Syllabus of M. Sc. in Family and Community Resource Management (Interior Design and Hospitality and Resource Management)

 M.Sc. Admissions Entrance Test

Academic Year: 2023-2024

1. Theory of Resource Management 

• • Principles of Management
• • Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory
• • Decision making: Meaning, Steps, and Types of Decisions 
• • Types of Communication, Barriers to Communication
• • The Family System with its Sub-Systems
• • Components of the Managerial sub-system of
• • Family: Input, through-put, out-put and feedback.

        

        2. Time and Energy Management

• • Tools or specific aids in time management
• • Fatigue, its causes and remedy
• • Principles of Body mechanics
• • Mundell’s classes of change
• • The centre concept, work triangle, combining centers
• • Storage Planning its principles and guides
• • Work simplification

        3. Ecology and Environment

• • Concept and components under environment education
• • Principles and Laws of ecology
• • Bio-Geo-chemical cycles: Water cycle; Carbon, Nitrogen and Oxygen cycle
• • Food chain, Food web
• • Definition of pollution, sources and pollutants
• • Types of pollution
• Ø Water pollution
• Ø Air pollution: concepts of photochemical smog, ozone depletion and Green-House effect
• Ø Land pollution
• Ø Noise pollution Remedial measures

        4. Foundation of Art and Design

• • Objectives of Design: Beauty, Functionalism and Expressiveness
• • Selecting a Subject, Theme, or Mood for a Design
• • Types and Characteristics of Design
• • Elements of Design
• • Color as an Element of Design
• • Principles of Design

        5. Marketing Management

• • Functions of Marketing
• • Channels of Distribution
• • Sales Promotion

        6. Household Equipment – I & II

• • Basics of Household Equipment
• • Household Equipment (Non-Electric)
• • Construction, Use and Care of Major Electrical Appliance
• • Construction, Use and Care of Appliances for comfort in living

        7. Event Management

• • Five W’s of Event Management (Why, Who! When! Where! What?)
• • Principles of management with special reference to Event management
• • Qualities of good event manager

        8. Interior Design and Furnishings

• • Surface treatments in Interiors: Types, Selection and Care
• • Home Furnishings and Accessories
• • Windows and Window Treatments
• • Factors to be considered while arranging furniture in interior space

        9. Kitchen Planning

• • Types of kitchen
• • Principles of Kitchen Planning
• • Orientation and location of a kitchen
• • Determinants of size and shape of a kitchen
• • Work Triangle
• • Ideal dimension of each center and consideration/application of anthropometric Measurements in planning.

        10. Entrepreneurship Management

• • Definitions, need scope and characteristics of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship development and employment promotion
• • Business Environment for the Entrepreneurs
• • Steps in Setting up Business Unit and Market Aspects

        11. Orientation to Research

• • Meaning and Significance of research
• • Writing Findings and Discussions
• • Procedure for formulating a mini research

        12. Consumer Education

• • Consumer Education
• • Consumer Buying Practices
• • Consumer Protection &Redressal Mechanism