At the Department of Historical Studies, we offer a wide range of courses across the three years of undergraduate studies. There are two introductory core courses for the first year: Connections and Interruptions c. 1500-1800 and Empires and Modernities. No prior history education/knowledge is required for any of them. In the second year students have to complete one core course on historical methods and there is a bouquet of other options. You can choose between histories of colonial and pre-colonial Africa, gender and modern South Africa, Holocaust etc. The third year core course introduces you to the exciting world of black intellectual histories. In addition, like the second year, there are multiple options to select from. There are courses on African Economic histories, History and Memory , Comparative histories of South, West Asia and North Africa. We encourage the students to explore the course descriptions available on the website.

Course Requirements for a Major in History