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Jyoti Rai

Colleges nowadays offer several job-oriented courses.
A look at what is on Delhi University’s itinerary

BA Journalism (Hons)

This three-year integrated course trains the students with all the nitty-gritties of the print media. Although there is no formal placements, passouts from different universities in the region like DU (journalism (hons) have up to 80 per cent hiring rate as many opt for higher studies later. Due to the diverse nature of the course, students can pursue a career in the print or the electronic media, NGO's, developmental studies, film making and even Photography.

Colleges: Lady Shri Ram college, Kamla Nehru College, Maharaja Agarsen College, Delhi college of Arts and Commerce and Kalindi College.

Seats and admission process: There are a total of 181 seats up for grabs.

Bachelors in Mass Media Communication
Unlike Journalism (hons), this course is more about specialisation in the electronic media and other related fields. Students study functional languages besides psychology of communication, TV and radio journalism, advertising, editing for film, and photography. Papers like new media and corporate communication have been added this time. From a career in media, students can also opt for public relations, corporate communication, Advertising and brand promotion.

College: Indraprastha College for Women

The rationale behind this course is to introduce students to the subject before they take it up at the MBA level as an elective. Furthermore, the thrust of the programmes is on exposing the students to real time business problems, through three years of rigorous industry training, which runs simultaneously with theory classes. They are sent to housing finance companies, chartered accountancy firms and even to the stock exchange board for experience.

Colleges: Shaheed Sukhdev College for Business Studies.

Students who miss out on Economics (hons) and B com (hons), BBE is a brilliant option. Students study therories and principals, concepts of production, distribution and consumptionon good and services on the application of economic policy in areas such as finace, labour, agriculture, transportation, energy health and much more.

Colleges: B.R Ambedkar College, College of Vocational Studies, Gargi Collge, Laxmibai College, Maharaja Agersen, Ram Lal Anand College, Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce and Khalsa College.

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