Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)
A Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) is a three-year undergraduate degree program. It is designed to impart students with a wide range of managerial skills and building competence in a different area of business, such areas are accounting, finance, economics, actuarial studies, business management, human resources and marketing. Some programs also require business statistics and -calculus, and information systems depending on the institution. The Honors Bachelor of Commerce (BCom, Hons) is further advanced. The degree has a specialization aspect, analogous to the BBA, developing the student’s business skills and providing in-depth knowledge of the field of commerce. Today in the liberalized world B. Com is the second most sought stream after science (Engineering and Medicine). It is the course which is considered a professional course.
Eligibility:-
Basic eligibility for pursuing BCom is 10+2 or equivalent with commerce stream.
Admission Process:-
The admission process differs from college to college. Unlike other undergraduate professional courses like Engineering or MBBS, colleges available are much more for B. Com, thus competition is comparatively less. Colleges give admission usually based on merit like colleges of Delhi University, although there are few colleges which conduct entrance examination also such as Christ University Entrance Test, Jamia Milia Islamia Entrance Exam etc.
Best colleges for BCom :-
• Shri Ram College Of Commerce ( SRCC) , Delhi
• Lady Shri Ram College For Women ( LSR) , Delhi
• Loyola College , Chennai
• St. Xaviers College ( SXC) , Mumbai
• Hindu College , New Delhi
• St. Joseph College Of Commerce ( SJCC Bangalore) , Bangalore
• Narsee Monjee College Of Commerce And Economics ( NMCCE) , Mumbai
• St. Andrew College Of Arts Science & Commerce ( SACASC) , Mumbai
• Hansraj College ( HRC) , Delhi
• Stella Maris College , Chennai
• Madras Christian College ( MCC) , Chennai
• St. Xavier’s College ( SXC) , Kolkata
• M.O.P. Vaishnav College For Women , Chennai
• Sri Venkateswara College ( SVC) , New Delhi
• H.R. College Of Commerce And Economics ( HRCCE) , Mumbai
Career Prospects:-
After completion of BCom one can choose the following field as their profession:-
• Accountant
• Financial Analyst
• Financial Consultant
• Account Executive
• Business Consultant
• Accounts Manager
• Business Executive
• Tax Consultant
Syllabus:-
The three-year course has been divided into six semesters which includes the following subjects semester wise:-
BCom Semester I Syllabus:-
• Accounts
• Economics
• Environment and Public Health
• English Second language.
• Maths/ Computer
• Business Communication
• Computer Applications and IT
BCom Semester II Syllabus:-
• Accounts
• Management
• Maths
• Economics
• General Awareness 1 & 2
• Computers
BCom Semester III Syllabus:-
• Income Tax Laws
• Banking and Insurance
• Microeconomics-I
• Financial Markets and Institutions
• Indian Economy
• Corporate Accounting-I
BCom Semester IV Syllabus:-
Group A:
• Corporate accounting-II
• Elements of company Law-II
• Managerial communication
• The Indian banking system and central banking
• Basics of cost accounting labor
• Macroeconomics-II
• Overheads SPL
Group B:–
• Business Communication
• Marketing Management Subjects
BCom Semester V Syllabus:-
• Cost accounting
• Entrepreneurship
• Marketing Management
• Banking & Financial systems
• Income Tax
BCom Semester VI Syllabus:-
• Advance accounting paper 2
• BCom Indirect Taxes paper 2
• Marketing Management
• Contemporary Indian economics Issue and policies
• Mercantile Law-II
