BA HONOURS IN SHONA (SSH)
Level 2: A student shall take and pass 2 core courses and 10 options from the list below
Level 3: A student shall take and pass 4 core courses and 4 options under Level 2 above, provided they were not taken
at Level 2, plus a dissertation
| Level | Course Code | Description | Prerequisite | Course Units | Status |
| 2 | HSH0440 | Shona Poetry | 10 | Core | |
| HSH0450 | Shona Drama | 10 | |||
| HSH0500 | Theoretical Aspects of African Literature | 10 | Optional | ||
| HSH0510 | Theories of Literature and Criticism | 10 | |||
| HSH0520 | Elements of Shona Linguistic Structure | 10 | |||
| HSH0530 | Theoretical Aspects of Shona Linguistic Structure | 10 | |||
| HSH0540 | Translation | 10 | |||
| HSH0550 | Lexicography | 10 | |||
| HSH0560 | Introduction to Ethnomusicology | 10 | |||
| HSH0570 | Ethnography and Organology | 10 | |||
| HSH0580 | Introduction to Acting and Performance | 10 | |||
| HSH0590 | Playmaking Workshop | 10 | |||
| HSH0600 | Shona Oral Literature | 10 | |||
| HSH0610 | Aspects of Shona Thought | 10 | |||
| HSH0620 | Theories and Methods in Ethnomusicology | 10 | |||
| HSH0630 | Trends in Ethnomusicology | 10 | |||
| HSH0640 | Introduction to Uses of Theatre | 10 | |||
| HSH0650 | Projects in Uses of Theatre | 10 | |||
| HSH0170 | Trends in Zimbabwean Literature | 20 | |||
| HSH0180 | Speech Styles and their Social Context | 20 | |||
| HSH0150 | General Linguistic Theory | 20 | |||
| HSH0160 | Sociolinguistics | 20 | |||
| 3 | HSH0700 | The Development of the Shona Novel | 10 | Core | |
| HSH0710 | Themes and Perspectives in the Shona Novel | 10 | |||
| HSH0720 | Shona Dialects | 10 | |||
| HSH0730 | Language Planning and Orthography | 10 | |||
| HSH3370 | Dissertation | 40 |
Note: The overall assessment of the Course, Practical Drama, will be done through the written examination (35%),
assignments (25%) and Drama (40%).
