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The query is worth explaining in detail. Owing to the significance of the Economics in the present time, your decision to take education in this field is commendable. The two mentioned branches i.e. Economics and Commerce can be attributed to with the same genre and that is in a broader sense, the Economics. Both the educational branches lead you to the same fields though with some type of variance in the job position and work nature.
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The difference between the two: BA (Hons.) Economics and B.Com. (Hons)
Coming toward the root of your query I would differentiate the two – BA (Hons.) in Economics and B.Com. (Hons.). At first sight, the evident difference between two is the Accounting as a subject which you can find in the curriculum of the B.Com. (Hons.) but not in the Economics curriculum. Accounting is very much required if you want to go into the career like CA(Chartered Accountant)(we would be discussing later in this same text about the job opportunities in the Commerce and Economics field). It is up to you, knowing your tests and interests of the career paths, whether to select the BA (Hons.) Economics or B.Com. (Hons) and you can definitely come to the final decision reading this whole dedicated text.
B.A. (Hons) in Economics
This one can be a great career field for an enthusiastic aspirant who wants to prosper in the Policy and Research field in Economics. Really, Economics is dynamic field by nature and characteristics. It gives rise to the business field so can be considered as the parent or foundation for the business studies. In Economics you will be learning the following mentioned subjects with some differences if any but generally the same subjects have been taught for Economics in colleges and Universities.
It clearly depicts reading the above subjects that the BA in Economics is well oriented toward the Developmental Issues, Policy, and Research field. That’s why Economics occupy the bigger space in business and development field.
B.Commerce (Hons.)
Being an applied field of the Economics and complementary for the business field, Commerce has strong linkages with the finance in business fields. Wherever the accounting and financial issues come up, the Commerce and Accounting professional would be sought to assist in. The CA (Chartered Accountant) is the field which has often been chosen by the Commerce students for their professional career. There are even more professions in this field which you will definitely like to pursue knowing their significance. Below is the list of the subjects which the aspirants of this field would invariably be studying for in their academic years.
Job Opportunities and different professions in the Economics and Commerce field
Career options in Economics
Career Options in Commerce
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Now what to choose between the two for a bachelor: BA (Hons) Economics or B.Commerce (Hons)?
From above text, you might have clearly come to know the very difference between these two. Going for Economics takes you to the broader field of Policy, Research and Developmental Issues and opting for the Commerce would make you work in rather complicated accounting field which will have relation with numbers. These two fields also let you be a part of government through the competitive exam for Economic and Audit and Accounts Services. In short, we can say that Commerce can be considered as the field of Applied Economics.
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