B.A.(Honours) Business Economics

Admission will be made on the basis of common Entrance Test to be conducted by the Deptt. of Business Economics, South Delhi Campus, University of Delhi. The merit list will be prepared giving 50% weightage to Entrance Test and 50% weightage to marks in S.S.C. (XIIth) Examination.

Admission to the course:
The candidate must have passed Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (10+2) of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi with pass in 4 subjects (English, Mathematics and two Elective Subjects) or an examination recognised as equivalent thereto, with 55% or more marks In the aggregate of these four subjects.

1. Eligibility Conditions

a) General Category
The candidate must have passed Senior Secondary School Certificate (10+2) of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi with pass in 4 subjects (English, Mathematics and two elective subjects) or an examination recognized as equivalent thereto, with 55% or more marks in the aggregate fo these four subjects.

The four subjects considered are all from the academic stream. They are:

(1) English
(2) Mathematics or Business Mathematics
(3) and (4) any two from among the following:

Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Economics, Political Science, History, Geography, Business Studies, Accountancy, Computer Science, Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy and Biotechnology.

b) Reserved Category
- Candidiate must produce certificate from the competent authority to claim benefit under this category
- Candidate belonging to SC/ST category shall be allowed 5% relaxation of the marks in the minimum eligibility requirements. A separate list will be drawn for these students for the purpose of (15 + 7.5)% reservation.
- Children and/or widows of personnel of Armed/Paramilitary Forces killed/disabled in action during the wars from 1947-48 onwards or those who died while on duty, shall be allowed relaxation of 5% in the minimum eligibility requirements.
- Candidates belonging to the physically handicapped categories shall be allowed 5% concessoin in the minimum eligibility condition for the test and separate merit list will be drawn for such students for the purpose of 3% reservation.

c) Foreign students
Eligibility conditions for the foreign students will be the same as for the general category students.

d)Other Eligibility Requirements
The candidates who have appeared for the qualifying examination and whose results are not declared before the last date of receipt of application form are also eligible to apply for the admission test. Such candidates must enclose the self attested copy of the marks sheet of XII class with the answer sheet on the date of admission test. Their admission, however, will be subject to fulfilling eligibility conditions. Candidates who have appeared at the annual examinations of the qualifying examination and placed in the compartment will not be eligible for admission for the current year. Candidates who have appeared at the annual examination of the qualifying examination and subsequently reappear for improvement to acquire eligibility will not be considered for admission for the current year. Rounding of fraction of a mark to determine eligibility is not permissible.

e) Gap Year
A maximum gap of one year will be permitted between passing Class XII and seeking admission to the course.

2. Issue of Bulletin of Information
Admission to B.A.(Hons.) Business Economics is centralized. The Controller of Examinations/Deputy Controller of Examinations, University of Delhi, South Campus will conduct the admission test with the help of the Department of Business Economics. The Bulletin of Information with the Application Form for admission test will be available from offices of the ten colleges running this course during working hours, on payment of Rs 400/- (Rs. 200/- for SC/ST and other reserved category students, on production of certificate from competent authority; except foreign students) in cash/crossed bank draft in favour of the Director, UDSC [B.A.(Hons.) Business Economics] payable at the State Bank of India Service Branch, New Deihl. The Bulletin of Information along with the application form can also be obtained by post from anyone of these ten places on remitting a crossed bank draft of Rs. 400/- payable at the above mentioned branch. A self addressed envelope of size (23 em x 30 em) with postage stamps of Rs. 50/- should also be enclosed with the request. The last date forthe issue of Bulletin of Information and submission of duly filled-in application is Monday, 18 June 2007. The timings would be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for morning colleges and 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for evening colleges.

The ten colleges will be the examination centers for the Combined Entrance Examination. The College where the candidate deposits the duly filled-in-application form alongwith self attested copy of Xllth Class Mark Sheet shall be the centre of examination. However, if any false attestation or falsified records are detected, the student will debarred from attending any course in the University or its colleges for next five years and in addition a criminal case under relevant section(s) of IPC will be instituted.

In case, the full capacity of the examination centre is reached, candidates would be allotted another centre. Such additional examination centres would be provided in case of need, and the same would be communicated through notices at these colleges. However, the Department reserves the right to withdraw any centre and to allot an alternative centre to the candidates.

3. Admission Test
- Admission test will be conducted on Sunday, 24 June 2007 Sunday at 10:00 A.M.
- Syllabus for the Combined Admission test to the B.A.(Hons.) Business Economics course will be as follows:

a)Admission test will be of 2 hours duration with multiple choice questions.

b)Each correct answer carries one mark. There will be negative marking for incorrect answer. One­fourth mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.

c)Medium of examination shall be English.

d)The final merit list based on the result of the Admission test and Class XII marks will be notified by the University of Delhi, South Campus latest by Friday, 30 June 2007 and will be displayed at all the colleges running the course. The Result will also be available at www.south.du.ac.lnlbe

The students will not be informed personally. Separate merit list for SC/ST and other reserved category candidates will be prepared.

4. Admission to the Colleges

The intake capacity of each college is a maximum of 40 students.

After the declaration of merit list, admission will be based on counselling held at the South Campus, University of Delhi, Benito Juarez Marg, New Delhi 110021. The schedule for counselling is as follows:

5. Procedure for Counselling

1)Students will be asked to give their preferences for the individual colleges.

2)Students will be given admission as per their preferences, subject to availability of seats in individual
   colleges.

3)The students will be issued admission slips. They can approach their respective colleges within two
   days of counselling and get admission as per university rules.

4)Candidates who do not take admission during the stipulated time lose their right of admission to the course.

5)Candidates who do not present themselves in the counselling will not be entertained later.

6. Fees
Course fee for B.A.(Hons.) Business Economics is Rs. 10,000/- per annum excluding charges levied by the individual colleges.

7. Refund of course fee

On withdrawl of admission, the course fee will be refunded in the following manner:

Upto 16th July 2007                             100% Refund

From 17th July to 14th August 2007       50% Refund

After 14th August 2007                         No Refund

8. Course of Studies
The three year full time degree course of B.A. (Hons.) Business Economics will be split into six semesters. Each paper will require five lectures and two tutorials per week. The semester-wise paper details are as follows:

Student will be required to choose any two of the following optional groups for V and VI semesters. Optional Groups:

Group A : Financial Management
A(i) Corporate Finance
A(ii) International Financial Management

Group B : International Business Environment
B(i) International Business Environment: Policies and Institutions
B(ii) International Business

Group C : Entrepreneurship and Small Business
C(i) Entrepreneurship and Family Business
C(ii) Small Business Management

Group D : Marketing
D(i) Consumer Behaviour and Sales Management
D(ii) Market Research

Group E : Computer Applications
E(i) Programming in "C' Language
E(ii) Data Base: Concepts and Applications

Group F : Advanced Quantitative Techniques
F(i) Operation Research and Applications
F(ii) Econometrics: Theory and Applications

Group G : Management of Services
G(i) Financial Services
G(ii) Non Financial Services