School of Arts
Balkumari, Lalitpur, Nepal
GPO Box 6250 Kathmandu
Phone: 01-5544078/5544077/ 5548101
Fax: 01-5533814
Email: kusoa@ku.edu.np
About
KUSOA
Dr. Mahesh Banskota
Dean
mbanskota@ku.edu.np
The School of Arts
of Kathmandu University was established in 1996. It is one
of the six schools at the University established to impart
education in liberal arts and media in order to contribute
to the development of nation.
Vision
Education for enabling capability of individuals and promoting
ideals of social and economic justice and well being for all
persons and their environments
Mission
Promote the development of professional knowledge, critical
thinking skills Develop communication, interpersonal, intervention,
assessment and evaluation, and technical skills. Integrate
socially economically, politically and culturally relevant
components of human development.
Departments
and Programs
Human
and Natural Resources Studies Center
The
HNRS Program at Kathmandu University is
the first interdisciplinary Master's Degree
course in Nepal (and probably in South Asia).
It comprises academic courses and basics
as well as applied research, and thus provides
students with substantial interdisciplinary
knowledge and understanding of issues related
to human and natural resources management.
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The Graduate
Program in Development Studies at Kathmandu
University is another multidisciplinary
course offered to meet the growing complexity
of choices, issues, scales and resources
encountered in the planning, implementation,
evaluation, and monitoring of development
activities. (more
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In August
1996, Kathmandu University (K.U.) opened
a Department of Music in Bhaktapur, where
ethnomusicology (B.A. and M.A.) and practical
music (North Indian classical and Nepalese
local traditions) are taught to Nepalese
and foreign students. The then German President,
Dr. Roman Herzog, inaugurated the department
during his state visit to Nepal on 29th
November 1996. (more
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KUart -
with a very short and yet just as impressive
history – is heading towards establishing
a benchmark in fine art education in Nepal.
KUart is committed to contribute to the
creative visual culture in Nepal, not only
by approaching and involving it in various
means of contemporary art practices but
also respecting and revitalizing its rich
artistic and cultural heritage. (more
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Kathmandu
University - Centre for Buddhist Studies
at Rangjung Yeshe Institute offers a unique
academic education, undergraduate and graduate,
leading to Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Master
of Arts (MA) degrees in Buddhist Studies
with Himalayan Language. (more
...)
The program
in Media Studies was launched in February
2006 under the Department of Languages and
Mass Communication. The Bachelor in Media
Studies is an intensive four-year program.
Besides consolidating knowledge in the discipline
area, the students will get opportunities
to broaden their understanding of the uses
of information technology, appreciate the
relevance of other allied subjects. (more
...)
Contact
Address
P. O. Box: 6250, Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: +977-11- 661399
Fax: +977-11-661443
media@ku.edu.np
