VISION AND MISSION OF THE FACULTY
Vision
“ To be an excellent world class centre for teaching, research and creative knowledge with the highest quality and relevance to the needs of individuals, region and the nation”
Mission
“To produce high quality employable graduates with analytical minds, research capacities, managerial skills and ethical and moral values by creating a conducive environment to adopt innovative teaching, learning and research to meet the changing needs of the society”
THE FACULTY
Profile and History
The South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, a fast developing center of academic excellence in the country, is in the process of providing state of the art facilities in technological education through combined efforts of all the stakeholders including academics and students
By October 1995, the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka commenced its academic programmes under two Faculties, namely, the Faculty of Arts and Culture, and Faculty of Management and Commerce in Addalaichenai, sharing the premises of the Government Teachers’ Training College while the construction work of its permanent seat at Oluvil was in progress. The Faculty of Arts and Culture (FAC) was established in 1995. It consists of seven departments namely the Department of Social Sciences, Department of Languages, Department of Geography, Department of Political Science, Department of Economics and Statistics, Department of Sociology, Department of English Language Teaching, and Department of Information Technology. Department of English Language previously known as English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) was established under FAC to teach English to all the faculties in the University.
The Faculty is equipped with state of the art facilities such as laboratories, lecture halls, auditorium and other physical resources. In addition, the faculty provides all facilities for students to involve in co-curricular and extracurricular activities and to get support from the relevant units i.e. Student Support Services and Welfare Unit, Career Guidance Unit, Physical Education unit, Health Center, Student Recreational Center, Play Grounds and Student Accommodation Facilities located within the University Park.
Our Main goals are to:
These goals are integrated with the outcomes of the SEUSL Strategic/Corporate Plan. The faculty plans to introduce a number of new initiatives to achieve the above objectives. The proposed new initiative include: comprehensive curriculum revision in all subjects, creating opportunities for enhancement of professional skills of students, efforts to increase research activities, increasing graduate enrolment and strengthening relationships with industries, local and foreign universities.
The major concern during the next five years period would be commencing special degree programmes in other main subjects, join major degree programmes and postgraduate degree programmes and establishing a new academic unit to offer extension programmes.
OUR PRIORITIES FOR THE FUTURE
To accommodate the changing needs of students and society and to provide the students flexibility in the choice of courses, the University has adopted the Course Unit System for various programs of study within each Faculty. This system will be expanded further to provide greater flexibility and choice to the students.
While introducing new subjects according to demands and needs of the region and the country, SEUSL is planning to establish new Faculties for studies in Islamic Studies, Agriculture, Aquatic Resources, Medicine and Law. The University plays a meaningful role to diversify economic and social activities and achieve greater productivity. SEUSL also hopes to establish independent Institutes, School or Centers within the University to promote studies and research for special needs of our society in relevant areas such as Appropriate Technology, Peace Studies, Marine Studies, Advanced Islamic Studies etc.
Among our top priority for the future is the establishment of an Information Technology Centre (ITC) conceived as the electronic hub of the University, bringing together computing and multi-media services to provide interactive higher education; harnessing the latest technologies to make learning more adaptable, flexible and widely available and linking SEUSL to the wider global community. The objectives of the ITC will include:
To provide opportunities to our students to learn basic computer skills and acquire adequate proficiency to use the computers as tools for working with large quantities of information. To provide packages to promote computer-aided-learning in all subjects and in particular, for acquiring high proficiency in English Language, which is vital for their progress and marketability of their skills.
To provide opportunities to our students to study and work in a multicultural environment, offering the necessary exposure to an international setting and atmosphere of unlimited resources at their disposal.
In order to develop our own resources and capabilities, enhance our strengths and consolidate our position to achieve excellence, SEUSL will establish link programs with other universities both in Sri Lanka and abroad.
Organizational structure
AThe Faculty of Arts & Culture is organized under the Dean. The Dean's office coordinates all academic and administrative activities within the Faculty of Arts & Culture. There is a Head for each academic department that comes under the faculty. The Heads of the departments report to the Dean.