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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