MSSc (Master of Social Sciences) in Archaeology

The Department of Archaeology wishes to forward the following proposal to offer a one
year M.A (Master of Arts) degree and two years MSSc (Master of Social Sciences) in
Archaeology for the approval of the Board of the faculty of Social Sciences.
In view of the rapid development in the country, Archaeology has become one of the
most popular subjects within the sphere of Social Sciences. Nevertheless, most of the
higher educational institutions in Sri Lanka have not been able to accede to this type of
requirement.
Within Sri Lanka there is a wide variety of professional roles for which schemes of
resources management studies are required to protect the national heritage. This syllabi
includes the impact assessment and on professional roles, World heritage concepts,
museums and tourism, heritage preservation, irrigation and ancient society, technological
application for the cultural heritage and Bio-archaeology are the major current themes of
archaeology. It is virtually imposed on ñto meet this requirement by introducing on
adequately equipped archaeologists to the society.
Hence, this syllabi is designed to provide a bridge between archaeology and its
application through professional management.
This course has been developed to meet the demand for the intellectual preparation and
training for the management of archaeological resources. Therefore, this syllabi is
designed to provide well qualified participants with an understanding of the concepts and
system underlying archaeological practice and develop their skills of diagnosis and
implementation in cultural resource management and research process.
The programme focuses on the development of professional skills like visual methods for
the recording of the cultural resources, ancient technology, impact assessment, site
presentation and learning of the bio-archaeological features. On completion of the
degree, the students will be able to:
* design, plan and implement research –based on archaeological impact assessment
strategies.
* Conduct research into cultural resource practice which adds to the available body of
knowledge.
*Approach in a variety of different archaeological heritage settings, organization types
and
policy situations.

2. Qualification for registration
A Registration and enrolement for M.A and MSSc will be considered by the rules and
regulations acceptable to the Board of Study on Social Sciences, Faculty of Graduate
Studies and the University Senate.