B.A. – Bachelor of Arts

Minimum percentage of marks required is 40% in qualifying examination. The merit shall be determined on the basis of one language and three best elective subjects.

This is one course, which offers a variety of subject combinations to help the student grasp general understanding and build a good foundation in Humanities. The programme enables students to have a good grounding in some disciplines, acquire linguistic skills and foundational knowledge in certain inter – disciplinary areas and finally study some application based courses to prepare them for the job world. A good BA degree takes the student a long way in academics as well as prepares him/her for government/private sector job, prepares a good base for competitive examinations & opens up a variety of career options. The BA program allows students to explore many avenues and decide what it is that they want to study. Further, it is ideal for a Civil Service aspirant, development sector jobs and United Nations in areas like peace and conflict resolution.

The three year course will consist of choices and combinations of twelve courses in four categories with four courses to be taught and examined every year. Each course will have a value of three units. Each unit is to be taught in one term with a specified teaching time per unit and the full year courses have three credits. In total, the three-year programme as a whole will have 36 credits for 12 courses. The four categories are: –

a)       Discipline:  A student could choose six Discipline courses, i.e. two every year. Among the six discipline courses, four are to be chosen from one discipline and the two other from another discipline by students from courses in Social Sciences, Humanities, Languages, Mathematical Sciences, Commerce & Business, Education, Music & Fine Arts and Applied Social Science and Humanities. Inter-disciplinary topics like Reading Gandhi, Ethics in Public Domain, Individual and Society and Human Rights and Environment and Language, Literature and Culture. It is important to check the options available from each college. The colleges offer a set of options.

b)       Language: Two papers of language in first year, one in second and one in third. Out of four papers, two must be in English and two in Hindi or any other Indian language.

c)       Foundation: A student could opt for one Foundation course out of four in second year. The course aims at making students sensitive to various issues – social, economical and environmental.

d)       Application: A student could opt for one Application course out of 23 in final year. This course will offer skill – based training.

Students can also take a maximum of two additional courses from the list of Foundation courses and Application courses in lieu of the corresponding number of Discipline courses, provided the student take a minimum of four disciplines (2 + 2) in two disciplines or four in one discipline. The students taking two Application courses in Translation and Creative Writing may do the same in lieu of the two language courses in one of the two languages – English or Hindi.

In the first year, Students have to take up two languages and two discipline courses. The students can choose their disciplines and can even opt for a language as a discipline. It has four foundation courses for students to choose from in the 2^nd year and 23 application courses to choose from in the Final year. The options of foundation and application courses need to be checked up from each college.

a) Discipline  courses: Subjects (Papers) - Advertisement & Sales Management (Marketing Communication; Advertising ; Sales Management; Sales Promotion and Public Relations); Apparel Design and Construction (Textiles and Apparel; Textiles and Apparel; Fashion Design); Arabic (Text, Grammar and Translation etc. ; Text, Grammar and Translation etc.; Text, Grammar and Composition); Bengali (Poetry ; Fiction and Drama ; History of Bengali Literature ); Buddhist Studies (History of Origin and Development of Buddhism ; Buddhist Thought and Teachings ; Cultural Heritage and its Relevance in the Contemporary World ); Business Data Processing (Computer Fundamental & Software Package ; Database and Internet Technologies; Computerized Financial Accounts; Programme Development Tools and Applications ); Computer Application (Elect.) (Computer Fundamentals and Software Packages ; Database and Internet Technologies ; Multimedia Systems and Applications; Programming in Visual Basic);  Economics (Principles of Microeconomics ; Macro-Economics; Economic Development and Policy in India ); Education (Education in the Contemporary Social context ; Psychological Foundation of Education ; Education in Contemporary India-Trends, Issues & Challenges); English Elective/ English Literature (The Individual and Society, An Anthology;  Living Literatures ; Post-Colonial Literature ); Entrepreneurship & Small Business (Organisation & Management of Business ; Theory and Practice of Entrepreneurship and Small Business ; Institutional and Policy Support for Small Business; Operational Aspects of Small Business); Family & Child Welfare (Child Development ; Empowerment of Women and Children ; Early Childhood Care and Education ); Food Technology (Elements of Food Technology ; Introduction to Baking and Preservation Technology ; Advance Baking and Preservation); Foreign Trade Practice & Procedure (Trend in World Trade and Trading Environment ; Trend Procedures, Practices, Logistics and Legal Dimensions of International Business; Financing of Trade and International Finance ; International Marketing and Exporting ); French; Functional Hindi; Geography (Earth Systems ; Space & Society ; Spatial Issues and Spatial Techniques); German; Hindi (Hindi kavita, Natak aur hindi kavita ka pravragitak itihas ; Hindi Gadh vidhyaen, upnayas aur gdhya Sahitya ka parichayyatnmak itihas); Hindi Gr. A (Bhasha vigyan aur Hindi bhasha); Hindi Gr. B (Sahitya lochan ); Hindi Gr. C (Drishya shrav madhyam aur hindi Sahitya); Hindustani Music (Biographies of Musicians, Composers, Musicologists ; History of Indian Music ; Hindustani Music); History A/ B; History (History of India upto 8th Century A.D.; Cultures in the Indian Subcontinents ; History of India 8th Century to 18th Century ; Cultural Transformation in Early Modern Europe: circa 1500-1800 ; History of India 1750s - 1970s ; Issues in World History: The 20th Century) ; Industrial Relations and Personnel Management  (Human Resource Management ; Industrial Relations ; Industrial & Labour Legislation; Organisational Behaviour); Insurance (Elements of Insurance ; Regulatory Frame Work of Insurance ; Life Insurance; Non-Life Insurance); Karnataka Music (Karnataka Music ; Karnataka Music ; Theory of Indian Music (General and Applied)); Linguistics (Introductory Linguistics ; Aspects of Language and Linguistic Behaviour ; Issues in Linguistic Applications); Mathematics (Algebra and Calculus ; Geometry, Differential Equations and Algebra ; Selected Topics in Mathematics); Nutrition & Health Education (Elements of Food, Nutrition and Health;  Elements of Public Health Nutrition ; Community Nutrition); Operational Research (Foundations of Operational Research ; Operational Research-II ); O.M.S.P. (Business Communication ; Office Management & Stenography (Part I & II) ); Persian (Prose, Poetry and Translation); Philosophy (Logical Reasoning ; Theory and Practice ; Philosophical Debates); Political Science (Political Theory and Thought ; Indian Politics in Comparative Perspective); Political Science-A (International Relations ); Political Science-B (Administration and Public Policy); Psychology (Orientation to Psychology; Social Psychology; Psychological Distress and Well Being; Psychological Skills); Punjabi (Compulsory) (Essay, Novel and Functional Punjabi etc.)  ; Punjabi (Optional) (Rekha Chhittar, Yadan and Functional Punjabi etc) ;  Sanskrit (Padhyakavya, gadhyakavya thdha Sanskrit Sahitya ka itihas; Drishkavya, shashtra parichay, vedic shatiya thatha drishkavya ka Sahitya, shashtro ka itihas;  Vyakaran, upnishad, vaastu vidhya, Jyotish aur aurved - Sanskrit literary texts, Ayurveda, astrology and Vastu, Varahamihira’s Vastu test, Grihat Sanghita, Jyotish Chandrika by Revati Raman Sharma. The latter text covers astrology related topics such as knowledge of the number of grihas and nakshtras); Sociology (Introduction to Sociology ; Sociology of India ; Sociological Theories); Spanish; Tax Procedure & Practice (Indirect Taxes (Central Sales Tax and Service Tax);  Income Tax Law ; Income Tax- Procedure & Practice and Wealth Tax; Indirect Taxes- (Central Excise and Customs)); Tourism & Travel Management (Fundamentals of Travel and Tourism ; Tourism Marketing and Travel Agency Business; Economics of Tourism Industry; Management of Tourism and Travel Business ); Urdu (Modern & Medieval Poetry)

b) Languages: Subjects (Papers) - English-A Advanced English; English-B Intermediate English; English-C Basic English ; Assamese-A; Assamese-B; Bengali-A (Skill of Language Use and Social History of Bengal; Study of Literary Texts ); Bengali-B (Skill of Language Use and One Modern Prose Text ; Study of Literary Texts ); Bengali-C (Skill of Language Use and Travelogue ; Study of Literary Texts); Hindi-A; Hindi-B; Hindi-C; Manipuri-A; Manipuri-B; Punjabi-A Advanced Punjabi ; Punjabi-B Intermediate Punjabi ; Punjabi-C Basic Punjabi; Sanskrit (Sanskrit Vaghvayvahar,  Sahitya, vyavaharik vyvakaran, sanskrit lekhan;   Sanskrit Vaghvayvahar, vyakaran, vedic sandharbh, anuvad) Sindhi-A (Skill of Language Use and Social History of Sindhi); Sindhi-B (Skill of Language Use and Modern Prose Text); Tamil-A; Tamil-B; Telugu-A; Telugu-B; Urdu-A ; Urdu-B ; Urdu-C ; In Lieu Of Language Courses – Economics (Principles of Microeconomics; Macro-Economics ); History-A/B; History (History of India upto 8th Century A.D.; Cultures in the Indian Subcontinents ; History of India 8th Century to 18th Century ; Cultural Transformation in Early Modern Europe: circa 500-18000; Persian (Prose, Poetry and Translation etc.); Philosophy (Logical Reasoning Ethics: Theory and Practice); Political Science (Political Theory and Thought; Indian Politics in Comparative Perspective)

c) Application: Subjects - Banking & Insurance; Basic Statistics; Computer Application (Programming in Visual Basic/ Multimedia Systems and Applications); Conflict Resolution & Peace – Building; Consumer Affairs; Creative Writing (English); Creative Writing (Hindi); Creative Writing (Urdu); Disaster Management; Entrepreneurship and small Business; Family & Child Development; Film Studies; Globalization; Indian Art; Labour & Development in India; Legal Literacy; Life Crisis – Coping and Evolving; Mass Communication; Mathematics for Social Sciences; Nutrition & Health; Physical Education (Fitness, Aerobics & Gym-Operations); Tax Management; Theatre and Performance; Tourism (Tourism Development); Translation & Interpreting; Voluntary Organization

d) Foundation: Subjects - Contemporary India; Human Rights, Gender & Environment; Language, Literature and Culture; Social Enquiry

Click here for last year cut off and college ranks

·   Aditi Mahavidyalaya (W). Base cut off  -5% for students opting for Music & Sanskrit.

·   Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College. Seats: 60 Base cut off -3% for girls in all cases; Base cut off +3% for students from other than humanities; Base cut off -5% for students opting for BA with maths; Base cut off -10% for students opting for BA with Sanskrit.

·   Bhagini Nivedita College. Seats: 340

·   Bharati College (W) Base cut off  -5% for students opting for Music, Sanskrit, Punjabi, OMSP

·   Bhim Rao Ambedkar College Seats: 170 Base cut off -5% for girls  in all cases.

·   Daulat Ram College (W). Seats: 80 Subjects: Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, Physical Education (Fitness, Aerobics & Gym-Operations) Eligibility: Base Cut Off for Arts; Base Cut Off + 2% for Commerce and Science.

·   Dayal Singh College (E)

·   Dayal Singh College. Base cut off -3% for girls in all cases. Some relaxation in cut off is given for students opting for E.S.B., Sanskrit (73% in class 12), Philosophy, Bengali (45% in class 12), Punjabi and Urdu. Any two of the following subjects: Economics, Elective English, Geography, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Sanskrit OR Economics and Entrepreneurship and Small Business. The college has arrangement for teaching Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, and Urdu. Seats: 120

·   Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College. Seats: 60 Base cut off -3% for girls in all cases; Base cut off + 5% for students having Vocational or physical education subjects.

·   Delhi College Arts and Commerce. Seats: 90

·   Deshbandhu College

·   Deshbandhu College (E). Special concession for Bengali & Punjabi.

·   Gargi College (W). Seats: 100 Subjects: Various application courses one being Film studies. Base cut off -2% for students opting for Sanskrit & Mt.

·   Hans Raj College. Seats: 30. Base cut off -3% for students opting for philosophy or Sanskrit.

·   Hindu College. Seats: 25. Must have 50% in one language in class 12.

·   Indraprastha College for Women. Seats: 120 Base cut off +8% for students opting from vocational stream, Base cut off  -5% for opting Sanskrit.

·   Janki Devi Memorial College. Seats: 200 Subjects: Music, Physical Education (Fitness, Aerobics & Gym-Operations)

·   Jesus & Mary College (W). Seats: 220. Subjects: Physical Education (Fitness, Aerobics & Gym-Operations). The college has 11 different types of combinations of 13 subjects, each having a different cut off. Must have Math & English for BDP group.

·   Kalindi College (W). Seats: 150 Subjects: Music

·   Kamala Nehru College (W). Seats: 80 Subjects: Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali. Concession for students opting for Punjabi & Bengali. Base cut off +6% for students having one vocational subject with Science/ Arts stream; Base cut off +4% for Science & Commerce stream; Base cut off +3% for students having Home Science, Music, Dance, Fine Arts, Computer Science, Stenography, Painting & informatics.

·   Kirori Mal College. Seats: 40. Base cut off -7% for students opting for Philosophy. Base Cut Off -5% for students opting for Bengali.

·   Lady Sri Ram College for Women. Subjects: The College offers their students 10 combinations - Computer Science and Mathematics, Psychology and Economics among others. A foundation curse in the 2^nd year offers options between Gender, Human Rights and Environment and Language, Literature and Culture. One application course in third year offers Creative Writing, Translation, Indian Art Appreciation, Theatre and Performance among others

·   Lakshmibai College for Women. Seats: 320. Must have math upto class 12; 50% in English for BA with BDP; Base cut off -5% for Bengali/ Sanskrit combination.  Subjects: Music

·   Maharaja Agrasen College. In vocational subjects only Office Sec. & Steno typing can in included.

·   Maitreyi College (W)

·   Mata Sundari College for Women Concession for students opting for Punjabi/ Urdu. Base cut off +5% for students from Science stream. Subjects: Music

·   Miranda House (W). Seats: 120. Subjects: Physical Education (Fitness, Aerobics & Gym-Operations)

·   Moti Lal Nehru College   (E)

·   Moti Lal Nehru College. Seats: 180. Base cut off +3% for science & commerce, Base cut off +18% with vocational subject, Base cut off +2% for students opting for OMSP and not having OMSP in class 12, Base cut off -5% for students for Sanskrit. Less 5% for girls in all cases.

·   Non-Collegiate Women’s Education Board

·   Non-Formal Education Cell (External Candidates)

·   P.G.D.A.V. College (E). Conditions: Marks in only one of the following subjects – Physical education, Agriculture, Music, Painting, Typing, Shorthand, Commercial Art & Sculpture etc. will be counted for admission in BA (Pass) towards the aggregate & that to by deducting 10% of the maximum marks from that subject. The marks in the above subjects will not be counted for any other course. Base Cut Off -5% for students taking Sanskrit as a subject. Less 2% for girls in all cases.

·   P.G.D.A.V. College Cut Off: Base Cut Off in aggregate of 4 subjects including at least a language – English or Hindi; Base cut off -3% for students opting for Sanskrit. Seats: 120

1st subject	Option for 2nd subject
Economics	Computer Applications, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, History, Maths, Political Science, Sanskrit, Office management and Secretarial Practice.
Mathematics	Computer Applications, Economics, Sanskrit.
Political Science	Office management and Secretarial Practice, Small Business and Entrepreneurship , Economics, History,  Sanskrit.
Hostory	Office management and Secretarial Practice, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Political Science, Economics, Sanskrit.
Computer Applications	Economics, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Office management and Secretarial Practice, Mathematics.
Small Business and Entrepreneurship	Computer Applications, Economics, Office management and Secretarial Practice, History, Political Science.
Office management and Secretarial Practice	Computer Applications, Economics, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, History, Political Science.
Sanskrit	Political Science, History, Maths, Economics

 

·   Rajdhani College. Seats: 120. Base Cut off -5% for girls. Base Cut Off -5% for students offering Stats.

·   Ram Lal Anand College. Less 2% for girls in all cases.

·   Ram Lal Anand College (E)

·   Ramjas College*.  Seats: 25. Subjects: Physical Education (Fitness, Aerobics & Gym-Operations)Cut off: Base cut off +4% for commerce, Base cut off +7% for science stream. Less 3% for girls in all the cases. 

·   Satyawati College (E)*. Subjects: Physical Education (Fitness, Aerobics & Gym-Operations). Less 5% for girls. Concession for students opting for Sanskrit.

·   Satyawati College*. Seats: 180. Less 5% for girls. Base cut off  -8% for students opting for Sanskrit.

·   School of Open Learning*. Last year 45,000 students took admission.

·   Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (E)*. Less 5% for girls in all cases.

·   Shaheed Bhagat Singh College*. Seats: 110.

·   Sherubtse College

·   Shivaji College. Base cut off +5% for science & commerce, home science; Base cut off +6% with one vocational subject; Base cut off +10% with vocational subjects.

·   Shyam Lal College (E)*. Less 2% for girls in all cases.

·   Shyam Lal College*

·   Shyama Prasad Mukherji College for Women* Subjects: Music

·   Sri Aurobindo College (E). 

·   Sri Aurobindo College. Seats: 200. Base cut off -2% for opting Sanskrit. Less  2% for girls in all cases.

·   Shri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College. Seats: 120. Less 5% for girls. Concession for Sikh students.

·   Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College. Seats: 60. Subjects: Physical Education (Fitness, Aerobics & Gym-Operations). Concession for students opting for Punjabi. 

·   Sri Venkateshwara College. Seats: 60. Cut off: Base cut off in arts stream, Base cut off + 4% in commerce and Base cut off + 2% in science. Subjects:  various application courses one being Tourism. Six seats are reserved for students who have studied Telgu/ Tamil or Sanskrit upto class 10 or 12.

·   St. Stephen’s College. Seats: 240 Subjects: Economics, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Physical Education (Fitness, Aerobics & Gym-Operations). Minimum eligibility requirements for being called for an interview: Base cut off (79%) for Humanities, Base cut off +6% for Science, Base cut off +12% for commerce. Base cut off -15% for SC/ ST/ Christians in all cases. Interview Dates:  June 30, July 1, 09

·   Swami Shardhanand College* Seats: 200

·   Vivekananda College (W)*. Seats: 100 Subjects: Music. Concession for students opting for Sanskrit.

·   Zakir Husain College (E)*

·   Zakir Husain College. Base cut off +5% for Engg. Drawing, Fine Arts, Agriculture, Computer Science, Physical Education, Music, Dance; Base cut off -23% for students opting for Bengali; Base cut off -13% for students opting for Arabic & Persian; Base cut off -8% for students opting for Urdu.

* Hindi as medium of instruction is available in the elective subject.