BA/ADA Guide Generic Complete Guide 2024

BA is known as Associate Degree of Arts (ADA). ADP is a post-intermediate degree program that offer all over the Pakistan after completing intermediate fsc pre-medical and pre-engineering, ICOM, ICS or FA. This degree program focuses on a specific field chosen by the students. This degree program is equal to a Bachelor's Degree B.A. or B.Sc needed 14 years of study. Students can take admission in this degree privately. After ADP, they can also seek admission in BS 5th semester or in MA M.SC masters level degree.

BA VS BSc

BA course basically concentrates on social sciences and humanities courses, on the other hand, BSc course concentrates on technology and science fields. In this way, a BA course often highlights critical thinking, research, and communication skills, while a BSc degree emphasizes systematic and technical skills.

Majors Or Specializations Of BA/ADA

Students can choose any specialization according to their desire. These are some majors of the Bachelor of Arts degree program.

• Anthropology

• Classical Studies

• French

• Gender and Social Justice

• Communication Studies

• Economics

• English

• Fine Arts

Duration And Credit Hours Of BA/ADA

ADA is a 2-year or BA (Hons) 4 year degree program which is designed to fully equip students with the desired technical skills and bumptious abilities. This degree has a total of 4 semesters. To the award of Associate Degree in Arts, a student is required to complete at least 66 credit hours with a minimum CGPA of 2.00 out of 4.0.

Scope And Career Of BA/ADA

The ADA is an arts program that enables the students to work in various areas of public life, such as jobs in schools, and various other public and private sectors. The various job opportunities are:

• Human resource

• Customer services

• Banking

• Government sectors

• Printing press

• Newspaper

• Management representative

• Business

• Advertising and marketing

• Community services

• Cultural institutions

• Libraries, archives, and museums sectors

• Government and non-government organizations

• Media and communications

• Performing and visual arts

• Personnel and industrial relations

• Private business

• Politics and policy in public or private sectors

• Television and broadcasting

Skills And Learning Outcomes Of BA/ADA

• Understanding the business goals

• Analytical and critical thinking

• Communication skills

• Interpersonal skills

• Negotiation

• Cost-benefit analysis

• Decision making skills

The learning outcomes of the Associate Degree in Arts program are:

• To provide students an intensive base and academic basics of integrative programs.

• To give students broad knowledge in arts subjects, that is sufficient to expose them to different courses.

• To review a general understanding of the basic concepts and principles of selected areas of the study and also provide students an opportunity to select the specialization fields to make professional.

Syllabus And Courses Of BA/ADA

The students who want to pursue a BA program. They must have 4 core and 2 elective subjects in their curriculum. In this way, a student studying general BA/ADA has the option to select 6 subjects.

Compulsory Subjects

• English

• Islamiyat Compulsory

• Pak Studies

Optional Subject

• Urdu

• Islamiyat

If the students choose urdu or islamiat as an optional subject, then they cannot select it as an elective subject.

Elective Subjects

Bachelor of Arts is a very vast domain. The core and elective subjects vary from one specialization to another. There is a list of some popular BA subjects:

• English

• Sociology

• Journalism and Mass Communication

• Philosophy

• Psychology

• History

• Political Science

• Education/Physical Education

• Journalism

• Social Work

• Environmental Sciences

• Fine Arts

• Archaeology

• Anthropology

• Language Course

• Media Studies

• Religious Studies

• Public Administration

• Law

• Statistics

There are the most demanding disciplines to meet career aspirations.

• ADP Accounting and Finance

• ADP Artificial Intelligence

• ADP Business Administration and Commerce

• ADP Computer Science

• ADP Computer Networking

• ADP Cyber Security

• ADP Food Science and Technology

• ADP Information Technology Management

Here are some of the subject areas of BA courses in Pakistan:

• BA Psychology

• BA Archaeology

• BA Social Work

• BA English

• BA English Literature

• BA Fine Arts

• BA Rural Studies

• BA Music

• BA History

• BA Communication Studies

• BA Economics

• BA Sociology

• BA Philosophy

• BA Theology

• BA Anthropology

• BA Biomedical Sciences

• BA Public Administration

• BA Political Science

• BA Journalism and Mass Communication

• BA Geography

• BA LLB

• BA Home Science

• BA Physical Education

• BA Functional English

Related Courses Of BA/ADA

• BS

• B.ED

• Bsc

Fee Structure Of BA/ADA

Fee structure of each college and university is different. It typically starts from 12000 to 18000.

Allama iqbal Open University semester wise fee structure

Punjab university fee structure for B.A. / B.Sc. / Associate Degree in Arts / Science

Further Courses After BA/ADA

• MA

• M.ED

• Msc

• Mfil

• Phd