Spring 2027

Introduction to African History

Introduction to African History offers an introductory exploration of a thematic or chronological area of African history, with topics varying by instructor.

offering recorded3–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Khaled Esseissah3.5/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.39 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Evaluate and interpret a wide range of historical evidence in order to makearguments about changes over time in African societies

  • Identify multiple methodologies that historians use to study the African past

  • Interpret African history from different viewpoints and perspectives

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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AFRICAN/HISTORY 106

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.39 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

KHALED ESSEISSAH is recorded teaching in Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 450
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 450

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.39 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Thematic or chronological areas of African history
  • Historiographical methodologies for studying the African past
  • Multiple viewpoints and perspectives on African history

Skills

  • Evaluate and interpret historical evidence to argue about changes over time in African societies
  • Identify multiple methodologies used by historians to study the African past
  • Interpret African history from different viewpoints and perspectives

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AFRICAN/HISTORY 106 · Spring 2027

Introduction to African History

Recorded 2026-10-14
AFRICAN/HISTORY 106 · Spring 2027

African Civilizations

Recorded 2026-10-14
AFRICAN/HISTORY 106 · Spring 2027

Introduction to African History

Recorded 2026-10-14
AFRICAN/HISTORY 106 · Spring 2027

African Civilizations

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Recorded 2026-10-14

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