Bachelor of Science Honours in Social Studies in Indigenous Knowledge

The programme provides both theory and practical experience on assuring social wellbeing to students who wish to become social policy planners, plan designers and development practitioners leveraging community partners at the local and international levels. The Department of Social Sciences aims to disseminate knowledge, practice and methodology in indigenous social studies for sustainable development and optimized preventive healthcare while providing students with the required skills to preserve and transfer the most useful components of Sri Lanka’s cultural heritage of indigenous knowledge spread across all fields to the new generation. The Department requires its undergraduates to complete a compulsory industry-based field practicum for each semester prior to graduation as an integral component of the programme. An Internship provides a period of work experience offered by an organization for a limited period of time to enable undergraduates to put into practice the theoretical knowledge they acquired during their coursework. It is also an opportunity for employees to observe students in a work environment and evaluate their progress and management potential for possible future development.