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The Madras Christian College in Tambaram, which has over 100 years of academic tradition, offers a range of courses.
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FOR MOST of us the transition from school to college is one of the most memorable experiences. Filing applications, choosing the right course, applying to the college of your choice — one is sure to remember every cautious step to be taken before entering college. And part of college life is hanging out on campus.
One of the few city colleges with a sprawling, green campus is the Madras Christian College, Tambaram. It was started by a Scottish missionary as a school in Georgetown in 1837 and became a college in 1865. It was moved to the Tambaram campus in 1937.
Spread over 365 acres, MCC was one of the first colleges to be granted autonomy and has since constantly upgraded and restructured its curriculum.
The college now has 16 departments offering graduate and post-graduate programmes. Most of departments also offer research degrees.
The college has an interesting mix of courses including part-time, diploma and vocational programmes offered through its School of Continuing Education. Student-teacher participation and contributions from experts have enhanced the curriculum.
This co-educational college has, over the last 100-odd years, consistently produced outstanding alumni in various professions.
At the undergraduate level, MCC offers History, Political Science, Economics, Philosophy, Tamil, English, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Chemistry, Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, Zoology, Visual Communication and Commerce.
There is a separate vocational programme in History, specialising in Museology and Archaeology, while the vocational B.Com course covers Advertising, Sales Promotion and the vocational Zoology programme focuses on Industrial Fish and Fisheries.
The post-graduate courses include History, Political Science, Public Administration, Economics, Philosophy, Tamil, English, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Commerce, Community Development and Medical Psychiatry.
Under the self-financed scheme, the college offers graduate courses in Visual Communication and Physical Education and at the post-graduate level, Communication, Social Work and MCA.
The extra-curricular activities are plenty at this leafy campus and range from National Cadet Corps and National Social Service to Athletics and Women's Studies. The credit-based system that is being introduced from this academic year will help students participate in these activities.
Arguably, the biggest party at MCC is Deepwoods, the inter-college culturals hosted every February or March. It's a three-day long jamboree with some of the best shows and creative competitions and attracts participants from colleges all over the country.
The NCC wing also organises an inter-collegiate competition, Cadowood, which brings together those who missed Deepwoods.
The college now has over two thousand students and provides hostel facilities for outstation students. Regular re-unions organised by the alumni keeps former students in the know of college activities. For more information, log on to www.mccautonomous.org.
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