BCA or Bachelor’s of Computer Application is a three year undergraduate course for those students who want to pursue their career in the field of computer languages and applications. Due to the rapid growth of IT industry in India, the demand for computer professionals is increasing day by day. The expansion of the industry has led to an increasing demand for computer graduates, offering wide array of opportunity and jobs. This is the most popular option for those students who want to start their career in Information Technology. They also learn about programming, networking, hardware, etc. The course imparts knowledge about different computer applications and deals with problems which arises from a computer. This course comprises of the subjects like, core programming languages Java and C++, data structure, networking and others.

This course is divided into 6 semesters and because of its popularity, course is available in both regular as well as distance learning. BCA course is the combination of theoretical and practical knowledge. A BCA professional is trained to use computer to solve a particular problem and accomplish a particular job. This course is designed to meet up with the demand of qualified professionals in IT industry. Today, nearly all workplace jobs require the usage of a computer in a few characteristic or another. Being capable of creating digital spreadsheets, create files the usage of a word processor, perform fundamental filing software program, and present facts the usage of presentation software program have become necessities in workplace environments. Even if they are not formally required, employees are predicted to recognize a way to use them, and candidates who’re already familiar with those applications are more likely to get the job than people without that experience.

The basic eligibility for BCA are-

• • • Any student who has passed 12^th class with a minimum of 45% marks.
    • Any stream (Arts, Science, and Commerce) with English and as a compulsory subject.
    • Maths is also a mandatory subject but this is not compulsory for all colleges.
    • Some of the colleges conduct entrance examination for BCA course.

BCA or Bachelor’s in Computer Application is a wide field and offers several specializations for students.

Some of the popular specializations resulting from a BCA course are:

• • Computer Graphics
    • Internet Technologies
    • Accounting Applications
    • Word Processing
    • Music and Video Processing
    • Personal Information Management
    • Programming Languages
    • System Analysis
    • Database Management
    • Animation

These are few specializations popular among students. However, with the rapidly expanding of this field, many new specializations are also ready to open up. BCA graduates have good job opportunity both in the government and private sector too. There are so many private companies which offer jobs to the BCA graduates like Oracle, IBM, Infosys and Wipro. Public organizations such as Indian Air Force (IAF), Indian Navy, and India Army hire a large bunch of computer professionals for their IT department.

POSITION NAME 

• • Chief Information Officer
  • Computer Programmer
  • Computer Support Service Specialist
  • Computer Scientist
  • Computer Systems Analyst
  • Database Administration
  • Information Systems Manager
  • Software Developer
  • Software Publisher
  • Systems Administrator

Career opportunity are available in no. of areas in the Private and Government sectors, such as :

• • • HCL
    • WIPRO
    • MICROSOFT
    • ARICENT
    • COGNIZANT
    • TCS

BCA salary in India may vary on the basis of industries, sectors, cities, and experience one possesses. It is around INR 4 to 6 LPA. If a candidate has done further MCA degree or goes for a specialization in a computer programming language like Oracle, JAVA, C++, after BCA graduation, they get salary around INR 6 to 10 LPA.