Ghana

The course provides a historical overview of language and gender theory and research. It examines how language is used by men and women, and the linguistic means by which they are portrayed, to understand the process of gender (re)construction in society. Topics include essentialist and constructionist views on sex and gender, essentialist and constructionist approaches to language and gender, construction of gender identities, notions of femininity and masculinity, and representation of gender and language use in specific domains. It also involves critical analyses of gendered texts from various domains.

The course focuses on human skeletal morphology, and the study of physical evidence as a means to resolving issues involving criminal investigations, environment analyses, and assessment. How to identify skeletal remains, both whole and fragmentary, and how to estimate the age, sex, ancestry, and stature of an individual using laboratory and imaging techniques are learned.

This course introduces the sociological study of tourism with a focus on Ghana. It examines the evolution and development of tourism as a global phenomenon, the motivations behind travel, characteristics and destinations of tourists, tourist attractions, types of tourism as well as the socioeconomic and sociocultural impact of tourism on the recipient country. The course also examines state institutions and private organizations in the tourism industry. The global dimension of tourism are examined within relevant sociological frameworks.

The course explores the evolution and development of Ghanaian Popular Music and performance since the 19th century to the present as well as the impact of traditional and imported performance norms.

This course provides an understanding of the conceptual framework and skills in health planning and how these can be applied to health systems of developing countries. Developing countries are witnessing accelerated interest in the application of modern management methods to health services, systematic appraisal of health care systems, and their components and rational planning to allocate scarce health resources efficiently according to accepted priorities.

This course introduces the structure and organization of firms in an industry. The welfare implications of output and price determination under major market structures (monopoly and perfect competition) are briefly discussed. Special emphasis is given to the determinants and measurement of industrial market structures.

The course involves the study of selected traditional dances from the Western and Central regions of Ghana. Students are expected to acquire knowledge on the context of performance of various the dances, song texts that accompany the dances. The course places emphasis on movement technique - body awareness, placement and flexibility, use of energy, focus and the source of particular movements associated with each dance form.

The course explores the musical heritage of the African-Americans including Blues, Spirituals, Gospel, Ragtime, and Jazz, as well as early and contemporary African-American composers and performers. Caribbean and Latin American Music, popular (calypso, skar, reggae, soca), religious (cult), and other music genres are also explored.

This course focuses on the economic issues of agriculture in developing countries. It looks at the structure and organization of agriculture in developing countries and the attendant problems for mechanization, the agricultural production function, pricing of agricultural inputs and outputs. The course also place special emphasis on technology adoption in agriculture.

The course analyses what it means to be a man or a woman in different socio-cultural contexts, how gender roles are learned, and how these gender roles translate into gender needs. The concepts of sexuality and gender, gender roles and how they are shaped and learned, triple roles of women, practical and strategic gender needs, gender-based access to and control of resource within households are explored. Gender equality, gender-based violence, gender mainstreaming and roles of the state, role of men and women in technology development and the innovation process are reviewed. During the practical session, students visit communities to identify gender roles and how such roles influence control and utilization of resource for crop and livestock production.