Bachelor of Commerce (abbreviated as B.Com) is a three-year undergraduate study in business administration. B.Com is one of the most popular bachelor’s degree programmes, with a large number of institutions and universities offering it. A majority of students who complete their higher secondary school in the commerce stream choose B.Com as their major. The Bachelor of Commerce degree programme is available in both traditional and distance learning formats.
Students studying a B.Com can choose their combination of studies from those given by the institute in addition to the mandatory subjects. If students perform well in their semester exams, some colleges allow them to choose their electives in the second or third year of B.Com. A bachelor’s degree in commerce provides students with an in-depth understanding of the discipline of business in the areas in which they choose to specialise. Candidates are trained in the subjects of their choice so that they can get correct information and be able to use it in real-world situations.
BCom Eligibility Criteria
Unlike technical and vocational education, BCom is offered by most of the universities and colleges in India in both regular as well as distance education modes. Space below mentions the B.Com eligibility criteria:
- The candidate must have studied Commerce in class 11 and 12 with Accountancy, Business Studies, Economics, Maths/optional subject and English as main subjects
- The candidate must meet the minimum cut-off criteria for admission to the college applied to
- The minimum cut off marks criteria may be different in each college/university’s as it is subject to the college/university’s own admission criteria for that year