Career Scope of BCA+MCA (Integrated)
THIS ARTICLE WAS UPDATED ON 22/JUNE/2020
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.
-Steve Jobs
Are you confused about your career? Have you taken the Arts or Science stream in high school but interested in computer application and programming?
Then the BCA+MCA (Integrated) course is exactly the path you should tread on. Chuck away your inhibitions and join this course which will lead you to become a successful computer programmer, a computer system analyst, or even a software developer.
In today’s digital world, computers play a poignant role. By starting your career with BCA, you can acquire a huge set of skills that are not only confined to computers and information but also exposes the aspirants in communication, organization, and management, alongside programming languages such as Java, C++, HTML, SQL, etc.
These skills will not only assist you in building up your career but will also provide you a platform that would enhance your expertise in various other fields which will be useful, even if you plan to tread on another path after BCA. The duration of the course is 3 years, after which the graduate will acquire a skill set that will make him/her a zealous bachelor in computer applications.
Career options after BCA
There is a galore of opportunities waiting for you after you pursue BCA. Some of the career options are:
- Chief Information Officer
- Computer Programmer
- Computer Scientist
- Computer Support Service Specialist
- Computer Systems Analyst
- Database Administrator
- Information Systems Manager
- Software Developer
- Software Publisher
- Systems Administrator
- Teacher and Lecturer
- Start-up- your own Business
- Media, Print, and Publishing Houses
Do not limit yourself and settle for the ordinary, aim higher, stretch your mind for newer experiences.
A professional postgraduate degree, MCA provides a much more dynamic scope for qualified professionals in the field of Information Technology. The course aims not only on the theory but also on application-based practical training.
Although BCA creates a base, MCA cements the base by providing a specialized touch in the subjects studied in BCA. The duration of the course is 3 academic years. The first year focuses on skill development in computers, a conceptual framework is shaped in the second year and further specializations and project work in the third year prepares the student to enter the world of computers with an impressionable skill set.
Career options after MCA
Although career options remain the same as for BCA, some other innovative job profiles one can take after MCA are:
- App Developer
- Business Analyst
- Database Engineer
- Hardware Engineer
- Manual Tester
- Technical Writers
- Trouble-shooters
- Web Designer/Developer
You can be the next Mark Zuckerberg, Azim Premji, or Grace Hopper and mark your place in the ever-growing computer world.