Information Technology

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.