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HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING

This course will cover policy analysis by examining issues in the health sector, focusing on the policymaking process and the basic tools used in policy design, implementation and evaluation. It will deal with policy issues associated with health needs of the country and other developing countries within the context of evolving economic, cultural, technological, political, ideological, and globalization factors and forces. Specific policy topics and applications (e.g. Health Insurance, Regenerative Health etc.) will be discussed to illustrate issues in the policy analysis process.

Objective: By the end of the course the student should be able to understand health planning and policy processes.

Mode of Delivery:The content will be delivered through lectures, guest lectures, individual and group presentations.

 

Course Code: 
POH 303
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE COMMUNICATION IN POPULATION AND HEALTH

The course is designed to expose students to basic concepts in behavioural change communication (BCC) within the context of population. Students will be exposed to some basic concepts in behavioural change communication. Also, students will acquire knowledge on theoretical and conceptual models on behaviour change communication in population and health. Further to this, they will go through planning, developing, managing and monitoring and evaluation of behavioural change communication programmes in population and health.

Objectives: By the end of the course the students will understand basic concepts and acquire practical skills relevant for the design and implementation of behavioural change communication in population and health.

Mode of Delivery: The content will be delivered by means of didactic lecturers, group presentations and experience sharing.

Course Code: 
POH 302
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN POPULATION AND HEALTH

The course deals with key concepts and perspectives in project identification, design, development and management. It covers community participation in project development, management, monitoring and evaluation. It uses existing programmes/projects documents on population and health as case studies. Students are also expose to basic steps involved in proposal writing and project design and implementation.

Objective:The main focus of the course is to expose students to project development and management in population and health.

Mode of Delivery: The main mode of delivery is lectures but students will also be expected to do individual and group presentations in class

Course Code: 
POH 301:
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health
11 May, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION STUDIES

SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND OUTREACH

INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons with background in the underlisted areas of specialization in Education and orientation to qualitative research to the following positions in the Institute of Education, College of Education Studies:

  1. Senior Research Fellows
  2. Research Fellow
  3. Lecturer

Areas of Specialization

  1. Curriculum and Teaching with focus on English Language
  2. Educational Psychology
  3. Educational Counselling
  4. Sociology of Education

A. Senior Research Fellow

Qualifications: Candidates must:

  1. possess a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in any of the areas of specialization listed above.
  2. have at least four (4) years research experience as a Research Fellow in a University or an analogous institution of higher learning.
  3. have a minimum of eight (8) publications in refereed journals
  4. be capable of developing winnable research proposals

B. Research Fellow

Qualifications: Candidates must:

  1. possess a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in any of the areas of specialization listed above
  2. have at least two (2) years post-qualification research experience in a University or an analogous institution of higher learning.
  3. have at least three (3) refereed publications.
  4. be capable of developing winnable research proposals

C. Lecturer

Qualifications: Candidates must:

  1. possess a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in English Language Education
  2. have at least two (2) years post-qualification teaching and research experience in a University or an analogous institution of higher learning.
  3. have at least two (2) refereed publications.

Job Description (Responsibilities)

Successful candidates shall be responsible for:

  1. engaging in research in areas of specialization
  2. teaching of courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels;
  3. supervising graduate research students’ works and;
  4. offering academic counseling to students.

MODE OF APPLICATION 

Interested applicants who meet the above criteria should please submit completed application forms (obtainable from the University website: Senior Members Application Form - Teaching or Office of the Director, Directorate of Human Resource, University of Cape Coast and comprehensive curriculum vitae, together with relevant supporting documents to: 

The Director, 
Directorate of Human Resource, 
University of Cape Coast, 
Cape Coast

Closing Date for Submission of Application: Friday, 29th May, 2020


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PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN POPULATION AND HEALTH

The course deals with key concepts and perspectives in project identification, design, development and management. It covers community participation in project development, management, monitoring and evaluation. It uses existing programmes/projects documents on population and health as case studies. Students are also expose to basic steps involved in proposal writing and project design and implementation.

Objective:The main focus of the course is to expose students to project development and management in population and health.

Mode of Delivery: The main mode of delivery is lectures but students will also be expected to do individual and group presentations in class

Course Code: 
POH 301
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

INFORMATION LITERACY

Yet to populate

Course Code: 
ILT 101B
No. of Credits: 
1
Level: 
Level 100
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

INFORMATION LITERACY

Yet to populated

Course Code: 
ILT 101
No. of Credits: 
1
Level: 
Level 100
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING

Not yet ready

Course Code: 
CSC 101
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 100
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

This course examines the nature and methods of Social Psychology as a discipline.  Specific topics of Social Psychological concerns to be discussed include: The self and Self Perception, Attribution and Social Perception.  Attitudes: Persuasion and Attitude Change, Social Influence, Social Psychology and Health, Aggression versus Prosocial Behaviour, Group and Behaviour, Group and Behaviour, and Leadership.

Objective:The course will expose students to concepts, nature and methods, theories and dynamics involved in social psychology.

Mode of Delivery: Lectures and individual or group presentations will constitute the main mode of delivery. 

Course Code: 
SOC 214
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF GHANA

The course is designed to enable students examine the impacts of social change on traditional Ghanaian social institutions, particularly, the transition from colonialism to a modern nation state.  Emphasis is on the gradual transformation of the traditional political, religious, economic, family and marriage, education and health institutions.  Trends in industrialization and urbanization and their consequences, factors of social change and their ramifications, contemporary social problems such as ethnicity, misuse of technology, population trends, health and the effects of rural –urban migration are also discussed.

Objective: This course attempts to assist students to appreciate how issues on social change could transform various institutions and actors and the implications of such changes to society.

Mode of Delivery: Lectures and individual or group presentations will be the mode of delivery. 

Course Code: 
SOC 204
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

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