University of Ghana, Legon

Music sequencing. General concepts Tracks/channels, assigning instruments, data input, time signatures, tempo/tempo change quantizing, loops and editing. Students will realize two midi composition projects.

The course reviews the inception of present-day complex societies of West Africa, how they evolved, and their vicissitudes in the period 500 B.C. to A.D. 1950. Themes include general characteristics of West African societies in the Iron Age, origins of copper and iron technology and their effects on local societies, megalith and tumuli sites of the Western Sudan, urbanism, and trade networks and contacts in West Africa.

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.