10 offbeat courses after 12th standard

10 offbeat courses after 12th standard

Here you are, at the crossroads. You have finished your 10+2, and are on a hunt for the course that best suits your taste and chances in the future. A good number of students choose Engineer, Medicine, Management or IT after their PUC. But there are other offbeat, yet interesting, courses too. Here is a collection of 10 of them. Check them out.

Opting the road less travelled by after PUC

Well, if you want to sing out, sing out
And if you want to be free, be free
'Cause there's a million things to be
You know that there are...
Thus sang Cat Stevens. And there are, indeed, a million things to be in life.

You have just finished your PUC and searching for the source that suits your interest best. Engineering, Medicine, IT, Managment... these are the most preferd fields.

But have you, as an individual, ever dreamt of being something different? Someone different? If yes, try these 10 Courses we have lined up for you in the next ten pages. They are somewhat off-beat. But then, if you can enjoy the difference that the road less travelled by might bring to your life,
read on. Make the best choice!

BACHELOR OF RURAL STUDIES

BACHELOR OF RURAL STUDIES

Course Detail

"The soul of India lives in its villages," said Mahatma Gandhi. If you believe that you belong more to rural India than the urban India, this is a course for you. It instills skills in three key areas: society and personal development, agriculture and environmental management, and business management. It aims to prepare graduates to play multiple roles in the development of a rural and regional community.

What you will learn (subject to syllabus)

Agronomy
Animal Husbandiary and Dairy science
Horticulture and Forestry
Farm Management & Planning
Plant Breeding
Agricultural Chemistry
Clothing and textile
Diet therapy
Child development
Food microbiology
Principles of economics

Eligibility

A 10+2 in Science

Career prospects

Thought a post-graduation will better equip you for a job, a BCD can work for the following:
Private sector organizations that deal with rural issues
Public service organizations for local agriculturalists
Non-profit organisations
Government agencies
Rural development

BACHELOR OF HOSPITALITY SCIENCE

BACHELOR OF HOSPITALITY SCIENCE

Course Detail

Here is a chance to play host to the whole world. The hospitality sector includes everything from hotels, restaurants, and resorts to the local convention center. The course is designed to make you play the perfect host, equip you to be the best intra-organizational manager, understand industry trends through research, and run a business of your own by critical thinking and problem solving.

What you will learn (subject to syllabus)

Hotel and lodging management
Food and beverage management
Event planning
Recreation planning
Industry ethics
Entrepreneurship development
Human resource development

Eligibility

Any 10+2

Career prospects

Travel/tour Agents
Managers of Food Service Establishments
Hotel/Lodging Managers
Caterers

BACHELOR OF DRAMATICS

BACHELOR OF DRAMATICS

Course Detail

'All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.' If you love playing a big part of your life onstage, pick up dramatics. The course will hone your acting skills and tap your talent by emphasizing on emotional flexibility, improved perspective and other subtle nuances of stage acting.

What you will learn (subject to syllabus)

Playwriting
Singing, accents, dialect and phonetics
Mime, stage combat, yoga, dance and acrobatics
Improvisation and Audition Technique

History of theatre, art, music and dance

Eligibility

Any 10+2

Career prospects

Playwright
Performing arts
Education
PR, media and business

BACHELOR OF TEXTILE DESIGN

BACHELOR OF TEXTILE DESIGN

Course Detail

The textile degree is not just about attire design. It applies also in interior, automotive and licensing design industries. It encourages exploration in design and creativity, as well as developing technical and sustainability knowledge and digital media skills for translating textile concepts into marketable products.

What you will learn (subject to syllabus)

Hands-on printing, weaving and machine knitting
Fashion illustration, trend forecasting
Creating original design
Identify marketing opportunities
Planning development strategies

Eligibility

Any 10+2

Career prospects

Designer

BACHELOR OF YOGIC SCIENCE

BACHELOR OF YOGIC SCIENCE

Course Detail

How serene are you inside? Explore the strength of your inner self with a degree in Yogic Science. It equips you to teach Yoga in schools at primary and high school levels, and to the general public to promote positive living. Branches like Yoga & Management help create new changes in business and corporate lives.

What you will learn (subject to syllabus)

Yoga and its Streams
Yoga for Personality
Training in Organizing Workshops/Conferences
Yogásanas & Kriyás
Applications of Yoga
Teaching Methodology

Eligibility

Any 10+2

Career prospects

Yoga instructor
Yoga therapist

BACHELOR OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

BACHELOR OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

Course Detail

This course is different from your normal IT course, even though it is very much linked to Information technology. It teaches you to plan, manage, supervise and market electronic business operations, products and services provided online. Graduates will also acquire a keen understanding of the methods and strategies used by businesses in today's marketplace as they implement technology to meet their goals.

What you will learn (subject to syllabus)

Mobile computing and commerce
Enterprise resource planning
Business administration
Information resources management
Computer and Internet law and policy
Computer privacy and security
E-trading
Electronic marketing
Product and service networking
Basics of Macromeda Dreamweaver, Hotmetal Pro, Fusion, Corel Draw, Fireworks, Gif Animator and Macromedia Flash

Eligibility

10+2 in Science

Career prospects

Web site design and developer
Content developer
Web programming and application developer
Database administrator

BACHELOR OF TOURISM AND TRAVEL

BACHELOR OF TOURISM AND TRAVEL

Course Detail

The desire to explore the unknown and the unseen has been the driving force of tourism. Be a part of it and help explore. The booming industry of travel and tourism opens up new vistas every day.

What you will learn (subject to syllabus)

Principles of tourism management
Introduction to Heritage Management
Special Interest Tourism
Tourism Geography
Tourist Market
Behavioural Science
Foreign Languages
Air Travel and Transport
Sustainable Tourism
Environment and Ecology of Tourism
Communication Skills

Eligibility

Any 10+2

Career prospect

Travel agencies
Tour operators
Airlines
Hotels
Transport and cargo companies

BACHELOR OF JOURNALISM

BACHELOR OF JOURNALISM

Course detail

This course is for all those who have a nose for news. And options galore, from print, radio, tv to Web
. Though journalism education sector is in its nascent stage
, there are institutes and universities all over India that offer variety of courses. These courses equip you meet the challenges in today's fast-paced life of information.

What you will learn (subject to syllabus)

Writing and Editing for different media
Page layout/design
Media ethics and history
Sources of Information
Listening, Note-taking and interviewing Skills
Techniques of using sound to enhance impact, integrating sound and script
TV Production, Techniques and Methods

Eligibility

Any 10+2

Career prospects

In newspapers
Periodicals and magazines
Central information service
Press information bureau
Websites
Radio and TV channels

BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK

BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK

Course details

A degree in social work equips you to serve your country better. With issues related to women, environment, man-made and natural disasters, human rights, mental heath, HIV/AIDS and so on on the rise, opportunities for employment and career growth in social work are expected to increase in non-governmental and governmental sectors. Professionally trained social workers are required more than ever.

What you will learn (subject to syllabus)

Social Work Intervention with individuals and groups
Social Work Intervention with Communities and Institutions
Family Life Education
Substance Abuse and Counselling
Introduction to HIV/AIDS
Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Eligibility

Any 10+2

Career prospects

NGOs
Public agencies
Private businesses
Hospitals
Schools
Police departments
Courts

BACHELOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

Course details

The importance of imparting proper elementary education is obvious from the government's decision to introduce the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act. The Bachelor of Elementary Education programme will basically equip you understand children and teach them better. The four-year professional programme is designed to integrate the study of subject knowledge, human development, pedagogical knowledge and communication skills.

What you will learn (subject to syllabus)

Child Development
Nature of Language
Core Natural Sciences
Core Social Sciences
Cognition and Learning
Language Acquisition
Human Relations & Communications
Basic Concepts in Education
School Planning & Management
Logico-Mathematics Education
Pedagogy of Environmental Studies
Curriculum Studies; Gender & Schooling

Eligibility
Any 10+2

Career prospects
Teaching
Education departments