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Religion and Human Values Department

Vision statement: 
To position itself as a centre of excellence in teaching and learning, research, training and application of religion and other human values for personal, national and international life.
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To continue to expose students to the fact that other religious traditions are also alternative blueprints for meaningful life and as such need to be accorded the needed respect.  To train all our graduates who will bring human-values approaches to development of our nation and beyond. To assist students to develop enquiring minds in order to pursue critical and dispassionately religious issues as they confront them in life
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The Department of Religion and Human Values (DRHV) became one of the ten departments in the Faculty of Arts of the University of Cape Coast in the 1971/72 academic year. Since then, the Department of Religion and Human Values has been offering a vibrant and challenging environment for both undergraduate and postgraduate (PhD and M.Phil) programmes. In addition, the Department runs a sandwich programme at both the Diploma and Masters Levels. The Department can boast of committed faculties of both nationally, and internationally, repute guiding its students in this direction and training.  As our name depicts, we do not only study religion from variety of disciplinary and methodological approaches but also, concern ourselves with other values with the view to reflecting the plural value systems that have engulfed the contemporary global society. The Department has its own Journal to promote research and in the academia‑‑Oguaa Journal of Religion & Human Values (OJORHV)‑‑to promote research and dissemination of research findings since 2011.
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To  show tenacity of purpose in the discharge of academic duties To discharge our duties with the sense of alacrity To make religious studies relevant to the development agenda of our nation To make religious studies relevant to the development agenda of our nation
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Department of Religion and Human Values

Theatre and Film Studies Department

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The Department of Theatre and Film Studies hopes to become a major hub for accelerating the advancement of Ghanaian Theatre and Film within the context of the evolutionary and revolutionary development of Modern African Theatre and Film.
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The department seeks to become a centre for the production of graduates who will be capable of lifting high Ghanaian cultural art forms for documentation, revival and promotion through research, production and performances.
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The Department of Theatre Studies was established in 2004 and affiliated to the Department of Music.  It acquired full department status in 2008.  Film Studies was added in the 2010/2011 academic year. The Department of Theatre Studies is one of the eight departments in the Faculty of Arts. It continues with its existing undergraduate and graduate programmes in the year. The department offers and maintains teaching and learning, and research and consultancy centres.
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The department runs its programmes with the view to: 1. developing in the student skills that will enable him/her solve problems of his/her mother environment through the application of research in theatre and film aesthetics. 2. developing in the students the creative ability in theatre and film arts. 3. producing professionals, who shall be devoted to the practice of their chosen professions in ways which contribute to building their society. 4. nurturing in children, youth, students and the community a critical appreciation and love for the Creative Arts in general and the Ghanaian and African Theatre in particular. 5. producing graduates who will contribute to the literary development of Ghana by writing books (both creative and critical), and producing and directing plays and films. 6. training students to think critically and analytically.
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Department of Theatre and Film Studies

Public Health Department

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Department of Public Health

Psychological Medicine and Mental Health Department

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Department of Psychological Medicine and Mental Health

Physiology Department

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Department of Physiology

Vocational and Technical Education Department

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Our vision is to make the Department of Vocational and Technical Education, a reputable department by providing opportunities for technical and professional skills development that is competency – based and practice oriented. This will prepare our graduates to make up various positions in educational institutions, educational policy and research organisation and other sectors.
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Through effective mix of theoritical orientation within a supportive environment, the department of Vocational and Technical Education will train graduates to be self-supportive, productive in industry to improve productivity of industry and commerce, particularly in the informal sector.
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The Department of Vocational and Technical Education was established in 1993 through the assistance of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Ghana, with the vision of training qualified educators in Vocational and Technical Education to take up teaching and supervisory roles in Education and the Service Industry.  In March 2010, the Department was accepted by UNIVOC as one of its centres for disseminating information on developments in Vocational and Technical Education. The Department offers at the Bachelors level a B.Ed. (Home Economics) degree programme, focusing on two elective areas, namely Food and Nutrition and Clothing and Textiles, with Family Resource Management as a core area.  It also offers Master of Philosophy (Home Economics Education) with specialization in Food and Nutrition, Family Resource Management and Clothing and Textiles. The Department started a sandwich programme in M.Ed. (Home Economics for the 2013/2014 academic year. As part of the drive to develop and strengthen the technical component of the Vocational and Technical Education programme, the department has developed new programmes- Bachelor of Education (Communication Design), Bachelor of Education (Sculpture & Painting), Ph. D in Home Economics and Ph. D in Vocational and Technical Education. We look forward to starting these programmes by the 2015/2016 academic year if accreditation is given With the global trend in unemployment, the Department deemed it important to add Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management to the courses offered in the Department.  These prepare students adequately to set up their own business units and be gainfully employed, rather than relying on the Government or Private Organizations for employment after completing their undergraduate and graduate programmes. Students write Business Plans and develop their businesses which they run alongside their studies. There is therefore a gradual shift from the former consumer oriented Home Economics Programme to one with focus on occupational development. The Department is still looking at other areas in its restructuring effort to help improve existing programmes to meet contemporary trends, and to make students more employable after graduating from the University. The Department has units that provide Nutritious meals to staff and students at three different locations on the University campus. These offer training grounds for our Food and Nutrition students to learn on the job. There is also a clothing production Unit that produces academic gowns for the University, and also offers training to our Clothing and Textiles students on specialized areas. To foster cooperation with institutions and bodies outside the University the Clothing and Textiles Unit organized an Exhibition and a fashion show that brought together  second cycle Institutions within Cape Coast that offer Home Economics and other clothing production Associations to make them know more about the Department, and Vocational Education in general. The department developed a strategic plan to cover the period 2013-2018 and reviewed the courses for the B.Ed. Home Economics programme in an effort to upgrade course descriptions and content to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to handle contemporary issues and prepare students well for the present and future Ghanaian job market. After renovating and upgrading the office area and space, the department has embarked on massive renovations and makeover of various other sections such as the Clothing and Textile laboratory, Food laboratory, and the training restaurant.
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Department of Vocational and Technical Education

Physician Assistant Studies Department

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Department of Physician Assistant Studies

Medical Imaging and Sonography Technology Department

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Department of Medical Imaging and Sonography Technology

Pharmacology Department

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Department of Pharmacology

Physics Department

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To become the highest standards of excellence in teaching and research.  The Department serves as a source for the promotion of problem-solving, analytical thinking and utilising technology. It produces high-quality Physics graduates well prepared for the job market or for postgraduate studies. The Department builds upon its strengths for the development of graduate programmes in areas of need for the country.
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To play a pivotal role in the training of graduates of the School of Physical Sciences, irrespective of the area of specialisation; to serve as a centre of excellence in research in Physics, Engineering Physics and Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics.
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The department offers physics degrees at the BSc, MPhil and PhD levels, and engineering physics degree at the BSc level supported by over 20 full-time lecturers. The Department of Physics is also home to the Laser and Fibre Optics Centre (LAFOC) an ICTP (International Centre for Theoretical Physics) funded major research center specializing in optical sciences and their broad applications. As one of the most rapidly growing physics departments in the country, UCC’s Department of Physics has experienced great changes in the last 15 years: Number of full-time lecturers has doubled PhD and MPhil programmes established in Physics and Atmospheric Physics Persistent increase in Engineering Physics students' population The graduate population has exceeded 20 full-time students Undergraduate and graduate (MPhil and Ph.D) students with a keen interest in, among others, optics, lasers, imaging, photonics, and space sciences are invited to apply to our programs with the possibility to receive financial support, one-on-one faculty mentoring, training in state-of-the-art technologies, and opportunities for professional development.
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The core values that distinguish Physics, Engineering Physics, and Meteorology and Atmospheric Science programmes at the University of Cape Coast are: Creative teaching methodologies that incorporate modern Physics from the first day of the first year.  We believe in training our students with the requisite modern Physics skills to enable them to compete with their counterparts elsewhere. As a result, we weave modern Physics into the first-year introductory physics sequence, making the introduction to physics exciting, relevant, and purposefully different from what you learnt at the senior high school. In Physics, we believe you learn best by doing and therefore we work to integrate lectures and labs so you can explore a new concept experimentally before hearing about it in lecture.  Graduate and Professional Education  The Department maintains the highest quality of instruction and research training for graduate students; expand and enhance applied and professional degree options and contribute to advances in Science Education. Undergraduate Research.  Research experience as undergraduate moulds you to become a scientist. It builds your resume, opens up opportunities for employment or graduate school, and sets you apart from other students who merely take courses
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Department of Physics
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Background of the Department The Department of Physics is one of the departments in the School of Physical Sciences within the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences (CANS). The Department offers training in Physics, Engineering Physics, and Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics at the undergraduate level in the following three major programmes: B.Sc. Physics B.Sc. Engineering Physics B.Sc. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics At the postgraduate level, the Department offers the following post  MPhil Physics PhD Physics The Department trains students who can apply their skills in solving problems in science, industry, commerce and business. The Department also provides adequate content training for Physics teachers for secondary and tertiary institutions.  The Department has nineteen (19) teaching staffs made up of two (2) Professors, two (2) Associate Professors, seven (7) Senior lecturers, eight (8) lecturers.  Why choose this Department?  Among other things, the Department of Physics offers: Interdisciplinary research and education. Thoroughness and integrity in research. Excellent track record of mentoring students to improve retention rates. The goals of the Department are as follows: To attract mathematically able students and to provide them with academically coherent undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, with courses  ranging from the fundamentals to the advanced, reflecting the scholarship and research interests of staff. To provide degree programmes in Physics, Engineering Physics and Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics which are intellectually challenging and rigorous, and whose graduates are well-placed to pursue postgraduate studies or to enter employment.   Objectives. The objectives of the department are as follows: To educate Physicists who can advance the frontier of knowledge by creating new concepts in Physics. To train Physicists who can apply their skills in solving problems in science, industry, and academia. To offer adequate content training for Physics teachers for secondary and tertiary institutions.  To produce graduates who can contribute to the country's developmental needs in research institutions and industry. Career Prospects for Students The wide range of courses that are offered at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels will equip Physics, Engineering Physics and Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics graduate with logical, analytic and computational skills to enable them to pursue careers in diverse fields.

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