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                                                    PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

LEVEL 100          FIRST SEMESTER

Course Code

Course Title

Credits

*UGRC 110

 Academic Writing I

    3

*UGRC 120

Numeracy Skills

    3

*UGRC 130

Science and Technology in Our Lives

    3

*UGRC 150

Critical Thinking and Practical Reasoning

    3

GEOG 111

Introduction to Physical Geography  

    3

  

2 Courses from 2 other assigned Departments

    6

 

Minimum Credits Required

    15

*Note: Students to choose any 2 courses (6 credits) of the UGRC

 

SECOND SEMESTER

*Note: Students to choose any 2 courses (6 credits) of the UGRC

Course Code

Course Title

Credits

*UGRC 110

 Academic Writing I

    3

*UGRC 120

Numeracy Skills

    3

*UGRC 130

Science and Technology in Our Lives

    3

*UGRC 150

Critical Thinking and Practical Reasoning

    3

GEOG 112

Introduction to Human Geography

    3

  

2 Courses from 2 other assigned Departments

    6

 

Minimum Credits Required

    15

 

LEVEL 200 FIRST SEMESTER

Course Code

Course Title

Credits

*UGRC 210

Academic Writing II

    3

UGRC 220-238*

Introduction to African Studies

    3

GEOG 211

Introduction to Geographic Thought

    3

GEOG 213

Introduction to Weather and Climate

    3

  

2 Courses from the other assigned Department

    6

 

Minimum Credits Required

    15  

  *Note: Students to choose UGRC 210 or UGRC 220-238* (3 credits).

 

SECOND SEMESTER

Course Code

Course Title

  Credits

*UGRC 210

Academic Writing II

    3

UGRC 220-238*

Introduction to African Studies

    3

GEOG 212

Geomorphological Processes and Landforms

    3

GEOG 214

Principles and Methods of Cartography

    3

OTHER SUBJECT

2 Courses from the other assigned Department

    3

 

Minimum Credits Required

   15

*Note: Students to choose UGRC 210 or UGRC 220-238* (3 credits).

 

LEVEL 300 (GEOGRAPHY MAJOR/COMBINED)

FIRST SEMESTER

Geography Major student will take THREE core courses, at least ONE elective course and any

ONE course from the other assigned Department per semester. (15 credits)

A Combined major Geography student will take a total of THREE CORE courses per year and at least ONE elective course per semester.

                         PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

FIRST SEMESTER

Course Code

  Course Title

Credits

GEOG 321

Soils and Biogeography  

    3

GEOG 323

Regional Geography of Africa   (One region outside West Africa)

    3

GEOG 325

Theory and Practice of Geography                                

    3

 

Any  ONE Elective  Course (3 credits)

 

GEOG 327

Introduction to Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)  

    3

GEOG 331

Arid Lands

    3

  

Any ONE Course from the other assigned Department

    3

 

Minimum Credits Required

   15

 

SECOND SEMESTER

Course Code

Course Title

Credits

GEOG 322

Introduction to Resource Analysis

  3

GEOG 324

Regional Geography of West Africa with Special Reference to Ghana

  3

GEOG 326

Research Methods

  3

 

Any  ONE Elective  Course (3 credits)

 

GEOG. 328

Geography of Gender and Development in Africa

 3

GEOG 342

Climatology

 3

GEOG 344

Geographic Information System (GIS)

 3

  

Any ONE Course from the other assigned Department

 3

 

Minimum Credits Required

 15

 

LEVEL 400

A Geography Major student will take TWO core courses and at least TWO elective courses plus a mandatory Long Essay per semester. (15 credits)

A Combined Geography student will take a total of THREE core courses, including GEOG 401 (Regional Development) per year, and at least ONE elective course for each semester (15 credits).  A combined geography student writing a long essay will be required to take ONE core course per semester and at least one elective course in the year (15 credits).

                           PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

FIRST SEMESTER                               

Course Code

Course Title

Credits

GEOG 450

Long Essay

3

GEOG 451

Regional Development

    3

GEOG 453

Geography of the Developing World

    3

 

Elective  Courses

    3

GEOG 455

Rural Resources Development: Theories and Policies

    3

GEOG 457

Political Geography

    3

GEOG 459

Population Studies

    3

GEOG 463

Transportation Studies

    3

GEOG 465

The City: Origins, Internal Structure and Economic Function

    3

GEOG 467

Historical Geography of Africa

    3

GEOG 469

Agricultural Land use Theories and Policies

    3

GEOG 471

Geography of Tourism

    3

GEOG 473

Medical Geography

    3

GEOG 475

Industrial Location Theory and Practice

    3

GEOG 477

Pedology

    3

GEOG 479

Environmental Ecology

    3

GEOG 481

Climate and Society (Formerly,  Applied Climatology)

   3

GEOG 483

Tropical Geomorphology

   3

GEOG 485

Hydrology

   3

*GEOG 493

Theories and Analytical Methods for Integrated Disaster Risk

Reduction (IDRR)                

   3

 

SECOND SEMESTER

Course Code

Course Title

Credits

GEOG 450

LONG ESSAY

    3

GEOG 452

Techniques of Regional Science

    3

GEOG 454

Spatial Organization

    3

 

Elective  Courses

    3

GEOG 456

Rural Development Experiences

    3

GEOG 458

Population and Development

    3

GEOG 462

Transport and the Space Economy

    3

GEOG 464

Cities in Economic Development and Problems of  Urban Management

    3

GEOG 466

Historical Geography of North Western Europe

    3

GEOG 468

Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the Developing World

    3

GEOG 472

Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Health and Development

    3

GEOG 474

Industrialisation in the developing World

    3

GEOG 478

Tropical Biogeography

    3

GEOG 482

Tourism Development in the Third World

    3

GEOG 484

 Climatic Change: Arid and Semi arid Lands (Formerly,  Climatology of Arid and Semi-Arid Lands)

    3

GEOG 486

Applied Geomorphology

    3

GEOG 488

Soil Survey

    3

GEOG 4922

Environmental Hydrology

    3

GEOG 494

Geopolitics of Africa  

    3

GEOG 496

Policies and Strategies for Integrated Environmental Health  

(IEH)  And Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Urban Areas       

    3

1.  A Geography major student will need a minimum of 78 credits to graduate

2.  A combined major Geography student will need a minimum of 48 credits to graduate.