Student Guidebook 2012 [Tamil] - The Open University of Sri Lanka

Certificate in Industrial Studies
These programmes are designed to provide an
opportunity to those engaged in the relevant
industry to gain an in-depth knowledge on the
subject of specialisation. No formal educational
qualifications are required for admission to the
Certificate programmes.
The minimum duration of the Certificate
programme is one year.
The OUSL awards the Certificate in Industrial
Studies to students who have acquired 36
credits satisfying the requirements given in
Table 08.
Those who possess appropriate qualifications
may seek exemptions from relevant courses of
the programme. Students who are employed
and working in an environment that would
satisfy the training requirements of the Faculty
and those who have previous training could
seek exemption from the specific training
modules.
Table 08
Category
Letter
denoting
category
Engineering X
Industrial/Academic I
46
Presently, Certificate in Industrial Studies is
available in the following streams:
Apparel Technology (Sinhala/English)
Textile Technology (English only)
Animal Husbandry & Aquaculture (Sinhala
/Tamil) - Only at Puttalam Study Centre
The compulsory course requirements for
specialisation in a particular field is given in
Table 09, while complete list of courses, with
Prerequisites, offered is given in the pages 50 -
53.
For further information about the Certificate
programme in Industrial Studies – Apparel
Technology and Textile Technology, you can
contact programme coordinator Eng. (Mrs.)
TPGNT Alwis (0112881310).
Minimum credits Maximum credits
24 36
Projects Y 0 9
Mathematics Z 0 9
General J 0 9
Management M 0 9
Training/Practice W 0 12
English E 0 6
Computer literacy K 0 3
Total 36