BACHELOR OF ARTS HONOURS HERITAGE AND ECONOMIC HISTORY (HEHK)
| Module Code | Module Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HEHK 101 | Introduction to Economic History and Heritage | The module introduces students to aspects of Economic History and Heritage, exploring its relevance to sustainable economic development. It demonstrates the link between Economic History and contemporary development trajectories. Students are prepared for succeeding years of study where they will be subjected to further discourses around heritage and sustainability. |
| HEHK 102 |
Research Methods in Economic History and Heritage |
This module exposes students to qualitative and quantitative research methodologies in Economic History and Heritage. Digital platforms for data analysis are also explored. The students will be better placed to appreciate their economic heritage and formulate heritage-based models in their research experience. |
| HEHK 103 |
Economy and Society in Africa |
The module examines the development of African economies from pre-colonial to contemporary times. It explores evolving production systems, marketing and consumption patterns and trends that shaped and continue to shape these shifts. Graduates will be informed on how to manage resource-based conflict and initiate policy formulation and design along lines of regional trade and integration as well as technological revolution in Africa. |
| HEHK 104 | Gender in Economic History | The module engages learners on foundational theories and concepts on how gender as a social construct, which affects both men and women, influences and is influenced by economic processes. Learning from history, the course equips graduates with tools to identify gender gaps and solutions in the allocation of resources, labour markets and in socio-political spaces. |
| HEHK 105 | Theories and Concepts in Sustainability and Economic Development | The module exposes students to theories and concepts on development in general and sustainable development more particularly. The students will be able to provide more informed solutions to development challenges in the day-to-day life of local and regional communities. |
| HEHK 106 | Economic and Social History of Europe | The module invokes students’ desire to contribute to unfolding debates and development trajectories in Europe, picking on major economic developments and themes. Students will learn from the successes and failures of other economies in order to offer solutions that are relevant to the unique circumstances of the country and the wider world. |
| HEHK 201 | Livelihoods Sustainability and Economic Development | The module examines discourses around changing livelihoods in Africa. It discusses wealth, poverty and inequality in different contexts. Its contribution to the student’s profile is in its ability to stimulate innovative ideas towards enhancing local livelihoods in rural and urban contexts. In turn, the students apply heritage and indigenous knowledge systems to grapple with the extent to which livelihoods have been shaped by historical legacies. |
| HEHK 202 | Zimbabwean Economy and Society | An all-round graduate is produced who becomes an expert in designing heritage-based economic solutions. This is a comprehensive study of the Zimbabwean economy and society which is divided into three specific time frames. The first stretches from the Early Stone Age societies up to the eve of colonization, while the second focuses on the Rhodesian colonial economy from 1890 up to 1965, and the last from 1965 to the contemporary period. Key themes such as agriculture, mining and manufacturing, as well as sustainability and the environment are examined. The module also explores indigenous knowledge systems and pre-colonial thought and production systems, with emphasis on a historiographical approach. |
| HEHK 203 | Economics for Economic Historians | This module bridges the gap between economics and economic history. Students are equipped with skills in economic and quantitative analysis to enable them to deal with problems that affect policy and decision making. This culminates in a graduate who is capable of producing innovative economic guidelines for stakeholders, based on the understanding of economic theory and statistical tools. |
| HEHK 204 | Finance in History | The module engages students on key concepts and theories that make them financially literate. It moulds graduates into competent financial services consultancy experts who work closely with economists in order to tame financial crises that have ruined world economies over time. Students will be in a position to critique the various forms of interventions proffered to rescue economies from the grueling impacts of recessions and downturns. |
| HEHK 205 | Labour Dynamics in History | Labour dynamics are at the centre of economies. Without labour, production and even consumption would not exist, at least in the way we know it. The module enables students to account for labour trajectories in history from slavery to the contemporary world. The students will acquire analytical skills in their engagement with labour laws that inform the rights and obligations of employees on the job market. |
| HEHK 206 | Development of Economic Thought | The module takes students into the work of economic thinking as it evolved in different regions of the world. While it acknowledges traditional economic thinkers and their ideas, the module decolonizes economic thought by bringing into the discussion the development of various other economic thoughts from around the world. |
| HEHK 301 | Work Related Learning | This component provides students with work experience and networking on a continuous assessment basis. It provides industry with the opportunity to identify talents and potential skills. It is a structured, credit-bearing work experience in a professional setting during which the student applies and acquires knowledge and skills through hands-on observation and job execution with a view to innovation and wealth creation. |
| HEHK 302 | Environment and Development in the Third World | Students will examine the interaction of development and the environment. It looks at how communities have adopted and adapted to the environment for sustainable livelihoods. The module also explores the challenges that have been imposed by the environment such as epidemics and pandemics, droughts and other natural disasters. It further explores opportunities and crises presented by the environment and how these can all be appropriated to forge sustainable development. |
| HEHK 303 | Industrialisation and Innovation | The module provides students with a solid background on historical experiences of innovation, economic development/transformation and industrialisation (also urbanisation). It historicises developmental trajectories from selected parts of the world which were informed by industrial processes and technological innovations. The module also exposes students to other forms of innovations such as social and economic innovations. Students will identify the practical needs of the country and develop models that contribute to the country’s vision. |
| HEHK 304 | African Monetary and Financial Heritage | This module examines how African societies managed their economies since the pre-colonial period. It explores the impact of globalisation on societies and how Africans were able to change and adapt to global forces while retaining their core values. It therefore provides a background to the current monetary policies in Africa. The course equips students with skills to set up monetary consultancy services. |
| HEHK 305 | Asian Economy and Society | This module examines the rapid economic and social developments that occurred in Asia from the Meiji period to the rise of the Four Asian Tigers (Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea). It analyses the debates on the heritage-based Confucianism industrial framework adopted by China to compete on the global market. The students will develop research models that unpacks the political economy of the new Asian tigers and dragons so as to draw parallels with the Zimbabwean experience. |
| HEHK 307 | Food Security and Food Sovereignty | Food security is integral to livelihoods. The module introduces students to debates around food security and food sovereignty, and the impacts thereof on livelihoods. It also unravels the dangers of food insecurity and how it can threaten livelihoods. Students will also engage in the debates surrounding the novel concept of food sovereignty, beyond food security and discuss ways of promoting food sovereignty. Students will, thus, be able to appreciate challenges facing humanity regarding livelihoods and to contribute to policy research on innovative ways to guarantee food security and sovereignty at the household, community and national levels |
| HEHK 306 | Disaster Risk Climate Change and Economic Development | Economies have often been affected by both climate change and disasters; hence, the module analyses discourses that reflect on the extent of impact of such calamities. The module will take a survey approach in order to examine various economies, including Zimbabwe. Students will innovate by proffering possible solutions to the growing impact of climate change and natural and man-made disasters. |
| HEHK 401 | Comparative Historical Economic Development | This module provides a historiographical approach to analyses debates around comparative economic development. It places emphasis on the changing debates and interpretations of economic phenomena in comparative terms. It revisits some of the debates on economic developments on emerging economies and picks on topical themes. Students will become experts in consultancy services where business models from various cases are drawn, including Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, as well as Africa, to a limited extent, from the colonial times to the contemporary period. |
| HEHK 402 | Heritage and Sustainable Development |
This module explores the intersection of heritage and sustainable economic development. It examines debates on why heritage was long absent from the mainstream sustainable development discourses in spite of its importance to societies and its potential contribution to economic and environmental goals. Graduates will locate the role of heritage in creativity and sustainable economic development more broadly. This module asks: What are intangible (living heritage) and tangible cultural heritage? How are both related to sustainable development? How are they relevant for addressing today’s development challenges in areas such as those in education, health, gender inequalities, unemployment, ecological degradation, poverty, natural disasters and conflict? Why is it important to keep heritages alive? Communities around the world are transmitting their living heritage, which gives better meaning and sense to their lives, strengthens resilience, and contributes to their well-being. In this way (in)tangible cultural heritage and sustainable development are closely linked. The international community made a commitment to safeguarding living and non-living heritage when it adopted the Convention for the Safeguarding of the (In)tangible Cultural Heritage in 2003 and it set itself ambitious goals by adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This course helps to understand the connections between heritage and sustainable development. By taking this module learners will gain a better understanding of (in)tangible cultural heritage and its relationships with sustainable development, exploring examples and experiences of communities specifically from Zimbabwe, Africa and from around the world more broadly. By joining the module learners are invited to rethink development from a culture perspective! |
| HEHK 403 | Contemporary Economies | This module is foundational and is offered to all students in the department from undergraduate to postgraduate level. It equips learners to engage with topical economic debates and processes as they unfold globally, but more specifically in Zimbabwe, and Africa. By joining the module, the learners will apply their economic theory to contemporary economic and development trajectories. |
| HEHK 470 | Project | Students will be expected to research on a project that examines past economic processes and on issues that speak to discourses on sustainable economic development. Projects should range from 6000 to 15000 words. At the conclusion of the project, students become experts in consultancy work which requires evidence-based findings in confronting economic challenges and opportunities. |
| HEHK 404 | Heritage Entrepreneurship |
This module deals with challenges and barriers related toThe module analyses concepts, features and practices of Heritage Entrepreneurship. It focuses on the influences of history and culture on start-ups and businesses within the context of Cultural and Natural Heritage Resource Management such as artefacts, monuments, museums, wildlife and wilderness. The module encourages students to interrogate heritage-based business concepts, ideas, start-ups and enterprises to establish their ventures that produce important and profitable goods and services for communities and Zimbabwe more generally. It engages students to debate, design and produce portfolios of sustainable heritage entrepreneurial ventures both for learning and livelihood purposes. Businesses are the backbone of the economy. Entrepreneurs play an important role in developing the economy through providing the needed products and services including the solution to the problem of unemployment. Entrepreneurship is encouraged by the economy because it can provide a lot of opportunities for unemployed people. It will increase per capita income, improve the standard of living, increase individual savings, and provide revenue to the government in the form of income tax, value-added tax, export duties, import duties, and balanced regional development. lack of financial resources, access to market and innovation, intellectual property rights and efforts towards economic recovery by African communities. Students will strive to set up heritage-based projects and also advise upcoming entrepreneurs on access to capital, technology, entrepreneurial capability, market conditions and entrepreneurial culture, among others. |
