Humanities & Social Sciences

BA at GITAM School of Technology is a three years undergraduate programme. The course is offered with six different specialisations. Admission to each of specialisation is made based on students' scores in the GAT (Gitam Admission Test). In order to be eligible for the GAT exam, a student must have obtained 50 percent marks in Class 12 in any discipline. In addition to that, the candidate must have also qualified Gitam Admission Test.

GITAM School of Technology offers a three years UG-level BA programme.  The programme is offered with six different specialisations. These specialisation include Economics, English, History, Mass Communication, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Visual Communication. Each specialisation consists of various core and open elective subjects for students to choose from. The course outlet of GITAM SOT gives students various choices of subjects to choose the ones that align with their interests.

The college provides a diverse selection of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, such as the highly regarded BSc (Hons) Biochemistry program. This programme has received praise from both colleagues and graduates of the college, as well as demonstrated success through various placement opportunities. The demand for graduates of this programme in terms of career advancement and future prospects making it a valuable choice for those seeking to secure their future success.

No, the mode of study for BA courses at SCAC are completely full-time that means a student have to attend physical classes in the college premises. The workshop and webinars can be held online for student and staff’s convenience, but the classes are always preferred in physical mode. Additionally, SCAC doesn’t provide any distance learnings.

SCAC offers placements and internships opportunities to BA students. In BA honors with Psychology SCAC offers internship in school, old age homes and industries. Additionally, in BA Economics with Business Analytics, SCAC provides industrial visit and internship in Bombay Exchange, ParleG and Mahindra. For BA (Hons) English, SCAC provides membership in different literary and skill based clubs for maintaining the practical exposure of student towards their courses.

Symbiosis college offers different type of BA programme: BA, BA (Hons) and BA Economics with Business Analytics. The fee varies for each of these courses. Total fee of the course might include various components such as tution fee, admission fee, hostel fee, food charges and others.
Tution fee for BA courses are as follows:

• BA - INR 28,00 - INR35,000;
• BA - (Hons) INR 44,000 – INR56,000
• BA - Economics with Business Analytics INR 1.18 Lacs – INR1.26 lakh

Yes, Symbiosis provide certain scholarship for BA students such as:

• Central Sector scheme of scholarship for college and university students CSSS
• Govt. of India Post Matric Scholarship/Freeship Schemes for Students and others.

However, to avail of a scholarship, student should meet the criteria prescribed for the respective scholarship programme. In order to apply for a scholarship, aspirant should visit the scholarship portal of the SCAC.

After registration on college website’s portal, candidates will get the link on their mentioned email ID. After clicking on that link students will redirected to the payment page and then, they can pay the application fee i.e., INR 2250.

The cut off for BA at SCAC Pune is not available on official website, but as per the data provided on Shiksha reviews, the latest cutoff information for admission to the BA course at Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce in Pune is approximately 90%. It shows the competitive nature of admission into the college. So, if someone is planning to get admission in SCAC BA course should focus more on their score and Class 12 examination.Additionally college accepts the merit based admission on the basis of student’s  last qualifying exam.

After filling the application form and submission of application fee, candidate can check the merit list by opening the student portal on college official website, by using username and password > click on 'view result button’ > check the merit list released by SCAC Pune.
If a candidate get selected, the link will be provided to them that has offer letter for the selected programme > accept the offer letter > and visit to college for further admission process.