Commerce
Department of commerce
The Department of Commerce at St. Pius X College stands as a vibrant centre of academic excellence, professional development, and holistic education. Established in 2014, the department offers the Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com with Finance) program, one of the most sought-after programs in the contemporary academic landscape. Rooted in the rich legacy and visionary foundations of St. Pius X College, the department reflects the institution’s commitment to quality education and social transformation.
Guided by a clear vision and mission, the Department of Commerce at St. Pius X College remains committed to nurturing responsible global business leaders who combine academic excellence, professional integrity, ethical values, cultural pride, and a spirit of lifelong learning.
Since its inception, the department has demonstrated consistent improvement in academic performance and placement outcomes. The department emphasizes experiential learning through seminars, presentations, online assignments, internship programs, competitive exam training, and soft skill development. Students actively participate and excel in inter-collegiate competitions, extra-curricular activities, and professional development initiatives, fostering leadership, teamwork, and confidence.
The success of the department is reflected in its strong alumni network. Graduates of the Department of Commerce are well-placed in reputed multinational corporations (MNCs), financial institutions, and business organizations, while many have pursued doctoral and advanced academic research, contributing significantly to academia and industry alike.
The B.Com (Finance) program is designed to equip students with strong conceptual knowledge, analytical skills, and professional competence in the areas of business, finance, accounting, and management. The curriculum provides a solid foundation for higher and professional studies such as Chartered Accountancy (CA), Cost and Management Accountancy (ICMA), MBA, M.Com, PhD, and other specialized programs in commerce and management. Highly professional in nature, the course prepares students for dynamic careers in corporate, financial, and entrepreneurial sectors.
With the introduction of the Four-Year Undergraduate Program (FYUGP), the Department of Commerce offers flexible academic pathways including:
*Three-Year B.Com Program
*Four-Year B.Com Honours Program
A distinctive feature of the FYUGP is the opportunity for students to pursue minor courses from other departments during the first three semesters, enabling interdisciplinary learning, academic customization, and even a change in the chosen discipline, thereby enhancing employability and intellectual breadth.
Highlights
*Experiential and outcome-based learning through seminars, workshops, presentations, case studies, and projects.
*Competitive exam training for professional and government examinations.
*Internship programmes providing practical industry exposure.
*Soft skill training in communication, leadership, teamwork, and personality development.
*Consistent academic excellence and placement achievements.*Strong alumni network in MNCs, financial institutions, corporate sectors, and academia.
*Dedicated faculty offering academic mentoring and value-based education.
*Focus on developing ethical, socially responsible, and globally competent professionals.
*Promotion of professional integrity, innovation, cultural values, and lifelong learning.
*Inclusive and dynamic learning environment supporting holistic student development.
Eligibility for B.Com
A pass in Higher Secondary Examination of the state or an Examination accepted by the University as equivalent thereto provided that the candidates coming from Non-Commerce group should have at least 45% of the aggregate marks.
OUR VISION
To Promote Sustainable Development through Inculcation of Academic Excellence
OUR MISSION
To equip students for Global Business Leadership, by developing their all round Personality, with an understanding and regard for Human Values and Ethics, pride in their Heritage and Culture, a sense of Wisdom, and a Yearning for Professionalism and Perfection.
Faculty - Department of commerce
Archana
First place in Kannur university Kannada drama competition
2019-2020
Amritha
First place in Kannur university Kannada drama competition
2019-2020
Program Outcome
PO 1. Critical Thinking:
1.1. Acquire the ability to apply the basic tenets of logic and science to thoughts, actions and interventions.
1.2. Develop the ability to chart out a progressive direction for actions and interventions bylearning to recognize the presence of hegemonic ideology within certain dominant notions.
1.3. Develop self-critical abilities and the ability to view positions, problems and socialissues from plural perspectives.
PO 2.Effective Citizenship:
2.1. Learn to participate in nation building by adhering to the principles of sovereignty of thenation, socialism, secularism, democracy and the values that guide a republic.
2.2. Develop and practice gender sensitive attitudes, environmental awareness, empathetic social awareness about various kinds of marginalisation and the ability to understand and resist various kinds of discriminations.
2.3. Internalise certain highlights of the nation’s and region’s history. Especially of the freedommovement, the renaissance within native societies and the project of modernisation of the postcolonialsociety.
PO 3.Effective Communication:
3.1. Acquire the ability to speak, write, read and listen clearly in person and through electronicmedia in both English and in one Modern Indian Language
3.2. Learn to articulate, analyse, synthesise, and evaluate ideas and situations in a well- informed manner.
3.3. Generate hypotheses and articulate assent or dissent by employing both reason and creativethinking.
PO 4.Interdisciplinarity:
4.1. Perceive knowledge as an organic, comprehensive, interrelated and integrated faculty of the human mind.
4.2. Understand the issues of environmental contexts and sustainable development as a basicinterdisciplinary concern of all disciplines.
4.3. Develop aesthetic, social, humanistic and artistic sensibilities for problem solving andevolving a comprehensive perspective.
Program Specific Outcome
After the successful completion of the B.Com Degree Pragramme, the students shall be able to;
PSO 1: Understand the concepts and techniques of commerce and its application in business environment
PSO 2: Conceive the ideas on entrepreneurship and develop the skills for setting up and management of business organizations
PSO 3: Develop the skills and abilities to become competent and competitive in the business world
PSO 4: Develop the competency to take wise decisions at personal and professional level
PSO 5: Appraise the impact of other disciplines on the working of business
PSO 6: To make the students capable of managing the office activities with the help of information technology
Course Outcome
Semester I
1B01 COM :Management Concepts &Principles-To acquaint the students with the principles of management, help in understanding various functions of management and developing management skills.
1B02 COM :Financial Accounting-To develop among the students a conceptual understanding of the fundamentals of financial accounting system and to equip them with basic skills for recording various types of business transactions.
To help the students to acquire the conceptual knowledge of accounting and to help them to learn the techniques of preparing the financial statements.
1C01 COM : Business Statistics -To familiarize the students with the basic statistical tools used to summaries and analyse quantitative information for decision making.
Semester II
2B03 COM: Principles of Marketing -To provide basic knowledge about the concepts, principles, tools and techniques of marketing.
2B04 COM: Human Resource Management -To familiarize the students with the basic principles of Human Resource Management
2C02COM: Quantitative Techniques for Business Decision -To acquaint students with the basic statistical tools which have application in business and economic situations
To develop mathematical skills needed to analyse numeric data used in business and social sciences.
Semester III
3A11 COM: Disaster Management-To study the emerging approaches in disaster reduction &management.
3A12: Numerical Skills for Business -To understand basic concepts in mathematics which are applied in the managerial decision making.
To develop an understanding of numeric problems in business and social sciences, and techniques used to model such problems.
3C03 COM: Basics of Research Methodology-To help the students to understand how to do research in the area of Commerce and Management
3B05COM: Advanced Accounting-To help the students to acquire the conceptual knowledge of accounting for special transactions and to help them to learn the techniques of preparing the accounts and financial statements
3C04 COM: Business Regulatory Framework -To provide a brief idea about the framework of Indian Business Laws.
To enable the students to apply the provisions of business laws in business activities
3B06COM: Computer Languages and Softwares -To acquire knowledge about programming languages and to develop skill in creating power point and blog.
Semester IV
4A13 COM: Entrepreneurship-To help the students understand the concepts of entrepreneurship and to develop the Entrepreneurial skills among them.
4A14 COM: Environment Studies -To give a general awareness to the students about the environment and sociology, and environmental pollutions.
4B07COM: Income Tax Law and Practice-1-To give the students the basic idea about the theoretical aspects of income tax in India, and to give an idea about the computation of income under different heads.
4B08 COM: Informatics Skills -To Know the Fundamentals of Computers and to Understand how to use Computer applications in day to Day Applications.
To update and expand basic informatics skills and attitudes relevant to the emerging knowledge society and.
To equip the students to effectively utilize the digital knowledge resources for their chosen courses of study.
4C05 COM:Corporate Law & Business Regulation -To provide an understanding regarding the administration an management of corporate form of business.
To give a first-hand exposure to corporate laws especially Indian Companies Act 1956.
4B09COM: Electronic Data Processing & Computer Application-To update and expand skills in electronic data processing and computer application in business operation
Semester V
5B10 COM: Cost Accounting -To acquaint the students with the basic concepts used in Cost Accounting and the various methods involved in Cost Accounting system.
5B11 COM: Corporate Accounting -To help the students to acquire the conceptual knowledge of Corporate Accounting, and to help them to learn the techniques of preparing the financial statements.
5B12 COM: Auditing -To create awareness among the students about the modern trends and practices of auditing and to inculcate the skills for independently undertaking the audit work.
5B13 COM: Income Tax Law and Practice- II -To give the students an idea about the computation of total income and to know the relevant provisions relating to assessment.
5B14COM: Programming Languages -To acquire knowledge about programming in Java.
To develop skill in writing program in Java.
5DO1COM: Insurance and Risk Management-To give an exposure to the students to the recent developments in the insurance industry and risk management in India.
Semester VI
6B15 COM: Management Accounting -To acquaint the students with different methods involved in Cost Accounting system.
To provide the students an understanding about the use of financial and cost accounting data, for planning, control and managerial decision making
6B16 COM: International Business -To enlighten the students on International Business Environment, which includes international Financial management, International Marketing and international Currency and to study the impact of globalization on Indian Industry.
6B17 COM: Modern Banking -To provide to the students an understanding of the fundamentals of banking and impart basic knowledge of modern banking practices
6B18 COM: Financial Markets & Services-To familiarize the students with the constituents of financial market, their interactions and the services provided by them.
6B19COM:Accounting Packages – Tally -To acquire knowledge about the tally accounting Tally package.
To develop skill in preparing financial statements in Tally.
6B20 COM: PROJECT-To learn independently and identify, define and analyse problems and issues and integrate knowledge in a business context. To understand and apply the theory, the concepts and the tools of analysis to a specific problem situation.
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