Undergraduate Courses

GENERAL INFORMATION:

  1. All Level 100 and 200 courses are compulsory
  2. Sociology Major Students are expected to take a minimum of 18 credits (3 core and at least one elective) from the Department in each semester).  
  3. All students combining with Sociology are expected to take a minimum of 9 credits which must include the first 3 core courses listed each semester
  4. All minoring students are expected to take a minimum of 6 credits, which should include the first two core courses listed each semester.
  5. Students should not duplicate courses in other Social Science Departments (see further explanations for Levels 300 and 400 courses below).

 

Course Code Title
SOCI 204/224 Social Structure of Modern Ghana

Credit Hours - 3

Concept of social structure; Social change: transition from tradition to modernity: impact of colonialism; Demographic changes: rural-urban migration; Political institution in transition: democratic governance, local government structure (District Assemblies); Religious institution in transition: the impact of Christianity and Islam; Family and functions, family in transition; new marriage markets: inheritance and interstate succession law; Economic modernization, Formal education and new elites; Social stratification, Health institutions in transition; Contemporary social issues and problems: urbanization and urban life, bribery and corruption, ethnicity, etc.

SOCI 203/223 Traditional Ghanaian Social Institutions

Credit Hours - 3

The Social Structure of Ghana; The land, people and their spatial distribution; Traditional world view;  Family, kinship and lineage system; Population trends in traditional societies; Traditional religious beliefs and their social functions; Witchcraft, magic, sorcery and divination; Traditional Economy: land tenure system, modes of production and distribution; Chieftaincy: structure and function; Modes of socialization: Rites of passage; Crime and crime Control in Traditional Societies.

SOCI 202/ 222 Comparative Social Institutions

Credit Hours - 3

Nature and functions of social institutions; Social institutions in comparative perspective; Marriage, family and kinship systems; Religion and modes of religious expression; Political Organizations: the maintenance of law and order in contrasting political systems; Formal organizations and bureaucracy; Contemporary social issues: population and development, ethnicity, bribery and corruption, problems of the urban and rural environments.

SOCI 201/ 221 Basic Concepts in Sociology

Credit Hours - 3

Context and origin of sociology; Major founders of Sociology; Sociology and other social sciences; Sociological imagination/mindfulness; Importance of social research and sociological methods for investigating the social world: social surveys and field studies, tools for gathering data: questionnaires, participant and non-participant observation; interviews, focus- group discussions, uses of documentary sources and historical materials, ethical issues etc.; Sociological concepts and terms for analyzing society and culture: social structure, institutions; social functions; social system, social change etc.; Socialization; Social and gender stratification; Family and other social institutions; Deviance and social control; Population, communities and urbanization; Uses of sociological knowledge and careers in Sociology.