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Curriculum

Bachelor of Arts Degree Courses :Drama & Theatre

1st Year 

Course Code

Titles

No. of. Notional Hrs. 

Number of Credits

DT 1112

Introduction to Drama & Theatre Arts

100

02

DT 1212

Introduction to Traditional Theatre Arts

100

02

 

2nd Year 

Course Code

Titles

No. of. Notional Hrs.

Number of Credits

DT 2112

History of World Theatre

100

02

DT 2123

Music and Dance Special Reference to Local Performing Tradition

250

03 (practical – 02, Theory – 01)

DT 2213

Stanislavsky’s method Acting

250

03(practical – 02, Theory – 01)

 

3rd Year 

Course Code

Titles

No. of. Notional Hrs.

Number of Credits

DT 3113

Dramaturgy

250

03(practical – 02, Theory – 01)

DT 3122

Modern Theatre

100

02

DT 3132

Post - Colonial and Post-Modern Theatres 

100

02

INTDT 3216

Internship training programme

600

06

Bachelor of Arts Honors Degree Courses in Drama & Theatre

2nd Year 

Course Code

Titles

No. of. Notional Hrs. 

Number of Credits

DTS 2113

History of World Theatre

150

03

DTS 2123

Dance and Music for Theatre

250

03(practical – 02, Theory – 01)

DTS 2133

Dramatic Literature and play Production focus on Realistic Acting

250

03(practical – 02, Theory – 01)

DTS 2143

Theatre Workshop: Theory and Methodology

250

03(practical – 02, Theory – 01)

DTS 2213

Acting methods: anti-Realistic

250

03 (practical – 02, Theory – 01)

DTS 2223

Thenmody and Vadamody: Theatre Traditions

250

03 (practical – 02, Theory – 01)

DTS2233

Drama Literature and Play Production: focus on Non-Realistic Theatre

250

03 (practical – 02, Theory – 01)

DTS 2243

Theatre Architecture

150

03

3rd Year 

Course Code

Titles

No. of. Notional Hrs. 

Number of Credits

DTS 3113

Dramaturgy

250

03(practical – 01, Theory – 02)

DTS 3123

History of Sri Lankan Theatre

150

03

DTS 3133

Vilasam and Issai Nadakam – Musical Play

250

03(practical – 01, Theory – 02)

DTS 3143

History of Tamil Theatre

150

03

DTS 3213

Post - Colonial and Post-Modern Theatres

150

03

DTS 3223

Play production

250

03(practical – 02, Theory – 01)

DTS 3233

Performance of Mahidi and Kompumuri

250

03(practical – 02, Theory – 01)

DTS 3243

New trends in theater studies and practices 

150

03

DTS 3253

Caricatured characters of Theatre 

150

03

 

4th Year 

Course Code

Titles

No. of. Notional Hrs.

Number of Credits

DTS 4113

Reformulation of kooththu

150

03

DTS 4123

Children theatre and Educational theatre 

150

03

DTS 4133

Research methodologies 

150

03

DTS 4143

Theoretical literatures on Drama & Theater (western and Eastern)  

150

03

DTS 4153

Performance acts and conventions 

150

03

INT DTS 4226

Internship Training Programme

600

06

DTS 4216

Dissertation – performance / Exhibition /Documentation

600

06


Optional Course

2nd Year 2nd Semester

Course Code

Titles

No. of. Notional Hrs. 

Number of Credits

ODT 2233

Games, Sports & Theatre

150

03

 

3rd Year 1st Semester

Course Code

Titles

No. of. Notional Hrs. 

Number of Credits

ODT 3153

Social Issues and Theatre Activism

150

03


3rd Year 2nd Semester

Course Code Titles No. of. Notional Hrs. Number of Credit

ODT 3213

Theatre, Societies and Development Programme

150

03

Bachelor of Arts Degree Courses : Fine Arts

1st Year 

Course Code

Titles

No. of. Notional Hours: 

Number of Credits

FA 1112

Introduction to Fine Arts

100

02

FA 1212

Introduction to Technological Art

100

02

 

2nd Year

Course Code

Titles

No. of. Notional Hours: 

Number of Credits

FA 2112

Art of Display and Visual Communication

250

03

(practical – 02, Theory – 01)

FA 2122

Understanding and appreciation of classical art Tradition 

100

02

FA 2212

Appreciation of Local Art Traditions 

100

02

FA 2222

Modern Art Tradition

100

02

 

3rd Year 

Course Code

Titles

No. of. Notional Hours: 

Number of Credits

FA 3112

Art Theories and practices

150

03

FA 3122

Indian Art Tradition 

100

02

FA 3133

Colonial and Post – Colonial Art

150

03

INT FA 3216

Internship training programme

600

06

Bachelor of Arts Honors Degree Courses in Fine Arts

2nd Year 

Course Code

Titles

No. of. Notional Hours: 

Number of Credits

FAS  2113

Art of Display and Visual Communication

250

03(practical – 02, Theory – 01)

FAS 2123  

Practices and Performances of classical Art Traditions 

250

03(practical – 02, Theory – 01)

FAS 2133

Practices and Promotion of Local Art Tradition

250

03(practical – 02, Theory – 01)

FAS 2143

Art Criticism

150

03

FAS 2213

Western Architecture

150

03

FAS 2223

Modern Art Tradition

150

03

FAS 2233

Art of Film Appreciation and Tamil Films (Selected Eastern & Western full-length Films) 

150

03

FAS 2243

Traditional Music, Dance and Instrumentals 

250

03 practical – 02, Theory – 01)

 

3rd Year 

Course Code

Titles

No. of. Notional Hours: 

Number of Credits

FAS 3113 

Art Theories and practices

150

03

FAS 3123

Aesthetics Theories

150

03

FAS 3133

Understanding and Appreciation of Sri Lanka Painting & Sculpture 

150

03

FAS 3143

Indian Architecture

150

03

FAS 3213

Colonial and Post – Colonial Art

150

03

FAS 3223

Art of Film Appreciation – Short films and Documentary Films (Selected Eastern & Western full-length Films)

150

03

FAS 3233

Understanding of South Asian art Tradition 

150

03

FAS 3243

Indigenous Art Traditions of Eastern Sri Lanka

150

03

FAS 3253

Local Musical Instruments

150

03

 

4th Year 

Course Code

Titles

No. of. Notional Hours: 

Number of Credits

FAS 4113

Art in Rituals of Eastern Sri Lanka 

150

03

FAS 4123 

Post – Modernism in Art

150

03

FAS 4133 

Research Methodologies

150

03

FAS 4143

Applied Art

150

03

FAS 4153

Rights, Law Conventions of Arts & Culture 

150

03

INTFAS 4226

Internship Training Programme

600

06

FAS  4216

Dissertation/ Performance/Exhibition/Documentation 

600

06

Ancillary Course

1st Year 2nd semester

Course Code Titles No. of. Notional Hours: Number of Credits

AFA 1232

Introduction to Art Entrepreneurship

100

02

Optional Course

2nd Year 1st Semester

Course Code Titles No. of. Notional Hours: Number of Credits

OFA 2123

Cinema & Tamil Society

150

03

 

2nd Year 2nd Semester

Course Code Titles No. of. Notional Hours: Number of Credits

OFA 3143

Art,Culture and Society

150

03

Last Updated
08-Mar-2023