Traditional degree courses still most sought after
NEW DELHI: Despite Delhi University having introduced some new courses to take some steam off the cut-throat competition to its coveted courses, data released by the University shows that traditional courses like BA (Programme), BA English (Hons) and Bcom (Hons) continue to dominate the list of courses for aspirants.
According to the data released by DU, courses in the Arts stream dominated the top two slots in the application list, with BA (Programme) topping the list of highest applications filed, with 1,21,701.
English (Hons) is the second most coveted course, with 1,12,899 applications.
Bcom (Programme), from the Commerce stream, came in third with 96, 503 applications.
Though numbers suggest that traditional courses are dominating the application list, there is encouraging data that shows that many students are also shown a keen interest in vocational and language courses.
Applications for Science courses showed a predictable trend this year, mainly because of the fact that many Science students opt for engineering colleges over a seat in DU.
In the Science stream, Chemistry (Hons) received the highest number of applications, i.e. 63,065.
The numbers of applications received for Physics (Hons) were recorded at 61, 768. A majority of Science applicants who studied Biology in Class XII have opted for Bio Chemistry, which received 34,321 applications.
Applications for Botany were recorded at a paltry 305.
Meanwhile, in language courses, traditional subjects like English (Hons) and Hindi (Hons) were the preferred options. The lowest number of applications received was for Bengali (Hons), i.e. 18,591.
Applications for Sanskrit and Urdu also did not register impressive numbers, with 28,334 and 20, 389 applications respectively.
As expected, French, German and French languages were the most popular foreign language courses, with 40,259 applications received for French.
German and Spanish languages had 36,982 and 32,991 applications, respectively. For applicants with an inclination towards practical subjects, a slew of vocational courses have been introduced by the University over the past few years.
With the growing number of websites and the ever increasing demand for website designers, the course saw around 45,355 applications; meanwhile, software development course received 43,815 applications.
In courses related to media studies, an overwhelming 68,854 applications were received for Journalism (Hons), while Hindi Journalism had over 32,567 applications. The Advanced Diploma in Television Programme and Newspaper registered 37,093 applications.