Hospitality Laws in particular, in terms of legislation, natinal policies etc.

Outcomes-
1) The course aims to develop the understanding, about the nature of Ethical & Reg. Aspects in general and Tourism & Hospitality Laws in particular, in terms of legislation, Natinal Policies etc.
2) The course aims to develop the understanding, about the nature of Ethical & Reg. Aspects in general and Tourism & Hospitality Laws in particular, in terms of legislation, natinal policies etc.
3) The course aims to develop the understanding, about the nature of Ethical & Reg. Aspects in general and Tourism & Hospitality Laws in particular, in terms of legislation, natinal policies etc.

11) Adventure & Sports tourism

Objectives-
1) Scope of Adventure & Sports Tourism
2) Student will understand the resource potential for adventure tourism in India and the existing popular destinations and activities.
3) It also elucidates the major constraints on way to adventure tourism development and the possible strategies to offset the same.

Outcomes-
1) Student will understand the resource potential for adventure tourism in India and the existing popular destinations and activities.
2) It also elucidates the major constraints on way to adventure tourism development and the possible strategies to offset the same.
3) Student will understand the resource potential for adventure tourism in India and the existing popular destinations and activities.
4) It also elucidates the major constraints on way to adventure tourism development and the possible strategies to offset the same.  

11) Cultural & Heritage Tourism

Objectives-
1) In this student will study about the history
2) In this student will study about religious tourism
3) In this student will learn about the pilgrimage and do the case study

Outcomes-
1) In this unit students will study about the imp of various heritage hotels
2) In this student will study about the importance of infrastructure in religious tourism
3) In this student will learn about the pilgrimage and do the case study

12) EDP in Tourism

Objectives-
1) To Learn Basic Concept of Entrepreneurship and Its Features
2) To study Small Scale Enterprises and its Characteristics
3) To Learn about Tourism Entrepreneurship

Outcomes-
1) Students will Study Various Forms of Business Ownership
2) Students will learn about Site Selection
3) Students will learn about Enterprises

13) Hospitality service management

Objectives-
1) The course aims to impart knowledge of hospitality /hotel operation and management to the students as tour planners, and tour executives so that they can add this vital component in the tour package and offer it to the tourists.
2) the course will help the tourism students to understand the front office, food and beverage and housekeeping aspects both theoretically and practically which are commonly related with tour package.

Outcomes-
1) The course aims to impart knowledge of hospitality /hotel operation and management to the students as tour planners, and tour executives so that they can add this vital component in the tour package and offer it to the tourists.
2) the course will help the tourism students to understand the front office, food and beverage and housekeeping aspects both theoretically and practically which are commonly related with tour package.
3) The course aims to impart knowledge of hospitality /hotel operation and management to the students as tour planners, and tour executives so that they can add this vital component in the tour package and offer it to the tourists.

14) IT

Objectives-
1) At the end of the semester the students will have a thorough knowledge of MIS
2) At the end of the semester the students will have a thorough knowledge of E-Information concepts likewise emails and internet
3) At the end of the semester the students will have a thorough knowledge of digital tourism system likewise Online travel business

Outcomes-
1) At the end of the semester the students will have a thorough knowledge of digital tourism system likewise Online travel business and transportation process.
2) Students will understand the career opportunities of IT sector

15) Sustainable Tourism

Objectives-
1) Sustainable Tourism is very important aspect of the tourism industry as its necessary to protect our environment for our future generations also it will include the all the dimension
2) In this student will come to the role of sustainable tourism in various sectors
3) In this the students will come to know about the various certification needed in sustainable

Outcomes-
1) Students will learn the importance of responsible tourism
2) Students will understand the concept of responsible traveller
3) Students will understand the concept of untouched destinations

16) Air & Surface Transport

Objectives-
1) Students will understand the importance of air surface
2) Students will learn about the concept of IATA
3) Students will learn the 5 freedoms of airways

Outcomes-
1) Students will understand the importance of air surface
2) Students will learn about the role of IATA & ATC
3) Students will learn the various types of air services

17) Destination Planning

Objectives-
1) Students will learn how to design the itinerary
2) Students will understand the concept of Packages
3) Students will understand about various rules n laws of the different destinations

Outcomes-
1) Students will learn about the various types of destinations
2) Students will learn about various documentations
3) Importance of Inclusions & Exclusions

18) Event management and MICE

Objectives-
1) understand the concepts and foundations of events, and the five C's of event management
2) learn what MICE is and get an introduction to professional meetings.
3) understand the concepts and types of conferences and event venues also learn about the layouts of conference rooms.

Outcomes-
1) Students will learn the concept of MICE
2) Students will understand how to organize a MICE
3) Students will be more confident and will gain knowledge

19) Tourism in Maharashtra

Objectives-
1) Students will learn the history of Maharashtra along with the various monuments
2) Students will learn about hill resorts and the issues they face
3) Students will come to know about the various pilgrimage Maharashtra have

Outcomes-
1) Students will understand the tourism in Maharashtra
2) Students will get the knowledge of various destinations nearby Mumbai
3) Students will gain overall knowledge of Maharashtra Tourism

20) Travel Agency & Tour Operators

Objectives-
1) Students will learn the concept of Travel Agency and its functions
2) Students will learn about the organizational structure and also the inbound and outbound handling
3) Student will learn about the various organization of tourism

Outcomes-
1) IATA rules and regulations and TFCI role
2) Students will get all the information regarding setting the travel agency business
3) Students will get more knowledge about the approval and collaboration in travel agency