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Prospective Students

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Education offers programmes targeted at applicants at the undergraduate and post graduate level in the Arts, Social Sciences and Business Education through the regular or the sandwich route. The sandwich route particularly gives opportunity to Teachers already in the service, to pursue post graduate studies to upgrade their knowledge and expertise which would otherwise have been a challenge due to work commitments and the limited number of study leave granted each year by the Ghana Education Service.

About Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences Education

Vision statement: 
The vision of the Faculty is to become a leading Faculty in quality educational research and students' academic growth.
Mission statement: 
Its mission is to seek to provide leadership and inspiration in teaching, research and outreach programmes to promote learning and human resource development.
History: 
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Education is one of the newly created faculties in the College of Education Studies. The college was created in 2014 as a two tier college. After two years of experimentation, it was elevated to a three tier college with the creation of four faculties including our faculty, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Education (FOHSSE). FOHSSE was created from the former Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education. It is currently made up of two academic departments: the Department of Arts Education and the Department of Business and Social Sciences Education. The latter is a combination of Business Education and Social Sciences Education disciplines. The two disciplinary areas would be broken down into departments, Business Education and Social Sciences Education when office space is expanded and additional Lectures are recruited in the near future.
Core Values: 
The Faculty is committed to: Excellence: To make our students competitive in today’s contemporary world, we strive to attain operational excellence by organizing training on professional development activities for them. Discipline: We are focused on developing on attitude that overcomes the constant adversity that confronts us all on a daily basis. Hard work: We operate in a transparent manner that portrays our accountability to each other, our students and the general university. Innovation: We encourage innovation through creative and critical thinking and the use of contemporary technology.
College/Faculty/School/Department: 
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Education
About College/Faculty/Department: 
Managements and Governance The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Education is governed by a Faculty Board comprising the following officers: Dean (Chairperson) Vice Dean All Professors in the Faculty All Heads of Department A Representative from each of the Departments A Representative from each of the other Faculties in the College of Education Studies Faculty Officer (Secretary) The day to day activities of the Faculty Office are handled by the following officers: Dean Vice Dean Faculty Officer Faculty Registration and Examinations Officer The Faculty Accounts Officer Administrative support is provided by: Principal Administrative Assistant Administrative Assistants Senior Messenger/Cleaner

Mrs. Edinam Bernice Amenumey

Current Faculty Officer, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Education

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Performance by CEVEN Choir

Department of Music and Dance/DPA Hold Musical Concert

08 Oct, 2020 By louis Mensah

The Department of Music and Dance in collaboration with the Directorate of Public Affairs (DPA) has organised a virtual musical concert to promote peace in the 2020 elections.

The programme dubbed “UCC: in Harmony for Peace” featured performance by the Central Vocal Ensemble (CEVEN) and poetry recital by Kwame Dampare. Cladded in traditional costume of the various tribes in Ghana, CEVEN gave a stunning rendition of patriotic songs to drum on the peace message.

Peace

Opening the programme, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Prof. Kwame Osei Kwarteng, entreated Ghanaians to maintain the peace the country had enjoyed over the years. He noted that elections must not divide the country rather Ghanaians must be united to elect a leader who would help to develop the country. “We need to take lessons from conflicts in some countries as a result of electoral violence. Let us not repeat the mistakes of these countries and go through what they experienced,” he cautioned.

Peaceful Elections

The Central Regional Minister, Hon. Kwamina Duncan, who was represented by Mr. Blessed Kwame Darkeh, commended UCC, especially the Department of Music and Dance for organising the concert to create awareness on the need to live in peace and harmony as Ghanaians go to the polls in December, 2020. He said the country has had peaceful elections in the fourth republic and there was no cause for violence in the upcoming elections.
    
The Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South, Kweku Ricketts-Hagan, Oguamanhen, Osabarima Kwesi Atta II, representatives from Ghana Union Movement (GUM) and the National Peace Council also gave peace messages at the programme which was streamed live on the University’s social media platforms.


 

Presentation at the Forum

Department of Applied Economics Hosts Ghana Priorities Youth Forum

08 Oct, 2020 By louis Mensah

The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) in collaboration with the Department of Applied Economics has held a two-day forum to solicit contributions, perspectives and views of students on programmes and policies for Ghana’s Development Plan.

Data-Driven Policies

In her remarks at the programme, the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dora Edu-Buandoh, noted that policies underpinned by data provide assurances that investments made by the government will produce an effective outcome. She explained that “Although some policy failures over the years have been attributed to other factors, it is highly possible that most of such policies have failed in the past largely due to inaccurate data.” 

Pro. Edu-Buandoh indicated that it was important to gather research conducted in the various universities and research institutes in a national data and research hub to assist the country’s policy makers. She added that a data-driven policy was the best way to achieve the goals of our developmental policies. She commended the NDPC for recognising the relevance of the youth in activities that lead to policy-making and development in the nation. She was very optimistic that the youth who were present, would make very productive inputs to the discourse.

Contribution to National Policy Process

The Director-General of the NDPC, Dr. Kodjo Esseim Mensah Abrampa, explained that the forum was aimed at contributing to the national policy-making process. “This programme will help us to come out with an output which is a representation of not only experts but people who understand the process and also have varied views,” he explained.  Dr. Abrampa noted that the commission served as the thinking machine of the country and indicated that NDPC advises the president on all matters of strategic development and strategic planning and also enjoined by the constitution to ensure balanced development in Ghana among other responsibilities. 
The Director-General of NDPC announced that the forum would be replicated at the University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and the University of Development Studies.

Solutions

In his address, the Coordinator of Ghana Priorities, Dr Ralph Nordjo, explained that the focus of the project was to find solutions to develop the nation.
Experts from the NDPC made presentations on the planning systems and the budget processes in Ghana. 

Group Presentations

The two-day forum was climaxed with group presentations from students in the on topical issues facing the country. Topics presented by the students touched on were Malaria, Land Records and Illegal mining,  Health System, Poverty, Gender, Family, Fisheries, Industrialization, Education, LPG cooking, Rural electrification, Mental Health, Urban Sanitation, Transportation among others. 

Present at the opening ceremony were the Provost of the College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Prof Eric Francis Amuquandoh; Dean, School of Economics, Dr. Emmanueal Asmah; Head, Department of Applied Economics, Mr. Jacob Nunoo and some lecturers of the University.

About School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Vision statement: 
A School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences with global recognition.
Mission statement: 
To train innovative and unique pharmacists with the highest professional standards to deliver quality pharmaceutical care.
History: 
The idea to implement the establishment of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) was conceived in 2012 and efforts were made to recruit lecturers with a pharmacy background into various existing departments at UCC. By 2014, four lecturers with pharmacy background were at post in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, (then under the School of Biological Sciences but now located within the School of Allied Health Sciences) and the Department of Pharmacology in the School of Medical Sciences. Later on, a Curriculum Development Committee (CDC) made up of Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, Prof. Martins Ekor, Dr. Elvis Ofori Ameyaw, Dr. Ernest Obese, Dr. Robert Peter Biney, and Dr. Joseph Kizzie Hayford (then Deputy Director of University Health Services) was tasked to develop a PharmD curriculum for the College of Health and Allied Sciences (CoHAS), UCC. The first draft of the curriculum was ready by 2015 and a stakeholders’ consultative meeting with representatives from the Pharmacy Council of Ghana, Industrial Pharmacists Association, Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGh), and other lecturers of the University was organized by the CDC at Samrit Hotel in Cape Coast. The first set of documents consisting of the Proposal to establish UCC School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SoPPS) and the UCC PharmD curriculum were presented to UCC Academic Board in 2017. In May 2018, the Governing Council of the University of Cape Coast approved the proposal to establish SoPPS to train pharmacists. The UCC Council mandated an Implementation Committee headed by the then Provost of CoHAS, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong to implement the establishment of SoPPS and ensure the running of the Pharm D programme. The other members of the committee included Prof. David Kofi Essuman (Dean, School of Physical Sciences), Prof. Edward Marfo Yiadom (Dean, School of Business), Dr. Joseph Tawiah Turkson (Director of Pharmaceutical Services, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital), and Dr. Yaw Adu Gyamfi, (CEO of Danadams Pharmaceuticals) and the first Faculty Officer for SoPPS, Mrs. Rebecca Asiedu Owusu as Secretary. Between 2018 and 2019, the School secured the relevant accreditations and approvals from The National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE), National Accreditation Board (NAB), and Pharmacy Council to train Doctor of Pharmacy students at the University of Cape Coast. In preparation for its maiden students, Prof. David Darko Obiri was appointed as the first Dean of SoPPs. The School admitted fifty-three (53) individuals, who are the premier PharmD students for the 2019/2020 academic year comprising 25 males and 28 females.
Core Values: 
The core values of the School are Excellence, Professionalism, Innovation and Service. Additionally, UCC SoPPS-trained Pharmacists possess the following attributes summarised as “P.H.A.R.M.A.C.I.S.T.” P     -          Patient-centeredness H     -          Honesty A     -          Astuteness R     -          Responsibility M     -          Meticulousness A     -          Accountability C     -          Competence I      -           Integrity S     -          Scholarship T     -          Teamwork Goal The goal of the School is to facilitate the training of students to acquire clinical, industrial, and community-based experience in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences.
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School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Presentation of the projectors

Faculty of Arts Receives Donation from CEO of Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors

01 Oct, 2020 By louis Mensah

The Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), Ghana, Mr. Senyo Kwasi Hosi, has donated 11 sets of projectors valued at GH ¢30, 000 to the Faculty of Arts. 

The presentation of the projectors was done at a short ceremony in Accra. 

Presenting the items, Mr. Hosi noted that the donation was in response to a request by the Faculty when he was invited to deliver a lecture to staff and students. He explained that the world was evolving and every aspect of life was also going digital. He indicated that it was important for students to build on their presentation skills whilst lecturers also use technology to effectively enhance their medium of instruction. 

 Mr. Senyo Hosi (middle, front row) with the delegation from Faculty of Arts

Donation

Mr. Hosi noted that the donation was to support the 11 departments in the Faculty. “UCC is quite a very forward looking entity. I was very impressed by some of the strides you have made and I was really enlightened when I visited your campus some time ago,” he indicated.

Support

The CEO of CBOD called on the corporate world to support universities in the country, adding that “The most important resource for the future of our country is not in hard resources but the people”. He pointed out that the world had become very competitive and the youth were struggling to get decent jobs.  “The youth will continue to struggle if we don’t boost the skills they have because they are not just competing among themselves but with all the human resources in the entire world,” he stressed.  He indicated that since Africa was the next economic frontier, efforts must be made to ensure that the youth acquired the requisite skills to prove the continent’s worth.

 Mr. Senyo Hosi interacting with the Prof. Kwarteng and the delegation from UCC

Response

Receiving the projectors, the Dean of Faculty of Arts, Prof. Kwame Osei Kwarteng, expressed gratitude to Mr. Hosi for responding to their request. He said, “the fourth industrial revolution is the time to go digital in terms of education, hence the need for technological equipment such as projectors, computers, etc.” He gave the assurance that the projectors would be put to good use to enhance teaching, learning, and research in the Faculty.

Other members of the delegation from Faculty of Arts were the Head of Department, Religion and Human Resource, Prof. Samuel Awuah-Nyamekye; Director, Centre for African and International Studies, Dr. Alex Jacques Wilson;   Faculty Officer, Mr. Robert Appiah, and an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Communication Studies, Mr. Marcelinus Dery.

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