Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA

Department: History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Survey begins with early human settlement, African-European encounters, and the creation of a slave-based colonial society. Explores African state formation and British colonial expansion, focusing on frontier wars. The 19C mineral revolution stimulated industrial development. Examines the origins of apartheid, resistance, and liberation and the challenges of post-apartheid nation-building.