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Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)
Overview
Department of Commerce was started in 1983 with the vision of striving towards continuous academic excellence, having an emphasis on women empowerment and enhancing the prospects of the students in advanced studies and overseas employment. The Department has developed over the past three decades and has transcended all precincts in diverse areas of academic pursuits with the current strength of 1000 students. The Department adopts diverse teaching methodologies to facilitate students to develop an array of skill-sets and social responsibilities, which is vital in Commerce education.
The programs offered by the Department are:
- 1. B.Com Regular
- 2. B.Com Professional Courses
- B.Com A&F (Focus on Indian CA)
- B.Com ACCA (Focus on UK CA)
- B.Com CMA - US (Focus on Management Accounting and Cost Accounting)
- B.Com CS (Focus on Indian Company Secretary)
- 3. B.Com with Industry Integrated
- B.Com with Industry Integration - US Taxation offered by Ernst & Young Global Ltd.
- B.Com with Industry Integration - BPM offered by Tata Consultancy Services
- B.Com with Data Analytics (In Integration with Infosys Ltd.)
Eligibility
- Candidate should have a minimum qualification of 10+2 from the Pre-University Education Board/ CBSE/ICSE or any other equivalent examination.
- Candidate should have secured minimum marks of 55%.
- For UG program in Commerce, a candidate who has passed the two years Pre-University Examinations conducted by the Karnataka Pre-University Education Board or any other examination considered as equivalent thereto shall be eligible for admission. The candidate should have studied both Business Studies and Accountancy in the qualifying examination.
Cognate Subjects
Accounting and Finance, Human Resource and Marketing
Affiliations
Bengaluru City University
Career Prospects
- Financial Analyst
- Investment Analyst
- Market Researcher
- Data Analyst
- Entrepreneur
- Chartered Accountant
- Company Secretary
- Cost and Management Accountant
- Retail Manager
- Insurance sector
- Stockbroker
- Statistician
- Tax Associates
- Banking Sector
- Audit firms
Aforementioned are quite a few career prospects. A Commerce Graduate can be placed in any of the job profiles: Accounts, Finance Banking, Taxation, Marketing, HR, etc.
Employability
- Placement Cell: Offers pre-placement training to equip with prerequisite soft skills for job opportunities to make students employable.
- Campus Recruitment: The placement cell conducts ‘On campus drive’ to offer employment opportunities to students. Reputed companies visit the campus for hiring.
- Entrepreneurship: Syllabus comprises applied aspects of current topics across semester syllabi which provides adequate knowledge to create self-employment for aspiring students.