BACHELOR OF COMMERCE 
                     SYLLABUS FOR B.COM DEGREE PROGRAM UNDER CBCS w.e.f. 2017-18 
                                                  
                                 B.COM. (GENERAL) COURSE STRUCTURE 
             
                                            SEMESTER I 
                                                  
               CATEGORY        PAPER 
               CC 1            General Management 
               CC 2            Financial Accounting 
               CC 3            Micro Economics 
               CC 4            Commercial Arithmetic I 
               AECC 1          Spoken English 
               AECC 2          Environmental Studies I 
               GE 1            Computer Application I/ Geography/ 
                               Commerce - 
                               (From the list of approved Commerce electives for Sem I) 
                                
                               /Any other GE 
             
                                            SEMESTER II 
                                                  
                CATEGORY       PAPER 
               CC 5            Introduction to Marketing 
               CC 6            Financial Statement Analysis & Interpretation 
               CC 7            Managerial Economics 
               CC 8            Commercial Arithmetic II 
               AECC 3          Business Communication 
               AECC 4          Environmental Studies II 
               GE 2            Computer Application/ Geography/ 
                               Commerce - 
                               (From the list of approved Commerce electives for Sem II) 
                                
                               /Any other GE 
                                                  
                                                  
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                                            SEMESTER III 
                                                  
               CATEGORY         PAPER 
               CC 9             Business Finance 
               CC 10            Fundamentals of Cost Accounting  
               CC 11            Entrepreneurship Development 
               SEC 1            Business Laws (With practical component) 
                                /Any other 
               GE 3             Business Statistics /  
                                Commerce 
                                (From the list of approved Commerce electives for Sem III) 
                                 
                                Any other GE 
               GE 4             Economics of Resources / Any other 
             
                                                  
                                            SEMESTER IV 
             
                CATEGORY      PAPER 
               CC 12          Fundamentals of Investment 
               CC 13          Income Tax  
               CC 14          Accounting for Service Organizations 
               SEC 2          Companies Act and IPR Laws  
                              (With practical component)/Any other 
               GE 5           Business Statistics /  
                              Commerce 
                              (From the list of approved Commerce electives for Sem IV) 
                               
                              Any other 
               GE 6           Indian Economy/ Any other 
             
             
             
             
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                                            SEMESTER V 
             
           CATEGORY     PAPER 
           CC 15        Industrial Management 
           CC 16        Indian Monetary & Financial System 
                        COMMERCE-  
                        Accounting Major I – Income Tax, Service Tax and Goa Value Added Tax  OR 
           DSE 1        Cost Accounting Major I – Cost Accounting I OR 
                        Business Management Major I – International Marketing Management OR 
                        Banking & Financial Services Major I – Modern Banking Operations & Service 
                        COMMERCE-  
                        Accounting Major II – Auditing OR 
           DSE 2        Cost Accounting Major II – Cost Accounting II OR 
                        Business Management Major II - Retail Management Strategies OR 
                        Banking & Financial Services Major II - Bank Management  
             
                                                  
                                            SEMESTER VI 
             
            CATEGORY     PAPER 
           CC 17         Human Resource Management 
           CC 18         International Economics 
                         COMMERCE-  
                         Accounting Major V – Advanced Company Accounts OR 
           DSE 5         Cost Accounting Major V-  Advanced Cost Accounting OR 
                         Business Management Major V -  Financial Management II OR 
                         Banking & Financial Services Major V – Law and Practice of Banking I 
           DSE 8         COMMERCE (PROJECT) 
             
             
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                                                                         B.COM 
                                                                      SEMESTER I 
                                                            General Management (CC 1) 
                                                             (100 Marks – 60 Lectures) 
                                                                               
                   Objective: To acquaint students with the important aspects of management. 
                    
                   Unit I  Introduction to management                                                     (25 Marks-15 Lectures)                              
                   Meaning, features and importance of management. Management and Administration, levels of 
                   management, functional areas of management – Materials, Production, Personnel, Purchase, 
                   Finance, Sales & Marketing (an overview) 
                   Modern  approaches  to  management  -  Quantitative,  Systems,  Contingency  approach  (an 
                   overview) Japanese, American, European Styles of management. 
                     
                   Unit II  Decision Making                                                                         (25 marks-15 Lectures)  
                   Meaning, features, advantages of effective decision making.  
                   Types of Managerial Decisions, Steps in decision making process,  
                   Guidelines for effective decision making, Difficulty in effective decision making, 
                   Rationality and decision making- Meaning, Benefits and Limitations, 
                   Creativity  in  Decision  Making-  Meaning,  Features,  Steps  and  how  to  introduce  creativity  in 
                   decision making.  
                    
                   Unit III  Managing Change and Conflict Management                       (25 marks-15 Lectures) 
                   Meaning, Features, Reasons for Change, Change process, 
                   Resistance to Change, Factors effecting Resistance to Change (Individual and Organisational) 
                   Overcoming Resistance to Change.  
                   Organisational Conflicts- Individual Conflicts and Inter group Conflicts. 
                   Conflict Management - meaning and process.                         
                    
                   Unit IV  Emerging areas in Management                                             (25 marks-15 Lectures) 
                   Green Management – Concept and Importance. 
                   Stress Management- Meaning, Types, Causes and Measures taken. 
                   Supply Chain Management- Meaning, Process.  
                   Logistics Management- Meaning, Features. 
                    
                   References:  
              1)  Hannagan, Tim. Management Concepts and Practices. Macmillan India Ltd. 
              2)  Prasad, L.M. Principles and Practice of Management. Sultan Chand and Sons. 
              3)  Mamoria, C.B. Personnel Management. Himalaya Publishing House. 
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