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Prof. Peter Kojo T Grant

Past Head, Department of Classics and Philosophy

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Classics and Philosophy Department

Vision statement: 
To have a Department that is strongly positioned in the teaching of and research in Classics and Philosophy in Ghana and West Africa.
Mission statement: 
Training and equipping students and educators to become steeped in the Liberal Arts education and humanistic tradition through the twin vehicles of Classics and Philosophy.
History: 
Initially known as the Latin Section at the time the University of Cape Coast was established in 1962, the Department of Classics and Philosophy was founded in 1963 as part of the School of Languages and Literature which later became the Faculty of Arts. In 1999, a four year degree programme in Philosophy was added to the existing programme in Classics. The department then assumed its current designation as the department of Classics and Philosophy. The department continues to offer undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Classics and Philosophy leading to the offer of Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Master of Arts (M.A.) and Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) degrees respectively. The academic staff of the department vigorously pursue their teaching and research activities. 
Core Values: 
Developing in the students an appreciation of impact of classical civilizations on the contemporary world and how we can adopt and adapt and create for ourselves. nculcating in students the tenets of analytical Philosophy and its application in African Philosophy and political systems. Promoting in our learners the habit of critical and reflective thinking and the practical application of concepts and theories. Equipping the student with the scientific method applied in the successful production of long essay, dissertations and theses.
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Department of Classics and Philosophy

Chemical Pathology Department

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Department of Chemical Pathology

Business and Social Sciences Education Department

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A student making a presentation at the programme

IEPA Organises 5th Students Creativity and Innovations EXPO

07 May, 2019 By louis Mensah

The Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (I. E. P. A) has organised the Fifth Students Creativity and Innovations Expo at the C. A. Ackah Lecture Theatre Complex.

The Expo which began five years ago had the theme “Promoting Quality Graduate Education through innovations”, attracted student-participation from University for Health and Allied Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and the University of Cape Coast.

EXPO Opens the University to External Scrutiny

Opening the Expo on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, Prof. Ernest Laryea Okorley said the Expo was a wonderful experience since any activity that exposed the University to external scrutiny was laudable. He noted that there was therefore the need to support the initiative, adding “I. E. P. A., know that the University management is strongly behind you”.  

Speaking from the perspective of the School of Graduate Studies, Prof. Okorley indicated that universities should always open up to the external world to scrutinize their research work and offer suggestions and comments for them to learn from and do better.

EXPO Should be Nationwide Event

Prof. Okorley called for more participation not only from the I.E. P. A, but wanted the Expo to assume a University-wide dimension and possibly become a country-wide event where people would come and see the innovations that the University was churning out for them to support.

“If people do not know what you are doing, it will be difficult to ask them for their support,” he said.

This, he noted was very critical because it formed part of the University’s Strategic Plan to attract external input and collaboration that would make the University’s activities relevant to the outside world.

“A University that does not make impact on the outside world, then I do not know what kind of University it is”, he said.

Graduate Education Calls for Innovation

The keynote speaker, Dr. Candice Moore, from the University of Maryland in the United States of America, mentioned three focal areas that called for our reimagination, “that is practice, pedagogy and productivity” and described the theme for the event as timely and a call to action. Dr. Moore indicated that quality graduate education could be achieved through transforming Practice, Pedagogy and Productivity. “Graduate education calls for innovation that is local and indigenous; through this, we can impact change”, she noted.

Continuing, she said as we promote local innovative research methods, we should engage more intently with local communities and incorporate local indigenous knowledge into our research.  She said it was the duty of faculty and administrators to fashion the imagination of graduate students, stating: “Research, scholarship and teaching will be nothing without the community, our productivity must serve to aid and advance our communities”.

 “You see we are the policy definers, we are the change makers, we are the theory designers, we are the community organisers, we are the innovators, let us be the humans, we are called to be”, Dr. Moore stressed.

  Demand for Graduate Education was Growing Steadily

Dr.  Marie A. B. Bakah, who chaired the programme said demand for graduate education was growing steadily and for this reason, higher education institutions were responding by developing wide range of new programmes in a variety of subject areas.

Dr. Bakah stated that there was an increasing concern among academics, funding agencies and the public at large concerning the quality and value of graduate education in the country and  there was therefore the urgent need to encourage innovations to increase the world’s capacity for solving global problems.

 

Prof. Dora Edu-Buandoh exercising on one of the sports power/exercise station

HPER Inaugurates Fitness and Wellness Centre

07 May, 2019 By louis Mensah

As part of its mandate to deliver quality education, and to ensure fitness and wellness of the University community, the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER), has inaugurated a “Fitness and Wellness Centre.”

Speaking at the ceremony, the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh, said the Centre would be of immense benefit to the University community by keeping staff and students healthy and productive at all times. “This comes at a time when everybody is becoming conscious about healthy living. Now, everybody thinks of what to put in the mouth but what we do not think about is how we exercise the body to distribute what we put in mouth to make our lives healthy,” she noted.

On behalf of the University Management, Prof. Edu-Buandoh congratulated the Department, Dean’s Office, the College of Education Studies and those who contributed to make the facility a reality. “I believe we will all make good use of this Centre and not leave it to only the students of HPER,” she urged. The Pro Vice-Chancellor appealed to everyone - lecturers, staff and students and unions to support the Centre in any capacity to maintain, sustain and expand it to serve its purpose.

Background to Fitness and Wellness Centre 

Giving a background to the establishment of the Centre, the Head, Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Dr. Daniel Apaak, said the facility was set up in the 2015/2016 Academic Year as part of requirements for the reaccreditation of the Sports and Exercise Science programme.  He said though the Centre had been in operation for academic purposes, the Department had to beef up the equipment and also do some additional renovations before extending its services to the entire University community.

Dr. Apaak expressed appreciation to the former Head of Department, Prof. Joseph Kwame Mintah, for working tirelessly towards the initiative and upgrading of the Centre and also thanked the academic and administrative staff for their the various roles they had played to achieve this feat.

The Role of Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah

In his comments at the programme, the Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology Education, Prof. Joseph Kwame Mintah, commended the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, who was then the Provost of the College of Education Studies, for his immense contributions and support. “I will not take the glory alone, because I could not have put all these together as Head of Department, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah was actually the brain behind getting the machines for this facility,” he indicated.

UCC Needs a Large Fitness and Wellness Centre 

Stressing on the need to have more of such facilities, Prof. Mintah appealed to the University Management to provide a ‘larger Facility’ where lecturers, staff and students could go and exercise, to enable them get well, better, fit and healthy.

The HPER Fitness and Wellness Centre has been equipped with various exercise equipment including, ergometer bikes, treadmills, weight power/exercise station, dump bells, exercise balloons and plastic step-up balls.

Amongst the dignitaries at the event were the Dean, Faculty of Educational Foundation, Prof. Eric Nyarko Sampson, and the Ag. GUSA President, Dr. Charles Domfe.

Biochemistry Department

Vision statement: 
To become a centre of excellence, for the training of undergraduate, and postgraduate students, in structural biology, food and pharmaceutical biochemistry at the University of Cape Coast.
Mission statement: 
To produce high-quality graduates and postgraduates in Biochemistry who would be able to address challenges in the educational sector, research, clinical and industries to meet national aspirations.
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Basic Education Department

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The vision of the department is to become a centre of excellence in the provision of tuition for teachers in all basic school subjects with an emphasis in literacy, numeracy and problem-solving in Early Childhood Education and Basic Education. The vision of the department is to produce personnel to teach, manage and supervise all aspects of basic education in Ghana.
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The mission of the Department of Basic Education will be the pursuit of teaching and carrying out of research that is aimed at the preparation of professionally oriented teachers, headteachers, teacher trainers, administrators and supervisors who will strive create the environment and experiences that enable the child to learn and develop his or her full unique potential, and to see the school as an enjoyable place or a knowledge-based environment for learning. 
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Dr. (Mrs.) Rita Opoku-Danso

Current Head, Department of Adult Nursing

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