UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
DAR ES SALAAM UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (DUCE)

Faculty of Humanities and Social Science-Academic Undergraduate

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - Undergraduate Studies

The Faculty offers two bachelor degrees: Bachelor of Arts with Education (BA. Ed.) and Bachelor of Arts in Disaster Risk Management (DRM). Studies in the two programmes are semesterized and students enrolled in any of the programs are supposed to register and study all compulsory courses offered in all semesters according to the programme enrolled. 

All students pursuing BA (Ed.) take two major courses (Teaching Subject # 1 and Teaching Subject # 2) from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Development Studies, Communication Skills and Pedagogy courses from the Faculty of Education. There are several combinations of two teaching subjects from this Faculty, e.g. Economics and Geography (EC&GE), Geography and Kiswahili (GE&KI), Kiswahili and History (KI&HI), Literature and Linguistics (LT&LL), Literature and Kiswahili (LT&KI), Linguistics and Kiswahili (LL&KI), Linguistics and French (LL), Economics and History (EC&HI), Political Science and Economics (PS&EC) and Political Science and Geography (PS&EC, Political Science and History.

Students who take language-only courses, e.g. Literature and Kiswahili or Linguistics and Kiswahili are called: Language B.A. Education. Students who take non-language courses, e.g. Geography and History or Economics and Political Science are called: Non-language B.A. Education. Those students majoring in two areas, language and non-language courses, e.g. Kiswahili and History are called: Language and Non-language B.A. Education. 

1. TEACHING SUBJECTS 

There are 8 teaching subjects in the FoHSS. The teaching subjects, as per secondary and teacher education systems in Tanzania are as follows:

  1. Geography (GE)
  2. Economics (EC)
  3. History (HI)
  4. French (LL)
  5. English (LL)
  6. Literature (LT)
  7. Kiswahili (KF/KI)
  8. Political Science (PS)

The various contents of these subjects are offered in 8 academic units (in 3 departments):

  1. Geography
  2. Economics
  3. History
  4. Linguistics (Including Communication Skills)
  5. Literature
  6. Kiswahili
  7. French
  8. Political Science, Development studies
  9.  Public Administration

There are 3 Faculty-wide mandatory courses as follows:

  1. CL 106: Communication Skills                        [12 credits]
  2. DS 112: Development Perspective I    [12 credits]
  3. DS 113: Development Perspective II   [12 credits]

 

Since BA (Education) students are teacher trainees, they must take education courses from the Faculty of Education (FoE) at DUCE. All students in the FoHSS must take core courses from the FoE. The Faculty of Education offers two teaching method courses: CT 106 for those taking language subjects such as English, French or Kiswahili and CT 107 for those taking non-language subjects such as History, Geography, Political Science and Public Administration and Economics. The Language + Non-language B.A. Education must take both CT 106 and CT 107. 

 

2. COURSE CREDITS AND COURSE DELIVERY IN THE FoHSS

In order to graduate, students in the FoHSS at DUCE are supposed to have completed 456 credits. The division of credits is as follows for Bachelor of Arts with Education (B.A.Ed.):

  • One Art teaching subject (e.g. Geography, Kiswahili, History etc.)

132    credits

  • Another Arts teaching subject (e.g. Economics, French, Literature etc.)

132    credits

  • Education courses (courses and                    

 156    credits

  • Faculty-wide courses (DS and CL)      

  36    credits

For language B.A. Education, non-language B.A. Education and language + non-language B.A. Education, their courses are distributed per semester as shown in Table 1 and Table 2 below.

First Year Semester I: The limit is 72 credits, because DS 112 has 12 credits.

First Year Semester II: Given the need to take DS 113, CL 106 and CT 100 (accounting for 36 credits), students are needed to take fewer credits in one of the content courses. That is, students will take two courses from one Teaching Subject and one course from the other, to get 36 credits which, when added to 36 credits sum up to 72 credits.

Second Year - Semester I: Given that students who combine language and non-language subjects must take CT 106, CT 107 and EP 101, they need, during second year, semester I, to take 36 credits instead of 48 from the content subjects. That is, students will take two courses from one Teaching Subject and one course from the other, to get 36 credits which, when added to the 36 credits sum up to 72 credits.

 

Year of Study  

Semester 1

 

Semester II

 

Year Total

 Year

 Course

Credits

 Course

Credits

 

1st year

Teaching Subject 1

(two courses)

24

Teaching Subject 1

(two courses)

24

 

Teaching Subject 2

(two courses)

24

Teaching Subject 2

(one course)

12

EF 100

12

CT 100

12

DS112

12

DS113

12

 

 24

CL106

12

Sub-total

72

 

72

144

2nd Year

Teaching Subject 1

(two courses) 

24

Teaching Subject 1

(two courses) 

24

 

Teaching Subject 2

(two courses)

24

Teaching Subject 2

(two courses) 

24

CT 106 or CT107

12

CT 200

12

EP 101

12

 

 

CT 201

12

 

 

CT 101 (First year Teaching Practices)

12

 

 

 

48

 

 

Sub-total

96

 

60

156

3rd Year

Teaching Subject 1

(two courses)

24

Teaching Subject 1

(two courses)

24

 

Teaching Subject 2

(two courses) 

24

Teaching Subject 2

(two courses)

24

EA 303

12

EF 303

12

EP 306

12

EP 300

12

CT 202 (Second Year Teaching Practice)

12

 

 

 

Sub-total

84

 

72

156

Programme Total Credits

456

 

3.  COURSES OFFERED IN THE PROGRAMME BY DEPARTMENTS

The following courses are offered in the various academic credits in the FoHSS:

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND GEOGRAPHY

 

ECONOMICS

Code

Course Title

Status

Credits

First Year: Semester I

EC 116

Introductory Microeconomic Analysis I

Core

12

EC 117

Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis I

Core

12

Semester II

 

 

EC 126

Introductory Microeconomic Analysis II

Core

12

EC 127

Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis II

Core

12

SECOND YEAR: Semester I

 

 

EC 216

Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis I

Core

12

EC 217

Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis I

Core

12

Semester II 

 

 

EC 226

Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis II

Core

12

EC 227

Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis II

Core

12

THIRD YEAR: Semester I 

 

 

EC 371

Monetary Economics I

Core

12

EC 373

International Economics I

Core

12

Semester II 

 

 

EC 381

Monetary Economics II

Core

12

EC 383

International Economics II

Core

12

 

GEOGRAPHY

FIRST YEAR: Semester I 

Status

Credits

GE 140

Introduction to Physical Geography

Core

12

GE 142

Spatial Organization

Core

12

Semester II 

 

 

GE 144

Surveying and mapping science

Core

12

GE 141

Climatology

core

12

SECOND YEAR: Semester I

 

 

GE 244

Quantitative Methods in Geography

Core

12

GE 240

Soil Resources

Core

12

                        Semester II 

 

 

GE 245

Remote Sensing

Core

12

GE 247

Population Studies

Core

12

THIRD YEAR: Semester I 

 

 

GE 249

Research Methods in Geography

Core

12

GE 352

Natural Resources Management

Core

12

 

Semester II 

 

 

GE 353

Geographical Information Systems

Core

12

GE 349

The Geography of Africa

Core

12

 

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE

 

ENGLISH

Status

Credits

FIRST YEAR: Semester I 

 

 

LL 101

Introduction to Linguistic Structure

Core

12

LL 212

Introduction to English Structure and Function

Core

12

Semester II 

 

 

LL 114

English Language Practice

Core

12

LL 102

Social and Biological Aspects of Language

core

12

SECOND YEAR: Semester I

 

 

LL 215

Dialects of English

Core

12

LL 219

Introductory English Phonetics & Phonology

Core

12

Semester II 

 

 

LL 214

English Structure

Core

12

LL 202

Morphology

Core

12

THIRD YEAR: Semester I 

 

 

LL 317

Introduction English Pragmatics

Core

12

LL 201

Linguistic Theory

Core

12

Semester II 

 

 

LL 314

Second Language Acquisition

Core

12

LL 302

Sociolinguistics

Core

12

 

 

 

 

FRENCH

 

 

FIRST YEAR: Semester I 

Status

Credits

LL 180

Advanced French I

Core

12

LL 182

Introduction to Francophone Literature

Core

12

Semester II 

 

 

LL 181

Advanced French II

Core

12

LL 183

French Oral Literature from Africa

Core

12

SECOND YEAR: Semester I

 

 

LL 280

Advanced French III

Core

12

LL 284

Introduction to Translation

Core

12

Semester II 

 

 

LL 281

Advanced French IV

Core

12

LL 287

French Phonetics and Phonology

Core

12

THIRD YEAR: Semester I 

 

 

LL 380

Advanced French V

Core

12

LL 384

Translation I

Core

12

Semester II 

 

 

LL 381

Advanced French VI

Core

12

LL 387

French Morphology and Syntax

Core

12

 

LITERATURE

 

 

FIRST YEAR: Semester I 

 

 

LT 110

Introduction to Literary Theories

core

12

LT 111

African Literature

core

12

Semester II 

 

 

LT 112

Introduction to Literary Devices

core

12

LT 116

Literature and Society

core

12

SECOND YEAR: Semester I

 

 

LT 210

Poetry 

core

12

LT 214

Development of the Novel

core

12

Semester II 

 

 

LT 213

Modern Literary Theory

core

12

LT 212

Drama

core

12

THIRD YEAR: Semester I 

 

 

LT 310

African Women Writers

core

12

LT 311

Theory and Practice of Publishing

core

12

Semester II 

 

 

LT 312

Language and Literature

core

12

LT 315

African American Literature

core

12

 

KISWAHILI

 

FIRST YEAR:

Status

Credits

 

Semester I

 

 

KF 102

Utangulizi wa Fasihi ya Kiswahili (Simulizi na Andishi)

Core

12

KI 107

Utangulizi wa Misingi ya Isimu ya Kiswahili

Core

12

 

Semester II

 

 

KF 103

Nadharia na Uhakiki wa Fasihi ya Kiswahili

Core

12

KI 117

Utangulizi wa Misingi ya Uandishi wa Kiswahili

Core

12

 

SECOND YEAR:

 

 

 

Semester I

 

 

KF 223

Ushairi wa Kiswahili

Core

12

KI 208

Fonolojia ya Kiswahili

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Semester II

 

 

KI 209

Mofolojia ya Kiswahili

Core

12

 

 

THIRD YEAR:

 

 

 

Semester I

 

 

KF 318

Riwaya ya Kiswahili

Core

12

KI 310

Sintaksia ya Kiswahili

Core

12

 

Semester II

 

 

KI 311

Semantiki na Pragmatiki ya Kiswahili

Core

12

KF 319

Tamthiliya ya Kiswahili

Optional

12

KI 316

Nadharia ya Tafsiri

Optional

12