Courses

Subjects to be selected for First Examination of the Bachelor of Arts Degree

Compulsory Subjects

1.  Pali Language and Literature

 and  

2. Buddhist Philosophy or Buddhist Culture 

Out of the followings, only three subjects should be selected

i. Religious Studies and Comparative Philosophy/ Community Leadership 

ii. Archaeology/ Buddhist Psychology and Counseling

iii. Sanskrit

iv. Sinhala

v. English

vi. Japanese/ French/ Chinese/ Korean/ Hindi/ Tamil

Five subjects including Pali and Buddhist Philosophy or Buddhist Culture should be selected for Fist Year.

 Except for those five subjects, all students are compulsory to study below two subject units.

  1. Certificate Course in Buddhist Counseling
  2. Compulsory English Course

(Sinhala medium students must follow “Compulsory English Course” which is offered by Department of English Language Teaching and English medium students must follow “Preliminary Course in English” which is offered by Department of English)

Subjects for English MediumSubjects for Sinhala Medium
  1. Pali
  2. Buddhist Philosophy
  3. Buddhist Culture
  4. Religious Studies and Comparative Philosophy
  5. Sanskrit
  6. English
  7. Archaeology (First year only)
  8. Buddhist Psychology and Counseling
  9. Community Leadership
  10. Japanese
  11. French
  12. Chinese
  13. Korean
  14. Hindi
  15. Tamil
  1. Pali
  2. Buddhist Philosophy
  3. Buddhist Culture
  4. Archaeology
  5. Sanskrit
  6. Sinhala
  7. Religious Studies and Comparative Philosophy