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Introduction

In History, the undergraduate program is in regular, extension, distance and summer. The objective, courses, and graduation requirements are more or les the same. There are slight differences in the admission requirement and course breaks downs.

Admission Requirement

For any program (regular, extension summer and distance), it depends on the requirements set by the ministry of education for higher education enrolment. But there may be variations in some cases.

Objective

The Department of History has its general objectives aimed at training competent and responsible citizens who are well versed in the historical knowledge. To this effect it disposes its duty to the fostering of transparent, democratic and cost effective behavior practices at the Department level.

The general objectives of the Department are mentioned as follow:

produce professionals who can confidently promote problem solving skills by applying their knowledge;
prepare citizens who will practice democratic principles
instill the feeling of pride, confidence and conviction that will enable the upcoming graduates to become role models to the community, committed to change and continuous improvement;
prepare trainees who can choose, produce and make use of appropriate technologies to enrich historical knowledge and experience.
attract interested and potentially able students to the learning force, taking affirmative action to support female students starting from recruitment stage notably to partly based on their teaching careers;

History 2010.E.C Course Chair

No	Name of Course Chair	Email	Mobile	Name of the Module
1	Abebe Dires(PhD)	abedires@gmail.com	0918760699	Heritage Managment
2	Temsgen Gebeyehu(PhD)	Teme_baye@yahoo.com	0918765047	Africa History
3	Tigab Bezie(PhD)	tbezie@gmail.com	0911330161	Heritage of Eth.&the Horn
4	Fantahun Ayeke(PhD)	fantahun@gmail.com	0911759867	Global History
History 2010.E.C Regular Students
Program B.A & B.Ed	Year of study	Male	Femalee	Total
	1	16	22	38
	2	28	13	41
	3	35	9	44
	4	16	4	30
M.A history,heritage museum	1	5	3	8
M.A history,heritage museum	2	4	3	7
	3	5		5
PhD	1	2		3
PhD	2	3		3

History 2010.E.C Summer Students

Program B.A & B.Ed	Year of study	Male	Femalee	Total
	1	30	12	52
	2	67	11	78
	3	16	4	20
	4	8	1	9
	5	67	1	68
M.A history,heritage museum	1	58	5	63
M.A history,heritage museum	2	11	2	13
	3	37		37
	4	40	1	41

Breakdown

Year: I; Semester: I

Module No.	Course Title		Course Code	Cr. Hr	CP
01	Ethiopian History and the Horn to 1500	Hist1011		3	4
01	Ethiopian History and the Horn, 1500-1800	Hist1012		3	4
02	History of the Nile Basin	Hist 1023		2	3
01	Ethiopian History and the Horn, 1800-1900	Hist1013		3	5
	Political History of Ethiopia since 1900	Hist1014		3	4
	Economic History of Ethiopia since 1900	Hist1015		3	5
Total				18	27

Year: I; Semester: II

Module No.	Course Title	Course Code	Cr.Hr	CP
02	Early History of Africa to 1500	Hist 1021	3	5
Commn.	Basic Writing Skill	Enla2033	3	5
	Environment and Society in Africa	Hist 1026	3	4
	Africa and the Outside World, 1500-1880s	Hist 1022	4	5
	Africa and the Colonial Experience, 1880s-1960	Hist 1024	4	6
03	Ancient World History to 1500	Hist 2031	4	5
Total			20	28

Year: II; Semester: I

Module No.	Course Title	Course Code	Cr. Hr	CP
Module	Course Title	Code	Cr.Hr	ECTS
03	History of Africa since 1960	Hist 1025	4	6
	Survey of European History, c. 1500-1850s	Hist 2032	3	4
	Introduction to Logic	Cvet1012	3	5
	Survey of European History, 1850s-1945	Hist 2033	3	4
	History of the Americans, 1800-1945	Hist 2034	3	5
	Spoken and Written Communication	Enla1092	3	5
Total			19	29

Year: II; Semester: II

Module No.	Course Title	Course Code	Cr. Hr	CP
04	Religions and Religious Processes in Ethiopia and the Horn	Hist 2041	3	5
03	Global Development since 1945	Hist 2035	3	5
04	Peoples, politics and Cultures in Ethiopian History	Hist 2042	3	5
	Socio-Cultural History of Ethiopia since 1900	Hist 2043	2	3
	History of the Ethiopian Women	Hist 2044	2	3
05	Survey of Asian History c. 1850-1945	Hist 3052	3	5
Total			16	26

Year: III; Semester: I

Module No.	Course Title	Course Code	Cr. Hr	CP
07	Introduction to History and Historiography	Hist 3071	3	5
Suppor.	Technical Report Writing	Enla 3087	3	5
05	Survey of the Islamic World to 1920s	Hist 3051	3	4
07	Historical Research Methods	Hist 3072	3	5
Commn.	Information Communication Technology	Inct1011	3	4
05	The Middle East since the 1920s	Hist 3053	3	5
Total			18	28

Year: III; Semester: II

Module No.	Course Title	Course Code	Cr.Hr	CP
06	Introduction to Tourism Resources &Tourism Mgmt	Arhm3061	3	4
06	Records and Archival Management	Arhm3062	3	4
Commn.	Introduction to Civics and Ethics	Cvet 1012	3	5
06	Introduction to Archaeology and Heritage Mgmt	Arhm3063	3	4
	Introduction to Ethiopian Arts	Hist3064	2	2
	Introduction to Museology	Muso1065	3	4
	Conservation of the Historic Environment	Muso1066	3	3
07	Senior Essay	Hist3073	4	6
Total			20	32

Graduation requirements

Students who have taken all the required courses successfully, i.e. minimum of 180 ECTS and maximum of 190 ECT with a cumulative grade point average (CPGA 2.00) and with no “F” grade in any of the courses will be eligible for graduation.

History

Students who have taken all the required courses successfully, i.e. minimum of 180 ECTS and maximum of 190 ECT with a cumulative grade point average (CPGA 2.00) and with no “F” grade in any of the courses will be eligible for graduation.

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