Courses offered at University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM)

The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) (Swahili: Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam) is a public university located in Ubungo District, Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania. It was established in 1961 as an affiliate college of the University of London. The university became an affiliate of the University of East Africa (UEA) in 1963, shortly after Tanzania gained its independence from the United Kingdom.

In 1970, UEA split into three independent universities: Makerere University in Uganda, the University of Nairobi in Kenya, and the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania abbrivated as UDSM.

The university was originally created as the University College Dar es Salaam, an affiliate college of the University of London on October 25th 1961. The university was briefly located on Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) premises on Lumumba street, Dar es Salaam. The university would eventually move to its current location on the hill in the Ubungo district in 1964, after becoming a part of the University of East Africa. It initially only had the faculty of law with fourteen students of which one was female. 

The University Of Dar es Salaam became the first national university of Tanzania on July 1st, 1970.The university became more selective, and they created courses to fit the needs of the nation.  The university grew to six department of study.

List of Courses offered at University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM)

List of Courses

1. Bachelor of Science in Geology and Geothermal Resources
2. BA in Anthropology
3. BA in Archeology
4. BA in Archeology and Geography
5. BA in Archeology and History
6. BA in Art and Design
7. BA in Development Studies
8. BA in Film and Television
9. BA in Geography and Environmental Studies
10. BA in Heritage Management
11. BA in History
12. BA in Journalism
13. BA in Language Studies
14. BA in Literature
15. BA in Mass Communication
16. BA in Music
17. BA in Philosophy and Ethics
18. BA in Political Science and Public Administration
19. BA in Psychology
20. BA in Public Relations and Advertising
21. Bachelor of Arts in Literature
22. Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Public Administration
23. Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics
24. Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies
25. Bachelor of Arts in Diplomatic and Military History
26. Bachelor of Arts in Disaster Risk Management
27. Bachelor of Arts in Film and Television Studies
28. Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science
29. Bachelor of Arts in History Cultural Heritage Management and Tourism
30. Bachelor of Arts in Kiswahili
31. Bachelor of Arts in Language Studies
32. Bachelor of Arts in Law Enforcement
33. Bachelor of Arts with Education
34. Bachelor of Business Administration
35. Bachelor of Business Administration (Evening Programme)
36. Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting
37. Bachelor of Commerce in Banking and Financial Services
38. Bachelor of Commerce in Finance
39. Bachelor of Commerce in Human Resources Management
40. Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing
41. Bachelor of Commerce in Tourism and Hospitality Management
42. Bachelor of Education in Adult and Community Education
43. Bachelor of Education in Arts
44. Bachelor of Education in Commerce
45. Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Education
46. Bachelor of Education in Physical Education and Sport Sciences
47. Bachelor of Education in Psychology
48. Bachelor of Education in Science
49. Bachelor of Laws
50. Bachelor of Science in Chemical and Process Engineering
51. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
52. Bachelor of Science in Electronic Science and Communication
53. Bachelor of Science in Geology
54. Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
55. Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Sciences
56. Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Natural Resources Economics and Business
57. Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering and Mechanisation
58. Bachelor of Science in Applied Microbiology and Chemistry
59. Bachelor of Science in Applied Zoology
60. Bachelor of Science in Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries
61. Bachelor of Science in Beekeeping Science and Technology
62. Bachelor of Science in Botanical Sciences
63. Bachelor of Science in Business Information Technology
64. Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
65. Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Physics
66. Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
67. Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and Information Technology
68. Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
69. Bachelor of Science in Crop Science and Technology
70. Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering
71. Bachelor of Science in Engineering Geology
72. Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Technology
73. Bachelor of Science in Geomatics
74. Bachelor of Science in Geophysics
75. Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering
76. Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Statistics
77. Bachelor of Science in Metallurgy and Mineral Processing Engineering
78. Bachelor of Science in Microbiology
79. Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering
80. Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering
81. Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication Engineering
82. Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications Engineering
83. Bachelor of Science in Textile Design and Technology
84. Bachelor of Science in Textile Engineering
85. Bachelor of Science with Geology
86. BSc Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries
87. BSc in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
88. BSc in Petroleum Chemistry
89. BSc in Petroleum Engineering
90. BSc in Petroleum Geology
91. BSc in Quantity Surveying
92. BSc in Wildlife Science and Conservation
93. BSc with Geology
94. BSc. with Education
95. Certificate in Computer Science
96. Certificate in Journalism
97. Certificate in Law
98. Certificate in Sign Language Interpretation
99. Development Theory
100. Diploma in Computer Science
101. Diploma in Journalism
102. Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication
103. Doctor of Dental Surgery
104. Doctor of Medicine
105. Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biosciences (PhD MB)
106. Master of Arts in Development Studies
107. Master of Business Administration (MBA)
108. Master of Science in Physics
109. Masters of Science in Chemistry (Coursework and Dissertation)
110. Mining Engineering
111. MSc Biochemistry
112. MSc in Applied Botany
113. MSc in Applied Science of Materials
114. MSc in Botany
115. MSc in Mathematics
116. MSc in Biodiversity & Conservation
117. MSc in Applied Zoology
118. MSc in Mathematical Modelling
119. MSc with Education
120. PhD in Environmental Science
121. PhD in Botany
122. PhD in Mathematics
123. Political Thought for Development
124. Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) – Evening
125. Postgraduate Diploma in Meteorology

The university did not only develop academically and physically, it also developed a socialist ideology in line with TANU. Julius Nyerere believed that the university was not only a opportunity for the select few, but it came with responsibilities and duties to the nation.

In March of 1967, a conference was held to discuss how to tie the university more inline with the Arusha Declaration; this resulted in the creation of a TANU youth league on campus, less overseas faculty, and the mandatory course of Development Studies. These reforms and the change in the city of Dar es Salaam helped to cement the university as one of the capitals of revolution in Africa.

People like Museveni attracted by the ideological element came to the university to study and form hard left student groups on campus establishing a powerful leftist minority in the university. Despite the creation of a socialist environment, TANU wanted to control the university fully and with Nyerere’s installment as chancellor of the university; he solidified TANU socialism in the university and weakened far left student organizations outside TANU.

These attempts to control the university caused an eventual decline in socialist thought on campus, and by 1985 when Nyerere resigned the ideology had become faded on campus.

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