B.A. Hons. Oriya Course, Eligibility, Syllabus, Career, Top Institutes, Fees

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B.A. Hons. Oriya is a 3 year Under Graduate program in Oriya language and literature. Students who have passed their class 12th or equivalent examination from a recognized state or central board can make an application for the course provided that they satisfy other eligibility criteria listed by the respective college or university.

Some of the colleges that offer BA (Hons.) in Oriya through the above-mentioned criteria are listed below for your reference:

BJB Autonomous College
Birmaharajpur College
Boudh Panchayat College
Joda Women’s college

The average fee for the course in colleges across India is somewhat around INR 10,000 to 75,000 with certain variations based on college to college and city to city basis.

The course follows a semester-wise system of examination with six semesters distributed over a span of 3 years. Each year comprises of two semesters with End Semester Exam (ESE) being conducted at the end of each semester. In order to pass the year and advance to next year of the UG program students have to pass in both the semester exams by securing minimum qualifying marks.

Certain Colleges/Universities list out minimum qualifying percentage (In class 12th or equivalent exams) required for admission and candidates who satisfy the minimum cut-off percentage criteria for admission can make an application for admission to the course. B.A. Hons. Oriya graduate student can find jobs in the domain of content development, teaching, journalism, translation, book writing etc after successful completion of their UG program. They can earn a starting salary of INR 10,000 to 15,000 per month.

Top Colleges for Bachelor of Arts [BA] {Hons.} (Oriya)

B.A. Hons. Oriya: Course Highlight Table

B.A. Hons. Oriya is a language based course which is generally perused by students who have studied the language in class 10th/12th or equivalent level.

Course Type	Under Graduate (UG)
Area Concerned	Language (Oriya)
Duration of Course	3 Years
Admission process	Entrance exam based/Merit-based (Based on class 12th board or equivalent percentage)
Structure of Course	Semester-Wise
Eligibility	50% marks at 10+2 or equivalent
Top recruiting areas	Content development, Teaching, Journalism, Translation, Book writing etc.
Job Profiles	Translator, Content developer, Journalist, Teacher, Author, language trainer etc.
Course Fee	INR 10,000 to 75,000
Average starting salary	INR 10,000 to 15,000

B.A. Hons. Oriya: What is it about?

Oriya apart from being one of the oldest languages in Indian linguistic context happens to be the part of the Eighth schedule of the constitution. As a part of Indo-european group of languages Oriya traces its existence from other ancient languages like Sanskrit. Its rich literature and culture have promoted its uptake and studies among scholars from quite sometimes.

A three-year graduation program in Oriya in face of BA (Hons.) focuses on providing an overall outlook of this Indian origin language to the students through the vast coverage of its’ syllabus. The study of Oriya is divided into following parts

Poetry: This involves the study of couplets and dialects from the famous Oriya language poets, writers, thinkers, and philosophers. The main idea behind teaching poetry is to make the students aware of the artistic style and usage of the language.
Literature: It is synonymous with the literature part in English (or any other language). It involves the study of stories, novels, and fiction written by famous authors in the given language. It focuses on the literary aspect of the Oriya language.
Grammar: Grammar as in any other language plays a role in enhancing or enriching the experience of learning the language. It focuses on making the students understand basic rules and aspects that one should follow while speaking or writing the language. It involves the study of Tenses, Punctuation, Noun, and Pronouns etc. as used in the Oriya language.
History: This area of study involves the knowledge and information in regards to the origin and development of the Oriya language. Understanding of the modern face of the language and its usage in the contemporary times requires a good knowledge in regards to the history of language and hence students are taught about it.

The syllabus of the course is divided in such a manner that a student pursuing the course learns these various parts of the language in a sequential manner under the semester-wise division of the course curriculum.

Top Institutes offering the course

A significant number of colleges across the country offer the BA (Hons.) in Oriya course to candidates who have passed their 10+2 or equivalent examination from a recognized state board or central board.

For your reference, we have tabled down a list of various colleges/universities that are offering this course in India.

Institute/College	City	Average Fee (Per annum basis)
BJB Autonomous College	Bhubaneswar	INR 6,300
Birmaharajpur College	Birmanharajpur	INR 9,625
Boudh Panchayat College	Boudh	INR 7,400
Fakir Mohan College	Balasore	INR 120
Joda Women’s college	Joda	INR 5, 340
Khaira College	Khaira	INR 125
Ranchi University	Ranchi	INR 2, 437
SVM Autonomous College	Jagatsinghpur	INR 4, 225
Utkal University	Bhubaneswar	INR 9, 033
Nayagarh Autonomous College	Nayagarh	INR 1, 600

B.A. Hons. Oriya: Eligibility

Candidate must have passed the 10+2 or equivalent examination with at least 50% (relaxable for reserved category candidates) of the marks from a recognized state board or central board

He/She shall not be having any backlog or compartment in any of the subject/subjects at plus two or equivalent level that is yet to be cleared at the time of taking admissions.
Apart from the above-mentioned eligibility criteria’s various colleges and institutes may have their own additional criteria’s which the students would have to satisfy in order to take admission.
In case of reserved category students, they would have to present their reservation certificates issued by the competent authorities in order to avail the benefits applicable to them.

The eligibility criteria’s mentioned above are common to most of the universities and colleges across the country that are offering this course to the students.

B.A. Hons. Oriya: Admission Process

The admission process for the course involves a merit-based selection procedure as well as a common entrance test based admission process (as seen across various Universities and colleges in the country).

Some Universities/Colleges conduct a common entrance test for admission into BA (Hons.) courses hence students would have to make an application for such exams.
Students have to qualify these exams (for which they should be eligible to appear) in order to get admission in the course.
After the conduct of the test, a merit list of finally qualified candidates is prepared and candidates are invited for counselling cum admission process by the respective university or college.
After counselling cum admission process final allotment of seats to the candidate takes place and the candidate is asked to deposit the fee for the course and register for the respective academic year.

However, in most of the colleges, the admission process would be a uniform process which would involve college displaying cut-off for the course two to three times (or more till the seats are filled) and candidates satisfying the cut-off percentage visiting the college and getting admissions.

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B.A. Hons. Oriya: Syllabus and Course description

The syllabus of the course is divided into 6 semesters spread over a span of three years with each year comprising of two semesters. Candidates would have to pass both the semester exam in order to proceed for next year of course.

The details regarding the syllabus of the course are mentioned below for the reference to the candidates.

Year I	Year II	Year III
Poetry	Fiction, and Satire	Literary criticism
Introduction to grammar in Oriya	Writing Skills 2	Philosophy of the language
History of the language	Rhetoric	Writing tradition in Oriya
Writing Skills 1	Development of Oriya Language	Modern Usage of the language
Short stories	Drama	Research and Presentation

B.A. Hons. Oriya: Who Should Opt for?

Students who have interest in learning Indian languages can opt for this course.
Those who have a career as a content developer in the Oriya language in mind can also try their hands at this course.
Those who are looking for a career in the field of communication and journalism can also opt for the course.
Those who are aiming at higher studies in the domain can also opt for the course.

B.A. Hons. Oriya: Career Prospects

Oriya language graduate candidates have a variety of options to choose from in terms of his/her career. One can choose to work as Translator, Content developer, Journalist, Teacher, Author, language trainer etc.

To provide you with a holistic view of the career prospects of the course we have tabled certain areas and the respective roles attached to the same where Oriya graduates can look for in terms of their career.

Bachelor of Arts [BA] {Hons.} (Oriya annual salary

Job Profile	Role	Average Salary for Fresher’s
Translator	A translator is entrusted with responsibilities of communicating Oriya in English, Hindi or any other language to the correspondents or the thirds person.	INR 1.66-1.98 Lacs
Content Developer	Working in this domain requires one to indulge in developing content in the Oriya language for the viewers as well as preparing news item for the newspapers or journals.	INR 1.38-1.68 Lacs
Language expert	The work of a language expert can range from a teaching task to a translation based work. Oriya graduates can also look for opportunities in various government sectors	INR 1.78-2 Lacs
Journalist	Work in this domain involves working with various news channels or newspaper producing content for Oriya language audience.	INR 2.24-2.40 Lacs
Tutor/Teacher/Lecturer	This would involve regular teaching job of teaching the language to school or college level students.	INR 1.42-1.64 Lacs