{"id":1023,"date":"2022-08-26T08:56:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T08:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soc.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=1023"},"modified":"2023-05-19T10:37:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T10:37:13","slug":"about-us-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.soc.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/about-us-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About US"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1023\" class=\"elementor elementor-1023\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-068f34f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"068f34f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5dca8d5\" data-id=\"5dca8d5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95d3639 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95d3639\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>A synoptic of history,<\/strong><\/h4><p>\u201cSociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Since all human behavior is social, few fields have such broad scope and relevance for research, theory, and the application\u00a0of knowledge.\u201d<br \/>Teaching of Sociology was introduced at the University of Jaffna within the Faculty of Arts in 1980. It was adjoined with its sister disciplines respectively the Department of Economics in 1982 and the Department of Political Sciences and Sociology in 1998. In 1990 a Special Degree program in Sociology\u00a0was initiated by the strenuous effort placed by Prof. N.Shanmugalingam who has been the instrumental and founding father for teaching sociology at the University and pioneer in teaching sociology in Tamil medium at the Universities in Sri Lanka. In December 2007 sociology among the family of social sciences became popular, expanded and become a new Department. The Department of sociology since then continues to be one of the most popular departments in the Faculty of Arts attracting large numbers of students every year.<\/p><p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1262 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.soc.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Prof-Shan-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.soc.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Prof-Shan-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.soc.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Prof-Shan.jpg 397w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Overview of the Depart<\/strong><strong>ment<\/strong><\/p><p>The Department of Sociology, University of Jaffna has a strong and vibrant tradition of teaching and research in Sociology. It offers a unique setting in which to study Sociology, either on its own or in combination with other disciplines, as well as to pursue innovative and topical research.<\/p><p><strong>Vision<\/strong><\/p><p>The Department of Sociology is to be the center of excellence for mastering sociology and related disciplines.<br \/>Educate and empower students to become informed, effective and responsible citizens who embrace diversity in their communities, societies and the world.<\/p><h5>Mission<\/h5><p>Teaching students the innovation, effective training for independent study and capstone experiences that deepen leaning.<br \/>Proving students with important opportunities for civic engagement through independent research, internships and service training.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c3492b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c3492b4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c9958d\" data-id=\"8c9958d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-777a168 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"777a168\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soc.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0_LuKwQCXhb_3XXa5i-300x194.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2223\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.soc.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0_LuKwQCXhb_3XXa5i-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/www.soc.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0_LuKwQCXhb_3XXa5i-768x497.png 768w, https:\/\/www.soc.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0_LuKwQCXhb_3XXa5i.png 812w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A synoptic of history, \u201cSociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. 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