Department of History - Course Structure

1000 Level

  • HIS 1001: Social and Economic History of Sri Lanka up to 1600 AD
  • HIS 1002: Social and Economic History of Sri Lanka 1600-1948 AD

2000 Level

  • HIS 2001: History of the Indian Sub-Continent from 6th Century BC to 320 AD
  • HIS 2002: History of the South Asian Sub-Continent from 1707 to 1858 AD
  • HIS 2003: History of Modern Europe 1453 to 1789 AD
  • HIS 2004: Ancient Civilizations
  • HIS 2005: History of Fine Arts in the Ancient South Asian Sub-Continent
  • HIS 2006: History of the Indian Sub-Continent from 320 to 1206 AD
  • HIS 2007: History of the Indian Sub-Continent 1858 – 1975 AD
  • HIS 2008: History of Modern Europe II 1789 – 1975 AD
  • HIS 2009: History of Pre-modern Europe
  • HIS 2010: History of Fine Arts in Pre-modern Sri Lanka

3000 Level

  • HIS 3001: Selected Themes in Sri Lankan History up to 1500 AD
  • HIS 3002: History of South East Asia up to 1600 A.D. I: Political and Social Institutions
  • HIS 3003: History of Ancient East Asia I: Selected Themes in Chinese History up to 1600 A.D.
  • HIS 3004: Selected Themes in Indian History I: The Delhi Sultanate and Vijayanagara
  • HIS 3005: History of Asian Commerce up to 1000 AD
  • HIS 3006: History of South East Asia from 1600 to 1948 AD
  • HIS 3007: Colonialism Theory and Practice I
  • HIS 3008: History of the Twentieth Century World, 1914 – 1945
  • HIS 3009: Nationalism and its Problems from the Early 16th Century to 1945 A.D.
  • HIS 3010: History of East Asia from 1600 A.D.: Selected Themes of Chinese History
  • HIS 3011: Diplomatic and Strategic History of the Indian Ocean
  • HIS 3012: Archival Studies
  • HIS 3013: History of Feminism and Women in South Asia
  • HIS 3014: Selected Themes in Sri Lankan History from A.D. 1500
  • HIS 3015: History of South East Asia up to 1600 A.D. II: Insular South East Asia
  • HIS 3016: History of Ancient East Asia II: Japan and Korea up to 1600 A.D.
  • HIS 3017: Selected Themes in Indian History II: The Mughal Empire
  • HIS 3018: History of Asian Commerce II 1000 to 1800 A.D.
  • HIS 3019: History of South East Asia from 1939 A.D. to the Present
  • HIS 3020: Colonialism Theory and Practice II: Selected Themes
  • HIS 3021: History of the Twentieth Century World since 1945
  • HIS 3022: Nationalism and its Problems II: From the End of the Second World War to the Present
  • HIS 3023: History of East Asia from 1600 AD: Selected Themes of Japanese and Korean History
  • HIS 3024: Diplomatic and Strategic History of the Indian Ocean II from 1945 to the Present
  • HIS 3025: History of the USA: Selected Themes

4000 Level

  • HIS 4001: History of Sri Lanka from the Third Century B.C. to the Middle of the Sixth Century A.D. (Chronicles and Literary Sources)
  • HIS 4002: Sources of Ancient History (Literature)
  • HIS 4003: Social Theories and Institutions of the South Asian Sub-continent up to Circa 1200 A.D.
  • HIS 4004: Identification of Sources for the Study of Socio-Political Developments in Sri Lanka 1796-1931 AD
  • HIS 4005: Western Political Thought – Some Thematic Issues up to the French Revolution
  • HIS 4006: Historiography (Historical Method and Philosophy of History)
  • HIS 4007: Analysis of Sources for the Study of Socio-Political Developments in Sri Lanka 1796 – 1931 AD
  • HIS 4008: Issues of Colonial State Formation and National Integration in Post-Colonial Sri Lanka
  • HIS 4009: History of Sri Lanka from the Third Century B.C. to the Middle of the Sixth Century A.D. (Epigraphy and Archaeological Sources)
  • HIS 4010: Sources of Ancient History (Epigraphy)
  • HIS 4011: Political Theories and Institutions of the South Asian Sub-Continent up to Circa 1200 A.D.
  • HIS 4012: Identification of Sources for the Study of Socio-Political Developments in Sri Lanka, 1931 to the Present Day
  • HIS 4013: Analysis of Sources for the Study of Socio-Political Developments in Sri Lanka, 1931 to the Present Day
  • HIS 4014: Ethnicity and National Integration in Post-Colonial South Asia
  • HIS 4015: Western Political Thought – Some Thematic Issues from the French Revolution to the Present Day
  • HIS 4016: Historiography (Eastern and Western Historiography Tradition)
  • HIS 4099: Dissertation