BCA vs B.Tech

BCA vs B.Tech | Which is better? Which one should you choose?

A student who has slight interest & fascination in technical and IT areas is confused about what to opt between Bachelor in Computer Applications (BCA) and Bachelor in Technology (B.Tech). Though the two aren’t really comparable as one is an engineering course and the other is a degree course, yet with the growing demand of BCA and the increase in private engineering institutes, students do come up with queries like should they do BCA or B Tech. IISE Group Of Institutions have tried to help the students to clear the doubts of such students by doing a comparatively study of the BCA Vs. B.Tech.

What is BCA?

Syllabus of the three-year BCA course includes subjects involving computer languages, database management, operations systems, logical analysis, software design and client server technology. Several universities offer 6this 3 years undergraduate course across India.

Course Duration:

BCA saves one year as Syllabus of BCA is more or less same as B.Tech. The difference is only in the 1st year where B.Tech does engineering sciences- mathematics, physics, chemistry etc. BCA syllabus does not include electronic paper I, II & III during 2nd , 3rd & 4th Year.

BCA = {2nd year of B.Tech + 3rd year of B.Tech + 4th year of B.Tech (Excluding Electronics – paper I,II & III).

Whereas,

B.Tech = (1st year Engineering Sciences + 2nd year – B.Tech + 3rd year – B.Tech + 4th year B.Tech).

Scope and Job Prospects:

Students usually start as a Junior Programmer or a Software Tester and then move higher up the ranks to the role of a Senior Programmer. IT industry is booming in India and you can find many companies with vacancies in IT branches. While BCA gives students a good technology knowledge, it is advisable to complete your MCA to give yourself career wise push. After graduation, a student with a B.Tech degree has same job opportunities than a student with a BCA. Still, junior programming positions and software testing jobs are available to BCA graduates; from there you can climb up. 

Industry scope/Job placement sectors- are same for both BCA as well B. Tech.

The hiring of BCA: TCS, Insync, Wipro etc.

The hiring of B.Tech: TCS, Insync, Wipro etc.

Bottom Line: The companies who recruit B.Tech candidates are the same that recruits BCA candidates.

Check out the major differences between B. Tech Vs. BCA below:

B. Tech - B.Tech is a 4 yr engineering course

BCA - BCA is a 3 yr degree course on computer related programming and languages.

B. Tech - After 10 + 2 Student from science stream only can apply.

BCA - Students from any stream can apply but they have English and mathematics as compulsory subject.

B. Tech - Course fee is higher than BCA

BCA - Course fee is less compared to B. Tech

B. Tech - B.Tech syllabus is a far more comprehensive and professionally valued course than BCA, primarily because it delves into a lot more subjects than BCA

BCA - BCA syllabus Deals with software language as well as management quality.