History Department

​ ​​ Semester 1 

13463 - His 114 (1​2) 

Introduction to the main global patterns and developments in history (3L,1T) 

• Nomadic societies
• The agricultural revolution and the emergence of established societies
• The development of complex societies
• The emergence of modernity and the industrial revolution
• The historical construction of the modern globalising world
  

​ Semester 2 

13463 - His 144 (12) 

Survey of South African History (3L,1T) 

• Debates on the settlement of population groups in South Africa
• Clashes in the interior: the historical significance of 19th-century migrations
• The mineral revolution and its impact on modern South Africa
• Afrikaner nationalism as a historical factor
• Segregation and apartheid
• Black nationalism and politics in the 20th century
• South Africa and the outside world