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The course enables major students to do a detailed study of a selected area in or theme on Ghana for a specified historical period. The course exposes students to collections of primary historical documents which are related to the study area or themes and period. It equips students with the skills of reading and interpreting original documents. The course prepares majors students for postgraduate research.

Course Code: 
HIS 408
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
History

U.S.A. and the Rise of Modern Russia, 1800 – 1918

This course provides students with an opportunity for an in-depth comparative analysis of the social, economic and political institutions in the United States of America, a republic and Russia, a monarchy. This course deals specifically with the history of Russia from Alexander I to the Russian Revolution of 1917. It examines Russia’s internal developments and foreign policy within the period and pays attention to how serfdom affected the Russian development efforts within the period. The course reappraises Russia’s participation in the First World War and the impact of this great conflict on Russia. These themes provide adequate grounds for comparison with developments in the USA in the same period.

Course Code: 
HIS 407
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
History

Age of European Diplomacy and Imperialism, 1871 – 1918

This course examines the shifts in the balance of power and changing patterns of diplomacy in Europe from the 1870’s on. It analyses the implications of this complex system of international relations for the European imperialism and conflicts of a global dimension. These analyses provide students with an understanding of the ways in which Africa came to feature in European affairs during the last decades of the nineteenth century and eventually lost her independence through the European imperial project.

Course Code: 
HIS 405
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
History

West Africa Under Colonial Rule

This course engages the issue of the reduction of West Africa to the status of colonial subjects by various European nations. It fosters an understanding of the reasons for the Europeans colonization of West Africa and the ways in which West Africa responded to colonization. It enables students to analyze the nature, and purpose of European colonial administration in West Africa, the shape of colonial economies, and the direction of economic and social developments in the European colonies of West Africa. Furthermore, the course examines the contexts for the emergence of nationalist movements in West Africa.

Course Code: 
HIS 404
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
History

Research Methods

This course concentrates on providing the students with the necessary skills of historical enquiry and writing of research findings. It particularly equips students with the skills of identifying sources, different methods of collecting data and approaches to analyzing data. Furthermore, the course exposes students to the standard format for presentation of extended essays as well as the modern bibliographic and referencing styles in history.

Course Code: 
HIS 399
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
History

History of Medicine

The course examines the evolution of the art of medicine and other healing practices in different parts of the world with particular emphasis on the indigenous Ghanaian medical practice. It studies the introduction of Western and other types of non-African medicine into Ghana and how they have related to indigenous forms of healing.

Course Code: 
HIS 320
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
History

The African in Dispersion

The course discusses the dispersal (in most cases by coercion) of African to many parts of the world-the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the Americas. In particular, it investigates the sources of the dispersion by looking at the African end of the slave trade and examines how Africans fared under slavery in different host societies. The course also analyses the post-slavery situation in the alien societies they now live in.

Course Code: 
HIS 319
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
History

Post-Independence Ghana to 1992

This course assesses the progress of Ghana in its efforts at building a modern nation state. It examines the challenges the country has faced in its efforts to consolidate its political independence and to achieve economic decolonization and modernization. The course studies the approaches of the various regimes to the governance of Ghana. It examines the internal challenges to Ghana’s national efforts and the ways in which external factors mediated these efforts. The course enables students to draw a balance sheet of Ghana’s post-colonial economic, social, and political achievements up to 1992.

Course Code: 
HIS 318
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
History

Colonial Ghana, 1874 to 1957

The course examines the shaping of colonial rule in Ghana. It studies the institutions that the British created for colonial rule and the colonial regime’s approach to social and economic development. It also analyses the responses of the various sections of the Ghanaian society to colonial rule and the forms these reactions took. Furthermore, the course examines the factors that led to the independence movements in Ghana and the nature of the struggle for the recovery of independence.

Course Code: 
HIS 317
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
History

Ghana up to 1800

This course, examines the evolution of the various ethnic groups that make up Ghana, from the earliest times up to 1800. It analyses the pre-history of Ghana and traces the immigration and settlement of the various people as well as their economic, social and political institutions. It also examines the relations between the various peoples, the factors that motivated European exploration of the West African Coast and the consequences of the interaction. The course further examines the introduction of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and its effects on Ghanaians.

Course Code: 
HIS 311
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
History

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