Kuvempu University

Department of Post-Graduate Studies and Research in Commerce

Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta 577 451 (Shivamogga District, Karnataka)
e-mail: [email protected]
Minutes of the Meeting of Board of Studies in Commerce (UG) held on Friday, 29
December 2017 at 11 am in the DoS in Commerce, Kuvempu University, Jnana
Sahyadri
Members:
(1) Sri Umapathi K G (4) Smt V Shalini
(2) Sri Poornesh K (5) Sri B Malleshi Naik
(3) Sri B R Dayananda (6) J. Madegowda: Chairman

After the formal welcome by the chairman, the Board took up the subjects listed in the
Agenda for discussion and after discussion resolved appropriately as presented below.

(1) Review of Question Papers set for April/November 2017 examinations

The Board reviewed the question papers set for April/November 2017
examinations of B.Com (both regular and distance mode) and found them in
order.
(2) Preparation and approval of Panels of Examiners for April/November 2018
examinations of B.Com (both regular and DDE)
The Board prepared and approved the Panels of Examiners for B.Com
examinations, 2018 (both regular and distance mode), and authorized the
Chairman to send the same to the Registrar (Eval) separately (Appendix – 1).
(3) Revision and approval of curricula of B.Com (regular) programme
The Board prepared and approved the thoroughly revised and comprehensive
course curricula B.Com programme (Regular). Further, the Board resolved to
recommend to the Faculty of Commerce for its consideration and approval
(Appendix – 2).
(4) Any other subject with the permission of the Chairman: Question Papers
Members of the Board discussed the issue of translating the question papers of
quantitative courses from English to Kannada from the points of view of its
utility to the students, time and cost factors, and resolved to have the question
papers of quantitative courses only in English.

Signature of Members:
(1) Sri Umapathi K G (3) Sri B R Dayananda
(2) Sri Poornesh K (4) Sri B Malleshi Naik
(J. Madegowda)
Chairman
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Appendix - 2

Kuvempu University
Department of Post-Graduate Studies and Research in Commerce
Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta 577 451 (Shivamogga District, Karnataka)
e-mail: [email protected]

B. Com Curricula, 2018-19

[prepared and approved by the Board of Studies in Commerce (UG) in its meeting held on
29 December 2017]
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Structure of B.Com Programme

Sl. Academic Programme, Semester and Weekly Examination Maximum Marks
Teaching Duration
No. Title of the Course Hours (hours) CAP1 SEE2 Total
B.Com, Semester - I
101 Language – I, Course - I 4 3 20 80 100
102 Language – II, Course – I 4 3 20 80 100
103 Financial Accounting – I 4 3 20 80 100
104 Business Environment and Government Policy 4 3 20 80 100
105 Principles of Business Management 3 3 20 80 100
106 Market Behaviour and Cost Analysis 4 3 20 80 100
Total, Semester - I 120 480 600
B.Com, Semester - II
201 Language – I, Course – II 4 3 20 80 100
202 Language – II, Course – II 4 3 20 80 100
203 Financial Accounting – II 5 3 20 80 100
204 Human Resource Management 4 3 20 80 100
205 Mathematics for Business 4 3 20 80 100
206 Indian Financial System 4 3 20 80 100
Total, Semester - II 120 480 600
B.Com, Semester - III
301 Language – I, Course – III 4 3 20 80 100
302 Language – II, Course – III 4 3 20 80 100
303 Corporate Accounting – I 4 3 20 80 100
304 Marketing Management 4 3 20 80 100
305 Small Business Management 4 3 20 80 100
306 Corporation Administration 4 3 20 80 100
307 Environmental Science 4 3 20 80 100
Total, Semester - III 140 560 700
B.Com, Semester - IV
401 Language – I, Course – IV 4 3 20 80 100
402 Language – II, Course – IV 4 3 20 80 100
403 Corporate Accounting – II 5 3 20 80 100
404 Management of Banking Operations 4 3 20 80 100
405 Computer Applications in Business 4 3 20 80 100
406 Business Regulations 3 3 20 80 100
407 Indian Constitution 4 3 20 80 100
Total, Semester - IV 140 560 700

1
Continuous Assessment Programme
2
Semester-end Examination
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B.Com, Semester - V
501 Financial Management 4 3 20 80 100
502 Income Tax – I 4 3 20 80 100
503 Business Statistics - I 4 3 20 80 100
504 Cost Accounting 4 3 20 80 100
505 Advanced Accounts 4 3 20 80 100
506 Goods and Services Tax 4 3 20 80 100
507 Specialization Stream, Course – I 4 3 20 80 100
508 Logical and Analytical Reasoning 2 1½ 10 40 50
Total, Semester - V 150 600 750
B.Com, Semester - VI
601 International Financial Reporting Standards 4 3 20 80 100
602 Income Tax – II 4 3 20 80 100
603 Business Statistics – II 4 3 20 80 100
604 Cost Accounting – Methods and Techniques 4 3 20 80 100
605 Management Accounting 5 3 20 80 100
606 Principles and Practice of Auditing 3 3 20 80 100
607 Specialization Stream, Course – II 4 3 20 80 100
608 Soft Skills 2 1½ 10 40 50
Total, Semester - VI 150 600 750
Grand Total 820 3,280 4,100

Specialization Stream – A: Finance Stream

507A Advanced Financial Management
607A Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
Specialization Stream – B: Marketing Stream
507B Product and Sales Management
607B Retail Management
Specialization Stream – C: Banking and Insurance Stream
507C Advanced Bank Management
607C Life and General Insurance
Specialization Stream – D: E-Commerce Stream
507D E-Commerce – 1
607D E-Commerce – 2
Specialization Stream – E: Quantitative Techniques Stream
507E Quantitative Techniques – 1
607E Quantitative Techniques – 2
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B.Com, Semester – I
Course – 103: Financial Accounting – I
Course Objective: To acquaint students with the accounting concepts, conventions,
accounting process and preparation of Financial Statements
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction to Financial Accounting (6 hours): Introduction - Meaning and
Definition; Objectives of Accounting; Functions of Accounting; Accounting Concepts
and Accounting Conventions.
II. Final Accounts of Sole Trading Concerns (12 hours): Financial Statements –
Preparation of Manufacturing Accounts; Profit and Loss Account, and Balance Sheet
with respect to current market conditions.
III. Consignment Accounts (16 hours): Introduction, Meaning – Consignor, Consignee;
Goods Invoiced at Cost Price, Goods Invoiced at Selling Price, Normal Loss,
Abnormal Loss, Valuation of Stock, Stock Reserve, Journal Entries, Ledger Accounts
in the Books of Consignor and Consignee.
IV. Accounting for Joint Ventures (15 hours): Introduction, Meaning, Objectives,
Distinction between Joint Venture and Consignment; Distinction between Joint
Venture and Partnership; Maintenance of Accounts – when separate set of Books are
maintained, and when separate set of Books are not maintained with Joint Bank
Account and Problems.
V. Final Accounts of Non-profit Organizations (15 hours): Meaning of Non-profit
Organization, Need for maintaining Accounts, Financial Statements of Non-profit
Organizations, Receipts and Payments Account, Income and Expenditure Account,
and Balance Sheet. Capital and Revenue Items – Treatment of special Items,
Preparation of Income and Expenditure Account, and Balance Sheet from Receipts
and Payments Account and Problems.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Draft the specimen of various Subsidiary Books
(2) Collect a Trial Balance from a Sole Trader and prepare Final Accounts
(3)Prepare Proforma Invoice and Account Sales
(4) Prepare Joint Venture Account with imaginary figures when joint bank account is
maintained
(5) Collect Receipts and Payment Account of a Non-trading Concern and prepare a note
on the contents
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) J Madegowda and Dr Giridhar, K V, Financial Accounting (Volume – I), Himalaya
Publishing House, Mumbai
(2) Dr. B. Mariyappa, Anil Kumar – Advanced Financial Accounting, HPH
(3) Arulanandam & Raman; Advanced Accountancy, HPH
(4) Dr. Alice Mani: Advanced Financial Accounting, SBH.
(5) Dr. S.N. Maheswari, Financial Accounting, Vikas Publication
(6) S P Jain and K. L. Narang, Financial Accounting, Kalyani Publication
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B.Com, Semester – I
Course – 104: Business Environment and Government Policy
Course Objective: To acquaint students with the business environment and government
policy
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction to Business Environment (14 hours): Meaning, Objectives of Business,
Features of Business, Business Environment, Internal and External Environment -
Economic Environment, Social Environment, Cultural Environment, Demographic
Environment, Legal Environment, Technological Environment, and Emerging
Scenario and Business Policy.
II. Business Ethic (13 hours): Principles of Business Ethics, Unethical Practices and
Good Ethics of Business; Social Responsibility of Business, Doctrine of Social
Responsibility, Rational of Social Responsibility and Unfair Trade Practices.
III. Technology in Business (12 hours): Introduction, Need and Importance,
Technological Factors influencing Business, Benefits and Limitations of Modern
Technology to Business.
IV. Business and Government (12 hours): Introduction, Government Intervention and
Economic Growth, Regulatory Growth, Promotional Growth, Inter Personal Growth
and Planning Growth.
V. Business Policy (13 hours): Importance of Business Policy, Essentials of Business
Policy, Classifications of Business Policy, Production Policy, Personal Policy,
Financial Policy and Marketing Policy.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Draw a Business Tree
(2) Prepare a Partnership Deed
(3) Prepare Memorandum and Articles of Association of any company
(4) Discuss the impact of globalization on Indian Business and Industry
(5) State the impact of technology on Indian Business
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Dr. Aswathappa Essentials of Business, Himalaya Publishing House
(2) Francis Cherunilam; Economic Environment Business, Prentice Hall of India
(3) P. Subba Rao, International Business, HPH
(4) Amarchand, Business and Government
(5) Vivek Mittall, Business Environment
(6) Raj Agarwal, Business Environment
B.Com, Semester – I
Course – 105: Principles of Business Management
Course Objective: To acquaint students with the principles of managing of business concerns
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Nature and Functions of Management (14 hours): Meaning and Definition,
Functions and Scope of Management, Levels of Management, Management vs
Administration; Scientific Management, Evolution of Management Thought,
Contributions of F W Taylor, Henry Fayol, Elton Mayo, and C.K Prahlad; and
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Management as Science, Art and Profession.

II. Planning and Decision Making (14 hours): Nature and Importance of Planning,
Types, Steps involved in Planning, Planning Premises, Planning Process. Decision
Making - Meaning, Role, Steps involved in Decision Making Process, Significance of
Decision Making, and Guidelines for effective Decision Making.
III. Organizing (16 hours): Nature, Principles, Types, Structure of Organization, Line and
Staff Organization, Formal vs Informal Organization, Delegation of Authority,
Principles of Delegation, Barriers to effective Delegation, Guidelines for Making
effective Delegation, Span of Control, Authority and Responsibility, Authority vs
Power, and Forms of Organization Structure.
IV. Directing, Motivation and Control (10 hours): Meaning, Nature, Significance and
Techniques of Directing: Motivation - Meaning and Importance; Control - Meaning,
Steps in Control, Features of effective Control System, Controlling Tools and
Techniques, and Essentials of Effective Control.
V. Leadership and Modern Management Techniques (10 hours): Meaning of
Leadership, Leadership Styles and Importance of Leadership: Modern Management
Techniques - MBO, MBE, TQM, ISO, Stress Management (only meaning of modern
management techniques).
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Draft an Organization Chart
(2) Narrate the steps in Selection Process
(3)List out F W Taylor’s Principles of Management
(4) Narrate the steps in effective Control System
(5) Mention the features of Modern Management Techniques
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Principles of Management, Koontz and O’Donnell
(2) Business Management, Gupta C B, Sultan Chand
(3) Principles and Practice of Management, Prasad L M, Sultan Chand
(4) Management, Stoner A F and Freeman R.E, Prentice Hall
(5) Professional Management, Theo Haimann
(6) Management Concepts and Practice, B P Singh and T N Chhabbra
B.Com, Semester – I
Course – 106: Market Behaviour and Cost Analysis
Course Objective: To acquaint students with the different dimensions of market behaviour
and role of cost analysis in decision making
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Firms and Decisions (14 hours): Firms - Meaning and Goals, Profit Maximization vs
Wealth Maximization Dynamics, Decision Making – Features, Process, Strategy,
Tactical and Operational Decisions, Game Theory, and Problems.
II. Market Forces (12 hours): Demand - Meaning, Law of Demand, Nature of Elasticity
of Demand, Determinants of Elasticity of Demand, Derived Demand Relations.
Demand Forecasting - Meaning and Methods (Problems on Trend Projection by
Method Least Squares); Supply - Law of Supply, and Determinants of Supply.
III. Production and Cost Analysis (16 hours): Production Function – Concept and
Importance, Cost Analysis - Meaning of Short-run and Long-run Costs, Fixed and
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Variable Costs, Explicit and Implicit Costs, Opportunity Cost and Incremental Costs
(concepts only). Total Cost, Average Cost and Marginal Cost Behavior in Short-run
and Long-run (including problems). CVP Analysis – Assumptions, Uses, P/V Ratio,
BEP, BE Chart, Margin of Safety and Problems.
IV. Pricing Practices and Strategies (12 hours): Price – Pricing, Pricing Policy,
Objectives and Determinants of Pricing Policy, Pricing Methods - Marginal Cost
Pricing, Target Rate Pricing, Product Line Pricing, Administered Pricing, Competitive
Bidding, Dual Pricing, Transfer Pricing; Price Discrimination - Requirements, Types
and Dumping Strategies; Pricing over Product Life Cycle - Skimmed Pricing,
Penetration Pricing, Product Line Pricing and Price Leadership; Linear Programming
Problems – Problems on Profit Maximization and Cost Minimization using Graphic
Method with two Variables.
V. Location of a Firm (10 hours): Locating the Firm, Basic Principles, Selecting an
Industrial Location, Primary and Secondary Factors; Sources of Capital, Internal and
External Sources; Risk and Uncertainty – Concepts, and Investment Decisions under
Uncertainty (Models).
Skill Development Activities:
(1) A case study on decision making under market uncertainties
(2) A practical example with graphical presentation of Elasticity of Demand
(3) Construct a table with imaginary figures showing the relationship of Fixed Cost,
Variable Cost, Total Cost, Average Fixed Cost, Average Variable Cost, Average Cost
and Marginal Cost.
(4) Practical analysis of product life cycle of a product
(5) List out factors to be considered for location of a new firm
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Dr. B. Mariyappa: Market Behaviour and Cost Analysis, Himalaya Publishing House,
New Delhi
(2) P L Mehta: Managerial Economics, Sultan Chand & Sons, New Delhi
(3) D. M. Mithani: Managerial Economics, Himalaya Publishing House, New Delhi
(4) R. L Varshney and K.L Maheshewari: Managerial Economics, Sultan Chand & Sons,
New Delhi
(5) H. L Ahuja: Business Economics, S. Chand & Company Ltd., New Delhi
(6) Reddy and Appananiah: Economics for Business
(7) K. M. Pandey and others: Economics for Managerial Decisions
(8) K P M Sundaram: Micro Economics, Sultan Chand & Sons, New Delhi
(9) M L Jhingan & J K Stephen: Managerial Economics, Vrinda Publishing (P) Ltd, Delhi.
(10) Manoj Kumar Mishra: Managerial Economics, Voyu Education of India, New Delhi
B.Com, Semester – II
Course – 203: Financial Accounting – II
Course Objective: To acquaint students with the different accounting practices in the
company
Pedagogy: combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Hire Purchase System (16 hours): Meaning of Hire Purchase and Installment
Purchase System; Differences between Hire Purchase and Installment Purchase,
Important Definitions – Hire Purchase Agreement, Hire Purchase Price, Cash Price,
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Hire Purchase Charges, Net Hire Purchase Price, Net Cash Price; Calculation of
Interest, Calculation of Cash Price; and Journal Entries and Ledger Accounts in the
books of Hire Purchaser and Hire vendor (Asset Accrual Method only).
II. Departmental Accounts (8 hours): Meaning, Objectives, Basis of Allocation of
Expenses, Trading and Profit and Loss Account in Columnar Form and Balance Sheet.
III. Branch Accounts (14 hours): Introduction, Meaning, Objectives, Types of Branches -
Dependent Branches, Features; Supply of Goods at Cost Price and Invoice Price;
Branch Account in the books of Head Office, Debtors System only and Problems.
IV. Fire Insurance Claims (10 hours): Introduction, Need, Steps for ascertaining Fire
Insurance Claim, Treatment of Salvage, Average Clause, Treatment of Abnormal
Items, Computation of Fire Insurance Claims and Problems on Loss of Stock.
V. Royalty Accounts (16 hours): Meaning and Definition, Technical Terms – Royalty,
Landlord, Tenant, Minimum Rent, Short Workings, Recoupment of Short Working,
Recoupment within the life of the Lease, Treatment of Strike and Stoppage of Work,
Accounting Treatment in the books of Lessee and Lessor, and Journal Entries and
Ledger Accounts including Minimum Rent Account.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Collect Hire Purchase Agreement – analyze and prepare a note on the same
(2) List out the basis of apportionment of common expenses
(3) Collect transactions relating to any branch and prepare a Branch Account
(4) Prepare a Claim Statement with imaginary figures to submit to insurance company
(5) Collect Royalty Agreement with regard to any suitable situation – analyze and prepare
a note on the same
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) J Madegowda and Dr Giridhar, K V, Advanced Financial Accounting (Volume – II),
Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai
(2) Dr. B. Mariyappa, Advanced Financial Accounting, HPH
(3) Arulanandam and Raman, Financial Accounting – I, HPH
(4) Dr. S. N. Maheswari: Financial Accounting, Vikas Publications
(5) S P Jain and K. L. Narang, Financial Accounting - I, Kalyani Publishers
(6) Radhaswamy and R. L. Gupta, Advanced Accounting , Sultan Chand
(7) Soundarrajan and K. Venkataramana, Financial Accounting, SHBP
B.Com, Semester – II
Course – 204: Human Resource Management
Course Objective: To acquaint students with different dimensions of HRM in the
organizations
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction to Human Resource Management (12 hours): Meaning and
Definition of HRM, Evolution of HRM in India, Scope, Objectives, Concepts,
Functions and its Strategic Role, and Recent trends in HRM and HRD.
II. Employment and Development (12 hours): Human Resource Planning, Job Analysis
and Job Design, and Recruitment and Selection Process including E–Recruitment and
Selection.
III. Executive Development (14 hours): Meaning of Training, Need for Training,
Importance, Steps in Training Programme, Methods of Training. Performance
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Appraisal – Terminology Used, Evaluation Process, Methods and Problems.
IV. Compensation Management (14 hours): Meaning, Nature and Purpose, Wage Levels
and Structures, Wage Determination Process, Theory of Wages, Principles and Factors
influencing Wage and Salary Structure and Administration, Rewards and Incentives.
V. Human Relations (12 hours): Meaning, Importance, Objectives, Motivation Theories,
Employee Morale, Communication, Leadership, Employee Welfare, Health and
Safety, Maintenance of HR Data Base, Challenges and Opportunities in Globalized
Era, and Outsourcing of HR Functions.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Draft an advertisement for recruitment of candidates for an organization
(2) Prepare a report for training procedure followed in an organization of your choice
(3) Draft a format of performance appraisal of an employee
(4) List out wage and salary structure of any five companies
(5) Write a model of pay roll accounting of a company of your choice
(6) List out the measures provided under Labour Act for employee welfare, health and
safety
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Dr. K. Ashwathappa, Human Resource Management – HPH
(2) Dr. Appanaiah, Human Resource Management, HPH
(3) Rao and T.V. Verma, Human Resource Development
(4) Jean Marleen, Performance Oriented Human Resource Development
(5) Lalitha Balakrishna and Others, Human Resource Development
B.Com, Semester – II
Course – 205: Mathematics for Business
Course Objective: To acquaint students with the application of mathematical techniques in
modern business
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Theory of Indices (6 hours): Introduction, Meaning of Index, Basic Laws of Indices
(statement only), Definition of Zero Index, Fractional Index and Negative Index and
Problems on Simplification.
II. Progressions (8 hours): Arithmetic Progression, Finding the nth Term of AP and Sum
to nth Term of AP; Insertion of Arithmetic Mean; Geometric Progression – Finding the
nth Term of GP and Sum to nth Term GP and Insertion of Geometric Mean.
III. Mathematics of Finance, Ratios, Proportions and Variations (14 hours): Simple
Interest, Problems on Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Annuities, Present and
Future Value of Annuity, Discounting Bills of Exchange (Present Worth, Future Face
Value, Trade Discount and Banker Discount, Bankers Gain and Amount Receivable);
Equality of Ratios; Proportions – Fourth Proportional – Third Proportional and Mean
Proportional – Continued Proportion, Direct and Inverse Proportions, Problems;
Variations - Problems on Speed, Time and Work Completion.
IV. Theory of Sets (10 hours): Meaning, Elements of a Set, Methods of Describing a Set,
Types of Sets and Operations, Demargan’s Laws Venn Diagram and their Application
to Theory of Sets.
V. Theory of Equations (14 hours): Simple Linear Equations, Simultaneous Linear
Equation (Elimination, Substitution and Cross Multiplication Methods only),
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Quadratic Equation, Pure Quadratic, General Form of Quadratic Equations,

Factorization and Sridharacharya’s Methods and Problems.
VI. Matrices and Determinants (12 hours): Meaning of Matrix, Types of Matrices,
Operations of Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication of Matrices, Problems,
Transpose of A Matrix, Determinants of a Square Matrix, Minor of an Element, Co–
Factor of an Element, Ad Joint of a Square Matrix, Singular and Non–singular of a
Square Matrix, Inverse of a Square Matrix. Solutions of System of Linear Equations in
two Variables using Cramer’s Rule and Problems.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Collect details from your nearest trading concern regarding normal discount and
prepare a note on the same
(2) Collect information from a financial company or firm regarding rate of interest
charged on advances and deposits and how the bills are discounted by the business
firms and bands - prepare a note on the same
(3) Develop an amortization table for loan amount – EMI Calculation
(4) Secondary Overhead Distribution Summary using Simultaneous Equations Method
(5) Preparation of Bank Statement
(6) Application of Matrix in business problems
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Dr. Sancheti & Kapoor: Business Mathematics and Statistics, Sultan Chand
(2) Zamarudeen: Business Mathematics, Vikas
(3) R.S Bhardwaj :Mathematics for Economics & Business
(4) Madappa, Mahadi Hassan, M. Iqbal Taiyab, Business Mathematics
(5) G.R. Veena and Seema, Business Mathematics and Statistics, I. K. Intl Publishers
B.Com, Semester – II
Course – 206: Indian Financial System
Course Objective: To acquaint students with the requisite knowledge about present Indian
Financial System
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction to Financial System (12 hours): Meaning, Role and Classification of
Financial System, Organizational Structure of Indian Financial System, Major
Components - Financial Institutions, Intermediaries and Financial Instruments.
II. Financial Markets in India (16 hours): Capital Market, Role and Importance,
Development Initiatives and Reforms – Narasimham Committee Reports 1991 and
1998; Primary Market - Meaning, Instruments, Players and Problems; Secondary
Market – Meaning, Function; Stock Exchange, Listing of Securities and Benefits,
Types of Securities, Types of Dealings. Indian Stock Exchange (BSE, NSE, OTCET)
Online Trading, and Demat Accounting.
III. Money Market and Regulatory Institutions (12 hours): Meaning, Features,
Organized and Unorganized Money Market Instruments – Treasury Bills, Certificate
of Deposits, Commercial Papers, Call Money, Commercial Bills; Emerging Structure
of Indian Money Market; Reserve Bank of India (RBI) - Objectives and Functions;
Monitory Policy of RBI, SEBI and IRDI – Role and Functions.
IV. Co-operative Banking and Non-Banking Financial Institutions (12 hours):
Evaluation of Co-operative as Financial Institutions in India, Structure, Role and
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Importance of Co-operative Banks, Agricultural and Non-agricultural Co-operative
Banks, NBFIs – Importance, Role and Types of NBFIs In India, IDBI, ICICI, SFCs
,SIDCs, LIC And NABARD.
V. Financial Services (12 hours): Meaning, Importance of Financial Services, Insurance,
Mutual Funds, Lease Finance, Merchant Banking, Venture Capital Financing,
Factorizing, Credit Rating Agencies, Micro Finance and Self Help Groups, Financial
Inclusion Programs in India.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Draft a chart showing the financial services in the Indian Financial System
(2) List the instrument traded in the financial markets
(3) Collect and record the foreign exchange rates of different currencies
(4) Collect the different schemes of mutual funds offered by various financial institutions
(5) Make a list of institutions providing housing and vehicle finance in your area
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Principles of Bank Management by Vasantdesai, Himalaya Publishing House
(2) Indian Financial System by Bhartiv, Pathak, Pearson Education
(3) Financial Markets and Services, E. Gordon and K. Natarajan, Himalaya Publishing
House
(4) Indian Financial System, K Gupta, N. Garwal, Kalyani Publications.
(5) The Indian Financial System – Markets, Institutions, and Services, Pearson, New Delhi
(6) Financial Institutions and Markets, Growth and Innovation, Bhole L. M: Tata
McGraw-Hill, New Delhi
B.Com, Semester – III
Course – 303: Corporate Accounting – I
Course Objective: To acquaint students with the procedure of preparing the accounts of
corporate enterprises with the help of principles and regulations
Pedagogy: combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Profit Prior To Incorporation (10 hours): Meaning, Calculation of Time Ratio, Sales
Ratio and Weighted Ratio, Treatment of Capital and Revenue Expenditure, and
Ascertainment of Pre-incorporation and Post-incorporation Profit by preparing Profit
and Loss Account and Balance Sheet.
II. Valuation of Shares (8 hours): Meaning, Need for Valuation of Shares, Factors
affecting Valuation of Shares, Methods of Valuation - Intrinsic Value Method, Yield
Method & Earning Capacity Method and Calculation of Fair Value of Shares.
III. Valuation of Goodwill (8 hours): Meaning, Circumstances of Valuation of Goodwill,
Factors influencing the Value of Goodwill, Methods of Valuation of Goodwill -
Average Profit Method, Super Profit Method, Capitalization of Average Profit
Method, Capitalization of Super Profit Method, and Annuity Method and Problems.
IV. Company Final Accounts (20 hours): Statutory Provisions regarding preparation of
Company Final Accounts, Treatment of Special Items – Tax Deducted at Source,
Advance Payment of Tax, Provision for Tax, Depreciation, Interest on Debentures;
Dividends – Rules regarding payment of Dividends, Transfer to Reserves; Preparation
of Profit and Loss Account, and Balance Sheet in Vertical Form (as per Companies
Act, 2013).
V. Underwriting of Shares and Debentures (12 hours): Meaning, Underwriting
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Commission; Underwriter – Functions, Advantages of Underwriting, Types of

Underwriting – Marked and Unmarked Applications; – Problems on Underwriting
including Firm Underwriting.
VI. Recent Trends in Company Accounts (6 hours): Buy Back of Shares, Issue of Bonus
Shares and Right Issue and Problems
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Collect and fill the share application form of a limited company
(2) Collect Prospectus of a company and identify its salient features, and prepare a note on
the same
(3) Collect annual report of a company and List out its assets and Liabilities
(4) Collection of latest final accounts of a company and find out the intrinsic value of
shares
(5) Collect the annual reports of company and calculate the value of goodwill under
different methods
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) J Madegowda, Dr Giridhar, K V, and Inchara P M Gowda, Corporate Accounting
(Financial Accounting, Volume – III), Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai
(2) Dr. B. Mariyappa, Corporate Accounting, HPH
(3) Arulanandam & Raman, Corporate Accounting – II
(4) Dr. S. N. Maheswari, Financial Accounting
(5) S. P. Jain and K. L. Narang, Corporate Accounting
(6) S. Bhat- Corporate Accounting
(7) S P Iyengar, Advanced Accountancy, Sultan Chand
(8) R L Gupta, Advanced Accountancy
(9) Shukla and Grewal, Financial Accounting
B.Com, Semester – III
Course – 304: Marketing Management
Course Objective: To acquaint students with different dimensions of present day marketing
management
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction to Marketing (10 hours): Meaning and Definition, Goals, Concepts of
Marketing, Approaches to Marketing and Functions of Marketing.
II. Marketing Environment (Macro) (10 hours): Meaning, Demographic, Economic,
Natural, Technological, Political, Legal, and Socio-Cultural Environment.
III. Marketing Mix (22 hours): Meaning, Elements, Product, Product Mix, Product Line,
Product Lifecycle, Product Planning, New Product Development, Failure of new
Product; Branding, Packing and Packaging; Pricing – Objectives, Factors influencing
Pricing Policy and Methods of Pricing; Physical Distribution – Meaning, Factors
affecting Channel Selection, Types of Marketing Channels; Promotion – Meaning and
Significance of Promotion, Personal Selling and Advertising.
IV. Market Segmentation and Consumer Behavior (10 hours): Meaning and Definition,
Bases of Market Segmentation, Requisites of Sound Market Segmentation; Consumer
Behaviour – Factors influencing Consumer Behaviour and Buying Decision Process.
V. Customer Relationship Management and Recent Trends in Marketing (12 hours):
Meaning and Definition, Role of CRM, Advantages and Disadvantages, Consumer
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Protection Act 1986 and Recent Trends in Marketing; e-Business –Tele-Marketing, M-
Business, Green Marketing, Relationship Marketing; Retailing – Concept Marketing
and Virtual Marketing.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Identify the product of your choice and describe in which stage of the product life
cycle it is positioned
(2) Suggest strategies for development of a product
(3) Study of consumer behavior for a product of your choice
(4) Develop an advertisement copy for a product
(5) Prepare a chart for distribution network for different products
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Philip Kotler, Marketing Management
(2) Bose Biplab, Marketing Management
(3) Bholanath Datta, Marketing Management
(4) J.C. Gandhi, Marketing Management
(5) Ramesh and Jayanti Prasad: Marketing Management, I.K. International
(6) Stanton W.J. Michael and Walker, Fundamentals of Management.
(7) P N Reddy and Appannaiah, Marketing Management
(8) Sontakki, Marketing Management
B.Com, Semester – III
Course – 305: Small Business Management
Course Objective: To acquaint students with different aspects managing small business units
Pedagogy: combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction (10 hours): Meaning of Small Business, Small Business Management,
Importance, Role, Characteristics and Types of Small Business, Scope and Role of
Government in promoting Micro, Small Scale Industries.
II. Woman Entrepreneurs (12 hours): Concept, Types of Woman Entrepreneurs,
Suitability of Business, Problems faced by Woman Entrepreneurs in India, Measures
taken by the Governments for the development of Woman Entrepreneurs.
III. Rural Entrepreneurs (10 hours): Definitions, Risk faced by Rural Entrepreneurs,
Strategies for development of Rural Entrepreneurship, and Scope of Rural
Entrepreneurship.
IV. Project Identification and Formulation (12 hours): Meaning of Project, Project
Identification and Project Reports, Importance of Project Report, Contents of Project
Report, and General Format of Project Report.
V. Problems of Small Scale Industries (12 hours): Types of Problems, Causes and
Remedies, Sickness in Small Scale Industries, Symptoms, Reasons for Sickness and
Remedial Measures.
VI. Institutions engaged in Financing Small Business (8 hours): SIDBI, ICICI, DICs,
IDBI, KSFC, RRBs, NABARD, Commercial Banks and their Functions.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Visit five small scale units in your area and collect the details regarding the nature of
business, sources of capital, employees and raw materials – prepare a note
(2) Visit DIC and list out the schemes of Government of Karnataka for rural industries
(3) Visit the financial institutions in your area and collect the information about the loan
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sanctioned by them
(4) Collect the details about the institutions engaged in providing training for small
entrepreneurs
(5) Prepare a simple project report required to start a small unit
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Entrepreneur Development, K Natarajan
(2) Small Scale Industries and Entrepreneurship, Vasant Desai
(3) Small Scale Industries and Entrepreneurship, S. V Murthy
(4) Entrepreneurial Development, Arora

B.Com, Semester – III

Course – 306 Corporate Administration
Course Objective: To familiarize students with the essentials of corporate administration
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction to Indian Companies Act, 1956 (14 hours): Company –Definition and
Characteristics, Kinds of Companies - Private, Public Company, Statutory Company,
Foreign Company, Holding Company, Subsidiary Company, and Licensed Companies,
Government Company, Foreign Company, Global Company, Listed Company, Body
Corporate, Corporate Veil and Lifting of Corporate Veil.
II. Formation of a Company(14 hours) Promoter - Meaning, Functions, Fiduciary
Position and Remuneration, Stages Involved in formation (in brief), Basic Documents
of a Company - Memorandum Association, Articles of Association, Prospectus, and
Statement in Lieu of Prospectus, and Misleading Prospectus and its Consequences.
III. Corporate Administration (8 hours): Company Secretary – Meaning and Definition
of Company Secretary, Legal Position, Qualification and Appointment, Duties, Rights
and Liabilities of a Company Secretary; Managing Director - Qualification, Powers,
Duties and Liabilities.
IV. Shares and Membership of a Company Equity (16 hours): Shares, Kinds of Shares -
Equity Shares, (including Sweat Equity Shares) and Preferences Shares Issue and
Allotment of Shares, Legal Rules for Allotment of Shares, Essentials of Valid
Allotment, Shares Certificate – Physical Form and Electronic Form, Buyback of
Shares – Legal Provisions Relating to Buy Back of Shares; Transfer and Transmission
of Shares – Distinction, Electronic Transfer, Demat Account, Membership - Member
and Share Holder – Distinction, Mode of Acquiring Membership, and Register of
Members - Contents And Closer.
V. Corporate Meetings (8 hours): Meetings and Types – Statutory Meeting, Board
Meetings, Annual General Meeting, Extra-Ordinary General Meeting – Statutory
Requirements of Valid Meeting - Notice of a Meeting, Agenda, Quorum, Proxy,
Resolutions–Ordinary and Special Resolutions, and Distinction Between Ordinary and
Special Resolutions; and Meaning of Minutes and its Contents.
VI. Highlights of Company Act 2013 (4 hours): New Concepts – One-man Company,
Women Director, Corporate Social Responsibility and Other Amendments (brief).
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Drafting of Memorandum of Association
(2) Drafting of Articles of Association
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(3) Draft the following – Notice of annual general meeting, Extra ordinary general
meeting and board meetings
(4) Drafting resolutions of meetings - Annual general meeting, extra ordinary general
meeting
(5) Collect and fill Demat account opening form
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Company Law and Secretarial Practice – M.C. Kuchal
(2) Company Law and Secretarial Practice- N. D. Kapoor
(3) Elements of Corporate Law, S.N Maheshwari
(4) Corporate administration- K Venkataramana
(5) The companies Act 2013, Taxman
(6) Business Law- B.S Raman
(7) Corporate Administration Dr. B.G Bhaskar, K.R Mahesh Kumar
B.Com, Semester – III
Course – 307: Environment Science
Course Objective: To acquaint students with the ecological structure of environment
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. The Multidisciplinary Nature of Environmental Studies (2 hours): Meaning,
Definition, Scope and Importance, and Need for Public Awareness.
II. Natural Resources (8 hours): Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources; Natural
Resources and Associated Problems; Forest Resources - Use and Over-exploitation,
Deforestation, Case Studies; Timber Extraction, Mining Dams and their effects on
Forests and Tribal People; Water Resources - Use and Over-utilization of Surface and
Ground Water, Floods, Drought, Conflicts over Water; Dams - Benefits and Problems;
Mineral Resources - Use and Exploitation, Environmental effects of Extraction and
using Mineral Resources, Case Studies; Food Resources - World Food Problems,
Changes caused by Agriculture and Overgrazing, Effects of Modern Agriculture,
Fertilizer-Pesticide Problems, Water Logging, Salinity, Case Studies; Energy
Resources - Growing Energy Needs, Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Sources,
Use of Alternate Energy Sources, Case Studies; Land Resources - Land as a Resource,
Land Degradation, Man-induced Landslides, Soil Erosion and Desertification, Role of
an individual in Conservation of Natural Resources; and Equitable Use of Resources
for Sustainable Lifestyles.
III. Ecosystems (6 hours): Concept of an Ecosystem, Structure and Function of an
Ecosystem, Producers, Consumers and Decomposers, Energy Flow in the Ecosystem,
Ecological Succession, Food Chains, Food Webs and Ecological Pyramids,
Introduction, Types, Characteristic Features, Structures and Functions of the
Following Ecosystem - Forest Ecosystem, Grassland Ecosystem, Desert Ecosystem,
Aquatic Ecosystem (Ponds, Streams, Lakes, Rivers, Oceans, Sanctuaries).
IV. Biodiversity and its Conservation (8 hours): Introduction, Definition, Genetic,
Species and Ecosystem Diversity, Biogeographically Classification of India, Value of
Biodiversity, Consumptive Use, Productive Use, Social Ethical Aesthetic and Option
Values; Biodiversity at Global, National and Local Levels; India as a Mega–Diversity
Nation; Hot–Spots of Biodiversity; Threats to Biodiversity; Habital Loss, Poaching of
Wildlife, Man-Wildlife Conflicts, Endangered and Endemic Species of India,
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Conservation of Biodiversity, in-Situ and Ex-Situ Conservation of Biodiversity.

V. Environmental Pollution (8 hours): Meaning, Definition, Causes, Effects and Control
Measures of Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Soil Pollution, Marine Pollution, Noise
Pollution, Thermal Pollution, and Nuclear Pollution; Solid Waste Management -
Causes, Effects and Control Measures of Urban and Industrial Wastes; Role of an
individual in prevention of Pollution, Pollution Case Studies; Disaster Management -
Floods, Earthquake, Cyclone and Landslides.
VI. Social Issues and the Environment (12 hours): From Unsustainable to Sustainable
Development, Urban Problems related to Energy. Water Conservation, Rain Water
Harvesting, Water Shed Management, Resettlement and Rehabilitation of People - Its
Problems and Concern, Case Studies; Environmental Ethics - Issues and Possible
Solutions, Climate Change, Global Warming, Acid Rain Ozone Layer Depletion,
Wasteland Reclamation Consumerism and Waste Products, Environment Protection
Act, Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, Water (Prevention and Control of
Pollution) Act, Wild Life Protection Act, Forest Conservation Act, Issues involved in
Enforcement of Environmental Legislation, and Public Awareness.
VII Human Population and the Environment (6 hours): Population Growth, Variation
among Nations, Population Explosion – Family Welfare Programme, Environment and
Human Health, Human Rights, Value Education, HIV/AIDS, Women and Child
Welfare, Role of Information Technology in Environment and Human Health, and
Case Studies
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Visit to a local polluted site -urban/rural/industrial/agriculture
(2) Visit to local area to document environmental assets – rivers/forests/grassland/hill/
mountain
(3) Study of common plants, insects, birds
(4) Study of simple ecosystems - pond, river, hill, slopes etc (field work equal to 5 lecture
hours)
(5) Each student has to submit a field report on any one of the above topics which forms
the basis for evaluation of field work
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Aggarwal K.C, Environmental Biology, Nidhi Publications Ltd, Bikaner
(2) Bharucha Erach, The Biodiversity of India, Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd
(3) Brunnet R.C, Hazardous Waste incineration, McGraw Hill Inc
(4) Clark R.S. marine Pollution, Canderson Press, Oxford (TB)
(5) De A.K. Environmental Chemistry, Wiley Eastern ltd.
(6) Down to Earth, Centre for Science and Environment
(7) Gleick H.P, Water in Crisis, Pacific Institute for Studies in Dev. Environment and
Security, Stockholm Env. Instt, Oxford Univ. Press
(8) Hawkins R.E. Encyclopedia of Indian Natural History, Bombay Natural History
Society, Bombay
(9) Heywood VII and Watson, R.T. 1995, Global Biodiversity Assessment, Cambridge
Univ. Press
(10) Jadhav II and Bhosale V.M. 1995, Environmental Protection Laws, Himalaya
Publishing House, Delhi
(11) Sharma B.K. 2001, Environmental Chemistry, Goel Pub. House, Meerut
(12) Trivedi. R.K, Handbook of Environmental Laws Rules, Guidelines, Compliances and
Standards Vol I and II Enviro Media
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(13) Wagner K.D, Environmental Management, W.B. Saunders Co Philandering, USA
B.Com, Semester – IV
Course – 403: Corporate Accounting – II
Course Objective: To enable the students to understand principles and procedure of preparing
accounts of specialized corporate sectors
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 5 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Liquidation of Companies (8 hours): Meaning, Types of Liquidation, Order of
Payment, Calculation of Liquidator’s Remuneration, and Preparation of Liquidators
Final Statement of Account.
II. Banking Company Final Accounts (16 hours): Business of Banking Companies,
Some Important Provisions of Banking Regulation Act of 1949 – Minimum Capital
and Reserves, Restriction on Commission, Brokerage, Discounts, Statutory Reserves –
Cash Reserves, Books of Accounts, Special features of Bank Accounting, Final
Accounts - Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account – Interest on Doubtful Debts –
Rebate on Bill Discounted, Acceptance, Endorsement and other Obligations and
Problems as per New Provisions
III. Life Insurance Company Final Accounts (20 hours): Meaning of Life Insurance,
Accounting Concepts relating to Insurance Companies, Preparation of Final Accounts
of Life Insurance Companies – Revenue Account and Balance Sheet, and Calculation
of Profit by preparing Valuation Balance Sheet.
IV. General Insurance Company Final Accounts (14 hours): Meaning of General
Insurance, Differences between Life Insurance and General Insurance – Fire Insurance,
Marine Insurance and Accident Insurance; and Preparation of Revenue Account, Profit
and Loss Account and Balance Sheet (vertical format).
V. Social Responsibility Accounting (6 hours): Meaning and Definition, Features and
Objectives of Social Responsibility Accounting (theory only).
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Collect and fill the share application form of a limited company
(2) Collect Prospectus of a company and identify its salient features
(3) Collect annual report of a company and list out its assets and liabilities
(4) Collection of latest final accounts of a company and find out the intrinsic value of
shares
(5) Collect the annual reports of a company and calculate the value of goodwill under
different methods
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) J Madegowda, Dr Giridhar, K V, and Inchara P M Gowda, Advanced Financial
Accounting (Volume – IV), Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai
(2) Arulanandam and Raman, Corporate Accounting –II
(3) Anil Kumar, Dr B. Mariyappa, Financial Accounting, HPH
(4) Dr. S.N. Maheswari, Financial Accounting
(5) Soundarajan. A and K. Venkataramana, Corporate Accounting, VBH
(6) S. P. Jain and K. L. Narang, Corporate Accounting
(7) S. Bhat Corporate Accounting.
(8) S P Iyengar, Advanced Accountancy, Sultan Chand
(9) R L Gupta, Advanced Accountancy.
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(10) Shukla and Grewal, Financial Accounting

B.Com, Semester – IV
Course – 404: Management of Banking Operations
Course Objective: To acquaint students with the different banking operations
Pedagogy: combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Banker and Customer (16 hours): Introduction, Meaning and Definition of Banker
and Customer, General and Special relationship between Banker and Customer,
Special types of Customers – Minor, Joint Account, Partnership, Joint Stock Company,
Trustee, Clubs and Associations.
II. Types of Accounts and Lending of Fund (14 hours): Savings Bank Account, Current
Account and Fixed Deposit Account – Features, Procedure for opening these
Accounts; Lending of Funds – Different types of Loans, Overdrafts, Discounting of
Bills, Cash Credit and Principles of Bank Lending.
III. Negotiable Instruments (14 hours): Introduction, Meaning and Definition, Features,
Kinds of Negotiable Instruments - Meaning, Definition and Features of Promissory
Notes, Bills of Exchange and Cheques; Crossing of Cheques, Types of Crossing,
Material Alteration, Endorsements - Meaning, Essentials and Kinds of Endorsement.
IV. Banking Operations (12 hours): Collecting Banker – Meaning, Duties and
Responsibilities of Collecting Banker, Holder for Value, Holder in Due Course,
Statutory Protection to Collecting Banker; Paying Banker – Meaning, Precautions,
Statutory protection to the Paying Banker, Dishonor of Cheques, Grounds for
Dishonor, and Consequences of wrongful Dishonor of Cheques.
V. Banking (8 hours): New Technology in Banking, e-Services, Debit and Credit Cards,
Internet Banking, ATM, Electronic Fund Transfer, MICR, RTGS, NEFT, DEMAT. e–
Banking, Core Banking and Mobile Banking.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Collect and fill account opening form of SB Account or Current Account
(2) Collect and fill pay in slip of SB Account or Current Account
(3) Draw specimen of Demand Draft
(4) Draw different types of endorsement of cheques
(5) Draw specimen of Travellers Cheques/Gift cheques/Credit cheques
(6) List various customer services offered by atleast two banks of your choice
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Gordon and Natarajan, Banking Theory Law and Practice, HPH
(2) S. P Srivastava, Banking Theory and Practice, Anmol Publications
(3) Tandan M.L, Banking Law and Practice in India, Indian Law House
(4) Sheldon H.P, Practice and Law of Banking
(5) K. Venkataramana, Banking Operations, SHBP
(6) Kothari N. M, Law and Practice of Banking
(7) Neelam C Gulati, Principles of Banking Management
(8) Maheshwari. S.N, Banking Law and Practice, Vikas Publication
(9) Shekar. K.C, Banking Theory Law and Practice, Vikas Publication
(10) Dr. Alice Mani, Banking Law and Operation, SBH
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B.Com, Semester – IV
Course – 405: Computer Applications in Business
Course Objective: To enable the students to learn the Accounting Package Tally and SQL
Programs.
Pedagogy: combination of lectures, assignments, practical and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction (10 hours): Meaning and Definition, Characteristics of Computers,
Types of Computers, Application of Computers in Business Operating System –
Meaning and Functions of Operating System; Introduction to Windows OS, Computer
Memory – Primary and Secondary, RAM and ROM.
II. Tally ERP 9.0 (14 hours):Introduction, Features, Advantages, Basic Rules - Real,
Personal and Nominal Accounts, Assets and Liabilities, Debtors and Creditors, Menus
in Tally, Company Creation, Company Info Menu, Creating Inventory of Products,
Company Features (F11) and Configuration of Tally (F12), Gateway of Tally Menu,
Master, Transaction, Import and Report.
III. Software Support for GST (8 hours): Introduction, Features, Concept, Supporting
Software, GST Working Principles in Tally, Power and Functions, GST Group
Creation in Tally, GST adapting in Goods or Stock Creation Section, Creating CGST,
SGST, IGST, Ledgers, and GST Entry System in Tally.
IV. Accounting Ledger and Vouchers (12 hours): Predefined Accounting Groups,
Primary Groups and Sub Groups, Steps for Creating - Alter and Delete Ledgers and
Groups, Types of Ledgers, Types of Vouchers, Rules of Vouchers Entry, Balance
Sheet, Profit and Loss Account, Trial Balance, Stock Summary, Computation of GST
and TDS, and Exercises for making Voucher Entries.
V. Introduction to ORACLE (14 hours): SQL Meaning, Concepts, Commands, Data
Definition Commands, Data Manipulation Commands, SQL*Plus Editing Commands,
Create Table, Insert Integrity Constraints, Primary Key, Secondary Key, Aggregate
Functions, Select, Delete Form, and Update Order Commands.
VI. SQL *Plus Reports (6 hours): Additional Operators: Like Between, in, Referential
Integrity, on Delete Cascade, Join Operation - Inner Join, Outer Join, Alter Table, SQL
Clauses - Where Clause, Order By, Group by Clause, Having Clause, Sub Queries,
Introduction to PL/SQL, and Simple Programs.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Write steps for creating a new company in Tally
(2) Solve the two exercise problems with GST
(3) Simple Programs - Mathematical Calculation, Simple and Compound Interest, Area of
Circle, Triangle, Biggest and Smallest number
(4) Write down the student data base table in SQL Query
(5) Steps for creating GST in Tally with example
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Ashok K Nandani, Advanced Tally 9.0 ERP, 2017 Edition.
(2) Niranjan Shrivastava, Computer Application In Management (Dreamtech Press)
(3) P. Mohan, Computer Application Business (Himalaya Publication)
(4) Sanjay Saxena, A First Course in Computers (Vikas Publishing House)
(5) Ivan Bayross: Oracle – 7 (BPB Publications)
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B.Com, Semester – IV
Course – 406: Business Regulations
Course Objective: To acquaint students with e different business laws and their interruptions
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 3 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction to Business Laws (8 hours): Introduction, Nature of Law, Meaning and
Definition of Business Laws, Scope and Sources of Business Laws.
II. Contract Laws (18 hours): Indian Contract Act, 1872 - Definition of Contract,
Essentials of a Valid Contract, Classification of Contracts, Discharge of Contracts,
Remedies for Breach of Contract; Indian Sale of Goods Act, 1930 - Definition of
Contract of Sale, Essentials of Contract of Sale, Conditions and Warrantees, Rights
and Duties of Buyer, and Rights of an Unpaid Seller.
III. Competition and Consumer Laws (14 hours): The Competition Act, 2002 -
Objectives of Competition Act, Features of Competition Act, CAT, Offences and
Penalties under the Act, Competition Commission of India; Consumer Protection Act,
1986 - Definition of the Terms Consumer, Consumer Dispute, Defect, Deficiency,
Unfair Trade Practices and Services; Rights of the Consumer under the Act, Consumer
Redressal Agencies – District Forum, State Commission, and National Commission.
IV. Economic Laws (12 hours): Indian Patent Laws and WTO Patent Rules - Meaning of
IPR, Invention and Non-Invention, Procedure to get Patent, Restoration and Surrender
of Lapsed Patent, Infringement of Patent; FEMA 1999 - Objects of FEMA, Salient
Features of FEMA, Definition of Important Terms - Authorized Person, Currency,
Foreign Currency, Foreign Exchange, Foreign Security, Offences and Penalties.
V. Environmental Law (8 hours): Environment Protection Act, 1986 - Objects of the
Act, Definitions of Important Terms - Environment, Environment Pollutant,
Environment Pollution, Hazardous Substance and Occupier, Types of Pollution, and
Rules and Powers of Central Government to Protect Environment in India.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Prepare a chart showing sources of business laws and Indian Constitution Articles
having economic significance
(2) Draft an agreement on behalf of a MNC to purchase raw materials indicating therein
terms and conditions and all the essentials of a valid contract
(3) Draft an application to the Chief Information Officer of any government office seeking
information about government spending
(4) Draft digital signature certificate
(5) Draft a complaint to District Consumer Forum on the deficiency of service in a reputed
corporate hospital for medical negligence
(6) Collect leading cyber-crime cases and form groups in the class room and conduct
group discussion
(7) Draft a constructive and innovative suggestions note on global warming reduction
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) K. Aswathappa, Business Laws, HPH
(2) Bulchandni, Business Laws, HPH
(3) K. Venkataramana, Business Regulations, SHBP
(4) Kamakshi P and Srikumari P, Business Regulations, VBH
(5) N.D. Kapoor, Business Laws, Sultan Chand publications
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(6) S.S Gulshan, Business Law
(7) S.C. Sharma, Business Law, I.K International Publishers
(8) Tulsion Business Law, TMH
B.Com, Semester – IV
Course – 407: Indian Constitution
Course Objective: To acquaint students with essential knowledge about Indian Constitution
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Framing of the Constitution and Major Features (14 hours): Constituent Assembly
at Work, Preamble and Salient Features, Citizenship, Fundamental Rights, Directive
Principles of State Policy, and Fundamental Duties.
II. Union and State Legislatures (16 hours): Composition, Powers and Functions;
Presiding Officers, Law Making Process, Committees of Parliament, Decline of
Legislatures, and Reforms.
III. Union and State Executive (16 hours): President and Vice-President – Elections,
Powers and Functions; Prime Minister and Council of Ministers – Powers and
Functions; Governor, Chief Minister and Council of Ministers – Powers and
Functions; and Debate over Parliamentary and Presidential Forms of Government.
IV. Judiciary (14 hours): Supreme Court and High Courts – Composition, Jurisdiction
and Functions; and Judicial Activism.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) List out the powers and functions of different levels of government
(2) Understand the Union-State relations in India
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) D.D. Basu, Introduction to the Indian Constitution
(2) A.S. Narang, Indian Constitution, Government and Politics
(3) Nani Palkhivala, We, the People, UBS Publishers, New Delhi
(4) A.G. Noorani, Indian Government and Politics
(5) J.C. Johari, Indian Government and Politics Vol. I and II, Vishal, New Delhi
(6) Gran Ville Austin, The Indian Constitution – Corner Stone of a Nation, Oxford, New
Delhi
(7) M.U. Pylee, Constitutional Government in India
(8) K.K. Ghai, Indian Constitution
B.Com, Semester – V
Course – 501: Financial Management
Course Objective: To acquaint students with the principles of mobilizing and utilizing
financial resources by the industrial enterprises
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction to Financial Management (10 hours): Introduction – Meaning of
Finance, Business Finance, Finance Function, Aims of Finance Function; Organization
Structure of Finance Department, Financial Management, Goals of Financial
Management, Financial Decisions, Role of Financial Manager, Financial Planning -
Steps in Financial Planning, Principles of sound Financial Planning, and Factors
influencing sound Financial Plans.
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II. Time Value of Money (12 hours): Introduction – Meaning and Definition, Need,
Future Value (Single Flow – Uneven Flow and Annuity), Present Value (Single Flow
– Uneven Flow and Annuity), Doubling Period, Concept of Valuation - Valuation of
Bonds, Debentures and Shares and Simple Problems.
III. Capital Structure (12 hours): Introduction – Meaning of Capital Structure, Factors
influencing Capital Structure, Optimum Capital Structure, Computation and Analysis
of EBIT, EBT, EPS, Leverages and Simple Problems.
IV. Capital Budgeting (16 hours): Introduction – Meaning and Definition of Capital
Budgeting, Features, Significance, Process, Techniques - Payback Period, Accounting
Rate of Return, Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return and Profitability Index, and
Simple Problems.
V. Dividend Policy (8 hours): Introduction – Meaning and Definition, Determinants of
Dividend Policy, Types of Dividends, Bonus Share, Dividend Theories - M.M Model,
Walter’s Model and Gordon’s Model and Problems.
VI. Working Capital Management (6 hours): Introduction, Concept of Working Capital,
Significance of adequate Working Capital, Evils of excess or inadequate Working
Capital, Determinants of Working Capital, Sources of Working Capital and Problems
on determination of Working Capital.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Draw the organization chart of finance function of a company
(2) Evaluate the NPV of an investment made in any one of the capital projects with
imaginary figures for five years
(3) Capital structure analysis of companies in different industries
(4) Using imaginary figures, prepare an estimate of working capital requirements
(5) Calculate dividend under MM Model with imaginary figures
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Dr. B. Mariyappa, Financial Management, HPH
(2) S N Maheshwari, Financial Management, Sultan Chand
(3) Dr. Aswathanarayana T, Financial Management, VBH
(4) K. Venkataramana, Financial Management, SHBP
(5) Roy, Financial Management, HPH
(6) Khan and Jain, Financial Management, TMH
(7) S. Bhat, Financial Management
(8) Sharma and Sashi Gupta, Financial Management, Kalyani Publication
(9) I M Pandey, Financial Management. Vikas Publication
(10) Prasanna Chandra, Financial Management, TMH
(11) P.K Simha, Financial Management
(12) M. Gangadhar Rao and Others, Financial management
B.Com, Semester – V
Course – 502: Income Tax – I
Course Objective: To acquaint students with the application with principles and provisions of
IT Act1961 relating to assessment
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions.
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Brief History of Indian Income Tax (10 hours): Brief History of Income Tax,
Definition, Assessment Year, Previous Year (including Exceptions), Assesse, Person,
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Income, Casual Income, Gross Total Income, Agricultural Income - Meaning and
Classification of Capital and Revenue.
II. Exempted Income (12 hours): Introduction, Exempted Incomes U/S 10 - restricted to
Individual Assesse.
III. Residential Status (12 hours): Residential Status of an Individual, Determination
of Residential Status, Incidence of Tax and Problems.
IV. Income from Salary (16 hours): Meaning, Definition, Basis of Charge, Advance
Salary, Arrears of Salary, Allowances, Perquisites, Provident Fund, Profits in Lieu
of Salary, Gratuity, Commutation of Pension, Encashment of Earned Leave,
Compensation for Voluntary Retirement; Deductions from Salary U/S 16 and
Problems on Income from Salary.
V. Deduction (8 hours): Under Sections 80C to 80U--80C, 80CCD, 80D, 80DD, 80E,
80G, 80GG, 80GGA, 80QQB, 80U and Problems on 80 C to 80 G only.
VI. Income Tax Authorities (6 hours): Income Tax Authorities - Powers and Functions of
CBDT, CIT and A.O.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Form No. 49A (PAN) and 49B
(2) Filling of Income Tax Returns
(3) List of enclosures to be made along with IT returns (with reference to salary)
(4) Preparation of Form 16
(5) Computation of Income Tax and the Slab Rates
(6) Computation of Gratuity
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Dr. B. Mariyappa, Income Tax – I, HPH
(2) Dr. Vinod K. Singhania: Direct Taxes – Law and Practice, Taxman Publication
(3) B.B. Lal: Direct Taxes, Konark Publisher (P) ltd.
(4) Dr. Mehrotra and Dr. Goyal: Direct Taxes – Law and Practice, Sahitya Bhavan
Publication
(5) Dinakar Pagare: Law and Practice of Income Tax, Sultan Chand and Sons
(6) Gaur and Narang, Income Tax
(7) Dr. V. Rajesh Kumar and Dr. R. K. Sreekantha, Income Tax – I, Vittam Publications
(8) 7 Lectures, Income Tax – I, VBH
B.Com, Semester – V
Course – 503: Business Statistics – I
Course Objective: To acquaint students with fundamental techniques and tools of business
statistics
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction to Statistics (10 hours): Meaning, Definitions, Functions, Scope and
Limitations of Statistics and Distrust of Statistics.
II. Data and its Collection (12 hours): Types of Data – Primary and Secondary Data –
Methods for Collection of Primary Data – Sources of Secondary Data – Classification
– Meaning and Types; Tabulation – Meaning, Rules for Construction of Tables, Parts
of Statistical Table and Problems on Tabulation.
III. Diagrammatic and Graphic Representation of Statistical Data (14 hours):
Meaning, Types of Diagrams, Simple, Multiple, Subdivided and Percentage,
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Histogram – Location of Mode through Histogram and Frequency Polygon; and Ogive
Curves – Location of Median and Quartiles through Ogive Curves.
IV. Measures of Central Tendency (16 hours): Meaning and Definition, Types of
Averages – Arithmetic Mean (Simple and Weighted), Median, Mode (excluding
missing Frequency problems).
V. Measures of Dispersion (6 hours): Meaning, Absolute and Relative Measures of
Dispersion, Types of Dispersion – Range, Quartile Deviation, Standard Deviation, and
Co-Efficient of each Method.
VI. Skewness (6 hours): Meaning, Types of Skewness, Measures of Skewness, Absolute
and Relative Measures of Skewness, Karl Pearson’s Coefficient of Skewness and
Bowley’s Coefficient of Skewness.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Draw a blank table showing different attributes
(2) Collect marks scored by 50 students in an examination and prepare a frequency
distributions table
(3) Collect data relating to prices of shares of two companies for ten days and ascertain
which company’s share prices is more stable
(4) Collect the run scored by the two batsmen in ten one-day international cricket matches,
find who is better run getter and who is more consistent
(5) Select 10 items of daily-consumed products and collect base year quantity, base year
price and current year price. Calculate Cost of Living Index
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Anand Sharma, Statistics For Management, HPH
(2) S P Gupta: Statistical Methods- Sultan Chand, Delhi
(3) D.P Apte, Statistical Tools for Managers
(4) Dr. B N Gupta, Statistics (Sahityta Bhavan), Agra
(5) S.C Gupta: Business Statistics, HPH
(6) N.V.R Naidu : Operation Research I.K. International Publishers
(7) Ellahance: Statistical Methods, Kitab Mahal
(8) Sanchethi and Kapoor: Business Mathematics, Sultan Chand
(9) Veerachamy: Operation Research I.K. International Publishers
(10) S. Jayashankar: Quantitative Techniques for Management
(11) Chikoddi and Satya Prasad: Quantitative Analysis for Business Decision, HPH
(12) Dr. Alice Mani: Quantitative Analysis for Business Decisions - I, SBH
B.Com, Semester – V
Course – 504: Cost Accounting
Course Objective: To acquaint students with elements of cost and also the reconciliation
procedure
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction to Cost Accounting (8 hours): Meaning and Definition of Cost, Costing,
Cost Accounting and Cost Accountancy, Objectives, Scope, Advantages and
Limitations of Cost Accounting, Differences between Financial Accounting and Cost
Accounting, Methods and Techniques of Cost Accounting.
II. Elements of Cost (12 hours): Cost Unit, Cost Centre, Classification of Costs,
Problems on Cost Sheet (including Job and Batch Cost Sheet), Tenders and
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Quotations.
III. Material Cost Control (12 hours): Materials - Meaning and Types, Material Cost
Control - Meaning and Objectives, Purchase of Materials – Centralized and
Decentralized Purchasing, Purchase Procedure, Stores Control - Meaning and
Techniques, Fixation of Stock Levels, EOQ, ABC Analysis, VED Analysis, Just in
Time, Perpetual Inventory System, Bin Card, Stores Ledger, Pricing of Material Issues
- FIFO, LIFO, Simple Average and Weighted Average Methods, and Problems
thereon.
IV. Labour Cost Control (12 hours): Labour - Meaning and Types; Cost Control, Time
Keeping and Time Booking, Treatment of Idle Time and Over Time, Labour Turnover,
Methods of Wage Payment - Time Rate, Piece Rate and Incentives Plans - Halsey
Plan, Rowan Plan, Emerson’s Efficiency Plan; Statement of Wage Sheet, and
Problems thereon.
V. Overhead Cost Control (12 hours): Meaning, Classification of Overheads, Allocation
and Apportionment of Overheads, Primary Overhead Distribution Summary,
Secondary Overhead Distribution Summary, Re-apportionment of Overheads - Direct
Distribution, Step Ladder Method; Absorption of Overheads – Methods of Absorption
- Problems on Allocation, Apportionment, Re-apportionment and Absorption of
Overhead Expenses including Machine Hour Rate.
VI. Reconciliation of Cost and Financial Accounts (8 hours): Meaning of
Reconciliation, Need for Reconciliation, Reasons for differences in Profit or Loss
shown by Cost Accounts and Financial Accounts, and Problems on Reconciliation
Statement including Memorandum Reconciliation Account.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Identification of elements of cost in services sector by visiting any service provider/
providing unit
(2) Cost estimation for making a proposed product
(3) Draft the specimen of any two documents used in material account
(4) Collection and classification of overheads in an organization on the basis of functions
(5) Prepare a reconciliation statement with imaginary figures
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) J. Made Gowda, Cost Accounting, Himalaya Publishing House
(2) M V Shukla – Cost and Management Accounting
(3) N.K. Prasad: Cost Accounting, Books Syndicate Pvt. Ltd.
(4) Nigam and Sharma: Cost Accounting, HPH
(5) Khanna Pandey and Ahuja – Practical Costing, S Chand
(6) Soundarajan A and K. Venkataramana, Cost Accounting, SHBP
B.Com, Semester – V
Course – 505: Advanced Accounts
Course Objective: To acquaint students with accounting for corporate restructuring
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Mergers and Acquisitions (22 hours): Meaning of Amalgamation and Acquisition,
Types of Amalgamation – Amalgamation in the nature of Merger – Amalgamation in
the nature of Purchase - Methods of Purchase Consideration – Calculation of Purchase
Consideration (Ind AS 103) (Old AS14), Net Asset Method - Net Payment Method,
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Accounting for Amalgamation - Entries and Ledger Accounts in the Books of

Transferor Company and Transferee Company and Preparation of New Balance Sheet
(Vertical Format).
II. Internal Reconstruction (10 hours): Meaning – Objective – Procedure – Form of
Reduction – Passing of Journal Entries – Preparation of Reconstruction Accounts –
Preparation of Balance Sheet after Reconstruction (Vertical Format) and Problems.
III. Holding Company Accounts (16 hours): Meaning of Holding Company and
Subsidiary Companies – Concepts of Minority Interest – Majority Interest – Capital
Profit – Revenue Profit – Cost of Control – Unrealized Profit included in Stock and
Problems on Holding Company Accounts (excluding Cross and Chain Holding).
IV. Investment Accounting (12 hours): Introduction – Classification of Investment – Cost
of Investment – Cum-Interest and Ex-Interest – Securities – Bonus Shares - Right
Shares – Disposal of Investment – Valuation of Investments – Procedures of
Recording Shares and Problems.
V. Human Resources Accounting (4 hours): Meaning, Objectives, Methods, Advantages
and Limitations and problems thereon.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Calculation of purchase consideration with imaginary figures
(2) List any five cases of amalgamation in the nature of merger or acquisition of Joint
Stock Companies
(3) List out legal Provisions in respect of internal reconstruction
(4) Narrate the steps for preparation of consolidated balance sheet
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Dr. B. Mariyappa – Advanced Corporate Accounting, HPH
(2) Arulanandam and Raman; Corporate Accounting-II, HPH
(3) Roadmap to IFRS and Indian Accounting Standards by CA Shibarama Tripathy
(4) S.N. Maheswari , Financial Accounting, Vikas
(5) Soundarajan A and K. Venkataramana, Advanced Corporate Accounting, SHBP
(6) RL Gupta, Advanced Accountancy, Sultan Chand
(7) K.K Verma – Corporate Accounting
(8) Jain and Narang, Corporate Accounting
(9) Tulsian, Advanced Accounting,
(10) Shukla and Grewal – Advanced Accountancy, Sultan Chand
B.Com, Semester – V
Course – 506: Goods and Services Tax
1. Course Objective: To equip students with the principles and provisions of Goods and
Services Tax (GST) - implemented from 2017 under the notion of One Nation, One Tax and
One Market. And also to provide an insight into practical aspects and apply the provisions of
GST laws to various situations.
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction to Goods and Services Tax (GST) (8 hours): Introduction to GST,
Meaning and Definition, Objectives and basic scheme of GST, Salient features of
GST – Subsuming of taxes – Benefits of implementing GST – Constitutional
amendments - Structure of GST (Dual Model) – Central GST – State/Union Territory
GST – Integrated GST; GST Council - Structure, Powers and Functions, and
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Provisions for amendments.
II. Goods and Services Act, 2017 (8 hours): CGST Act, SGST Act (Karnataka State),
and IGST Act - Salient features of CGST Act, SGST Act (Karnataka State), IGST Act.
Meaning and Definition: Aggregate turnover, Adjudicating authority, Agent, Business,
Capital goods, Casual Taxable Person, Composite supply, Mixed supply, Exempt
supply, Outward supply, Principal Supply, Place of Supply, Supplier, Goods, Input
Service Distributor, Job work, Manufacture, Input tax, Input tax credit, Person, Place
of business, Reverse charge, Works contract, Casual taxable person, Non-resident
person; Export of goods or services, Import of goods or services, Intermediary,
Location of supplier of service, Location of recipient of service and simple problems
on Composite Supply and Mixed Supply
III. Procedure and Levy under GST (32 hours): Registration under GST, Procedure for
registration, Persons liable for registration, Persons not liable for registration,
Compulsory registration, Deemed registration, Special provisions for Casual taxable
persons and Non-resident taxable persons; Exempted goods and services, Rates of
GST.
Procedure relating to Levy (CGST and SGST): Scope of supply, Tax liability on
Mixed and supply, Time of supply of goods and services Value of taxable supply,
Computation of taxable value and tax liability on Goods and Services.
Procedure relating to Levy: (IGST): Inter-state supply, intra-state supply, Zero rates
supply, Value of taxable supply – Computation of taxable value and tax liability; Input
tax Credit - Eligibility, Apportionment, Inputs on capital goods, Distribution of credit
by Input Service Distributor (ISD) – Transfer of Input tax credit and simple problems
on utilization of input tax credit.
IV. Assessment and Returns (10 hours): Meaning, types of assessment - First return,
Claim of input tax credit, Matching reversal and reclaim of input tax credit, Annual
return and Final return and Problems on Assessment of tax and tax liability.
V. GST and Technology (6 hours): GST Network: Structure, Vision and Mission,
Powers and Functions; Goods and Service Tax Suvidha Providers (GSP): Concept,
Framework and Guidelines and architecture to integrate with GST system; and GSP
Eco System. (theory only).
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Collect GST Returns form and fill with imaginary figures
a. GSTR-3B (Monthly Returns)
b. GSTR-1 (Details of Outward supplies of Goods or Services)
c. GSTR-2 ( Inward Supplies received by tax payer)
(2) Visit your locality shops and collect information relating to tax rate applicable to them
(3) Collect information about different tax rates for goods and services and write five
examples for each tax rate
(4) Visit Bank and Insurance Company, collect information relating to GST applicable to
them for different services
(5) Collect information relating to RCM (Reverse Charge Mechanism) for different
expenditures
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) GST Act 2017, Karnataka Law and Journal Publications
(2) GST, Taxman Publications
(3) Introduction to GST, Department of GST New Delhi
(4) Introduction to GST, Dr B G Bhaskar
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(5) Introduction to GST, Dr M Mariyappa

B.Com, Semester – V
Course – 508: Logical and Analytical Reasoning
Course Objective: To acquaint students with reasoning and analytical ability
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 2 Maximum Marks: 50 Examination Duration: 1½ hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Logical Reasoning (6 hours): Venn Diagram, Logical Sufficiency and Seating
Arrangement.
II. Intellectual Reasoning (7 hours): Blood Relations, D Calendar, Series, Coding and
Decoding.
III. Verbal and Non–verbal Reasoning (4 hours): Verbal Alphabetical Analogy, Puzzles
and Abstract Reasoning.
IV. Analytical Reasoning (5 hours): Cause and Effective Conclusions, Statement and
Arguments and Statement and Assumptions.
V. Mathematical Reasoning (6 hours): Problems related to Wages, Speed – Distance,
Percentage and Average, Ratio and Proportion.
VI. Data Interpretation (4 hours): Problems on Tables and Graph.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Draw Venn Diagram with imaginary Figures
(2) Draw Coding and Decoding programs with imaginary figures
(3) Calculate speed of a train with imaginary figures
(4) Draw Tables and Chart with Imaginary figures
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Agarwal, Quantitative Reasoning.
(2) Dr. Giridhar K.V. Logical and Analytical Reasoning, 5th Edition, College Book House
(3) M. N. Tyra, Speed Mathematics
B.Com, Semester – VI
Course – 601: International Financial Reporting Standards
Course Objective: To acquaint students with recent accounting standards
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction to IFRS (8 hours): Meaning and Scope of IFRS, Need for IFRS, GAAP
Vs IAS, IAS Vs IFRS, Nature and Operations of IASB and IFRIC, Status and use of
IFRS around the World.
II. Profit Presentation (8 hours): Presentation of Financial Statements (IAS - 1) Revenue
(IAS - 18) and Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors (IAS
- 8)
III. Group Accounting (12 hours): Consolidated Financial Statements and Accounting for
Investment in Subsidiaries (IAS - 27), Accounting for Investments in Associates (IAS
- 28), Joint Ventures (IAS - 31), and Business Combinations (IFRS - 3)
IV. Disclosure (14 hours): Related Party Disclosures (IAS - 24), Earning per Share (IAS -
33) and Interim Financial Reporting (IAS - 34), and First Time Adoption of IFRS
(IFRS - 1)
V. Asset Recognition and Measurement (14 hours): Property, Plant and Equipment
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(IAS - 16), Intangible Assets (IAS - 38), Investment Property (IAS - 40), Inventories
(IAS - 2), and Leases (IAS - 17).
VI. Accounting for Liabilities (8 hours): Share Based Payment (IFRS - 2), Provisions,
Contingent Assets and Contingent Liabilities (IAS - 37), and Events after the
Reporting Period (IAS - 10).
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Prepare a note on convergence of Indian Accounting Standards with IFRS
(2) Analysis of published financial statements for at-least two types of stakeholders
(3) Comment on recent developments/exposure draft in IFRS
(4) Preparation of notes to accounts for non-current assets
(5) Assignment on social reporting
(6) Preparation of Consolidated Financial Statement of any two existing companies
(7) Disclosure of change in equity in the annual reports of any two select companies
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) IFRSs, Taxman Publications (Blue book)
(2) IFRS, Barry Larking, Taxman Publications
(3) IFRS, T.P. Ghosh, Taxman Publications
(4) IFRS and Ind AS, Kamal Garg, Bharat publishers
(5) International Accounting, Mohapatra A.K. Das
B.Com, Semester - VI
Course – 602: Income Tax – II
Course Objective: To acquaint students about the computation of different sources of income
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Income from House Property (14 hours): Basis of Charge – Deemed Owners –
Exempted Incomes from House Property – Annual Value – Determination of Annual
Value – Treatment of Unrealized Rent – Loss Due to Vacancy – Deductions from
Annual Value and Problems on Income from House Property.
II. Profits and Gains of Business and Profession (Individual Assesse) (16 hours):
Meaning and Definition of Business, Profession – Vocation - Expenses expressly
Allowed – Allowable Losses – Expenses expressly Disallowed – Expenses Allowed
on Payment Basis - Problems on Business relating to Sole Trader and Problems on
Profession relating to Chartered Accountant, Advocate and Medical Practitioner.
III. Capital Gains (12 hours): Basis of Charge – Capital Assets – Transfer of Capital
Assets – Computation of Capital Gains –Exemptions U/S 54, 54B, 54D, 54EC, 54F
and Problems on Capital Gains.
IV. Income from other Sources (10 hours): Incomes – Taxable under the head ‘Other
Sources’ – Securities – Kinds of Securities – Rules for Grossing Up – Ex-Interest
Securities – Cum-Interest Securities – Bond Washing Transactions and Problems on
Income from Other Sources.
V. Set-off and Carry Forward of Losses, Computation of Total Income and Tax
Liability (8 hours): Meaning – Provision for Set-off and Carry Forward of Losses
(theory only); Computation of Total Income and Tax Liability of an Individual
Assessee (excluding Salary Income).
VI. Filing of Returns and Assessment Procedure (4 hours): PAN, TAN, E–Filing and IT
Challan.
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Skill Development Activities:

(1) Table of rates of Tax deducted at source
(2) Filing of IT returns of individuals
(3) List of enclosures for IT returns
(4) Due date for filing of returns
(5) Income tax proposal as per the recent union budget
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Dr. B. Mariyappa, Income Tax- II, HPH
(2) Dr. Vinod K. Singhania: Direct Taxes – Law and Practice, Taxman publication
(3) B.B. Lal: Direct Taxes, Konark Publisher (P) ltd
(4) Dr. Mehrotra and Dr. Goyal: Direct Taxes – Law and Practice, Sahitya Bhavan
Publication
(5) Dinakar Pagare: Law and Practice of Income Tax, Sultan Chand and sons
(6) Gaur and Narang: Income Tax
(7) Lectures on Income Tax – I, VBH
(8) Dr. V. Rajesh Kumar and Dr. R. K. Sreekantha: Income Tax – I, Vittam Publications.
B.Com, Semester – VI
Course – 603: Business Statistics – II
Course Objective: To acquaint students about practical application of statistical tools
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Correlation Analysis (14 hours): Meaning – Methods of Studying Correlation, Karl
Pearson’s Co–efficient of Correlation (Simple Correlation and Table Correlation) and
Probable Error.
II. Regression Analysis (18 hours): Meaning - Correlation Vs Regression, Determination
of Regression Co-efficient, Framing Regression Equations, Simple Regression and
Regression for Grouped Data.
III. Index Numbers (12 hours): Meaning and Definition – Uses – Classification –
Construction of Index Numbers – Methods of constructing Index Numbers – Simple
Aggregative Method – Simple Average of Price Relative Method – Weighted Index
Method – Fisher’s Ideal Method (including TRT and FRT) – Consumer Price Index
and Problems.
IV. Interpolation and Extrapolation (12 hours): Meaning – Utility – Algebraic Methods
– Binomial and Newton’s Methods only.
V. Association of Attributes (4 hours): Meaning – Correlation Vs Association of
Attributes, Methods of Studying Association – Yule’s Method only
VI. Statistical Quality Control (4 hours): Meaning – Objectives – Control Charts and
their Uses, Types of Control Charts, Construction Charts, Construction of Mean and
Range Charts only.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Collect age statistics of 10 newly married couples and compute correlation coefficient
(2) Collect age statistics of 10 newly married couples and compute regression equations;
estimate the age of bride when age of bridegroom is given
(3) Select 10 items of daily consumed products and collect base year quantity, base year
price and current year price. Calculate Cost of Living Index
(4) Collect the sales or production statistics of a company for five years and extrapolate
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the production or sales for the 6th year
(5) Draw a mean chart of any company to ascertain the quality of the product
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Anand Sharma : Statistics for Management, HPH
(2) S P Gupta: Statistical Methods- Sultan Chand, Delhi
(3) D.P Apte, Statistical Tools for Managers
(4) Dr. B N Gupta: Statistics, Sahityta Bhavan, Agra.
(5) S.C Gupta: Business Statistics, HPH
(6) N.V.R Naidu: Operation Research I.K. International Publishers
(7) Ellahance: Statistical Methods, Kitab Mahal
(8) Sanchethi and Kapoor: Business Mathematics, Sultan Chand
(9) Veerachamy: Operation Research I.K. International Publishers
(10) S. Jayashankar: Quantitative Techniques for Management
(11) Chikoddi and Satya Prasad: Quantitative Analysis for Business Decision, HPH
(12) Dr. Alice Mani: Quantitative Analysis for Business Decisions - I, SBH
B.Com, Semester - VI
Course – 604: Cost Accounting - Methods and Techniques
Course Objective: To acquaint students about methods and techniques of cost accounting
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Contract Costing (10 hours): Meaning, Nature and Types of Contract, Difference
between Contract Costing and Job Costing, Concepts of Escalation Clause, Retention
Money, Profit on Incomplete Contracts and Problems.
II. Process Costing (12 hours): Meaning, Nature and Applicability, By-Products and
Joint Products and Problems on Process Costing including Joint Products and By-
Products.
III. Operating Costing (10 hours): Meaning and Applicability of Operating Costing,
Operating Cost and its Classification, Problems on Preparation of Operating Cost
Sheet (only Transport Undertakings).
IV. Marginal Costing (14 hours): Meaning, Basic Concepts, Assumptions, Marginal Cost
Statements, Contribution, BE Analysis, P/V Ratio, BEP, Margin Of Safety and
Problems.
V. Standard Costing (10 hours): Meaning, Definitions, Differences between Standard
Costing and Budgetary Control, Analysis of Variances, Problems on Material Cost
Variance - Material Price Variance, Material Usage Variance; Labour Cost Variance,
Labour Rate Variance, and Labour Efficiency Variance.
VI. Activity Based Costing and Learning Curve Theory (8 hours): Concept of Activity
Based Costing, Cost Drivers and Cost Pools, Allocation of Overheads under ABC –
Characteristics, Implementation and Benefits of ABC; Concept and Phases of Learning
Curve, Graphical Representation, Learning Curve Applications and Factors affecting
Learning Curve (theory only)
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Listing of industries located in your area and methods of costing adopted by them
(2) List out materials used in any two organizations
(3) Preparation with imaginary figures composite job cost statement
(4) Preparation of activity based cost statement
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(5) Prepare a chart showing the apportionment of overheads under ABC

Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) J. Madegowda, Cost Accounting, Himalaya Publishing House
(2) J. Madegowda, Marginal Costing for Managerial Decisions, Prateeksha Publications
(3) J. Madegowda, Cost Management, Himalaya Publishing House
(4) S P Iyengar, Cost Accounting
(5) Nigam and Sharma, Advanced Costing
(6) B.S. Raman, Cost Accounting
(7) Dr. B. Mariyappa, Cost Accounting Methods - HPH
(8) M.N. Arora, Cost Accounting
(9) Ashish K Bhattacharyya: cost accounting for business managers
(10) N. Prasad, Costing
(11) Palaniappan and Hariharan: Cost Accounting, I.K. International Publishers
(12) Jain and Narang, Cost Accounting
(13) Ravi M. Kishore – Cost Management
(14) Charles T Horngren, George Foster, Srikant M. Data, Cost Accounting: A Managerial
Emphasis
(15) Rathnam: Cost Accounting
B.Com, Semester - VI
Course – 605: Management Accounting
Course Objective: To acquaint students with necessary knowledge of practical aspects of
Management Accounting
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 5 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Management Accounting (10 hours): Meaning and Definition of Management
Accounting, Scope and Objectives of Management Accounting – Differences between
Management Accounting and Financial Accounting – Management Accounting and
Cost Accounting and Limitations of Management Accounting.
II. Analysis of Financial Statements (10 hours): Meaning and Definition of Financial
Statements – Financial Analysis – Types of Financial Analysis, Techniques of
Financial Analysis - Common Size Statements, Comparative Statements and Trend
Analysis and Problems.
III. Ratio Analysis (14 hours): Meaning and Objectives – Types of Ratios – Re-
arrangement of Income Statements and Balance Sheet – (A) Profitability Ratios – GP
Ratio, NP Ratio, Operating Ratio – Operating Profit Ratio - Return on Capital
Employed Ratio – EPS; (B) Turnover Ratios – Debtors Turnover Ratio – Creditors
Turnover Ratio; (C) Financial Ratios, Current Ratio - Liquidity Ratio, Debt-Equity
Ratio, Capital Generating Ratio and Advantages and Limitations of Ratios.
IV. Fund Flow Analysis (10 hours): Meaning, Concepts of Funds – Meaning and
Definition of Fund Flow Statements – Uses and Limitations – Procedure for
Preparation of Funds Flow Statement – Statement of Changes in Working Capital,
Statement of Funds from Operations, and Statements of Sources and Application of
Funds.
V. Cash Flow Statements (10 hours): Meaning, Definition, Uses and Limitations-
Differences between Fund Flow Statement and Cash Flow Statement – Preparation of
Cash Flow Statements (Ind AS - 7): Direct Method and Indirect Method.
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VI. Budgetary Control (10 hours): Meaning of Budget, Budgeting and Budgetary
Control, Types of Budgets, Limitations of Budgetary Control, Problems on Sales
Budget and Flexible Budget.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Preparation of common size financial statements, trend percentages and comparative
financial statements of an organization at least for two years
(2) Calculation of ratios based on the above financial statements – gross profit ratio, net
profit ratio, operation profit ratio, current ratio and operations
(3) Identify current assets, current liabilities, and non-current liabilities from the above
financial statements
(4) Preparation of fund flow statement and determination fund from operations with
imaginary figures
(5) Preparation of flexible budget with imaginary figures
(6) Visit an organization, collect information regarding budgets prepared by them, and
prepare budget based on the given information
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Advanced Management Accounting: J. Madegowda, 2nded, Himalaya Publishing
House
(2) Management Accounting: J. Madegowda, Himalaya Publishing House
(3) Management Accounting: Dr. S.P. Gupta
(4) Management Accounting :M.Y. Khan And P.K. Jain
(5) Management Accounting: Dr. S.N. Maheshwari
(6) Management Accounting: B.S. Raman
(7) Management Accounting; Howard And Brown
(8) Management Accounting : S.M. Goyal And Dr. Manmohan
(9) Management Accounting-Dr, B. Mariyappa
B.Com, Semester – VI
Course – 606: Principles and Practice of Auditing
Course Objective: To acquaint students with auditing principles and different dimensions of
Auditing
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 3 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction to Auditing (12 hours): Meaning, Definition, Objectives, Types of
Audit, Advantages and Disadvantages of Audit, Preparation before Commencement of
New Audit, Audit Note, Audit Working Paper, Audit Programme, Recent Trends in
Auditing, Nature and Significance of Tax Audit, Cost Audit and Management Audit.
II. Internal Check (10 hours): Meaning, Objectives, Fundamental Principles, Internal
Check as Regards Wage Payment, Cash Book, Purchases, Cash Sales; Merits of
Internal Check, Differences between Internal Check and Internal Audit.
III. Vouching (14 hours): Definition, Importance, Objectives, Routine Checking and
Vouching - Types of Vouchers, Vouching Receipts, Cash Sales, Receipts from
Debtors, Proceeds of Sales, Sale of Investment, Vouching of Payments, Cash Purchase
and Payment to Creditors.
IV. Verification and Valuation of Assets and Liabilities (14 hours): Meaning and
Objectives of Verification and Valuation - Position of an Auditor as regards the
Valuation of Assets - Verification and Valuation of different Items - Land and
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Building, Plant and Machinery, Goodwill – Investments - Stock in Trade, Bills

Payable and Sundry Creditors.
V. Company Audit and Others (10 hours): Company Auditor – Appointment –
Qualifications - Powers – Duties and Liabilities; Types of Audit Report - Clean and
Qualified Report, Audit of Educational Institutions, Audit of Insurance Company and
Audit of Cooperative Societies.
VI. Audit Standards (4 hours): Audit of Computerized Accounts - Audits in an EDP -
General EDP Controls, EDP Application Controls and Computer Assist Auditing
Techniques
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Draft an audit programme
(2) Draft an investigation report on behalf of a public limited company
(3) Visit an audit firm, write about the procedure followed by them in auditing the books
of account of a firm
(4) Formulate internal check system for cash sales
(5) Prepare qualified/clean audit report
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Auditing - T.R Sharma
(2) Principles of Auditing - Dr. Nanjegowda
(3) Principles and Practice of Auditing - M.S Ramaswamy
(4) Principles and Practice of Auditing –R.G Sexena
(5) Auditing – B.S Raman
(6) Practical auditing – B.N Tandon
(7) Auditing – Kamal Gupta
B.Com, Semester - VI
Course – 608: Soft Skills
Course Objective: To acquaint students with the essential of communication
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 2 Maximum Marks: 50 Examination Duration: 1½ hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Elements of Communication (4 hours): Meaning, Importance, Objectives and
Principles of Communication, Types and Forms of Communication, Process,
Impediments of Effective Communication, and Strategies for Effective
Communication.
II. Non-verbal Communication (8 hours): Body Language, Gestures, Postures, Facial
Expressions, Dress Codes, Cross Cultural Dimensions of Business Communication,
Listening and Speaking, Techniques of Eliciting Response, Probing Questions,
Observation, Business and Social Etiquettes.
III. Public Speaking (8 hours): Principles of Effective Speech and Presentations,
Technical Speeches and Non-Technical Presentations, Speech of Introduction of a
Speaker - Speech of Vote of Thanks - Occasional Speech - Theme Speech; Moderating
Programs and Use of Technology
IV. Interview Techniques (6 hours): Importance of Interviews, Art of Conducting and
Giving Interviews, Placement Interviews - Discipline Interviews - Appraisal
Interviews and Exit Interviews.
V. Meetings (6 Hours): Importance, Meetings Opening and Closing Meetings
Participating and Conducting Group Discussions, Brain Storming, and E- Meetings,
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Career Counseling, and Resume Preparation.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Conduct a mock meeting and draft minutes of the meeting
(2) Draft a letter of enquiry to purchase a laptop
(3) Draft your bio-data
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Soft Skills of Personality Development: C.G.G Krishnamacharyulu and Lalitha
(2) Lesikar, R.V. and Flatley, M.E. Basic Business Communication Skills for
Empowering the Internet Generation, TMH, New Delhi.
(3) Rai and Rai: Business Communication Himalaya Publishing House
(4) Ludlow, R. and Panton, F. (1998). The Essence of Effective Communications, Prentice
Hall of India Pvt. Ltd
(5) M.S. Rao : Soft Skills – Enhancing Employability I.K. International
(6) Rao and Das: Communication Skills
(7) Adair, J. (2003). Effective Communication. Pan McMillan.
(8) Thill, J.V. and Bovee, G. L, Excellence in Business Communication, TMH, New
York.
(9) Bowman, J.P. and Branchaw, P.P, Business Communications: From Process to
Product. Dryden Press, Chicago.
(10) Sharma S.P and Others, Business Communication
(11) Rajkumar, Basic of Business Communication
(12) Banerjee: Soft Skills Business and Professional Communication, I.K. International
Specialization Stream – A: Finance Stream
B.Com, Semester – V
Course – 507A: Advanced Financial Management
Course Objective: To acquaint students with the ways of mobilizing and using of financial
resources by industrial enterprises
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions.
Weekly Teaching Hours:4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Investment Decisions and Risk Analysis (14 hours): Risk Analysis – Types of Risks
– Risk and Uncertainty – Techniques of Measuring Risks – Risk Adjusted Discount
Rate Approach – Certainty Equivalent Approach – Sensitivity Analysis - Probability
Approach - Standard Deviation and Co-efficient of Variation – Decision Tree Analysis
and Problems,
II. Sources of Capital (12 hours): Long Term Sources – Meaning – Equity Shares –
Preference Shares – Debentures – Differences between Shares and Debentures –
Retained Earnings – Long Term Loans and Loans From Financial Institutions.
III. Capital Structure Theories (10 hours): Introduction – Capital Structure – Capital
Structure Theories - Net Income Approach - Net Operating Income Approach -
Traditional Approach – MM Approach and Problems.
IV. Dividend Theories (12 hours): Introduction – Irrelevance Theory – MM Model;
Relevance Theories - Walter Model - Gordon Model and Problems on Dividend
Theories.
V. Planning and Forecasting of Working Capital (14 hours): Concept of Working
Capital – Determinants of Working Capital – Estimating Working Capital Needs –
Operating Cycle – Cash Management – Motives of Holding Cash – Cash Management
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Techniques – Preparation of Cash Budget, Receivables Management – Preparation of

Ageing Schedule and Debtors Turnover Ratio; Inventory Management Techniques and
Problems on EOQ.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Preparation of a small project report of a small business concern covering all
components - Finance, Marketing, Production, Human Resources, General
administration (any one component can be selected as the title of the report)
(2) Designing a capital structure for a trading concern
(3) Preparing a blue print on working capital of a small concern
(4) Prepare a chart on modes of cash budget
(5) List out different modes of Dividend Policy
(6) List out the companies which have declared dividends recently along with the rate of
dividend
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Narendra Singh, Advanced Financial Management
(2) K. Venkataramana, Advanced Financial Management, SHBP.
(3) Ghousia Khatoon, Mahanada B. C., Advanced Financial Management, VBH
(4) S N Maheshwari, Financial Management Principles and Practice, Sultan Chand
(5) Khan and Jain, Financial Management, Tata McGraw Hill
(6) Sudhindra Bhat, Financial Management, Prentice Hall of India
(7) Sharma and Sashi Gupta, Financial Management, Kalyani Publication
(8) I M Pandey, Financial Management, Vikas Publication
(9) Prasanna Chandra, Financial Management, Tata McGraw Hill
(10) R.M Srivastava, Financial Management & Policy, Sterling publishers
Specialization Stream – A: Finance Stream
B.Com, Semester - VI
Course – 607A: Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
Course Objective: To acquaint students with investment decisions and portfolio management
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction to Investment Management (15 hours): Meaning of Investment –
Selection of Investment – Classification of Securities – Risk and Uncertainty – Types
of Risks – Risk and Expected Return – Measurement of Portfolio Risk – Benefits of
Diversification – Investment Strategies – Types of Companies and Stocks – Matrix
Approach in Investment Decision and Investment Avenues
II. Security Analysis (15 hours): Introduction – Fundamental Analysis – Economic
Analysis – Industry Analysis – Company Analysis; Technical Analysis – Dow
Theory – Advanced Declined Theory and Chartism Assumptions of Technical
Analysis.
III. Modern Portfolio Theory (14 hours): Introduction – Mean – Variance Model –
Capital Market Line – Market Portfolio – Capital Asset Pricing Model – Security
Market Line – Beta Factor – Alpha and Beta Coefficient and Arbitrage Pricing Model.
IV. Portfolio Management (10 hours): Markowitz Model – Sharpe Model – Jensen and
Treynor Model.
V. Global Markets (10 hours): Global Investment Benefits - Introduction to ADRs,
GDRs, FCCBs, Foreign Bonds, Global Mutual Funds – Relationship between Trends
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in Global Markets and Domestic Markets.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Prepare an imaginary investment portfolio for salaried man whose income as ` 10

lakhs per annum and estimate savings is ` 2 lakhs per annum

(2) Make a list of 30 companies which have gone for IPO very recently
(3) Prepare a statement showing the ups and downs in the BSE index for the last one year
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Avadhani, Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, HPH
(2) Preeti Singh - Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, HPH
(3) K. Venkataramana, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, SBHP
(4) Kevin, Investment and Portfolio Management
(5) Prasanna Chandra, Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, McGraw-Hill
(6) Sudhindra Bhat, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management - Fischer and Jordan,
Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, Prentice Hall
(7) A.P. Dash, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, I.K. Intl
(8) Rohini Singh, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
(9) Punithvathy Pandian, Security analysis & portfolio Management
Specialization Stream – B: Marketing Stream
B.Com, Semester – V
Course – 507B: Product and Sales Management
Course Objective: To acquaint students with adequate knowledge of product and sales
management
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions.
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction to Product Management (12 hours): Meaning, Definition of Product,
Market - Market focused Organization; Functionally focused Organization; Product
Management – Facts Vs Fiction; Changes affecting Product Management; and Product
Strategy.
II. Product Planning and Management (12 hours): Meaning, Definition and Objectives
of Product Planning; Frequent mistakes in Planning; Planning Process; Components of
a good Plan; Product Life Cycle; Market Growth; Product Attractiveness - Factors
influencing a Product; Threat of New Entrants, Product Differentiation; Bargaining
Power of Buyers and Suppliers; Pressure from Substitutes; Environment Analysis; and
Product Line Management.
III. New Product Development (12 hours): Meaning, Definition and Organization for
New Product Development; Idea Generation and Screening; Concept of Development
and Evaluation; New Product Development and Evaluation; Product Modification;
Product Variants; Brand Extension; Test Marketing, Evaluation for Market
Acceptance; Commercialization and Product Failure.
IV. Salesman (14 hours): Meaning, Definition and Qualities of a good Salesman,
Recruitment of Salesmen in the Organization, Product, Knowledge, Planned Selling,
Approach - Pre-Approach-Meeting, Objectives, Closing the Sale-Scales Call;
Customer Psychology - Buying Motives of our Customer, Effective Speaking,
Consumer Products Vs Industrial Products Selling - Trade Relations –S ales Personnel
Recruitment, Selection, Training, and Remuneration.
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V. Sales and Marketing System (14 hours): Meaning, Definition, Objectives of Sales,
Promotion Schemes and Situations in which they Launched. 42 Direct Premiums
(Branded Packs, Price Rebates, Quantity Deals, Sampling, etc), Criteria for Judging
the Success or Failure of Sales Promotion Schemes, What Sales Promotion can
achieve and its Limitations; Consumer Contests, Interim Action Premiums (Coupon,
Offers, etc), Self-Liquidating Premium; Survey of Gift Scheme Window Display,
Types of Dealer Promotion Schemes, Wholesale and Retail Trade (Discount and
Bonus Incentives for the Trade Sales Promotion and Industrial Products -
Merchandising and Display - Sales Aids and Dealers Aids.
Marketing System - Marketing Channels Behavioral Process in Marketing Channels,
Designing Channels, Channels of Distribution and Promotion, Physical Distribution;
and Factors affecting Channel Choice.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Select any product and examine the features of channels selected for distribution
(2) Visit any organization and understand about remuneration and incentives to salesman
(3) Chart out product planning process
(4) Chart Sales Promotion schemes of two consumer durable products and two non–
consumer durable products
(5) Identify a product and position it in the market – chart it out
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Lehmann R. Donald &Winer. S. Russell; Product Management; Tata McGraw-Hill
Edition; 3rd Edition
(2) Still R. Richard, Cundiff W. Edward and Govoni A P Norman, Sales Management
Decisions, Strategies and Cases; Prentice Hall of India (P) Ltd; New Delhi
(3) Ramanujam and Majumdar, Product management
(4) Chunawalla S.A, Product management.
(5) Aswathappa, Product management
(6) Verma and Agarwal, Sales management
Specialization Stream – B: Marketing Stream
B.Com, Semester – VI
Course – 607B: Retail Management
Course Objective: To acquaint students about the consumer behavior in retail management
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions.
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction to Retail Business (12 hours): Definition – Functions of Retailing -
Types of Retailing – Forms of Retail Business Ownership; Retail Theories – Wheel of
Retailing – Retail Life Cycle; Retail Business in India: Influencing Factors – Present
Indian Retail Scenario and International Perspective in Retail Business.
II. Consumer Behavior in Retail Business (14 hours): Buying Decision Process and its
Implications on Retailing – Influence of Group and Individual Factors, Customer
Shopping Behaviour, Customer Service and Customer Satisfaction; Retail Planning
Process: Factors to consider in preparing a Business Plan – Implementation and Risk
Analysis.
III. Retail Operations (12 hours): Factors influencing Location of Store - Market Area
Analysis – Trade Area Analysis – Rating Plan Method - Site Evaluation; Retail
Operations: Stores Layout and Visual Merchandising, Stores Designing, Space
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Planning, Inventory Management, Merchandise Management, and Category
Management.
IV. Retail Marketing Mix (16 hours): Introduction; Product: Decisions related to
selection of Goods (Merchandise Management Revisited) – Decisions related to
Delivery of Service; Pricing: Influencing Factors – Approaches to Pricing – Price
Sensitivity - Value Pricing – Markdown Pricing; Place: Supply Channel – SCM
Principles – Retail Logistics – Computerized Replenishment System – Corporate
Replenishment Policies; Promotion: Setting Objectives – Communication Effects -
Promotional Mix; Human Resource Management in Retailing – Manpower Planning –
Recruitment and Training – Compensation and Performance Appraisal Methods.
V. Impact of Information Technology in Retailing (10 hours): Non Store Retailing (E-
Retailing) - Impact of Information Technology in Retailing - Integrated Systems and
Networking – EDI – Bar Coding – Electronic Article Surveillance – Electronic Shelf
Labels – Customer Database Management System; Legal aspects in Retailing, Social
Issues in Retailing, and Ethical Issues in Retailing.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Draw a retail life cycle chart and list the stages
(2) Draw a chart showing a store operations
(3) List out the major functions of a store manager diagrammatically
(4) List out the current trends in e-retailing
(5) List out the factors influencing in the location of a New Retail outlet
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Suja Nair; Retail Management, HPH
(2) Karthic – Retail Management, HPH
(3) S.K. Poddar & others – Retail Management, VBH
(4) R.S Tiwari ; Retail Management, HPH
(5) Barry Bermans and Joel Evans: "Retail Management – A Strategic Approach", 8th
edition, PHI
(6) A.J. Lamba, The Art of Retailing, 1st edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi
(7) Swapna Pradhan, Retailing Management, TMH
(8) K. Venkataramana, Retail Management, SHBP
(9) James R. Ogden and Denise T., Integrated Retail Management
(10) A Sivakumar Retail Marketing , Excel Books
Specialization Stream – C: Banking and Insurance Stream
B.Com, Semester – V
Course – 507C: Advanced Bank Management
Course Objective: To acquaint students about the advanced aspects of banking system
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Branch Operation and Core Banking (14 hours): Introduction and Evolution of
Bank Management – Technological Impact on Banking Operation – Total Branch
Computerization – Concept of Opportunities – Centralized Banking – Concept,
Opportunities, Challenges and Implementation.
II. Delivery Channels (14 hours): Delivery Channels – Automated Teller Machine
(ATM) – Phone Banking – Call Centers – Internet Banking – Mobile Banking –
Payment Gateways – Card Technologies and MICR Electronic Clearing.
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III. Back Office Operations (12 hours): Bank Back Office Management – Inter Branch
Reconciliation – Treasury Management – Forex Operations – Risk Management –
Data Center Management – Network Management – Knowledge Management
(MIS/DSS/EIS) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM).
IV. Inter Bank Payment System (12 hours): Interface with Payment System Network –
Structured Financial Messaging System – Electronic Fund Transfer – RTGSS –
Negotiated Dealing Systems and Securities Settlement Systems – Electronic Money
and E- Cheques.
V. Contemporary Issues in Banking Techniques (12 hours): Analysis of Rangarajan
Committee Reports – E Banking Budgeting and Banking Software.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Filling of application for opening a Bank Account
(2) Preparations of Bank Reconciliation Statement
(3) Identify and compare the banking delivery channels of nationalized banks and private
banks
(4) List out the boons and the banes of computerization of banks operations
(5) Current issues in banking technology to be discussed in class
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Kaptan S S and Choubey N S, E-Indian Banking in Electronic Era, Sarup & Sons,
New Delhi
(2) Vasudeva, E-Banking, Common Wealth Publishers, New Delhi
(3) Chandramohan: Fundamental of Computer Network I.K. International Publishers
(4) Effraim Turban, Rainer R. Kelly, Richard E. Potter, Information Technology, John
Wiley & Sons Inc
(5) Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, Tata McGraw Hill,
(6) Padwal & Godse : Transformation of Indian Banks with Information Technology
Specialization Stream – C: Banking and Insurance Stream
B.Com, Semester – VI
Course – 607C: Life and General Insurance
Course Objective: To acquaint students about the principles of managing and administration
of insurance business
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions.
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction to Life Insurance (14 hours): Introduction to Life Insurance - Principles
of Life Insurance - Life Insurance Products, Pensions and Annuities - Life Insurance
Underwriting - Need for Selection - Factors affecting Rate of Mortality - Sources of
Data - Concept of Extra Mortality - Numerical Methods of Undertaking and
Occupational Hazards.
II. Legal Aspects of Life Insurance (14 hours): Legal Aspects of Insurance - Indian
Contract Act, Special Features of Insurance Contract; Insurance Laws, Insurance Act,
LIC Act, and IRDA Act.
III. Claim Management and Re-Insurance (12 hours): Claim Management - Claim
Settlement - Legal Framework - Third Party Administration, Insurance Ombudsman -
Consumer Protection Act - Re-Insurance in Life Insurance - Retention Limits -
Methods of Re-Insurance.
IV. Introduction to General Insurance (12 hours): Introduction to General Insurance;
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Principles of General Insurance, Types of General Insurance - Personal General
Insurance Products (Fire, Personal Liability, Motors, Miscellaneous Insurance);
Terminology, Clauses and Covers, Risk Assessment, Underwriting and Ratemaking,
Product Design, Development and Evaluation and Loss of Provincial Control.
V. Insurance Industry (12 hours): Insurance Industry - Brief History - Pre
Nationalization and Post Nationalization - Current Scenario, and Re-Insurance –
Functions.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Calculation of policy premium with imaginary figures
(2) Calculation of fair claims with imaginary figures
(3) Preparation of list occupational hazards under life insurance
(4) List out top 10 private life insurance companies
(5) Write a note on the current developments under IRDA Act
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Annie Stephen L, HPH
(2) P. Perya Swamy, Principles and Practice of Life Insurance
(3) Raman B, Your Life Insurance, Hand Book
(4) William C. Arthur, Risk Management and Insurance
(5) G. Krishna Swamy, A Text book on Principles and Practices of Life Insurance
(6) Gopal Krishnan, Liability Insurance
(7) Aramvalarthan, Risk Management I.K. Intl
(8) Mishra M.N, Insurance Principles and Practice
(9) Bose A.K, Engineering Insurance
(10) Fire Insurance Claim, Insurance institute of India
(11) P. K Gupta, Insurance and Risk Management
Specialization Stream – D: E-commerce Stream
B.Com, Semester – V
Course – 507D: E-Commerce – I
Course Objective: To acquaint students about programming language ‘C’
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. E-Commerce (8 hours): E-Commerce Vs E-Business, Advantages of E-Commerce,
Internet Banking - Advantages of Online Banking, Facilities, Internet Banking in
India, ATM, Credit Card/Debit Card, Smart Card; Advantages of Internet Marketing,
and Advertising over Internet.
II. Introduction to HTML (10 hours): HTML Documentation, Structure and Tags,
Defining Web Page Appearance, Text Formatting, Writing simple HTML Documents,
Front Page, Advantages and Options.
III. Introduction To ‘C’ (3 hours): History of ‘C’, Features and Merits of ‘C’, Basic
Structure of a ‘C’ Program, Character Set, Key Words, Identifiers, Data Types,
Constants and Variables, Data Type Declaration Statement, Assigning Values to a
Variable, Operators, Expressions, Loading, Editing, Saving and Executing C
Programs, and Turbo ‘C’ Hot Keys
IV. Input/Output Statements (15 hours): Input/Output Statements - Unformatted
(Getchar; Putchar; Gets; Puts; Getch; Gerche) and Formatted I/O Functions (Scanf;
Printf); Program Flow Control Statements, Branching Statements, Looping Statements,
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Jumping Statements, If Statement, If-else Statement, Switch Statement, While

Statement, Do-While Statement, For Statement, and Nested for Loop Statement.
V. Arrays (8 hours): One Dimensional Array, Two Dimensional Array, and Library
Functions (Abs, Sqrt, Pow).
VI. Writing Simple Programmes Using ‘C’ (20 hours): Language involving Arithmetical
Operations on Numbers, Number Generations of Various Types - Natural Numbers,
Even and Odd Numbers, Multiplication Table, Fibonacci Series, Factorial of A
Number, Array Addition, Inverse of Matrix, Use of Formulas - Simple Interest,
Compound Interest, Area Calculations, etc.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Write a C Program to find the area and circumference of the circle
(2) Write a C Program to show the use of Char and String used
(3) Write a C Program to the use of Do and While statement
(4) Write a C Program to show the use of mul and pow functions
(5) Write a Program to display the growth of a fixed deposit in a bank
(5) Write a C Program for finding Biggest and Smallest among many numbers using array
(5) Write a C Program to show the use of Switch Case
(5) Write a C Program for calculation of salesman's commission
(5) Write a C Program for preparation of marks statement
(5) Write a C Program to show arithmetical operations on numbers
(5) Write a C Program to calculate simple interest and compound interest
(5) Write a C program to find whether the number is a perfect square or not
(5) Write a HTML document for display of an Advertisement message with suitable tags
(5) Write a HTML document to show a moving message on the screen
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Rajaraman, Computer Programming in ‘C’ (Prentice Hall of India).
(2) Yashwanth, P. Kanetkar, Let Us C (BPB Publications).
(3) Byron S Gottrifried, Programming with C (Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd)

Specialization Stream – D: E-commerce Stream

B.Com, Semester – VI
Course – 607D: E-Commerce – II
Course Objective: To acquaint students with knowledge about internet and visual basics
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions.
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Introduction to Internet (6 hours): Meanings of Internet and Intranet, Modem, LAN,
WAN, MAN, WWW; Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet.
II. Email (6 hours): Meaning, Advantages, Steps in Creating E-Mail ID, Internet
Browsing, Information through Web-Sites, Search Engines, and Browser (Internet
Explorer).
III. Power Point (16 hours): Start, End, Open, Format, Edit, Print and Save a Presentation;
Insert, Format and Modify Text, Select a Design Template, Create a Title Slide, Create
a Multi-Level Bulleted List Slide, Display and Print in Black and White, Describe
Speech Recognition Capabilities of Power Point, Add Slides to and Delete Slides from
a Presentation; Create a Presentation from an Outline and Use Outline Features,
Change the Slide Layout, Insert and Edit Clip Art, Add a Header and Footer, Add
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Animation and Slide Transition Effect, Create Presentation using Embedded Visuals,
Create a Slide Background using a Picture, Customize Graphical Bullets, Create and
Embed an Organizational Chart, Insert and Format a Table into a Slide, Add an
Animation Scheme to selected Slides, Print Handouts, and Rearrange Slides.
IV. Introduction to Visual Basic Programming (12 hours): Introduction to Visual Basic,
Terminologies, Creating an Application, Modular Environment; Building an
Application, Setting Properties of Objects, Forms; Introduction to Controls; Event-
Driven Programming.
V. B Coding: Examining Code (12 hours): Using Object Browser, Statements and
Functions, Conditional Statements and Looping Statements in Visual Basic; Native
Code Compiler; Debugging, Overview of Debugging, Forms, Using Forms, Multiple
Forms, Events; Start Up and End of Application Variables, Data Types, Scope and
Life Time of Variables, Constants, Arrays and User-Defined Types.
VI. Procedure (12 hours): Introduction to Procedure, Arguments and Parameters; Named
Arguments and Optional Arguments; Controls – Using Controls, and Standard
Controls (Custom Controls).
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Write the steps for addition of any two numbers in Visual Basic
(2) Write the steps for Swapping two numbers in Visual Basic
(3) Write the steps for finding Simple Interest/Compound Interest in Visual Basic
(4) Write the steps for creating Presentation having atleast five slides related to a new
product launching
(5) Write the steps for creating Presentation having atleast four or five slides related to
motivating the salesmen
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) U. S. Pandey, Rahul Srivastava and Others, E-Commerce and Its Applications (S.
Chand & Co)
(2) Kamlesh N. Agarwal and Deeksha Agarwal, Business on the Net (McMillan India Ltd)
(3) Jerke, Visual Basic
(4) White, Visual Basic Programming
Specialization Stream – E: Quantitative Techniques Stream
B.Com, Semester – V
Course – 507E: Quantitative Techniques – I
Course Objective: To acquaint students about the application of mathematical and statistical
techniques to practical business problems
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions.
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Arithmetic and Geometric Progression (8 hours): Arithmetic Progression,
Geometric Progression, Some of nth Term of Arithmetic Progression and Geometric
Progression, Arithmetic Mean and Geometric Mean.
II. Matrices and Determinants Matrices (13 hours): Matrices, Types of Matrices;
Operation of Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication of Matrix with Special
Application to Business; Transpose of Matrix, Determinants of Square Matrix,
Cramer’s Rule with Two and Three Unknown Properties, Adjoint of a Square Matrix,
and Inverse of a Square Matrix (excluding Matrix Method).
III. Differential Calculus (13 hours): Variables and Constant, Function, Real/Valued
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Function, Limits of Function, Methods of Evaluating Limits, Differentiation of Linear

Function, Finding Maxima and Minima of a Function, Application of Differential to
Commerce, (excluding Derivations).
IV. Linear Programming (14 hours): Linear Inequalities, Liner Programming, Formation
of Linear Programming Problems, Mode/Solutions to Linear Programming Problems
by Graphic and Simplex Method (problems to be restricted to two variables).
V. Theory of Probability (10 hours): Introduction, Random Experiments, Sample Space
and Probability, Theory of Expectations, Random Variables, Problems related to
Probability based on Combination, Law of Probability, Events, and Compound Events.
VI Theoretical Distribution (6 hours): Introduction, Binomial Distribution, Poisson
Distribution, Normal Distribution, and Problems
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Apply Arithmetic Progression and Geometric Progression methods to find the growth
rate of food grains and population
(2) Use Matrix Principles to implement food requirement and protein for two families.
Show the way in which price and demand situations will help to purchase goods and
services by the use of matrices
(3) Select different ways to go to Bengaluru from your native place through permutation
techniques
(4) Use different techniques to show price, supply and demand position for a particular
product, and also show maximum and minima
(5) Visit a nearest Industry or Computer Centre and draw Linear Programming Problem
model regarding different problems. Find a solution to the problem
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Business Mathematics, Sanchethi Kapoor
(2) Business Mathematics, S. P. Gupta
(3) Mathematics for Cost Accountants, R. Gupta
(4) Business Mathematics: Madappa and Sridhara Rao
(5) Business Mathematics: Dorairaj, S. N
(6) Business Mathematics: B. H. Suresh
(7) Business Mathematics: Sanchethi Aggarwal
(8) Business Mathematics: Aggarwal
(9) Business Mathematics: Oak and other (Himalaya Publishing House)
Specialization Stream – E: Quantitative Techniques Stream
B.Com, Semester – VI
Course – 607E: Quantitative Techniques – II
Course Objective: To acquaint students with the application of mathematical techniques to
business situations
Pedagogy: Combination of lectures, assignments and group discussions
Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 Maximum Marks: 100 Examination Duration: 3 hours
Unit Course Inputs
I. Games and Strategies (10 hours): Introduction to Games, Two-Person Zero-Sum
Games, Some Basic Terms, the Maxi-min– Mini-max Principle, Games without
Saddle Points - Mixed.
II. Assignment Problems (10 hours): Introduction, Mathematical Function of the
Problems, Assignment Cases in Assignment Problems, Typical Assignment Problem,
and Travelling Salesman Problem.
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III. Transportation Problems (12 hours): Introduction, General Transportation Problem,
Transportation Table, Duality in Transportation Problem, Loops in Transportation
Problem, LP Formulation of the Transportation Problem, Solution of a Transportation
Problem, Finding an Initial Basic Feasible Solution, and Test for Optimality
IV. Decision Analysis (10 hours): Introduction, Decision Making Problem, Decision
Making Process, Decision Making Environment, Decision under Uncertainty,
Decisions under Risk, and Decision Tree Analysis.
V. Simulation (12 hours): Introduction, Why Simulation, Methodology of Simulation,
Simulation Models, Event-Type Simulation; Generation of Random Numbers; Monte-
Carlo Simulation, Simulation of Inventory Problems, Simulation of Queuing System,
Simulation of Maintenance Problems, Simulation of Investment and Budgeting,
Simulation of Job Sequencing, Advantages and Limitations of Simulation.
VI. Project Management (10 hours): Introduction, Basic Concepts of Network Analysis,
Time Estimates in Vertical Path Analysis, PERT and CPM, Simple Problems on PERT
and CPM.
Skill Development Activities:
(1) Play game for competing with the rival trader, find Games Strategies to withstand in
the game
(2) Give an assignment to a particular person who is capable to find suitable measures to
particular assigned task
(3) Find the least root to go to the places when a travelling agent is supposed to visit more
than two places simultaneously
(4) Find strategies for assigning a particular task to various persons
(5) How simulation can be derived and give suitable examples
(6) Experiment different events for finding solution for probable events
Recommended Books for Reference:
(1) Business Mathematics, Sanchethi Kapoor
(2) Business Mathematics, S. P. Gupta
(3) Mathematics for Cost Accountants, R. Gupta
(4) Business Mathematics: Madappa Sridhara Rao
(5) Business Mathematics: Dorairaj, S. N
(6) Business Mathematics: B. H. Suresh
(7) Business Mathematics: Sanchethi Aggarwal
(8) Business Mathematics: Aggarwal
(9) Business Mathematics: Oak and other (Himalaya Publishing House)
(10) Kanti Swarup, P. K Gupta Man Mohan, Operations Research
(11) V. K. Kapoor, Quantitative Techniques
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Question Paper Pattern for Semester-end Examinations

[Each Question Paper shall be divided into three Sections viz., Section – A (Conceptual),
Section – B (Analytical) and Section – C (Application)]
Section – A:
Maximum Marks: 15,
Three Questions shall be answered out five Questions (including three Problems in
the case of Quantitative Courses),
Each question carries five marks, and
Answer to each theory question shall be in not more than two pages.
Section – B:
Maximum Marks: 20,
Two Questions shall be answered out four Questions (including three Problems in the
case of Quantitative Courses),
Each Question carries ten marks, and
Answer to each theory Question shall be in not more than five pages.
Section – C:
Maximum Marks: 45,
Three Questions shall be answered out five Questions (including four Problems in the
case of Quantitative Courses),
Each Question carries 15 marks, and
Answer to each theory Question shall be in not more than eight pages.
Note: Calculators, Mathematical Tables and Present Value Tables are allowed.

Question Paper Pattern for Course – 508: Logical and Analytical Reasoning
(B.Com, Semester – V)
Duration: 90 minutes,
Maximum Marks: 40,
40 multiple answer questions and all are compulsory, and
Each question carries 1 mark.

Question Paper Pattern for Course – 608: Soft Skills

(B.Com, Semester – VI)
Duration: 90 minutes,
Maximum Marks: 40,
Students shall answer 8 questions out of 10 questions, and
Each question carries 5 marks.

Question Paper Pattern

for
Course – 307: Environmental Science (B.Com, Semester - III) and
Course – 407: Indian Constitution (B.Com, Semester - IV)
Duration: 3 hours,
Maximum Marks: 80,
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80 multiple answer questions and all are compulsory, and
Each question carries 1 mark.