Bangalore: Bangalore University (BU) apprehends that fewer people will go for undergraduate science courses for the academic year. After the counseling phase of Common Entrance Test (CET) and the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMED-K), comes to an end, the demand for various fields could be figured out and it would be easy to estimate about the enrollment to the Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree. The colleges affiliated to the university reopened on July 15. "As economic growth has picked up once again and job opportunities for engineering graduates look up, we fear that most of the seats in Bu under various science coursesat the degree level will remain vacant," said Prof. K.G.Lokesh, former President of Bangalore University College Teachers' Association. While the recession broke out, BU had registered a 100 percent increase in admission to science courses. But this year, the scene is quite different and for this poor response towards science courses, many colleges under BU have scrapped B.Sc courses. According to academicians, science courses have become unattractive for students as they are less promising than engineering, in terms of acquiring a job. Other reason for which science courses are lagging behind is that, many colleges do not find science courses profitable. Now the university is planning to initiate an integrated course in science from the next academic year.