The course will examine definition of curriculum; objectives. Content, methods, teaching materials and assessment procedures; types of curriculum – teaching and
examination, intended, attained, implemented; selection and sequencing of computer science content and assessment in computer science such as schools and WAEC.
This requirement of the programme focuses in getting students to acquire practical experience on the job as industrial relations officers, during their long vacation. Students will thus be required to spend a maximum period of one month in an internship position and return with a confidential assessment by the section head. The criteria for assessment will be provided by the course coordinator.
The course deals with the English Language as a tool for communicating ideas. Topics to be treated include: grammar, the nature of communication, work classes, phrases, and clauses, type of sentences, concord, reading and comprehension. Writing skills (making an outline, writing the paragraph, essay, minutes, speeches, reports, and memoranda) and editing (spelling, collocation, appropriate register, cohesion and punctuation) are also to be discussed.
The course provides an overview of the main theoretical perspectives in the field of labour and work organisation. The following topics will be treated: Labour as a factor of production; labour market theories such as the neoliberal, institutional, Keynesian and radical theories of the labour market and their implications for labour. In addition, labour migration dynamics and internal labour market issues such as the new and emerging forms of work including invisible work, home-based work, contract work, out-sourced work, casual work and domestic work will also be treated.
This is a practical course in which students are exposed to contemporary global and local issues particularly in the area of politics and economics and how these impinge on labour relations in national development. The course seeks to expose students to contemporary issues, as well as equip them with the capacity to present commentary of such issues in a take home term paper. Students will be required to conduct secondary data research on the issue of interest to write their commentary.
This course is intended to equip students to examine critically the interaction between Ghanaian and the global economy, politics and their impact on current living and working conditions in Ghana. The detailed topics to be treated are: The Ghanaian (pre)-colonial economy, economic reforms in Ghana and their effects on Ghanaian labour markets and labour relations; the role of supra-state institutions (IFIs: IMF, World Bank, WTO, MNCs) as well as the role of donor agencies (USAID, JICA, CIDA, SIDA) G-8, Paris Club, African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) in influencing the labour markets.
The course develops in students, the ability to confront problems of gender and gender relations at the workplace and beyond. It covers the gendered structure of labour markets and trade union participation in the specific context of Ghana. Characteristics of male and female employment in Ghana; gender relations at the workplace; sexual harassment in the workplace; gender relations and trade union participation; labour legislation and gender interests and framework for addressing gender needs in the workplace are the major topics to be treated.
The purpose of unit is to enable the education practitioner to act as a consultant during the construction and implementation of
computer-based applications according to different modalities of technology for education and training.
This course introduces students to the development of trade unionism in Ghana and the role of trade unions in labour relations and national development. Specifically, the course focuses on: Origins of trade unionism; history of trade unions and other workers’ organisations in Ghana and their activities; labour relations; elements and features of labour relations in Ghana and the role of trade unions in labour relations. Also, to be examined are trends in labour relations; trade unionism and its Challenges as well as national Labour and labour relations challenges.
