What is the best career option after completing B.Sc?

The primary advantage of the candidates who have completed Bachelor of Science is that they have various choices to opt for in their career. In this article, we will discuss career prospects after completing this course. 

When a candidate opts for Science stream, it opens up numerous opportunities with huge employment prospects. They also have future career scope for further education in the fields dominated majorly by humanities students. This fact is mostly true of students who have taken up engineering or medical courses but with students in B.Sc, this is not completely correct.

Generally, the B.Sc students join the master's degree courses in their subject domain without giving a lot of thought on other options. It is never the case that there are insufficient career options for such students after completing graduation in B.Sc. 

The primary advantage of the candidates who have completed B.Sc. is that they have various choices to opt for in their career. If they wish to take higher education, they can get admission into the postgraduate level degree courses in their corresponding subjects. Besides this, they can also choose to join the master’s degree courses in non-science categories which include management, hospitality sector, journalism, animation, computer technology, etc., as per their interest.

Course options for B.Sc graduates

Here are the different academic courses, which a student graduating from B.Sc can consider joining:

Master of Science (M.Sc)

This is the most commonly opted choice by B.Sc graduates who want to study further. This specialized degree increases the scope of the candidate for research work and doctorate programme.

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

It is the most popular course for the students graduating from every steam, including those graduating with a B.Sc degree. There are a large number of governments as well as private institutions offering this course in various specialisations such as Marketing, Finance, Consulting, etc. Considering the B.Sc graduates, the ideal MBA specialisations are laboratory management, IT management and hotel management courses.

There are various premier institutes offering MBA, such as IIMs, XLRI Xavier School of Management, XIMP, etc. that require candidates to clear special competitive exams to get admitted.

Master of Computer Application(MCA)

The Indian economy is predominantly ruled by the IT industry because of which it offers greats career choices to the B.Sc graduates also. So, those who aim for higher studies in this field, MCA is the perfect option for them.

Bachelor of Education (B.Ed)

There are candidates who have the innate potential to become teachers. Such people will find this as the most appropriate course. It equips them with unique pedagogy methods in order to boost their spirit of imparting knowledge to the masses.

Technical courses

There are various short term courses such as SQL, JAVA, SAP, .NET, PGDM, financial accounting, etc, which are suitable for B.Sc graduates who want an educational opportunity based on skill. Such courses enhance the skill set of the individual and make them a suitable fit for different technical job profiles in the competitive job market. 

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Career and job opportunities for B.Sc graduates

Students graduating with a B.Sc degree should know that there are great job opportunities for them in terms of salary and package, that provides them with a satisfying experience. Those who are keen on research works can find such opportunities in the leading institutes of the country such as ISRO, DRDO, etc. There are other renowned organizations that directly recruit students from various colleges at an amazing pay package.

Others can try searching for marketing, business and technical jobs as per their strengths and interests. Besides this, the banking sector also recruits the science graduates for various reputed positions after they clear the entrance tests conducted by them.

Here, we have enlisted different job profiles in which the B.Sc candidates generally get recruited by the organisations:

• Technical writer or editor
• Lecturers
• Chemist
• Enumerators
• Researcher
• Biostatistician
• Clinical research manager
• Consultant
• Scientist
• Scientific assistant
• Research analyst
• Teachers

Areas of employment after B.Sc graduation

There are a number of employment areas where the B.Sc graduates can get jobs. This degree doesn't only enable students to gain knowledge in specific fields but also helps them to get the assignments they would love to do. There are chances of placement abroad for such graduates. Here is a concise list of employment areas for them:

• Testing labs
• Geological survey departments
• Wastewater plants
• Aquariums
• Forest services
• Oil industry
• Healthcare providers
• Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology industry
• Chemical Industry
• Environmental Management and Conservation
• Forensic crime research
• Research firms
• Educational institutes
• Space research institutes
• Hospitals

Pay package for B.Sc graduates

The exact pay package a candidate will get depends on the field in which he takes up the job. Generally, IT and Computer Science are professional courses that provide the meritorious B.Sc graduates a very good pay package. 

In general, the pay package ranges Rs 15,000-30,000 per month but once they gain experience in the field they can easily get placed in reputed companies and earn a monthly income of around Rs 60,000-80,000.