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GEOG 325: Theory and Practice of Geography

The course will focus on the scientific method and its adoption in Geography, philosophy and logic in the social sciences, laws, theories and models and their application in geography and the Science of Geography (Is Geography a science).The quantitative...

GEOG 324-Regional Geography of West Africa, with Special Reference to Ghana

West Africa as a region will be examined, as will physical environmental challenges and the human responses as well as the patterns of economic activity with emphasis on Ghana.  The prospects of access: there will be a detailed study of West Africa as a...

GEOG 323: Regional Geography of Africa (One region outside West Africa)

The course will deal with the physical environment and its challenges, the patterns of human activity and the geographical basis of regional co-operation. Other aspects of the physical environment including geology, soils, relief, climate and vegetation;...

GEOG 322-Introduction to Resource Analysis

GEOG 322-Introduction to Resource Analysis
The course will deal with the growing concern about natural resources, development and the environment within the broad context of the ecology of resource processes and analyses of socioeconomic and environmental...

GEOG 214-Principles and Methods of Cartography

The course is designed to introduce students to the principles and methods of map making and to equip them with the skills for interpreting the features on maps and extracting information from maps. The approach will include practical sessions on map...

GEOG 213-Introduction to Weather and Climate

This is an introductory survey of weather components and processes and their measurements.  It will examine climate elements and their control factors, data aggregation and representation, geographic classification of climatic and vegetation types, scope...

GEOG 212-Geomorphological Processes and Landforms

Topics to be treated include earth materials, structure and endogenic processes and forms, origin and mode of occurrence of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, rock forming minerals, tectonic effects on rocks and their landform expressions, faulting...

GEOG 112-Introduction to Human Geography

The course seeks to expose students to the dominant themes which form important segments of Geography as a discipline. Question such as What is Geography? (what, where, why and when questions) and What is human Geography? (various approaches to the study of...

GEOG 111 -Introduction to Physical Geography

The course is designed to examine the problems of the physical environment including climate, soils and vegetation as a foundation for GEOG 202 and GEOG 301. Specific areas include nature and scope, rocks, weathering and mass wasting, slopes, introduction to...

GEOG 49-Theories and Analytical Methods for Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction (IDRR)

This course will introduce students to concepts of environmental health, disaster events, and disaster profiling in urban Ghana. It is intended to equip students with a deeper understanding of concepts on environmental health and disaster risk reduction, thus...

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