BANGALORE: The Academic Council of Bangalore University on Friday resolved to continue with the old set of regulations for admissions to Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) and Master of Computer Applications (MCA) courses with the old syllabus.

The new set of regulations excludes students who have not studied mathematics either in pre-university or degree level from seeking admission to BCA and MCA courses.

However, a majority of the members felt that computer applications was not a purely technical or science subject and there was no justification in keeping Arts students out of its purview. The council was deliberating on the recommendations of the Board of Studies in MCA here.

The board had, in fact, recommended continuing the old regulations to allow Arts students to pursue Computer Applications. On the other hand, the university had asked the affiliated colleges offering these two courses to adhere to the new regulations and follow the new syllabus.

Confusion prevailed for a long time on whether the new syllabus would come in the way of Arts students pursuing the course. Later, board chairman P.K. Srimani clarified that the new syllabus too offered alternative subject for students who had not studied mathematics in pre-university/undergraduate level.

Registrar R.M.N. Sahay expressed reservations about the new regulations and the new syllabus saying many national universities had been allowing Arts students to pursue the Computer Applications course. Bangalore University should not take a path different from other universities, he felt.

However, Vice-Chancellor H.A. Ranganath made it clear that if the new syllabus had to be taught, it should go with new regulations. As the new regulations come in the way of Arts students, it was desirable to continue with the old syllabus and old regulations till the new regulations were suitably amended to allow Arts students to pursue the Computer Applications course, he said.

Accordingly, the resolution was adopted.

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