YEAR ONE: FIRST SEMESTER
Course Code Title Credit
Departmental Courses
HIS 101 Introduction to History 2
HIS 102 Introduction to International Studies 2
HIS 111 Nigeria up to 1800 A.D. 3
HIS 103 Major World Civilizations 3
Inter Faculty Course
SOC. 101 Introduction to sociology I 2
General Studies
GSS 101 Use of English I 2
GSS 107 Nigeria Peoples and Cultures 2
Total 16
YEAR ONE: SECOND SEMESTER
Course Code Title Credit
Departmental Courses
HIS 105 Introduction to economic history 2
HIS 122 West Africa from 1800 to present 2
HIS 131 Europe to the Age of the French
Revolution 3
HIS 161 Fundamentals of International Studies 2
General Studies
GSS 102 Use of English II 2
GSS 103 Introduction to logic and philosophy 2
Inter Faculty Course
SOC. 102 Introduction to sociology II 2
Total 15
YEAR TWO: FIRST SEMESTER
Course Code Title Credit
Departmental Courses
HIS 121 Africa: 1500 to 1800 A.D. 3
HIS 201 Introduction to Archaeology 2
HIS 211 Nigeria in the 19th Century 2
HIS 231 History of RUSSIA 1800 to 1917 2
HIS 162 Evolution of Diplomacy 2
HIS 241 History of the USA since 1865
Elective Course
FRE 101 Elementary French I 2
Total 15
YEAR TWO: SECOND SEMESTER
Course Code Title Credit
Departmental Courses
HIS 123 North Africa from the first conquest of
Egypt to 1800 2
HIS 267 International Law and Diplomacy 2
HIS 217 Economic History of Nigeria in the
19th and 20th Centuries 2
HIS 213 Archaeology of Nigeria Revolution 2
HIS 232 Europe from the French Revolution
World War II 2
Elective Course
FRE 102 Elementary French II 2
Total 12
YEAR THREE: FIRST SEMESTER
Course Code Title Credit
Departmental Courses
HIS 212 Constitutional Development of Nigeria 2
HIS 221 East and Central Africa since 1800 AD 2
HIS 261 International Institutions and
Organizations 2
HIS 301 Philosophy of History 2
HIS 311 Nigeria: 1900 to 1970 2
Elective Course
CSC 101 Introduction to computer programme 2
General Studies Course
GSS 104 Introduction to History and Philosophy of Science 2
Total 14
YEAR THREE: SECOND SEMESTER
Course Code Title Credit
Departmental Courses
HIS 215 Igboland from the earliest times to 1900AD 2
HIS 222 Southern Africa since 1800AD 2
HIS 242 Themes in Latin America and
the Caribbean History 2
HIS 223 Africa and Europe imperialism 2
HIS 263 Introduction to Strategic studies 2
Elective Course
CSC 102 Computer Application to History 2
Total 12
YEAR FOUR: FIRST SEMESTER
Course Code Title Credit
Departmental Courses
HIS 302 History of the common wealth 2
HIS 303 Comparative Industrial growth
and Developments of USA,
Britain and Japan 2
HIS 331 USSR Politics and Diplomacy since 1917 2
HIS 341 America Diplomacy since the 20th Century 2
HIS 341 Contemporary History of the middle East 2
HIS 312 Nigeria’s Foreign Policy 2
Total 12
YEAR FOUR: SECOND SEMESTER
Course Code Title Credit
Departmental Courses
HIS 321 Problems and prospects of regional
economic development in Africa 2
HIS 322 Islam in West Africa 2
HIS 342 Economic History of the USA.
Since the 19th Century 2
HIS 323 Africa and the outside World 2
HIS 361 East/West Relations since 1945 2
HIS 371 Research Techniques and Methodology 2
Total 12
YEAR FIVE: FIRST SEMESTER
Course Code Title Credit
Departmental Courses
HIS 362 Strategic issues in the 20th century 2
HIS 324 Problems and issues in Africa
historiography 2
HIS 401 Evolution of modern forms of
government
(Parliamentary, presidential, etc) 3
HIS 421 Christianity in West Africa 3
Total 10
YEAR FIVE: SECOND SEMESTER
Course Code Title Credit
Departmental Courses
HIS 424 Modern Africa Political thought 2
HIS 402 War and peace since the 20th Century 2
HIS 461 Foreign policies of major world powers 2 Total 6
YEAR SIX: FIRST SEMESTER
Course Code Title Credit
Departmental Courses
HIS 411 Nigeria since 1970 3
HIS 422 The Military in African Politics 3
HIS 425 African International Relations 3
Total 9
YEAR SIX: SECOND SEMESTER
Course Code Title Credit
Departmental Courses
HIS 412 Igboland in the 20th Century 3
HIS 426 Nationalism and Nation
Building in Africa 3
HIS 481 Project Report 6
Total 12