BCA

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, Electronics Industry are some other sectors that recruits BCA. Graduates. Graduates may take up the following posts in the above mentioned sectors-
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
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 teaching job or even venture into Research and Development sector associated with this field!

Below is the academic eligibility criteria for BCA course:-
Candidate must have completed Higher Secondary Examination or equivalent
- The minimum marks secured in 12th standard should be at least 50%.
- The candidate should have pursued the science subjects. The science subjects should include Physics and Chemistry.
- Most institutes insist candidates should have pursued Mathematics during 12th standard.
New eligibility criteria are decided by the universities so as to improve the quality of the students inducted. As part of it many of the institutes are insisting that the candidates should posses a Certificate in Computing. It is also known as CIC.
While pursuing the Master's course the candidates who do not have mathematics as their distinct subject in Higher Secondary Examination has to pass the CS-60 paper that is offered in their master level course. But the candidates should be having a bachelor degree in the computer application from the same.
Hope it helps.

Yes, Sure. If you are interested to make your career in the field of IT (Information Technology) field, then this is the right course for you after completing your 12th. BCA gives you exposure regarding database, networking, data structure, core programming languages like C and Java. Eligibility for BCA :
1. Passing marks in 10+2 standard in any stream from a recognised Board of Education.
2. A minimum of 50% aggregate marks in 10+2 (with English) or equivalent
3. Personal interview may be taken depending upon institute. Career & Jobs :
One can go for further studies after completing BCA. There are various course options that we can choose after BCA like MCA M.Sc. ( Information/Computer Science), Master of Information Technology, PGDCA etc. You can also work in top companies as :
1. System engineer : A system engineer develop, test and evaluate software, circuits and personal computer.
2. Programmer : The duty of programmer is to write code for software. A programmer is primarily works in the computer language such as Assembly, COBOL, C, C+, C#, Java, Lisp, Python, etc.
3. Web developer : The role of web developer is to build and maintain websites. A web developer must have skills in HTML/XHTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, etc.
4. System Administrator: A System administrator is responsible for setting up and maintaining the system or server
5. Software developer : The sole responsibility of software developer is to develop software that ease the tasks of the people and enable to perform work efficiently. Institutes for pursuing BCA are given below :
-Lovely Professional University, Punjab
-BIT, Mesra
-Christ University, Bangalore
-Madras Christian College, Chennai
-Presidency College, Bangalore
-VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
-Prestige Institute of Management, Gwalior
-KIIT University, Bhubaneswar
-Jaipur National University, Jaipur
This course can help you turning a great idea of yours into reality. It can land you either with a job or a startup business that you always wished or had an eye on. Good Luck.