Ignou revises BCA syllabus

Updated on: Monday, March 28, 2011

The Indira Gandhi National Open University's (Ignou) School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS) has revised its syllabus for Bachelor's in computer application (BCA) from July 2011.

With the launch of the revised syllabus, the existing BCA (pre-revised syllabus) would be discontinued from July 2011. Accordingly, no fresh admis sion would be made in BCA (pre-revised syl labus) from the July 2011 cycle.

A communication has been sent to all those prospective students who have applied for the BCA programme through the admission form contained in the common prospectus of January 2011. All such candidates are also required to remit the difference fee of Rs 200.
Students already registered in BCA (pre-revised syllabus) up to January 2011 cycle of admission would continue their studies in the same syllabus and no change from BCA (pre-revised syllabus) to BCA (revised syllabus) would be permitted. With the revision in the syllabus, the admission eligibility criteria, the duration of the programme (minimum three years and maximum six years) and the programme fee (Rs 4500 per-semester), remains the same. The student attendance for theory counselling sessions has no compulsion. However, the counselling sessions of lab courses requires 70% compulsory attendance.

The basic objective of the BCA (revised) programme is to open a channel of admission for computing courses for students who have done their +2 and are interested in taking computing/IT as a career.

After acquiring the Bachelor's degree (BCA) at Ignou, there is further educational opportunity to go for an MCA at Ignou or Master's programme at any other university/institute. Also, after completing the BCA programme, a student should be able to get entry level job in the field of information technology.

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Ignou revises BCA syllabus

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