This document compares the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) degrees. BBA focuses on developing business skills through theoretical education backed by practical experience like internships. It prepares students for careers in management or entrepreneurship. B.Com provides an intense focus on commerce fundamentals like accounting and finance. It is suitable for careers in finance or as a pathway to professional qualifications like Chartered Accountant. Both degrees offer job prospects after graduation, but BBA has a broader scope while B.Com is more specialized in commerce and accounting. Students should consider their interests and aptitudes to determine the best fit.

1. BBA or B.Com?
By Manas Ranjan Bhyan
B-Pharma,MBA,MMA
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Presented in a Management College

2. Career decisions must always be made keeping in mind one's aptitude, personality
as well as interests. To know this clearly,
one can take career tests or aptitude test and personality test and get career
guidance from expert career counselors to build the right career path.
However, if you decide a career based solely on your "wish", and on your
"strengths", then you increase the chances of leading a miserable and stressed life.
Career ?

3. B.Com (Bachelor of Commerce) or BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration)?
It’s one of the most common tertiary education questions we field.
The more traditional B.Com is giving way to BBA as the economy changes.
Sachin Read from footnotes
Course option to pursue after
completing your 10+2 .
BBA B.Com

4. Eligibility
Eligibility for BBA is less strict than for B.Com. Institutes in general will accept
anybody who’s passed 10+2 in any stream with at least a 50% aggregate.
Post-BBA:
There are two broad courses of action – an entrepreneurial venture or a
management job. These are the best reasons to prefer BBA to B.Com. However, an
MBA might be an equally viable choice.
A BBA degree will secure you an entry-
level job just about anywhere, and growth
opportunities are going to be enormous if you plan on pursuing an MBA degree from a
reputable institute as well.
Sachin Read from footnotes

5. The BBA course, a three-year degree, focuses. highly on developing business skills.
Theoretical education is backed up with practical experience which may include
summer internships, industry visits, presentations and case studies
Defining BBA.
Aim of BBA to foster future leadership and entrepreneurial ability, the syllabus of
the BBA course combines the theory of Management Information Systems, finance,
marketing and human resources.

6. Banking
Consultancy
Finance
FMCG and Consumer
Durable companies
IT companies
Advertising agencies
Job Prospect after BBA
You can try for a trainee or a junior executive job in marketing, HR and finance fields

7. Sachin Read from slide note
What is Defining B.Com
A three-year degree course, the Bachelor of Commerce or B.Com is a traditional post-
class 12 option in India, similar to Bachelor or Science (BSc) or Bachelor of Arts (BA).
B.Com (Bachelor of Commerce) Available at most universities, the highly theoretical
B.Com syllabus provides an intense loon into the fundamentals of commerce like
Accounts , Administration, Finance, Economics, and Industrial Policy.

8. Eligibility for B.Com:
After B.Com – What Next?:
It’s solid theoretical grounding is brilliant for careers in finance, or really, just about any
numbers related field like taxation or accountancy.
An MBA in Finance is another good way to cement your career while maintaining your
roots in commerce.
Higher Education ?
It’s practically mandatory for those looking to pursue CA / ICWA / CS. A two-year M.Com
(Master of Commerce)from a reputable university
B.Comfurther enables you by qualifying you for leadership and state level examinations.
It is designed to enhance the ability to learn as the students study variety of subjects:
Accountancy, Business Administration, Finance, Economics and Industrial Policies

9. Industries you can work in after a B.Com:
•Banks
•Consultancy firms
•Tax Practitioner
•Junior Accountant
Job Prospects after B.Com:

10. BBA B.Com
Professional course after class 12 Simple general line degree course
If you have good managerial quality than
your dream job may be BBA
If you are good in financial computations,
then your aim should be that of a
Chartered Accountant or CA and you can
do B. Com
Course fee is more
Course fee is comparatively very less than
BBA
Jobs in various sector like banking,
consultancy, pharmaceutical, IT
companies, finance management and
sales department
Job in finance and accounting section as a
trainee or junior executive in an
organization and also as CA, CS, ICWAI
Cut-off is high Cut-off is low than BBA course
Comparison between BBA and B. Com

11. Both BBA and B.Com have their own merits and de- merits. It depends entirely on the
student’s areas of interest and skills before choosing either of the courses
If making a career in management is your priority then you should go for BBA as it the
foundation for management and has been specifically designed for MBA aspirants.
B.Com, on the other hand, is much more diversified and has a wider scope for
specialization for post graduate study.
It is advisable to first chalk out your skills, aptitude and area of interest before taking
up any of the courses. Instead of looking at the money making aspect while choosing
a course it is more feasible to choose a course that will give you long-term benefits
rather than a short term.
Conclusion