UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES (COHU)

Bachelor of Arts in Heritage Management Studies

Students are required to take all the core courses as indicated.  Shaded totals represent the minimum required credits per semester basing on the specified core courses.  A student may choose one additional optional course from the list provided under a relevant semester and not from elsewhere. HM 399 (Dissertation) can be opted only by invitation, that is, with permission of the Department.

Compulsory first-year Field Training in Archaeology (Survey) (AY 120) and second-year Practical Training in Heritage Management (AY 230) conducted for 8 weeks during the long vacation, i.e., outside the two classroom semesters, is not included in the total minimum/maximum count.

 

First Year: Semester I

Code

Title

Status

Credits

HM 100

Introduction to Heritage Management

Core

12

AY 100

Introduction to Archaeology

Core

12

CA 100

Art and Society

Core

12

CL 106

Communication Skills for Arts and Social Sciences

Core

12

PL 111

Introduction to Critical Thinking and Argumentation

Core

12

DS 112

Development Perspectives I

Core

12

Total                                                                                                                                     72

 

First Year: Semester II

HM 101

Tourism Development in African History

Core

12

HM 102

Basics in Archival Heritage

Core

12

HM 103

Heritage Conservation in Africa

Core

12

AY 101

Principles of Archaeology

Core

12

DS 113

Development Perspectives II

Core

12

A student must choose at least one of the following courses

HI 261

History of Tanzania

Elective

12

SO 115

Introduction to Culture and Society

Elective

12

Total                                                                                                                                                         72

First Special Practical Training during the long vacation

AY 120

Field Training in Archaeology (Survey)

Core

12

Second Year: Semester I

HM 200

Curation of Organic Materials

Core

12

HM 201

Curation of Inorganic Materials

Core

12

AY 203

African Civilizations

Core

12

GE 251

Tourism and Leisure

Core

12

A student must choose at least two of the following courses

LL 160

Basic French I

Elective

12

LL180

Advanced French I

Elective

12

AS 220

Pan-African Thought and Practice I

Elective

12

HI 262

History of East Africa

Elective

12

 

Total                                                                                                                                                           72

 

Second Year: Semester II

HM 202

Principles of Cultural Tourism Management

Core

12

HM 203

Conservation of Organic Materials

Core

12

HM 204

Conservation of Inorganic Materials

Core

12

AY 202

Human Evolution

Core

12

AY 214

Research Methods in Archaeology and Heritage

Core

12

A student may choose one of the following course

LL 161

Basic French II ≈

Elective

12

LL 181

Advanced French II ≈

Elective

12

AS 221

Pan-African Thought and Practice II

Elective

12

AY 209

Archaeological Methodology

Elective

12

Total                                                                                                                                        72

Second Special Practical Training during the long vacation

AY 230

Practical Training in Heritage Management

Core

12

 

Third Year: Semester I

 

HM 300

Ethics in Cultural Tourism

Core

12

AY 321

Heritage Laws

Core

12

HM 302

Museum Studies

Core

12

AY 302

Archaeology of Tanzania

Core

12

A student must choose at least one of the following courses

AY 306

Peoples and Cultures in Africa

Elective

12

GE 352

Natural Resource Management

Elective

12

GE 348

Disaster Management

Elective

12

LL 260

Basic French III ≈

Elective

12

LL 270

Advanced French III ≈

Elective

12

Total                                                                                                                                        72

 

Third Year: Semester II

HM 303

Architecture in Archaeology

Core

12

HM 304

Intangible Cultural Heritage Resources

Core

12

AY 301

Cultural Heritage Management

Core

12

HM 306

Marketing Heritage Resources

Core

12

HM 307

Heritage Conservation Planning

Core

12

A student must choose one  of the following courses

SO 393

Society, Culture and Health

Elective

12

AY 307

Recent Research Approaches in Archaeology

Elective

12

LL 261

Basic French IV ≈

Elective

12

LL 276

Functional French I ≈

Elective

12

Total                                                                                                                                        72

HM 399

Independent Project in Heritage Management  (Dissertation) ++

Elective

24

++A student who is invited to register AY 399 (Dissertation) which has 24 credits will have 72 credits.

≈ A student should opt for only one course of the LL pair as follows: 60 level for French beginners and 70 level for those who have passed basic level (e.g., those who studied French at A-level Secondary School)

Total minimum number of (core) credits for BA (Heritage Management Studies) is 376.