DU Guidelines: B.Com Seats Tough for Arts, Science Students

The University of Delhi has updated the guidelines that students from Science and Humanities streams, planning on studying B.Com (Hons) or B.Com (Programme) at DU, will face a deduction of 1 percent for adding each of the non-core subjects in the calculation of best-of-four marks.

B.Com is the most demanded course at Delhi University. It had received 71,505 applications last year. The University has come out with a list of non-core subjects which include 15 subjects. These subjects are Botany, Statistics, Geology, Business Mathematics, Physics, Geography, Philosophy, Zoology, History, Biology/ Biotechnology, Political Science, Home Science, Chemistry, Psychology, Legal Studies, Computer Science, Sociology, Informatics Practices.

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The University also maintained that for studying B.Com (Hons) or B.Com programme, a student should include one language and three core commerce subjects in their best-of-four calculation which include Economics, Accountancy, Business Studies/ Commerce. Adding Mathematics is however compulsory.

As a disadvantage for Science and Humanities students, suppose if a student plans to study B.Com and adds English, Economics, Biology and Physics, he/she will face a deduction of 2 percent from the aggregate. This is only a movement from core to non-core subjects and not a change of stream.

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The University also revealed that students adding vocational courses as a part of their aggregate will have to face a deduction of 2.5 percent. The vocational courses include Arts, Physical Education, Painting and Sculpture.

From this year, Music is also considered as an academic subject. This rule was brought to the privilege of Commerce students so that they do not lose their seats to students from other streams.