Your Counsellor RepliesI‚m a Plus Two student interested in pursuing an undergrad degree in biomedical engineering. Please provide information on colleges offering this degree programme.Vikas Parihar, MumbaiTo be eligible for theBE (biomedical) programme, students must write the CET (Common Entrance Test) of state governments. Among the colleges in Mumbai which offer this subject are Thadomal Shahani College; D.J. Sanghvi College; Watoomal College; Mahatma Gandhi Mission College, Navi Mumbai and Indian Institute of Technology, Powai. Beyond Mumbai, Manipal Institute of Technology, Cochin Institute of Science & Technology and Banaras Hindu University offer first degrees in the subject. At the postgrad level several subject specialisations are available: biomechanics, bioinstrumentation, rehabilitation engineering, biomaterials, medical imaging and clinical engineering.Which colleges in Mumbai offer diploma courses in sound engineering? Kavita Bhatt, Mumbai Sound recording/engineering is offered as a three-year diploma course to graduates in physics/electronics at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune and the Institute of Film Technology, Chennai. Admission is on the basis of performance in their admission tests. Shorter duration courses are also offered by several less known institutes such as Bollywood producer/director Subhash Ghai‚s Whistling Woods in Film City, Goregaon.I‚m an arts graduate and have been working in the marketing department of a private company for one-and-a-half years. I would like to pursue a career in marketing. Please suggest some correspondence courses in marketing management. Nilesh Kadam, Mumbai Correspondence courses in marketing are offered by IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi 110068; All Indian Management Association, Management House, 14 Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi 110003; University of Mumbai, Institute of Distance Education, Kalina, Santacruz, Mumbai; Anna University, Centre for Distance Education, Chennai (www.annauniv.edu/cde). Moreover one year postgrad diploma courses in marketing are offered by the Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning (www.scdl.net) and Madurai Kamraj University, Directorate of Distance Education (www.mkudde.org).I want to apply for jobs as well as study courses in the US or Australia. I‚m an arts graduate, have done a one-year diploma course in travel and tourism and am currently working for a Singapore Airlines call centre. Please advise.Priyanka Kamath, Delhi Without a work visa you can‚t get a job in the US or Australia, and with a mere BA qualification you‚re not likely to qualify for employment either. However, if you read for a Master‚s degree at an American or Australian university, you‚ll be allowed to work while studying. To be eligible for a Master‚s degree programme in the US, you should have completed 16 years of education while in Australia 15 years of education is sufficient. A bachelor‚s degree earned from a recognised Indian university (including distance learning) is generally accepted by universities abroad, although diploma programmes are not. While universities in the US require international students to write the GRE and TOEFL exams, universities in Australia require students to submit IELTS scores. Both IELTS and TOEFL are English language proficiency tests. I‚ll finish class XII (physics, chemistry and biology) next year and want to study forensic sciences. Do I have to enroll for an MBBS degree or is there a B.Sc in forensic science?Satish Rao, BangaloreAfter a first degree in physics, chemistry, biochemistry, anthropology, biology or life sciences you become eligible to apply for a postgraduate (M.Sc) degree in forensic sciences. B.Sc courses in forensic science after class 12 are rare but Delhi University is one of the few which offers it. You can also pursue a career in forensic sciences through the MBBS route if you want to opt for a postgrad degree in forensic medicine. I‚m in class XII (science) and interested in a career in genetic engineering. Please advise.Deepak Raghavan, ChennaiA B.Tech in biotechnology is a good stepping stone for postgraduate courses in genetic engineering. Alternatively, you could enroll in an undergrad degree in medicine/agriculture/horticulture/life/ veterinary, or other biological sciences and specialise in biotechnology at the Master‚s level.I‚m in my final year LLB. Will my job prospects improve if I enroll in a company secretary course? Neelam Puri, New Delhi CS after law will improve your prospects in corporate law and prepare you for a career as a company secretary. Moreover law graduates are eligible to write the civil services examination for recruitment into the IAS, IPS, etc. I‚m in second year B.Sc and interested in a career in the Indian Forest Service. Please advise.Deepak Sule, PuneA science or engineering graduate at least 21 years of age is eligible to write the Indian Forest Service Examination for recruitment into the Indian Forest Service. Log on to www.upsc.gov.in for details of the exam.Which is the best course to pursue simultaneously with my five-year law degree programme? I‚m interested in civil and company law. Sheila D‚Cruz, Bangalore The company secretary course offered by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (www.icsi.edu) is a good option. There is no specific course to study civil law. However vacation jobs with a legal practitioner or a law firm in their civil law division will provide you some on-the-job work experience. The most important requirement for a career in civil and/or company law is a first class law degree.