As per the decision taken at the department meeting, the Department of History and Archaeology conducted a department-level student awareness session for both 3rd year History and Archaeology undergraduates regarding their independent study proposal writing, on the 9th of August 2023, at the Rohanadheera Hall of the department.
Under the guidance of the Head of the Department, Sen. Lect. (Ven.) Dambara Amila, Sen. Lect. (Mrs.) U.N.K. Rathnayaka was the resource person for this awareness session upon her teaching experience in this regard. Accordingly, the awareness session covered the main components of an undergraduate independent study proposal namely, Introduction, Research Problem and Research Questions, General Objective and Specific Objectives, Hypothesis, Research Methodology, Pre-research and Literature Review, Significance of the study, Limitations of the study, Chapter Organization and Bibliography.
This awareness session is directly related to the 3rd year curriculum of the History (Honours) and Archaeology (Honours) Degree programs, especially to the course unit ‘ARCH/ HIST 0099.3- Independent Research – Phase 01’. Furthermore, the department expects to conduct a similar session for the same batch of students targeting the ‘Literature Review’ chapter of their independent study in the near future.
