Commerce students can go for BSc (H) Maths

Commerce students can go for BSc (H) Maths


Suruchi Dayal (18) scored 88.4 per cent in the Class XII Board exami- nations. With this percentage and a Commerce background, she thought she could manage to pursue BSc (H) Mathematics in most of the esteemed colleges in Delhi University. But she had reason to be confused at the time of admission to her course of choice. “Being a Commerce student, I was in a dilem- ma about whether I can get admission in this course or not“.
The course was in the news last year as the BA (H) Mathematics course was combined with it, and the subject con- tinued to be called BSc (H) Mathematics.
BA (H) Mathematics has been one of the course choices for Commerce-back- ground students.
The change in the nomenclature of the course has left students confused.
“It is difficult for everyone to get into BCom (H) and my second priority is to pursue Mathematics (H). I still can't get used to calling it BSc (H) Mathematics,“ said Riya Gosh, a DU aspirant.
The students are at sea regarding the course and its content. “I have asked the counsellors and the teachers to dis- play the information regarding this course. The Commerce students are equally eligible for the course“, said Nandita Narain, HoD, Mathematics, St Stephen's College.
“Many Commerce students came to us to ask whether they can apply for BSc (H) Mathematics. The confusion rising among them is possibly due to the name of the course, which says Bachelors of Mathematical Science,“ said Prashanto Chatterjee, Associate Professor, Department Of Mathematics, St Stephen's, a part of the college coun- selling. To be eligible for the course, stu- dents need to have studied Mathematics till Class XII. “The students have to score well in English and Mathematics.
The subject Mathematics itself is a Science. They will have a freedom to make a choice among the subjects of their stream“, said Saroj Malik, Associate Professor, Department Of Mathematics, Hindu College.
The students will have 12 papers in all, with two elective papers in the first year, and one elective in the second and third years. There will be varying sub- jects for students of Science, Commerce and Humanities backgrounds. BSC (H) MATHE-MAGIC Eyeing BSc (H) Mathematics?
You can choose any of these combinations: First Year Three compulsory papers of Mathematics: Calculus, Analysis, Algebra I Elective Courses -- In this, students have to choose one subject each from Credit Courses I, II and the Qualifying Courses.
Credit Course I: Ethics in Public Domain, Environmental Issues In India, Reading Gandhi, Individual and Society, Hindi Language - Literature & Culture, Gender & Society, Financial Management, Chemistry I, Physics I Credit Course II: English, Hindi, Chemistry I, Physics I, Sanskrit Qualifying Course: English Higher, English Lower, Hindi Higher, Hindi Lower, Sanskrit, Chemistry Lab, Physics Lab Second Year Four compulsory papers of Mathematics: Differential Equation and Mathematical Modelling I, Analysis II, C++ Programming and Numerical methods, Algebra II Elective Courses -- In this, the students have to choose two subjects from the four- teen.
Credit Course III: Psychology for Living, Hindi Literature, Modern Indian Literature, Formal Logic/ Symbolic Logic or Reading since Western philosophy or Theory of Consciousness, Citizenship in globalising world, Culture in India in Historical Perspective, Sociology Of Contemporary, Principles of Geography or Geography of India, Principles of Economics, Financial Accountancy, Green Chemistry, Biotechnology, Physics II, Bio-Physics Third Year Four Compulsory papers of Mathematics: Differential Mathematics and Modelling II, Problem In Statistics, Algebra III, Analysis III Elective subjects -- Here students have to choose one subject out of five: Optimisation theory, Financial Mathematics, Discreet mathematics, Application algebra, Number theory and cryptography

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