B  A Tourism and Travel Studies & BA Tourism Studies
                                                                   Previous qualification not required for joining this course
Tamil Nadu Open University
BA BCom BSC BBA BCA
BA Tourism and Travel Studies (  Bachelor of Tourism -BTS )  Open University System
Tamil Nadu Open University
FIRST YEAR:
 Eligibility   Previous qualification not required for joining this course (No pre-qualification is required) All School failures are admittied to this course
Candidates who have completed 18 years of age  are eligible for admission to B.A/B.Com. three years degree course .Students need to appear  for the  preparatory test along with FY BA Final Exam  First year student will automatically proceed to the second year and second year student to the final year whether they pass the exam or not. The same rule is applicable to the post graduate students also.
The examination will be held on April/May  and December every year .  New registration is possible for exam to be held in May and december .
Centres of Exam All over India - Important Cities
 First Year
1 Hindi Or French or Urdu or  Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu 2 English 
3 Introduction tourism
4 Indian tourism
5 Art and Architecture of India  
Second Year
6  Hindi Or French or Urdu or  Tamil or Kannada or Malayalam or Telugu 7 English
8  Geography of Tourism 
9 Transport System and Tourism
10  communication and Automation
11 Environmental Studies
Third year
12  International tourism
13 Hospitality Management
14 Marketing Management and Tour Operations
15 Places of Tourism Interest 
16 Project Work  		BA Tourism Studies (BTS)
IGNOU
Minimum Duration: 3 Years Maximum Duration: 6 Years
Minimum Age: No bar Maximum Age: No bar
Eligibility: Previous qualification not required for joining this course (No pre-qualification is required)
All School failures are admittied to this course .After Successful Completion of BPP from IGNOU student will be allowed to join BA or 10+2 or its equivalent
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First
1 Foundation Course in Humanities and Social Sciences
2 Foundation Course in Gujarati or Kannada or Malayalam or Marathi or Oriya or Punjabi orTamil or Telugu or Telugu or English-1
3 English-2
4 Hindi-1
5 Foundation Course IN Humanities AND Social Sciences
6 Foundation Course in Tourism
7 Tourism Development: Products, Operations and Case Studies
8 Foundation Course in Bengali
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Second
1 Foundation Course in Science and Technology
2 Indian Culture: Perspective for Tourism
3 Project on Indian Culture: A Perspective for Tourism
4 Ecology, Environment and Tourism
5 Project on Ecology, Environment and Tourism
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Third
1 Communication Skills in English
2 Management in Tourism
3 Tourism Marketing
4 Project on Tourism Marketing
5 Office Organisation Management
6 Secretarial Practice
7 Human Resource Development
8 Human Environment
9 Modern India, 1857-1964`
10 India: Earliest Times to 8th Century A.D.
11 India From 8th to 15th Century A.D.
12 India From 16th to Mid 18th Century A.D.
12 Society and Religion