Bachelor of Arts (General) Degree Programme

The Department of Political Science became one of the rapidly growing Departments in the Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna. Political Science is one of the largest undergraduate programs since the establishment of the full-fledged Department in 2007. Even though several courses in Political Science were offered in the Degree Program in Department of Economics before the creation of a separate Department of Political Science. Political Science was introduced at the beginning of the establishment of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Jaffna in 1974. When the Jaffna Campus was established, graduates produced by the undergraduate section of Jaffna College were absorbed into the University Campus. The Jaffna Campus offered Political Science as a special degree programme in 1977 in the Department of Economics. Then in 1992, Sociology and Political Science disciplines of the Department of Economic were separated and a new Department, Department of Political Science and Sociology was created to accommodate the disciplines of Political Science and Sociology. In 2007, the discipline of the Political Science was separated from the Sociology and established as the Department of Political Science. Many renowned academics, such as Professor N. Balakrishnan, Dr. S.K.S. Nathan, Professor A.V. Manivasagar and late Mr. K. Ranjakumar immensely contributed to the discipline of Political Science.

The Department of Political Science at the University of Jaffna offers a three-year General Degree and four-year special Degree undergraduate programs. In addition, the Department of Political Science provides expertise and supervision for the MPhil and PhD degree programs in Political Science in association with the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Jaffna. Our degree programs in Political Science have been designed with a view to broadening the knowledge of graduates in the various sub-areas of political science, such as Public Administration, International Relations, Public International Law, Human Rights, Political Sociology, Political Economy, Sri Lankan Politics, Political ideology and Research Methodology.