2nd Year – Special Degree in Buddhist Studies
1st Semester
Unit Code Course Unit Name
BST 2121 Literary Sources and Traditions in Buddhism I (Pali & Prakit)
BST 2122 History of Buddhist Thought I
BST 2123 An Introduction to Indian Philosophy
BST 2125 (Pali) Introduction to Pali Language I
BST 2125 (Sanskrit) Introduction to Pali Language I
2nd Semester
Unit Code Course Unit Name
BST 2128 History of Spread of Buddhism I
BST 2224 Buddhist Social Philosophy
BST 2226 Literary Sources and Traditions in Buddhism II (Sinhala)
BST 2229 (Pali) Advance Pali Language
BST 2229 (Sanskrit) Advance Pali Language
3rd Year – Special Degree in Buddhist Studies
1st Semester
Unit Code Course Unit Name
BST 3146 Theravada Vinaya Studies
BST 3147 History and Spread of Buddhism II
BST 3148 Buddhist Arts and Architecture I
BST 3149 An Introduction to Western Philosophy
BST 3150 History of Buddhist thought II
BST 3153 Buddhist Ethics
2nd Semester
Unit Code Course Unit Name
BST 3251 Buddhist Economic and Political thought
BST 3252 Theravada Abhidamma Studies
BST 3254 Buddhist Arts and Architecture II
BST 3257 A Study of the Madyamaka Concept of Emptiness
4th Year – Special Degree in Buddhist Studies
1st Semester
Unit Code Course Unit Name
BST 4149 Buddhist Culture I
BST 4158 Buddhist Tradition and Scholarship in the West
BST 4171 Literary sources, Tradition III (Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan)
BST 4172 Buddhist Psychology
BST 4173 A Study of the Yogacara Concept of ‘Mind-only’
BST 4179 Dissertation Research I (Research Methodology)
BST 4181 Buddhist Art and Architecture III (East Asia)
BST 4186 Theravada Doctrinal Debates
2nd Semester
Unit Code Course Unit Name
BST 4282 Buddhism and Social Change
BST 4283 Buddhist Epistemology
BST 4284 Buddhist Logic
BST 4285 Understanding the World Religions
BST 4287 Recent History of Buddhism in Sri Lanka
BST 4289 Dissertation Research II