Career Counselling>>Course Available for Arts Students After 10 + 2

Sl. No. Abbreviation Full form of the Diploma
1 BA : Bachelor of Arts (pass/major/honours0)
2 BHA : Bachelor of Financial & Investment Analysis
3 BT&TM : Bachelor of Tourism & Travel Management
4 BABEd : Bachelor of Arts & Education (integrated)
5 BSSc : Bachelor of Sports Science
6 BBA : Bachelor of Business Administration
7 HEM : Bachelor of Business Management
8 BBS : Bachelor of Business Studies
9 BBM : Bachelor of Bank Management
10 BCA : Bachelor of Computer Application
11 BRI : Bachelor of Religions of India
12 BA : Bachelor of Arts (General and Corporate Secretaryship)
13 BL/LLB : Bachelor of Law (5 years-integrated course)
14 BHM : Bachelor of Hotel Management
15 BHRD : Bachelor of Human Resource Development
16 BHRM : Bachelor of Human Resource Management
17 BIBF : Bachelor of International Business and Finance
18 BPP : Bachelor of Physical Planning
19 BJ : Bachelor of Journalism
20 BMS : Bachelor of Management Science
21 BPR : Bachelor of Public Relation
22 BRS : Bachelor of Rural Studies
23 BSW : Bachelor of Social Works
24 BHS : Bachelor of Hospitality Science
25 BTA/S : Bachelor of Tourism Administration/Studies
26 BEM : Bachelor of Environmental Management
27 BHM/A : Bachelor of Hospital Management/Administration
28 BMTT : Bachelor of Management and Information Technology
29 BD : Bachelor of Dramatics
30 BPed : Bachelor of Physical Education (Health Education and Sports)
31 CA           : Chartered Accountancy (Foundation)
32 CS            : Company Secretaryship (Foundation)
33 BAEd        : Bachelor of Adult Education
34 BA (EdDeaf) : Bachelor of Arts (Education of Deaf)
35 BA (Mus)     : Bachelor of Arts (Music)
36 BEEd          : Bachelor of Elementary Education
37 BFA          : Bachelor of Fine Arts
38 BJ & MC     : Bachelor of journalism & Mass Communication 
39 BLM          : Bachelor of Labour Management
40 BVA           : Bachelor of Visual Arts
41 BYS           : Bachelor of Yogic Science
42 BMR          : Bachelor of Mental Retardation

This list is only an indicative list and not a complete list. There are many other courses which an arts student can opt after 10+2 in arts.

Competitive Examination for 10+2 Arts Student

  1. Defence Services (various wings)
  2. Banking/LlC/GIC etc (Clerical cadre)
  3. SSB/Air Force
  4. Indian Railways
  5. Inter disciplinary services in central and state government (clerical grades)
  6. Clerk's Grade Examination
  7. NDA (Army wing)

Competitive Examination for Arts Graduates

  1. Civil Services (UPSC)
  2. (a) IAS
    (b) IPS
    (c) IFS
    (d) Central Excise & Income Tax
    (e) Indian Audit and Accounts service
    (f) Indian Revenue Services
    (g) Indian Economic Service
    (h) Indian Statistical Service

  3. Jobs in Banks/LIC/GIC/UTI/Financial Institutions (Probationary officer/Administrative officer etc)
  4. Combined Defence Services (CDS)
  5. SSB/Airforce Accounts/Assistant Commandant (General Duty) in Coast Guard
  6. Assistants' Grade Examination by Staff Selection Commission
  7. Inspectors of Central Excise, Income Tax etc through Staff Selection Commission
  8. Indian Railway Services
  9. Misc. services of accountant/cashier/book keeper in public sector/private sector/govt. sector
  10. State Civil Services (PSC)
  11. Reserve Bank Of India Services Board Exams

N.B.   The above list is only an indicative list and not an exhaustive list.


Subject Available for Study In BA Course After 10 + 2

Sl. No. Course
1 Accounting 
2 Accountancy 
3 Actuarial Science 
4 Administrative Law 
5 Adult Education 
6 Advertising & Sales Mgt. 
7 Aesthetics 
8 Agriculture& Animal Husb. 
9 Agricultural Marketing 
10 Analytical Tools 
11 Ancient History 
12 Archaeology & Culture 
13 Ancient Indian Culture 
14 Ancient Indian History 
15 Ancient World History 
16 Anthropology 
17 Applied Art 
18 Applied Nutrition 
19 Arabic 
20 Arab Culture 
21 Archaeology 
22 Ardhmagadhi 
23 Area Studies 
24 Arya Sidhanta 
25 Arts 
26 Art (History of Art) 
27 Asian Culture 
28 Asian Language & Literature 
29 Assamese 
30 Astronomy
31 Avesta Pahlavi 
32 Bakery 
33 Bank Management 
34 Banking 
35 Bengali 
36 Bhajana 
37 Bharatha Natyam 
38 Bhasa Lekhan 
39 Bhojpuri 
40 Biochemistry 
41 Biology 
42 Bodo 
43 Book Keeping & Accountancy 
44 Book Publishing 
45 Botany 
46 Burmese 
47 Business 
48 Business Administration 
49 Business Management 
50 Business Communication 
51 Business Organization 
52 Business Correspondence 
53 Business Data & Processing 
54 Business & Office Practice 
55 Business Statistics 
56 Catering 
57 Cartography 
58 Chemistry 
59 Child Care & Training 
60 Child Development
61 Child Psychology & Guidance
62 Child Welfare
63 Chinese
64 Christian Rites
65 Cinema Appreciation
66 Classical Language
67 Clay Modeling
68 Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics
69 Clothing & Textiles
70 Commerce
71 Commercial Art
72 Commercial Geography
73 Communication & Journalism
74 Community Development
75 Community & Rural Devpmt.
76 Community Dev. & Extension
77 Comparative Literature
78 Comp. Study in Buddhism
79 Comparative Religion
80 Computer Application
81 Computer Programming
82 Computerised Data Collection
83 Computer Secretaryship
84 Counselling & Guidance
85 Criminology
86 Cultural Anthropology
87 Cultural Dynamics
88 Cultural Psychology
89 Civilization
90 Culture & Religion
91 Dance
92 Data processing
93 Defence Management
94 Defence Studies
95 Demography
96 Designing & Painting
97 Development Administration
98 Diet Therapy
99 Dogri
100 Domestic Science
101 Dialectology
102 Drama
103 Dramatics
104 Drawing & Painting
105 Dress Making & Fashion Cord
106 Ecology
107 Econometrics
108 Economics
109 Economics & Rural Dev.
110 Education
111 Elements of Maths & Stat
112 Elements of Eco & Stat
113 Elements of Law
114 English
115 English (Comm. Skills)
116 Enterpreneurial Dev.
117 Enterpren. & Small Business
118 Environmental Economics
119 Environmental Studies
120 European Language
121 Experimental Psychology
122 Export Procedure & Documtn
123 Family Relations
124 Family Resources Mgt.
125 Fashion Des & Merchadsn
126 Feature Writing
127 Film Studies
128 Finance
129 First aid
130 Food & Nutrition
131 Foreign Trade Practice
132 Freedom Movement & NI
133 Foundation Course
134 Fine Arts
135 Folklore
136 Folk Music
137 French
138 Fruit Preservation
139 Functional English
140 Functional Hindi
141 Functional Sanskrit
142 Garo
143 Gandhiji's Life
144 Gandhian Thought
145 General Awareness
146 General Foundation
147 General Science
148 General Psychology
149 Geography
150 Geology
151 Geography of Maharashtra
152 German
153 Greek
154 Gujarati
155 Handlooms & Handicrafts
156 Health and Physical Education
157 Hebrew
158 Hindi
159 Himachal Pradesh History
160 Hindu Religious Studies
161 History
162 History (Modem & Medieval)
163 History of Architecture
164 History of An & Culture
165 History & Culture of Adivasis
166 History and Culture of Punjab
167 History of Civilization
168 History of Kerala
169 History of Freedom Movement of India
170 History of Gujarat
171 History of Literature
172 History of Science
173 History of Social Reforms in 
174 History of Vedic & Classical Sanskrit 
175 History of World
176 Home Economics
177 Home Management
178 Home Nursing
179 Home Science
180 Horticultute & Landscaping
181 Hotel Management
182 Household Art
183 Human Anatomy
184 Humanities
185 Human Ecology
186 Human Environments
187 Human Resource Management
188 Human Rights
189 Indian Classical dance
190 Indian Culture
191 Indian Cultural Philosophy
192 Indian Heritage & Civilization
193 Indian History and Indian Art
194 Indian Music
195 Indian & Oriental Culture
196 Indian Philosophy & Religion
197 Indian Philosophy
198 hidology
199 Indian Society & Culture
200 Industrial Organisation
201 Industrial Relations
202 Industrial Relation & Personnel Management
203 Instrumental Music
204 Insurance
205 Industrial Relations Including Trade Unionism
206 Information Technology
207 Interior Decoration
208 International Economics
209 Instrumental Music
210 Islamic Culture
211 Islamic History
212 Islamic History & Culture
213 Islamic Studies
214 Italian
215 Investment Analysis
216 Japanese
217 Jainology
218 Jainism
219 Journalism
220 Jyotisha
221 Kanarese
222 Kannada
223 Karnatak Music
224 Kathakali
225 Kashmiri
226 Khasi
227 Konkani
228 Korean
229 Kuchipudi Dance
230 Labour And Social Welfare
231 Labour Welfare
232 Land & People of Rajasthan
233 Language Skills
234 Language Teaching
235 Latin
236 Law
237 Lexicography
238 Library Science
239 Life Science
240 Linguistics
241 Live Stock & Dairy
242 Live Stock & Leather
243 Local Self Government
244 Logic
245 Logic & Methodology of Science
246 Maithili 
247 Malayalam
248 Management
249 Manipuri
250 Marathi
251 Marketing
252 Marketing Management
253 Managerial Economics
254 Market Research Techniques
255 Mass Communication
256 Mass Communication & Journalism
257 Mathematical Modeling in Economics
258 Mathematical Statistics
259 Mathematics
260 Mathematics (Applied)
261 Mathematics (Industrial)
262 Mathematics (Pure)
263 Medieval & Modem History
264 Mental & Moral Philosophy
265 Microbiology
266 Mizo
267 Military Science/Studies
268 Modem Armenian
269 Modem Arabic
270 Modem European Language
271 Modem Government
272 Modem Indian Language
273 Modem Tibetan
274 Music
275 Money & Banking
276 Musiology
277 Music Appreciation
278 Music & Fine Arts
279 Museum & Tourism
280 Nepali
281 Nutrition & Dietetics
282 Nutrition & Health Education
283 Office Correspondence
284 Office Management
285 Office Management & Secretarial Practice
286 Oriental Culture
287 Oriental Learning/Title
288 Oriya
289 Painting
290 Painting & Sculpture
291 Pali
292 Panchayati Raj
293 Persian
294 Persian
295 Philosophy
296 Physical Education
297 Physics
298 Physiology
299 Political Science
300 Population Education/Studies
301 Principles & Practice of Insurance
302 Portuguese
303 Prakrit
304 Psychology
305 Psychology (Experimental)
306 Public Health & Sanitation
307 Punjabi
308 Punjabi History & Culture
309 Punjabi Literature
310 Public Administration
311 Public Relations
312 Quantitative Methods/Techniques
313 Rabindra Sangeet
314 Rajasthani
315 Religion
316 Religious Studies
317 Regional Planning
318 Regional Studies of North East India
319 Rural Development
320 Rural Development & Cooperation
321 Rural Development & Extension
322 Rural Banking
323 Rural Economics
324 Rural Industrialization
325 Rural Fine Arts
326 Rural Reconstruction & Village Development
327 Rural Marketing
328 Rural Service
329 Rural Society
330 Rural Studies
331 Russian
332 Sales Promotion
333 Sanskrit
334 Sangitha Bhushana
335 Santhali
336 Science & Civilization
337 Science Technology & Development
338 Script Writing
339 Sculpture
340 Secretarial Practice
341 Sindhi
342 Sinhalese
343 Social Awareness & Personality Development
344 Social & Cultural History of India
345 Social & Political Philosophy
346 Social Journalism
347 Social Psychology
348 Social Work
349 Social Science
350 Sociology
351 Social Study
352 Social Welfare Administration
353 Social Work & Social Welfare
354 South East Asian Studies
355 Spanish
356 Statistical Methods
357 Statistics
358 Statistics (Applied)
359 Swine Production
360 Syriac
361 System Analysis
362 Tabia
363 Tailoring & Hosiery
364 Tamil
365 Telugu
366 Temple Worship & Management
367 Tenyidie
368 Translation
369 Theatre
370 Tibetan
371 Trade Unionism & Labour Welfare
372 Textile Designing
373 Textile Dyeing & Printing
374 Tourism & Hotel Management
375 Transactional Analysis
376 Travel & Tourism
377 Tribal & Harijan Welfare
378 Tribal Welfare
379 Turkish
380 Urdu
381 Urban Studies
382 Vedic literature
383 Village Industries
384 Visual Arts
385 Vocal Music
386 Vocational Studies
387 West Asian Studies
388 Western Music
389 Women's Studies
390 Work & Thought
391 World History
392 Writing for Radio
393 Yoga
394 Yogic Science
395 Zoology

Courses available in BA (Fine Art)/BFA

Specialized BA courses

  1. Applied Arts
  2. Art Design
  3. Applied Design
  4. Applied Painting
  5. Arts History
  6. Arts Education
  7. Bamboo & Cane Work
  8. Commercial Art
  9. Clay Modeling
  10. Ceramics Design
  11. Dance
  12. Design
  13. Drama
  14. Drawing & Painting
  15. Dress Making & Fashion Co-ordination
  16. Fine Arts
  17. Fine Arts & Crafts
  18. Graphic Arts
  19. Music
  20. Painting
  21. Photography
  22. Plastic Arts
  23. Pottery/Pottery Design
  24. Print Making
  25. Sculpture
  26. Sitar
  27. Tabla
  28. Tortile Design
  29. Textile Design
  30. Visual Arts
  31. Visual Communication
  32. Wood Craft
  1. BA (Applied)
  2. BA (Languages)
  3. BA (Rural Services)
  4. BA (Special)
  5. BA (Vocational)
  6. BA (Cooperation)
  7. BD (Bachelor of Dramatics)
  8. BDA (Bachelor of Development Administration)
  9. BCS (Bachelor of Computer Secretaryship)
  10. BDS (Bachelor in Development Studies)
  11. BDes (Bachelor of Design)
  12. BA (Journalism)
  13. BCJ (Bachelor of Communication & Journalism)
  14. BMus (Bachelor of Music)
  15. BLitt/BOL (Bachelor of Literature)
  16. BMC (Bachelor of Mass Communication)
  17. BUT (Bachelor of Lib & Info Technology)
  18. BVA (Bachelor of Visual Arts)

N.B.    The list of subjects is an indicative one and exhaustive one. The combination of subjects offered for study varies from university/institution to university/institution.