BCA

BCA Course: Eligibility Candidates who wish to pursue BCA course must fulfill the below mentioned eligibility criteria. Pass in 10+2 examination in any stream from a recognised board of education. English as a subject of study. A minimum aggregate score of 45% at 10+2 level. Some colleges prefer students from Science stream or those who have studied Mathematics and Computer Science at 10+2 level. BCA Course: Admission For admission to BCA course, a student must fulfill the basic eligibility criteria as mentioned above. Admission to regular BCA course is generally done through a common entrance test conducted by respective universities. IPU CET SET are a few entrance tests conducted by some top institutes for providing admission to the course. Application process for BCA entrance test usually starts in the month of May and June. Students have to apply to respective institutes in both online as well as offline modes. BCA entrance test is generally of objective type and contains questions from the topics mentioned below. The difficulty level is easy to moderate and questions in the test paper are of 10+2 level. The number of questions varies from 150-200 and the duration of the test is generally between 2- 2 hours. Check BCA Syllabus BCA Course: Selection Process The selection for admission to BCA is generally based on the performance in the written test. Certain universities like the Christ University, Bangalore, also conduct a personal interview for selection to the programme. The final selection is based on the cumulative performance in written test, personal interview and qualifying examination. Below is a list of institutes which conduct entrance test for admission to BCA programme. Indira Gandhi National Open University Symbiosis University Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Banaras Hindu University Panjab University There are certain colleges like BIT Mesra, Amity University etc. Which take admission purely on the basis of marks scored in the 10+2 examination.

CAREER SCOPE, SALARY and JOB OPPORTUNITIES after BCA For graduates, job opportunities exists in Government as well as private sector. Also, self-employment options are available. After BCA, which is an undergraduate course, graduates may take up government jobs that require a graduation degree (for example- armed forces, nationalized banks, PSUs, etc.). When it comes to private sector, software MNCs are the prime recruiters. Web hosting, IT sector and electronics industry are some other sectors that recruits BCA.
Graduates may take up the following posts in the above mentioned sectors like software engineer, software tester, database management professional, project manager, information security professional, information management professional, system administrator, system security, officer software, architect associate, software engineer and project manager graduates may also become self-employed by becoming freelance or independent software developers, software security experts, consultants, etc.
One may also go for advanced courses such as MCA. And Ph.D and eventually take up a teaching job or even venture into research and development sector associated with this field.

BCA is a 3-year UG Level Bachelor's Degree programme. The course structure is quite similar to the traditional B.Sc Programme. The 3 years duration is divided into 6 semesters, each lasting a period of 6 months. During each semester, students have to face different sets of written exams as well as practical and lab sessions. In simple terms, BCA programme has lots to do with Computer Science and programming. Students are given knowledge on topics like Programming languages, hardware and software, computer networks, World Wide Web, Database Management, Logic, Multimedia, etc.
Please note that I've listed only important subjects so that readers may get a better idea about the structure and nature of the programme. Programming in C Language (Basic and Advanced), Communication Skills Networking, World Wide Web, Data Structure, Advanced C Language, Programming, Database Management, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Object Oriented Programming using C+ Visual Basic Programming using PHP, Java, Oracle, Operating Systems, Web Scripting and Development Internet Security and Cyber Laws Multimedia RDBMS.