bengaluru as students throng college campuses in their quest for the best undergraduate course the lure of commerce a stream associated with lucrative and abundant career choices is hard to resist opportunities for job growth multiple options offered by colleges and industry involvement continue to give students like suguna chandrasekhar the confidence to opt for commercebe it chartered accountancy marketing banking travel and tourism or even teaching my family has ventured into different branches of commerce and it definitely runs in my blood the number of opportunities the stream provides is massive said suguna 18tois visit to multiple campuses in the city indicated that commerce is a soughtafter stream even as many other students await results of competitive exams to bag seats in engineering and medical colleges while some others look forward to bsc and ba courses commerce has even broken traditional barriers put in place by families whove for generations chanted the science mantra manorama k t one such parent said the subject is in fact being accepted widely nowits simple commerce has a lot of scope back in our day science was the most soughtafterthere were no other options that would guarantee us a career apart from engineeringbut times have changed and commerce is the trendiest subject she saidwhile its still early to tell if colleges have increased the number of seats for the subject the courses offered by them speak for themselves apart from the regular bcom course christ university offers a threeyear bcom honours programme as well which caters to students who want to build their professional competence with a specialized knowledge base in the field of business and commerce the programme in cludes internship project viva and interdisciplinary certificate courses too finance and marketing electives are offered to students of the regular bcom programme in the fifth and sixth semesterscertified programmes in general management hr skills international financial reporting system and entrepreneurship and management make jain university a big drawjayasimha reddy an applicant to the college said i was impressed with the course design here it isnt ambiguous like most ug courses are its singular and wellstructured focusing on the core subjectfor those aspiring to join mount carmel college vasanth nagar there are plenty of choices to pick from bcom regular industry integrated business management and travel and tourism professional studies and business process services along with bachelors in business managementeven st josephs college of commerce offers plenty of opportunities to students keen on pursuing the subject for shayan choudhari who is awaiting his class 12 cbse results its the first preference i want to pursue chartered accountancyone of the reasons i feel many opt for commerce is because of the integrated courses most colleges offer