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Prof. David Kofi Essumang

Prof. David Kofi Essumang

The Dean of the School of Physical Sciences, Prof. David Kofi Essumang has been appointed the Vice-Chancellor of Koforidua Technical University (KTU).
    
A statement from the website of KTU stated that “The Governing Council of Koforidua Technical University (KTU) at a Special Meeting held on Wednesday, 3rd July 2019 has appointed Professor David Kofi Essumang as Vice-Chancellor of the University. Professor David K. Essumang who is a Full Professor from the University of Cape Coast is to take over from Prof (Mrs.) Smile Dzisi who was in an acting capacity as the Interim Vice-Chancellor.”   

Profile of Prof. Kofi Essumang

Prof. Essumang is a Professor of Environmental Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Coast and where he is also an alumnus. He has researched extensively on the environmental pollution situation in Ghana. Most of his research has focused on marine, sediments, soil, mining, urban air quality, indoor air, biota and surface water environments. 

Prof. Essumang holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Environmental Chemistry from the Aalborg University of Denmark and a Master of Philosophy (M. Phil) in Chemistry, as well as B.Sc in Chemistry and Diploma in Education from the University of Cape Coast.  He had his secondary school education at Agona Nsaba Presbyterian Secondary School and St. Augustine’s College, Cape Coast for the ‘O’ and ‘A’ Level Certificates respectively.

By dint of hard work, he was appointed as Demonstrator and Research Assistant in 2002. Within four years, that is, in 2006, he was promoted to the rank of Senior Lecturer. In 2011, Prof. Essumang was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor and subsequently to Full Professor in April, 2013.
 
His current research interest looks at xenobiotic concentrations in size-fractionated atmospheric particles; the abundance and behaviour metals (Al, Ag, Cd, Pt, Hg, As and Pb); ions (Na+ SO2-4 ) and Persistent Organic Pollutant (POPs) in size-fractionated atmospheric particulate matter (pm) using sheets of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) filters. Prof. Essumang has published over 80 peer reviewed articles in over 50 different journals all over the world. At UCC, he is the most cited on SCOPUS database and the second most cited by Google Scholar. He has written over twenty study modules for the UCC Distance Education Programme.  He has attended several conferences where he has made several presentations. 

Prof. Essumang has served on over 50 boards and committees at UCC from 2002 to date. He was the task team leader for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)/National Implementation Programme (NIPs), Review and Update for the Assessment of Perfluorooctane Sulfate (PFOS)/PFOS Salts/PFOS inventory for Ghana. He has also been a reviewer for the Czech Republic Science Foundation since 2012 for the award of research grants for researchers in the Czech Republic. Prof. Essumang is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences which is on the flagship journals published by UCC. He is a reviewer for several Elsevier Journals. He is also Ghana’s correspondent for World Library of Toxicology and Ghana’s representative of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). He has won some international awards (IUPAC Young Chemist Travelling Award, Royal Society of Chemistry, U. K. Research Grant).

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Major European Writers

This course explores the influential prose written in Europe, exclusive of the British Isles. Beginning with the growth of the novel in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the course will proceed through the rise of Romanticism to the tensions surrounding the two European Wars (1914 – 1917, 1939 – 1945), culminating in the literature in the Europe divided by the politics of the Cold War. All works will be read in translation.

Course Code: 
ENG 431
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Ghanaian Literature

This survey course explores aspects of Ghanaian literature from its earliest manifestations to the more recent publications.  It looks at types, themes and trends in Ghanaian literature. The course will begin with a broad overview of verbal and non-written literary expressions in order to provide a framework for discussion and appreciation.  It will proceed to critically evaluate written and imaginative literary works by selected writers from Ghana, in the light of their oral and historical origins as well as their literary antecedents.

Course Code: 
ENG 415
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Oral Literature in Africa

The objective of this course is to acquaint students with the topography of oral literature           (orature) in Africa. Some of the theoretical and genre related problems in the area will be considered with a view to classifying the essentially literary nature of our subject.

Course Code: 
ENG 412
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Literary Stylistics

This course generally explores the interface between language and literature. The course guides students to combine the descriptive procedures of linguistics and the interpretative goals of literary criticism in analyzing literary texts. It is designed to focus students’ attention on the linguistic organization of selected literary texts and more importantly the literary significance of the linguistic organization of the texts. Areas to be covered include concepts and methods of stylistics, the historical developments in stylistics, and the relationship between literary discourse and non-literary discourse. Students will essentially be engaged in discussing characterization, theme, and style in prose, drama and poetry through linguistic analysis at various levels, including lexico-grammar, graphology, phonetics and phonology, semantics, and pragmatics.

Course Code: 
ENG 403
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Theories & Practice of Grammar

The course is concerned with the theory and practice of grammatical descriptions. It will examine traditions of grammar including Traditional Grammar, Structuralist Grammar, Transformational Grammar, and Systemic Functional Grammar.

Course Code: 
ENG. 401
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Structure and Style

It introduces students to grammar in discourse. It explores the choices that are available to the user of English in various aspects of language use by focusing on more complex aspect of linguistic forms. In this way students are enabled to understand the relationship between the structure of English language and the available linguistic choices in both academic and non-academic context.   The course covers issues that should develop the writing and oral skills of students in the domains of the use English in their studies and after graduation.  

Course Code: 
ENG. 401A
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Research Methods

This course is designed to prepare students to write their fourth year long essays.  (It is a required course for major students and an elective course for combined students.)This course introduces students to the basic tenets and practices of conducting research in the humanities. The course will focus on both library and field research.  By the end of the course, it is expected that students would be equipped with the necessary skills to formulate a topic, collect the required data and provide an analysis of data.

Course Code: 
ENG 399
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Doctor of Pharmacy (PHARM. D) Programme for the 2019/2020 Academic Year

Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D) degree programme
Academic Year: 
2019 to 2020

Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons (Ghanaian and International) for admission into a Six-Year Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D) degree programme of the University of Cape Coast for the 2019/2020 academic year. Persons who wrote WASSCE this year (AWAITING 2019 WASSCE RESULTS) can also apply. Applicants are to note that Doctor of Pharmacy is an undergraduate (first degree) professional programme.

Applicants are to buy e-vouchers which will enable them to apply online.  The e-vouchers are up for sale at the Centres listed below:

1.   SALES CENTRES

      (a)  Cashier’s Office, University of Cape Coast

      (b)  Ghana Post Offices at the Regional Capitals/Major District Offices

      (c)  University  of Cape Coast – Accra Office, Tesano – Accra

The cost of the e-voucher is GH¢220.00 for Ghanaian applicants and USD$120.00 for International Applicants.

The deadlines for the sale of Application E-vouchers and the submission of completed application forms are Friday, 9th August, 2019 and Thursday, 15th August, 2019 respectively.  

2.         ONLINE APPLICATIONS

Applicants should visit www.ucc.edu.gh then go to Admissions and click on Apply Now for further instructions. Alternatively, applicants should visit www.apply.ucc.edu.gh and proceed with the application.

All applicants are required to provide the following information at the back of the large EMS envelope: (a) application reference number (b) full name (c) postal address (d) first choice programme and (e) application category which should be one of the following: First Degree Post WASSCE,  First Degree Post WASSCE – Awaiting Results, First Degree – Post ‘A’ Levels or First Degree Post WASSCE for International students (to be specified by applicant).

Applications on which APPLICATION REFERENCE NUMBERS are not indicated will not be processed.

3.         BASIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Entry requirements for admission into the Doctor of Pharmacy programme of study for both local and international students include the following:

A.     WASSCE/SSSCE:  Applicants should have credit passes in six (6) subjects with overall aggregate of 36/24 at the WASSCE/SSSCE respectively.

Three of the six subjects should be core subjects: English Language, Mathematics and Integrated Science and three must be electives in the Sciences: Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Elective Mathematics.

                        For purposes of admission, a credit pass in:

i.   WASSCE means A1 – C6

ii.  SSSCE means A – D

B.      General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level: Applicants should, in addition to credit passes in five (5) GCE ‘O’ Level subjects (including English and Mathematics), have three (3) passes in the relevant Science subjects (Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Elective Mathematics) at the Advanced Level.

3.         SUBMISSION OF COPIES OF COMPLETED APPLICATION FORMS

(a)        Two copies of completed online application forms accompanied by two copies of results slips should be sent by POST and NOT delivered by hand.

            Copies of the completed online application forms should reach the Director, Directorate of Academic Affairs (DAA), University of Cape Coast not later than Thursday, 15th August, 2019.        

            Applicants are to ensure that application forms are posted early enough to be received before the deadline for submission as forms received after the deadline will not be processed.

(b)        No additional documents will be accepted after submission of completed application forms.  Applicants are to note that only photocopies of certificates or result slips should accompany completed application forms.  The documents accompanying the application forms are not returnable.

(c)        Persons awaiting 2019 WASSCE results MUST select the “Awaiting Results” option before providing their examination details. Those who already have results SHOULD NOT select the “Awaiting Results” option but rather go ahead to verify their results

(d)        Application forms received without Application Reference Numbers, two (2) copies each of WASSCE/SSSCE results slips or transcripts, in the case of Post-Diploma and other applicants, will not be processed (this does not apply to persons awaiting results).

A change of programme after the submission of application forms will NOT be allowed.

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