PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Level 100
First Semester
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
---|---|---|
*UGRC 110 |
Academic Writing I |
3 |
*UGRC 120 |
Numeracy Skills |
3 |
*UGRC 130 |
Science and Technology in Our Lives |
3 |
*UGRC 150 |
Critical Thinking and Practical Reasoning |
3 |
HIST: 111 |
Earliest Civilizations |
3 |
|
2 Courses from 2 other assigned Departments |
6 |
|
Minimum Credits Required |
15 |
*Note: Students to choose any 2 courses (6 credits) of the UGRC
Second Semester
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
---|---|---|
*UGRC 110 |
Academic Writing I |
3 |
*UGRC 120 |
Numeracy Skills |
3 |
*UGRC 130 |
Science and Technology in Our Lives |
3 |
*UGRC 150 |
Critical Thinking and Practical Reasoning |
3 |
HIST: 112 |
Selected Topics in World History |
3 |
|
2 Courses from 2 other assigned Departments |
6 |
|
Minimum Credits Required |
15 |
*Note: Students to choose any 2 courses (6 credits) of the UGRC
Level 200
First Semester
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
---|---|---|
*UGRC 210 |
Academic Writing II |
3 |
UGRC 220-238 |
Introduction to African Studies |
3 |
HIST 211 |
Historiography |
3 |
HIST 213 |
Africa and the Wider World in the 19th Century |
3 |
**HIST 215 |
The History of Western Medicine in Ghana |
3 |
|
2 Courses from the other assigned Department |
6 |
|
Minimum Credits Required |
15 |
*Note: Students to choose UGRC 210 or UGRC 220-238 (3 credits).
** To be taught exclusively to students of Level 200 Biological science
Second Semester
Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
---|---|---|
*UGRC 210 |
Academic Writing II |
3 |
*UGRC 220-238 |
Introduction to African Studies |
3 |
HIST 212 |
Historical Methodology |
3 |
HIST 214 |
Africa in the International Setting in the 20th Century |
3 |
|
2 Courses from the other assigned Department |
6 |
|
Minimum Credits Required |
15 |
*Note: Students to choose UGRC 210 or UGRC 220-238 (3 credits).
Level 300
First Semester
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
---|---|---|
|
Core |
|
HIST 311 |
History of Ghana up to 1800 |
3 |
|
Electives |
|
HIST 313 |
History of Africa up to 1500 |
3 |
HIST 315 |
The Black Diaspora |
3 |
HIST 317 |
Economic History of West Africa: 1700 to 1890 |
3 |
HIST 319 |
Aspects of Early Modern European History |
3 |
HIST 321 |
Islam and Christianity in Africa |
3 |
HIST 323 |
Colonial and Modern Indian Studies |
3 |
|
Any one Course from the other assigned subject/Dept |
3 |
|
Minimum Credits Required |
15 |
Second Semester
Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
---|---|---|
|
Core |
|
HIST 322 |
Ghana in the 19th and the 20th Centuries |
3 |
|
Electives |
|
HIST 324 |
History of Europe, 1798 - 1945 |
3 |
HIST 326 |
History of Africa up to 1800 |
3 |
HIST 328 |
Economic History of West Africa: 1890 to 1960 |
3 |
HIST 332 |
The History of Western Medicine in Ghana |
3 |
HIST 334 |
Women in History |
3 |
HIST 336 |
History of Pan-Africanism |
3 |
|
Any one Course from the other assigned subject/Dept |
3 |
|
Minimum Credits Required |
15 |
*Students are to offer 1 core course & 3 electives and one other subject from any other Dept.
Level 400
First Semester
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
---|---|---|
|
Core |
|
HIST 421 |
Aspects of Intellectual History from 1500 to the Enlightenment |
3 |
HIST 423 |
History of Science and Technology up to the Industrial Revolution. |
3 |
HIST 425 |
History of Political Thought up to St Augustine |
3 |
|
Electives |
|
HIST 427 |
Colonial Rule and African Response: Partition or Pacification |
3 |
HIST 429 |
The History of Latin America |
3 |
HIST 431 |
History of Modern China and Japan, ca. 1800 – 1900 |
3 |
HIST 433 |
History of Modern Russia & U.S.A: 1700-1860 |
3 |
HIST 435 |
Aspects of World History: 1914-1945 |
3 |
HIST 437 |
Conflict in Southern Africa |
3 |
HIST 481 |
Special Paper: (Any of the following): • Fante States in the 17th Century • Politics in Akyem Abuakwa, 1874 – 1930 • Economic History of the Gold Coast, 1874 – 1900 • Dutch Documents Relating the Gold Coast and the Slave Coast (Coast of Guinea) 1680 -1740 |
3 |
HIST: 410 |
Long Essay |
|
|
Minimum Credits Required |
12 |
Second Semester
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
---|---|---|
|
Core |
|
HIST 422 |
Modern Trends in Intellectual History |
3 |
HIST 424 |
History of Science & Technology since the Industrial Revolution |
3 |
HIST 426 |
History of Political Thought Since St Augustine |
3 |
|
Electives |
|
HIST 428 |
Colonial Rule and African Response: Nationalism and Independence |
3 |
HIST 432 |
Latin America Since the Haitian Revolution |
3 |
HIST 434 |
History of Modern China and Japan since 1900 |
3 |
HIST 436 |
History Modern Russia & U.S.A: 1860-1939 |
3 |
HIST 438 |
Aspects of World History since 1945 |
3 |
HIST 442 |
The Atlantic World |
3 |
HIST: 482 |
Special Paper (Any one of the following); • Fante States in the 18th Century • Economic and Social Change in Akyem Abuakwa, 1874 – 1930 • Economic History of the Gold Coast, 1900 – 1914 • Elmina and Its Neighbours, 1836 -1876 |
3 |
HIST: 410 |
Long Essay |
6 |
|
Minimum Credits Required |
18 |
*History major students are to offer 2 core courses and 2 electives and Long Essay