Following the declaration of plus two board examination results last week, the rush for admissions has begun in arts and science colleges in the city.
This year, colleges are witnessing high demand for undergraduate programmes in Commerce, English and Mathematics.
“We offer B.Com programmes under six branches since it is one of the most preferred courses. This year, we have introduced B.Com Honours,” says A. Mercy Pushpalatha, principal of Lady Doak College.
M. Davamani Christober, principal of The American College, says that nearly 1,700 application forms for Commerce programmes have been sold this week under the aided stream and around 1500 under the self financing stream. The college offers B.Com in three branches.
Fatima College also indicated that application forms for B.Com, B.A. English and Mathematics are fast moving.
The different branches of B.Com include banking, professional accounting, computer applications and information technology among others.
Besides these courses, B.Sc Chemistry and Physics also have more takers, whereas courses such as History, Tamil and Economics are not popular among students, colleges say.
“Students calculate job opportunities when they select courses. English and Commerce are popular because there are abundant job opportunities. It is not the same with courses like History,” notes Ms. Pushpalatha.
“A very few students, aspiring to clear civil service examinations, opt for History. In several cases, students have Economics and Tamil as final options. Apart from the students who are interested in the subject, the courses are seen as viable options among students who scored poor marks in plus two,” says Xavier Vedam, Principal of Arul Anandar College.
Some of the new courses introduced in city colleges include B.Sc Fashion Designing, B.A. French and B.A. Hindi.
“Response to B.A. French has been tremendous. For B.A. Hindi we are expecting response after the CBSE results are out,” says Mr. Christober. The demand for diploma programmes in fashion designing prompted Lady Doak College to introduce degree course.
