Social Development and Welfare Course at Sarbaragamuwa University

By | February 2, 2017

Social Development and WelfareSocial Development and Welfare is an emerging industry in Sri Lanka and most of government and NGO sector are much focuses on this area of development.

There are very few diploma level programs conduct under the area of social science in Sri Lanka and  Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka is one university which is proud to present a Diploma in Social Development and Welfare program .

Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka is another prestigious state university in Sri Lanka. This university was located in Pambahinna which is 160 km away from Colombo.

University of Sabaragamuwa is also very famous for conducting important course for Sri Lankan student for affordable price. Since this university is a state university for those who successfully obtain the external certificate, diploma or degree got a higher recognition compare with other private institutes.

There are several external degree programs were conduct under this state university and today I am plan to discuss some Diploma programs conduct under this institute which is also open for external students also.

The main objectives of this program are to develop the sri lankan students to enter in to the area of Social development and welfare which got huge necessity for a country like Sri Lanka.

Those who successfully complete this program able to get good theoretical and practical knowledge on Social development and welfare industry and there are so many good job opportunities available for the students.

Duration of the course:

The duration for with Diploma in Social Development and Welfare program is one year

Medium Instruction:

All the lecturing and exams conducted under Sinhala Medium

Entrance Requirement for Social Development and Welfare Course

For those who wish to enroll with Diploma in Social Development and Welfare program conducted by university of sabaragamuwa must fulfill one of following entrance education qualifications.

Applicant should obtain three simple pass for G.C.E Advanced Level in any field of study.

or

Applicant should pass G.C.E Ordinary Level Examination plush minimum three years of working experience on government, private sector or NGO.

The Syllabus

Following are the main subjects of the Diploma in Social Development and Welfareprogram and there are more modules teached under these subjects follows.

  • Introductory Sociology and Anthropology
  • Elements of Psychology and Social Psychology
  • Research Methods
  • Community and Social Development
  • Development and Rural Sociology
  • Social Work
  • Guidance and Counseling
  • Independent Research Project

The student who enroll to follow this program must pass eight written subjects as mentioned above and addition to that need to do independent research project to obtain this Diploma conducted by University of Sabaragamuw.  Pass marks for each paper is 40%.

Contact Details

For more details retarding the Diploma in Social Development and Welfare course by the Centre for Open and Distance (CODL) of SUSL you may contact following contact details.

Centre for Open and Distance learning

Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka,

P.O. Box 02,

Belihuloya, 70140,

Sri Lanka.

Phone Number – 045-2280179 (General)