It is that time of the year again when you’ll spot a mad rush of students trying to get admission in Delhi University for various undergraduate courses. While a lot of them want to clear the soaring cut-offs and land in conventional courses, others would want to explore the unexplored and probably take the road less taken.
Whatever may be the course of your action, there is no need to get disheartened if you haven’t made it through the first cut-off list this time. As far as DU is concerned, the colleges will come out with five cut-off lists and with each list, your chances of making it is sure to improve. Even if it doesn’t, it’s not going to end your life! It might sound clichéd but not getting in your favourite college or your desired course can also work wonders for you!
Even if you don’t clear the unbelievable high cut-offs this time, here’s a quick guide that’ll help you in widening your horizons and look beyond the done-to-death streams.
Offbeat/Unconventional choices
Did you know you can get a degree in mountaineering? Or that you could earn a whopping amount just by tasting tea? Or there’s a term ‘ethical hacking’ that pays really well? There’s so much you can do only if you decide to step out of your comfort zone. While Banaras Hindu University offers courses in adventure activities, private universities like Ananda Spa Institute offers training in spa management and still others like Indian Institute of Plantation Management facilitates short-term courses for tea tasting. For the ones who love historic places, there’s also a Museology degree in University of Calcutta and for the kinds who love traditional arts, there’s also a field of carpet technology you can explore! As it turns out photography and journalism aren’t the only offbeat streams now!
Correspondence courses/School of Open Learning
Besides the fact that correspondence courses will make enough room for your passions and hobbies, it’s also a good way to learn what you want to do and where you want take up the course. While gaining a practical experience of any other stream you wish to pursue, you can manage to get a degree in the field of your choice. BA (honours) Political Science, English and B Com, BA programme are some courses you can choose from.
Certificate Courses
Apart from the unconventional choices that you can make, there’s also a whole list of certificate courses you can try your hands on. From Peace and Conflict Resolution to Environmental Awareness; there’s a certificate in Delhi University for almost everything you can wreck your brains about. It’s not just French and German language you can gain expertise in, languages including Serbian, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese are also offered in various universities.
Vocational/Skills Training Courses
It’s time to accept that today’s generation just doesn’t want a degree but a degree that lands them a job! Delhi Government has come up with a Bachelors of Vocation (BVoc) programme which aims to provide the much-needed impetus in generating employment. This skill-based curriculum enhances the opportunities across a wide spectrum of fields like real estate, IT, publishing and electronics. Software development, mobile communications, interior designing, printing and publishing and applied arts are some of the courses on offer.
So, just in case you were sulking because of all the pitter-patter around, here’s one thing you really need to know; Don’t you worry child, heaven’s got a plan for you!
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