Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna

Faculty of Arts
கலைப் பீடம்
Former names Faculty of Humanities
Established 6 October 1974 (1974-10-06)
Type Faculty
Academic affiliation University of Jaffna
Location Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
9°41′07.20″N 80°01′24.20″E / 9.6853333°N 80.0233889°E / 9.6853333; 80.0233889Coordinates: 9°41′07.20″N 80°01′24.20″E / 9.6853333°N 80.0233889°E / 9.6853333; 80.0233889
Dean V. P. Sivanathan
Senior Assistant Registrar K. Gnanabasharan
Academic staff 142
Undergraduates 2,469
Website www.jfn.ac.lk/arts/

The Faculty of Arts is one of the nine academic faculties of the University of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka.[1] The faculty was established in October 1974 as the Faculty of Humanities of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka. The faculty has sixteen departments and its current dean is Professor V. P. Sivanathan.[2] As at 31 December 2011 the faculty had 2,469 undergraduate students and 142 academic staff (121 permanent, 21 temporary).[3][4]

History

The Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka was established with effect from 1 August 1974.[5] The campus started functioning in October 1974 with two faculties: Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Science.[5][6] The Faculty of Humanities was based at Parameshwara College in Thirunelveli whilst the Faculty of Science was based at Jaffna College in Vaddukoddai.[5] K. Indrapala, senior lecturer in history at the Peradeniya Campus of the University of Sri Lanka, was appointed the first Dean of the Faculty of Humanities.[5] The faculty had four departments: Hindu Civilization, History, Sinhala and Tamil.[6]

The faculty was renamed as the Faculty of Arts in 1975.[5] The Ramanathan Academy of Fine Arts (RAFA) was taken over by the University of Sri Lanka in 1975 and placed under the Faculty of Arts.[5] RAFA had two departments: Dance and Music.[6] Eight new departments were created: Sanskrit (1975),[7] Education (1980),[6] Language & Cultural Studies (1981),[8] Fine Arts (1982),[9] Economics, Geography, Islamic Civilization and Philosophy .[6]

The Jaffna Campus was elevated to university status on 1 January 1979 with the creation of the University of Jaffna.[5]

Following the Black July riots the Institute of Indigenous Medicine affiliated to the University of Colombo was transferred to the University of Jaffna as a department under the Faculty of Arts in 1984.[5][6] The Department of Language & Cultural Studies was split into the Department of Linguistics & English and Department of Christian & Islamic Civilization in 1989.[8][10] The Department of Siddha Medicine was removed from the faculty in October 1993 and now functions directly under the control of the vice chancellor.[5] The Department of Political Science & Sociology was created in July 1998 from the Department of Economics.[6] The Department of Law was created in May 2005.[6] The Department of Political Science & Sociology was split into the Department of Political Science and Department of Sociology in December 2007.[11]

Courses

The faculty offers undergraduate courses which lead to Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Law degrees.[12]

Departments

The faculty is currently divided into sixteen departments two of which are based at the Ramanathan Academy of Fine Arts:[12]

Deans

The faculty's deans since 1974 are:[2]

Dean Took office Left office
K. Indrapala October 1974 May 1976
K. Kailasanatha Kurukkal
Sucharitha Gamlath 		June 1976 December 1978
W. L. Jeyasingham December 1978 January 1979
S. Rajaratnam January 1979 January 1981
S. Kailasapathy January 1981 December 1982
K. Indrapala December 1982 July 1984
N. Balakrishnan July 1984 March 1991
P. Balasundarampillai March 1991 March 1997
A. Sanmugadas March 1997 June 1999
S. Balachandiran June 1999 October 2001
P. Gopalakrishna Iyer November 2001 August 2004
R. Sivachandran August 2004 August 2007
S. Krishnarajah August 2007 May 2009
N. Gnanakumaran May 2009 July 2012
V. P. Sivanathan July 2012

References

  1. ↑ "Academics". University of Jaffna.
  2. 1 2 "Dean". Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna.
  3. ↑ "Chapter - 3 - Student Enrolment and Graduates" (PDF). Sri Lanka University Statistics 2011. University Grants Commission (Sri Lanka).
  4. ↑ "Chapter - 4 - Staff" (PDF). Sri Lanka University Statistics 2011. University Grants Commission (Sri Lanka).
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "History". University of Jaffna.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "About Us". Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 28 September 2008.
  7. ↑ Dhammaratana, Induragara; Marasinghe, Walter; Meddegama, Udaya (August 2009). "Subject Review Report: Department of Sanskrit, University of Jaffna" (PDF). Quality Assurance and Accreditation Council of the University Grants Commission. p. 3.
  8. 1 2 Fernando, Mervyn; Shanthikumar, Lloyd; Fernando, Emmanuel; Jayasinghe, Udith (June 2009). "Subject Review Report: Department of Christian and Islamic Civilization, University of Jaffna" (PDF). Quality Assurance and Accreditation Council of the University Grants Commission. p. 2.
  9. ↑ Marasinghe, Walter; Meddegama, Udaya; Ratnayake, Patrick (June 2009). "Subject Review Report: Department of Fine Arts, University of Jaffna" (PDF). Quality Assurance and Accreditation Council of the University Grants Commission. p. 3.
  10. ↑ Amunugama, Sarath; Hapuarachchi, Ajantha; Vijitha, Ayangama (October 2008). "Subject Review Report: Department of Linguistics and English, University of Jaffna" (PDF). Quality Assurance and Accreditation Council of the University Grants Commission. p. 3.
  11. ↑ Herath, S. M. K.; Atapattu, D.; Ismail, S. M. M. (November 2009). "Subject Review Report: Department of Sociology, University of Jaffna" (PDF). Quality Assurance and Accreditation Council of the University Grants Commission. p. 5.
  12. 1 2 "University of Jaffna Faculty of Arts". University Grants Commission (Sri Lanka).

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