Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS)

Realising the importance of imparting skill-based education to youth and being guided by Section 22 (3) of the UGC Act – 1956 to embed apprenticeship/internship to a degree programme, The American College entered into an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Logistics Sector Skill Council (LSC), Chennai, a collaborating division of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on the 22nd of October, 2020, launching an apprenticeship-based Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) Degree Programme in Maritime Logistics, affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) with the primary objective of facilitating skilling of students and young graduates to make them industry-ready and be gainfully employed at various levels in Logistics Sector. The programme is offered with the sole objective of educating/training students in the technical aspects of Logistics processes with core focus on creating managerial skills in Maritime Logistics. Hence, on-the-job-training in the form of Industry Apprenticeship under the provisions of Apprentices Act – 1961 is embedded as part of the curriculum.