The Honors Degree Program in Tamil conducted by the Department of Languages seeks to produce Scholars, Innovators, Leaders and Global Citizens in the following manner:
Scholars - The Department has striven to provide the country with skilled and innovative graduate equipped with a broad knowledge base and disciplinary expertise in Tamil language and studies. They are aware of contemporary as well as historical research in the field of Tamil and able to conduct their own research and investigation in a growing information technology based global world.
Innovators - Graduates in Tamil in the Department possesses a broader vision for the country in its forward march. Imaginative, creative, and inspired by a multicultural perspective, they are capable of producing men and women with measured caliber and imaginative thinking to contribute for the national development in all the relevant levels.
Leaders - Tamil graduates take personal responsibility and seek opportunities to work with others to advance thinking and achievement in all spheres of their lives. They are confident, inspiring and influential.
Global Citizens - Tamil Graduates who complete our degree programme are expected to be able appreciate the role of the University and are aware of global issues. They act with integrity and fluency across cultures and perspectives, are committed to the betterment of society, open in their thinking and appreciative of the riches that diversity and equity bring.
Graduate Capabilities
There are six clusters of generic capabilities which the Department seeks to foster in all of its graduates through teaching and learning in the respective Honors Degree Programs of study. These, as relevant to the Honors Degree Program in Tamil, are:
1. Disciplinary Knowledge & Practice
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Graduates are expected to understand the gravity and the significance of Tamil as a language and be equipped with knowledge of its evolution of grammar and literature and very rich classical, modern literary genres, Tamil language and its associations with electronic media and technology. They should appreciate the capacity of their discipline in research.
This theme includes the ability to
2. Critical Thinking
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Graduates are expected to be able to contest knowledge and practice, critically consider ideas, texts and research and think reflectively and reflexively.
This theme includes the ability to
3. Solution Seeking
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Graduates are expected to be able to apply skills, knowledge, and Language competencies to solve problems and make informed decisions. They are expected to be able to have long-term and big picture perspectives in the field.
This theme includes the ability to
4. Communication & Engagement
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Graduates are expected to be able to receive, interpret information, and express ideas and share knowledge with diverse audiences through Tamil language and literature. They are expected to be able to establish a rapport and build collaborative relationships with individuals and groups.
This theme includes the ability to
5. Independence & Integrity
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Graduates are expected to be able to learn and work autonomously and ethically. They are expected to be lifelong learners, to show resilience, proactively and an ability to make principled decisions in academic and professional spheres.
This theme includes the ability to
6. Social & Environmental Responsibilities
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Graduates are expected to be sensitive to cultural diversity and to be committed towards preserving the interests of the pluralistic society. They are expected to recognize a role for themselves in creating a future with the consideration of the social and cultural consequences of national and international issues.
This theme includes the ability to
Year I Semester I
TML 111 (3) Introduction to Tamil Studies
Year I Semester II
TML 121 (3) Introduction to Tamil Literature
Year II Semester I
TML 211 (3) H +G+M History of Tamil Literature & Some Major Authors 1 AD - 9 AD
TML 212 (3) H +G Theme and Practice of Translation 1
TML 213 (3) H History of Tamilology and Grammar
Year II Semester II
TML 221 (3) H +G+M Tamil Poetical Traditions
TML 222 (3) H +G Themes and Practice of Translation II
TML 223 (3) H The Grammar of the Tamil Language
Year III Semester I
TML 311 (3) H +G+M History of Tamil Literature & Some Major Authors 10th C to 20th C
TML 312 (3) H +G* Trends in Modern Tamil Literature
TML 313 (3) H +G* Introduction to Tamil Linguistics
TML 314 (3) H Tamil Literary Criticism
TML 315 (3) H Folk Literature in Tamil
Year III Semester II
TML 321 (3) H +G+M The Impact of the Electronic Media & Communications on Literature
TML 322 (3) H +G* The Development of Tamil Literature in Sri Lanka up to the End of 20th Century
TML 323 (3) H +G* Prosody in Tamil
TML 324 (3) H History of Tamil Drama
TML 325 (3) H Bharathiar’s Poems
TML 326 (3) G* Scientific Report Writing
Year IV Semester I
TML 411 (3) H Research Methodology
TML 412 (3) H Upcountry Tamil Literature
The Department has authority to offer three course units from the following:
TML 413 (3) H Feminism on Tamil Literature
TML 414 (3) H Technique of Creative Writings in Tamil
TML 415 (3) H Critical Study of Tholkaapiam
TML 416 (3) H Tamil Children’s Literature in Sri Lanka
Year IV Semester II
TML 421 (6) H Dissertation / Practical Training
G* required to follow by the students who offer Tamil as the major subject in the general degree only.
SLQF Level | |
Credits | Honors General |
Medium of Instruction | Tamil |
Duration | 04 Year Special 03 Year General |
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