The B.A. (Programme) introduced by the University of Delhi since 2004 aims at preparing the students for the world of work. The curriculum includes Language courses, Discipline courses, Foundation courses and Application courses.

The student completes all twelve courses over a three-year period by studying four courses each year. The distribution of various courses to be completed during the three-year period is follows

Ist Year	IInd Year	IIIrd Year
Language Course-1	Language Course	Language Course
Language Course-2	Foundation Course	Application Course
Discipline Course-1	Discipline Course-1	Discipline Course-1
Discipline Course-2	Discipline Course-2	Discipline Course-2

Language Courses

Streams

Language courses help enhance both linguistic skills and literary sensibility. BNC offers English and Hindi language courses. Students will study different streams of these courses depending on their prior knowledge of the concerned language.

Three different streams are offered in English

• » Stream A, for students who have studied English up to Class XII.
• » Stream B, for students who have studied English up to Class X.
• » Stream C, for students who have studied English up to class VIII.

Two different streams are offered in Hindi

• » Stream A, if they have studied Hindi up to Class XII.
• » Stream B, if they have studied Hindi up to Class X.

Year wise Options in language courses

• First Year
• Language Course 1:
• English (Stream A, B or C as may be applicable).
• Language Course 2:
• Hindi (Stream A, or B as may be applicable).

• Second Year:
• One out of the two language courses done during the first year.

• Third Year:
• One out of the two language courses done during the first year. but not in the second year.

Discipline Courses

Each B A Programme student is required to choose two discipline courses and study these during all the three years, subject to certain restrictions. (See the subject combination chart below for all available choices).

These courses are designed to provide the student with the basic knowledge of the concerned discipline in the context of contemporary developments.

Streams

Discipline courses are offered in two separate streams namely conventional and practical based. Generally students are required to choose one discipline course from the group of conventional subjects and another from the group of practicals based subjects with some exceptions. Click on the >> more links from the following list to view details of the different discipline courses.

Conventional Discipline Courses

• » Economics
• » Political Science
• » Sanskrit
• » History (Two options are given in each year)
  Option -I (Paper - I History of India up to Eighth century A.D.),
  Option-II (Paper-II Cultures in the Indian sub continent)

Practicals based Discipline Courses

• » Apparel Design & Construction
• » Computer Application
• » Family & Child Welfare
• » Food Technology
• » Music
• » Nutrition & Health Education
• » Office Management & Secretarial Practice

Subject Combination Chart for Discipline Courses

Foundation Courses

These are inter-disciplinary courses that provide basic knowledge of contemporary themes. Every student will opt for one of the following foundation courses in the second year.

The choices available in foundation courses are

• » Language, Literature and Culture (English)
• » Language, Literature and Culture (Hindi)
• » Contemporary India: Economics Politics and Society
• » Human Rights, Gender and Environment.

Application Courses

These courses aim at skill enhancement and seek to impart practical or theoretical knowledge or in a very specific field of study. Students will opt for one of the following application courses in the third year.

Application Courses offered by the college are:

• » Computer Application
• » Creative Writing (Hindi)
• » Creative Writing (English)
• » Mass Communication
• » Nutrition & Health
• » Tax Management
• » Tourism
• » Translation & Interpreting