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Political Science is one of the largest undergraduate programs since the establishment of the full-fledged Department in 2007. Even though several courses in Political Science were offered in the Degree Program in Department of Economics before the creation of a separate Department of Political Science. Political Science was introduced at the beginning of the establishment of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Jaffna in 1974. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psc.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/about\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\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<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2102b40\" data-id=\"2102b40\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-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-19c80b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-recent-posts-widget-with-thumbnails\" data-id=\"19c80b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-recent-posts-widget-with-thumbnails.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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