B.Sc., B.Sc. (Computer Science), B.C.A

A candidate who has passed the two years Pre-University Examination conducted by the Pre-University Education Board in the State of Karnataka or any other examination considered as equivalent thereto by Mangalore University is eligible for admission to these programmes.

Additional Conditions of Eligibility for specific combinations:

• A candidate opting Physics/Chemistry in the B.Sc degree programme shall have studied Mathematics in addition to Physics/Chemistry at the qualifying examination.
• A candidate opting Botany, Zoology or Pharmacognocy in the B.Sc. degree programme shall have studied Chemistry and Botany or Zoology or Biology at the qualifying examination.
• A candidate may be permitted to take Statistics for the B.Sc degree programme even though he has not studied that subject but studied Mathematics at the qualifying examination.
• A candidate opting Microbiology shall have studied Physics, Chemistry and Biology at the qualifying examinations.

BCA - All Compulsory Subjects

Group – I: LANGUAGES:

• The candidate shall opt for General and Communicative English as compulsory subject and one of the languages listed below:
• Kannada, Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, Persian, Arabic, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, French, German, Russian, Konkani and Manipuri.
• Additional English shall be offered only for Foreign, NRI, Anglo-Indian and other Indian students whose mother tongue is other than the languages listed above. However, the students of B.Sc. (Hospitality Science) shall opt for French only.

In addition to General and communicative English, a candidate shall opt for any one of the two languages studied at the Pre-University or equivalent level. However, he/she may opt for Kannada even if it is not studied at the Pre-University or equivalent level. With the permission of the University a candidate may opt for any other language listed above even if he/she has not studied that language at the Pre-university or equivalent level.

GROUP-II: OPTIONAL SUBJECTS

A candidate shall ordinarily opt for any three Arts subjects for B.A. degree and any three Science subjects for B.Sc. degree subject to the restrictions under para 8.3. However for the B.A. degree, one of the science subjects, namely, Psychology, Home Science and Applied Statistics may be opted as one of the optional subjects along with two Arts subjects. A candidate may also opt for two Arts subjects and one vocational subject for the B.A. degree and two Science subjects and one vocational subject for B.Sc. degree.

Combination of Subjects

• A candidate shall opt for not more than two languages under optionals.
• A candidate opting for Electronics as an optional subject shall also opt Physics and Mathematics.
• A candidate opting for physics as an optional subject shall also opt Mathematics as an optional subject.
• A candidate opting for Computer Science as an optional subject shall also opt Mathematics and Electronics or Physics and Mathematics or Statistics and Mathematics or Chemistry and Mathematics.
• A candidate opting for Pharmacognocy as an optional subject shall also opt Botany and Chemistry as optional subjects.
• A candidate opting for Microbiology as an optional subject shall also opt Chemistry and Botany or Zoology as optional subject