The Master of Arts degree programme in History aims at providing advanced knowledge and enhancing analytical and critical explanation and research skills in the study of History. The programme focusses on providing knowledge of advanced subject matter and training in analytical and research skills for students to become competent practitioners and independent researchers.
Courses offered:
Course Code | Course Title | Credits | Status |
HIS 601 | Historical Methodology and Historiography | 3 | O |
HIS 602 | Selected Themes in Sri Lankan History I -up to 1500 AD | 3 | O |
HIS 603 | Selected Themes in Sri Lankan History II -from 1500 AD to the present | 3 | O |
HIS 606 | Religion and Cultural Revivalism in the 19th and 20th Centuries | 3 | O |
HIS 610 | Women in Sri Lankan History from the earliest times up to the present | 3 | O |
HIS 611 | Economic History of Sri Lanka in the Pre-colonial Era | 3 | O |
HIS 612 | Social Theories and Institutions of the Indian Sub-continent up to 1200 AD | 3 | O |
HIS 613 | Political Theories and Institutions in the Indian Sub-continent up to 1200 AD | 3 | O |
HIS 614 | Economic Institutions of the Indian Sub-continent up to 1200 A.D. | 3 | O |
HIS 696 | Guided Project | 6 | C |
Students should earn 24 credits from courses and 6 credits from guided project to complete the degree.
