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Natural Products II

This course seeks to promote understanding of the significance of natural products in terms of their biosynthesis, biological activity and chemical synthesis, combining organic chemistry and biological chemistry. It will focus on the diversity of natural products and their roles in biological systems, the chemistry and biosynthesis of the major natural products classes and the synthesis of important natural products. A special emphasis will be placed on how chemical structure affects the physiological function of various natural products.

Course Code: 
CHE412
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Science

Socio-Economic Concerns of Biosafety

Communicating biosafety information: Communication skills, Communicating with target groups (e.g. farmers, legislators, media, regulators etc.), Other methods of disseminating information (e.g. fliers, brochures, workshops etc.), Socio-economics of Biosafety and biotechnology; Assessing the costs of Biosafety Regulations:  conceptual issues; Economics of Biotechnology, Economics of Biosafety (Cost of biosafety regulations and Strategic approaches to biosafety regulations (Trade, Labour, Socio-cultural issues); Non-biosafety issues (Bioethics).

Course Code: 
MBB414
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Science

Biotechnology

Students are introduced to the application of microorganisms, biological systems, and processes to manufacturing and service industries. The course examines the role of micro-organisms in industrial, agricultural, and pharmaceutical processes; biologically produced sources of energy (single cell protein); waste management, mining, and other areas. The impact of genetic engineering, enzyme biotechnology, recent advances in genetics and physiology of industrial micro-organisms for strain development will be discussed

Course Code: 
MBB406
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Science

Science, Technology and Society

This course is meant to relate theoretical science to technology in the home and in the manufacturing sector. It will generate awareness and interest in industrial applications of science so that relevance and meaning can be brought into science teaching and learning. 

Topics to be covered are Science, Technology and Society(STS) Teaching Models, initiatives and reforms; The Concept of Indigenous Technology and Community Science; Indigenous Technology in Ghana (Traditional Soap making, palm oil extraction, fermentation processes and Akpeteshie production etc). Industrial Processes in Ghana (Crude oil, Gold, aluminum, and cocoa etc.).

Course Code: 
ESC407
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Science

Contemporary Issues in Science Education

The course examines some pressing issues in science education in Ghana. It also deals with current developments in science and technology which are of particular relevance to the teaching and learning of science in Ghanaian schools. 

Some of the topics to be discussed in this course are: Environmental science education; biotechnology; nuclear science teaching; integrated approach to science teaching; management and development of science laboratories; gender issues in science teaching and learning; and sociocultural issues in science education.

Course Code: 
ESC404
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Science

Guidance and Counselling

This course recognizes that secondary school students need guidance to be able to attain their full potential and maximize the benefits of their educational experience. It attempts to equip the student with information that will enable him/her to facilitate this process in a secondary school setting. At the end of the course, students should be able to show a clear understanding of the guidance concept in the context of school personnel work, examine the principles under girding guidance practice, explore the services of a given guidance programme, show how they can be addressed and examine the role of guidance personnel.

Course Code: 
EPS403
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Science

History and Management of Education in Ghana

The course is in two parts. The first part deals with the role of government and non-governmental bodies in the development and growth of formal education in Ghana. The second part examines administration theories and their influence on the management and administration of school systems in Ghana.

Course Code: 
EDF401
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Science

Project Work

Project work is to offer students the opportunity to demonstrate skills in conducting research on issues relevant to science education and writing it up. It also helps students to demonstrate independence of thought, initiative, analysis and organisation of data and presentation of scholarly research report. The project work will be written under the guidance of the student’s Supervisor.

Course Code: 
ESC499
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Science

Optimal Control

This course investigates how dynamical systems should be controlled in the best possible way. Topics include: OCP with bounded and unbounded controls. Bang-Bang controls,   Singular controls. OCPs with linear and nonlinear dynamical systems. OCPs for systems with fixed or free terminal times.  OCPs for systems with equality and inequality constraints on functions of state and control variables. Numerical Methods for OCPS: Control parametrization method, State Discretization methods, Lenhart's Forward-Backward Sweep method. Application to the conrol of dynamical systems, including the control of infectious diseases.

Course Code: 
MAT 816
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 800
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Pre-requisite: 
MAT 814
Select Programme(s): 
Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics

Educational Field Experience

The course is the culminating activity of the professional education sequence.  Four weeks would be spent in selected off-campus school sites. While student-teaching, the teacher candidate is required to adhere to established policies and procedures of the school system in addition to those policies and procedures established by the University.  The clinical experience is designed to enable the teacher trainee to engage in competent reflective decision making while teaching, demonstrating professionalism, scholarship and sensitivity to individual and communal interests. Standards of good practice and ethical, professional behaviour as laid down by the GES should be maintained.

Course Code: 
ETP490
No. of Credits: 
12
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Science

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