Students of Grade XII who have just passed out this level and are looking for a career in Information Technology get generally perplexed over choosing between two seemingly similar courses – viz., BCA and B.Tech (CSE/IT). Despite the fact that the above-mentioned courses may not be really comparable on one-to-one basis, yet with the increasing demand for BCA course on one side and the proliferation of engineering institutes on the other side, students may seek answers for the queries that shall help them to make a decision as far as choosing one course over the other is concerned. This may warrant a detailed comparison between the courses.
As a matter of fact, both BCA as well as B.Tech are quite popular among students. In comparison, however, while B.Tech (CSE/IT) emphasizes on core programming and coding along with developing new technologies as well as mathematical skills, BCA or Bachelors of Computer Applications focuses primarily on practical technologies and developing applications. That is to say, B.Tech (CSE/IT) is more of developing concepts and subsequently testing them out, whereas BCA would focus on applications part of it, i.e. the study of putting of various programming concepts to use.
It is also widely believed that B.Tech offers better job opportunities than BCA. However, your options also depend on the type of college you are getting to pursue your UG course. If you are able to find a good college for BCA like Asian School of Business, Noida that focuses on experiential learning of the students to make them job-ready once they are out of the campus, you would be at par or even better as compared to a B.Tech (CSE/IT) student from any other engineering college.
To help you learn all about which course you should choose between BCA and B.Tech, you may read a relevant blog on the ASB Blog page.