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Rationale of the Program

Taking its cue from the nation’s current educational policy, societal needs, and the universities role, mission, vision, Goals and objectives, the Undergraduate program in History and Heritage Management is grounded in the belief that it is necessary to develop a cadre of trained people in the nation who are sensitized to the region's history and heritage, and who can articulate and disseminate an understanding of that history and heritage at all levels of the Ethiopian Society and beyond. Graduates in History and Heritage Management are likely to become an important resource in the formulation of national, sub-regional and regional policies for sustainable economic and social development in Ethiopia.

The program is interdisciplinary in its design. It comprises a core of courses in History and Historiography, Heritage management, Museum, Tourism, Archaeology, Records and Archives, and a selection of common courses drawn from different disciplines in the Faculty of social sciences and other faculties within the University such as Humanities. Synergies between disciplines will be translated into innovative forms of delivery, including articulation with other programs. In the program students will be required to read a specified number of courses as indicated for each program and complete a research paper or thesis according to the specified requirements. All the core courses will be designed for face-to-face and home-study delivery.

Admission Requirements -Students who have completed the preparatory programme in the social science stream and those applicants who have obtained diplomas either majoring in history or minoring in history and other related social science fields.

Duration of Study- Duration of Study is three Years.

Graduation Requirements- Students who have taken all the required courses successfully, i.e. minimum of 180 and maximum of 192 credit hours with a cumulative grade point average (CGPA 2.00) and with no “F” grade in any of the courses will be eligible for graduation.

Medium of Instruction- The medium of instruction for the program is ENGLISH.

Degree Nomenclature- The degree awarded after the completion of the three-year undergraduate History and Heritage Management programme is referred in English as: The Degree of Bachelor of Arts in History and Heritage Management (B.A). The Amharic translation of this shall read as: ”የአርት ባችለርዲግሪበታሪክናቅርስአስተዳደር”

List and distribution of Program Modules

	Module Name	Courses under the Modules	Course Code	CP
1	A History of Ethiopia and the Horn to 1900 HiHm1011 Year I Semester I	A History of Ethiopia and the Horn to 1500	HiHm1012	5
		History of Ethiopia and the Horn, 1500-1800	HiHm1013	5
		History of Ethiopia and the Horn, 1800-1900	HiHm1014	5
		Introduction to History and Historiography	HiHm1011	5
2	Major Themes in the History of Ethiopia and the Horn HiHm1021 Year I Semester II	Political History of Ethiopia and the Horn since 1900	HiHm1024	5
		Economic History of Ethiopia and the Horn since 1900	HiHm1025	4
		Socio-cultural History of Ethiopia and the Horn since 1900	HiHm1026	4
		Religion and Religious Processes in Ethiopia and the Horn	HiHm1022	3
		Peoples, Polities and Cultures in Ethiopia and the Horn	HiHm1021	5
		Ethiopia and Its Neighbors since 1820s	HiHm1027	3
		History of Ethiopian Women	HiHm1023	3
3	A History of Africa HiHm1031 Year II Semester I	Early History of Africa to 1500	HiHm2031	4
		Africa and the Outside World, 1500-1850s	HiHm2032	4
		Africa from Colonialism to Independence, 1850s-1960s	HiHm2033	5
		Change and Continuity in the History of Africa since Independence (Since 1960s)	HiHm2034	4
		History of the NileBasin	HiHm2035	3
		Major Issues in contemporary Africa	HiHm2036	5
		Historical Research Methods I	HiHm2037	4
4	Global History HiHm1041 Year II Semester II	Ancient World to 1500	HiHm2041	5
		Survey of European history, 1500-1850s	HiHm2042	4
		Survey of European History, 1850s-1945	HiHm2043	4
		Survey of American History, 1800-1945	HiHm2044	3
		Survey of Asian History, 1850-1945	HiHm2045	3
		Survey of Islamic World to 1920s	HiHm2046	3
		The Middle East since 1920	HiHm2047	5
		Global Developments since 1945	HiHm2048	4
		Research Methods II	HiHm2049	3
5	Heritage Management HiHm1051 Year III Semester I	Introduction to Archaeology	HiHm3051	4
		Archaeology of Ethiopia and the Horn	HiHm3052	5
		Introduction to Heritage Conservation and Management	HiHm3053	4
		Introduction to Tourism	HiHm3057	5
		Introduction to Museology	HiHm3055	3
		Heritage Conservation and Management in Ethiopia	HiHm3054	4
		Records and Archival Management	HiHm3056	4
	Year III Semester II	Tourism Resources and Tourism Management in Ethiopia	HiHm3058	5
		Introduction to Ethiopian Arts and Visual Culture	HiHm3059	4
		Senior Essay	HiHm3050	11

List Common/Supportive Courses Modules

Course Title	Course Code	CP
Communicative English Skills	EnLa1011	5
Introduction to Civics and Ethics	CESt1012	5
Basic Writing Skills	Enla1012	5
ICT	Inct1011	3
Entrepreneurship and Small Scale Business Management	Mgmt 4102	4

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