The Honors Degree Programme is conducted in English medium for four academic years. Students for the Honours Degree will be shortlisted from those who earn highest GPA in the first year. The total intake for the Honours Degree will be decided by the Department upon the requirement and based on the available human and physical resources of the department. The honors Degree Programme requires students to learn one of the foreign languages such as Chinese, German, Korean ,and Russian which has an added advantage for the students in shaping their future aspirations in the field of foreign service.

Honours Degree has a variety of course unites such as

Introduction to International Studies: Nature and Scope, Historical Development of International Relations, The United Nations and its Specialized Agencies, Theories and Concepts of   International Relations, Socio- economic Problems of Developing Countries, Basic Statistics, International Politics, Regional Organizations, Politics of South Asia, Foreign Languages, Foreign Policy of Sri Lanka, International Law, Diplomatic Theory and Practice, Strategic Studies, International Migration, Research Methodology, Internship, Foreign Policy  of India, Foreign Policies of Major Powers, International Trade,