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BCA Vs. B.Tech – Which Should You Choose?
Kapil G.
A student who has slight interest in technical and IT areas is confused about what to opt between Bachelor in Computer Applications (BCA) and Bachelor in Technology (B.Tech). Though the two aren’t really comparable as one is an engineering course and the other is a degree course, yet with the growing demand of BCA and the increase in private engineering institutes, students do come up with queries like should they do BCA or B Tech. We have tried our best to clear the doubts of such students by doing a comparative study of the BCA Vs. B.Tech.
What is BCA?
Syllabus of the three-year BCA course includes subjects involving computer languages, database management, operations systems, logical analysis, software design and client server technology. Several universities offer 6this 3 years undergraduate course across India.
Read:Â BCA Vs. MCA
Scope
The most logical step after the BCA course is to pursue an MCA. Alternatively, you may look into jobs in the IT sector or related fields.
Job Prospects
Students usually start as a Junior Programmer or a Software Tester and then move higher up the ranks to the role of a Senior Programmer. IT industry is booming in India and you can find many companies with vacancies in IT branches. While BCA gives students a good technology knowledge, it is advisable to complete your MCA to give yourself career wise push. After graduation, a student with a B.Tech degree has greater job opportunities than a student with a BCA. Still, junior programming positions and software testing jobs are available to BCA graduates; from there you can climb up.
BCA Eligibility
- A 50% class 12 aggregate and a background in English and Math makes one eligible for the BCA course.
B.Tech (IT/SCE)
This four year B.Tech course, highly popular, focuses on bringing together the varied knowledge of sectors such as Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Science and Information Technology; the course of study is the same for every student for the first two years, but after that, students pick up their own specializations. The course combines theory with practice. When it comes to IT, the B.Tech syllabus also covers some of the material found in BCA, such as database management.
Scope and Job Prospects
Quality engineers are in high demand everywhere and in every sector whether banking, manufacturing or aviation, whether within our borders or abroad, as the growth pace of this industry is consistently high. India is a particularly important outsourcing hub for clients from UK or the US. There’s plenty of jobs for everyone in posts such as:
Graduate Engineer Trainee
Junior Software Engineers/Programmers
Software Trainee Engineers
Research Analysts
B.Tech Eligibility
- Science graduates from 10+2 with a 50+% aggregate are eligible to appear for Joint Entrance Examinations for entrance into engineering institutes which include IITs and NITs.
Difference between BCA and B.Tech
Check out the major differences between B. Tech Vs. BCA below:
| B. Tech | BCA |
| B.Tech is a 4 yr engineering course | BCA is a 3 yr degree course on computer related programming and languages. |
| After 10 + 2 Student from science stream only can apply | Students from any stream can apply but they have English and mathematics as compulsory subject |
| Course fee is higher than BCA | Course fee is less compared to B. Tech |
| Student must qualify the state level or national level entrance examination | You may need to appear for  CET examination. |
| B.Tech syllabus is a far more comprehensive and professionally valued course than BCA, primarily because it delves into a lot more subjects than BCA. | BCA syllabus Deals with software language as well as management quality |
| Job scope: Various IT sector and multinational company. b. tech is more job oriented too | Job scope: Software engineering. BCA is a good platform for higher studies. |
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