With a growing middle class and an expanding economy, Ghana’s hospitality industry is booming. Many international standard hotels, restaurants and entertainment centers are being established across the length and breadth of the country. Thus, a UCC BSc in Hospitality Management puts one at a vantage position to explore career opportunities in such establishments. 40 Opportunities also abound in event management, travel and tours as well as various government agencies.  

OBJECTIVES:

• To train high calibre personnel to meet the human resource needs of the fledgling tourism and hospitality industry in the country;
• To provide opportunity for people, including hospitality practitioners and tourism planners to upgrade their professional knowledge and proficiency in hospitality management;
• To facilitate the academic progression of career hospitality staff through exposure to best practices in hospitality provision; and
• To enhance students conceptual and theoretical knowledge of issues of hospitality and tourism.

This programme offers an exciting opportunity for students to take a variety of courses which will broaden their knowledge of the hospitality industry and build their capacities to manage various hospitality establishments such as hotels, restaurants, resorts etc. Students therefore from a practical experience needed to excel in the industry in addition to the classroom based knowledge acquisition.  

Applicants must have passes in any three (3) elective subjects including two of the following: Geography, Economics, Government, History, Biology, Chemistry, Business Management, Elective Mathematics, Management in Living and Food and Nutrition.  

The specific objectives are to:

• Empower students to develop affinity for and understanding of the increasing global inter-dependence of peoples and cultures;
• Develop in students skills and attitudes that will enable them participate in solving the problems of their communities, countries and the world at large;
• Enable students adapt to knowledge gained in decision-making roles in society which require local, national and international perspectives and competence;
• Enable students achieve personal and professional growth within geographic education; and
• Enable students to acquire skills and perspectives for life-long learning.

Target group The programme targets various strands of people: young academics wishing to enhance their knowledge; professionals working in the civil/public services as well as with non-governmental organisations (NGOs); and managers of utilities and services.

The Master of Arts programme in Geography is to produce middle-level graduates with the requisite knowledge and skills to think and analyse geographic issues critically in the competitive global world.

The specific objectives are to:

1. Build the capacity of students to critically analyse multi-disciplinary geographic issues in the globalizing world; 

2. Develop the skills of students to undertake independent research to inform public policy; and

3. Equip students with the relevant skills to enable them participate in decision making processes at the local, regional and national levels. 

The main aim of the postgraduate programmes in Geography and Regional Planning is to provide students with the necessary tools to think critically and function independently in a globally competitive world.

Candidates applying for each of the programmes must have at least a Second Class Lower Division degree in Geography or related disciplines including Economics, Sociology, Development Studies, Business Management, Agriculture Science, Mathematics, Statistics and Biological Sciences. Applicants would also have to pass an interview to be conducted at the Department.  

Programme Structure            Students have two academic years to complete the programme. However, those who opt to do part-time will be given an additional year. The first year of the programme would be used for course work which covers two semesters while the second year is devoted to the research component where students prepare a thesis based on an approved topic.

Chemists play a crucial role in mining companies. They also play roles in the field of health, undertaking research into drugs for cure of diseases like cancer. Their work results in the development and bulk production of products like washing powders, rubbers, plastics, paint, and vaccines, among others.    You can also be employed as:     Chemist with Pharmaceutical companies

  Chemistry teacher

 Soil chemist/scientists

 Laboratory researcher

 Work at industries

The B.Sc Chemistry programme covers the composition and mechanism behind all tangible and observable materials that can be seen with the naked eye. Scientists believe that all observable materials are made up of small tiny particles called atoms. The programme teaches student how the atoms which cannot be seen with the naked eye interact to produce the objects that are seen. Our students are taught how to measure the fractions of the different kinds of atoms, the rate of the reactions within the materials, as well as their chemical properties. It is both a laboratory and a field-based programme in which the Chemist get to the ground, gathers materials, and takes them to the laboratory for analysis. Students are trained in various branches of chemistry including inorganic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, organic chemistry, as well as physical chemistry. The programme seeks to imbibe an understanding of the effects that the application of temperature and pressure can have on the transformation of solids, liquids and gases in students.

Applicants must obtain passes in Chemistry, Physics and either Elective Mathematics or Biology. 

Aim: 

The aim of the programme is to produce graduates with knowledge and skills in Human Geography, Physical Geography, and Geospatial Information Science (GIScience).

Objectives:

The objectives of the programme are to:

• Equip students with the skills to study the environment from various disciplinary perspectives and thematic angles;
• Build the capacity of students to adapt knowledge gained in decision-making and implementation roles in society which require local, national and international perspectives and competence; and
• Develop the skills of students to cultivate an open-minded attitude towards independent learning capacity necessary for research and life-long learning.

The main aim of the postgraduate programmes in Geography and Regional Planning is to provide students with the necessary tools to think critically and function independently in a globally competitive world.

Post-Senior Secondary School Candidates

Candidates must obtain passes in Core English, Core Mathematics and Integrated Science or Social Studies. In addition, candidates must have passes in three (3) elective subjects including two (2) of the following:

• Geography
• Economics
• Government
• History
• Elective Mathematics
• Business Management

Post Diploma Candidates

HND (Mechanical Engineering) with specialization in Transport Fleet Management and a minimum of Second Class Upper Division. Applicants should ensure that the following documents are submitted together with their Application Form; 1. A certified academic transcript showing semester-by-semester GPA and FCGPA;

2. A certified copy each of National Board for Professional and Technical Examinations (NABPTEX) Ghana Certificate and Result Slip Applicants will be admitted to level 300

 Mature Candidates

Candidates will be required to answer questions in a General Paper and any two (2) of the following subjects: Geography, Economics, History, and Elective Mathematics/Statistics.