Sociology

Social psychology is an important branch of psychology. It uses scientific methods to solve the core problems in our human social life. It is the best guiding course for people to understand themselves, understand society, and understand the relationship between themselves and society. The course covers a wide range of content, including all aspects of social life, from "who am I" to "how do I know the world", from anti-social to pro-social behavior, from love to prejudice. But there is a core idea that we will learn to analyze the social phenomena around us from the perspective of social psychology, and use the knowledge of social psychology to get along with people better. Course topics include: introduction to social psychology;  self in society; social cognition; impressions; attribution; attitude; socialization; conformity and crowd psychology; persuasion; influence of public; interpersonal conflict; aggressive behavior; prosocial behavior and interpersonal attraction.

Textbook: “Social Psychology 9th Edition” by Aronson et al. Pearson Education. 

Grading Policy: Participation 10%, Psychology Experiment 10%, Group Report and Presentation 30%, Final Exam 50% 

This course examines the ecological and social crises we are currently experiencing as a result of the pandemic and climate change.

This course introduces students to the concept of community health and primary health care as it is delivered in Ghana.  The course provides students an opportunities to learn about diseases of public health importance and selected endemic diseases specific to Ghana as well as their epidemiology and control in Ghana.  The course looks at the emerging non-communicable diseases in Ghana such as HIV/AIDS, hypertension, and breast and cervical cancers.  Students have first-hand learning opportunities on the psychosocial and social aspects of living with HIV, class discussions, and assigned readings with presentations. Students examine the importance of sexual reproductive health with a special emphasis on the needs of adolescents. Students learn the causes, symptoms, and treatment of hypertension and examine sanitation and food security as keys to community health.  

The course provides a basis and preconditions to constructively and critically reflect on the interplay between global health, the Convention of the Rights of the Child, and different international and national norm-supporting structures. The course
offers basic knowledge of the contents of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and global health, and also discusses the interplay between the Convention on the Rights of the Child and global health. The course discusses the importance of the Convention for the development of children's rights and living conditions, policies, strategies, and laws.
 

This course takes up gender as the primary object of study and category of analysis. It aims to understand the conceptualization of sex and gender by various scholars and the implications of their theorization; understand the process of becoming a woman/man via the social construction of masculinity, femininity, sexuality, and the body; the implications of being a woman/man on our lived experience, and the mechanisms that reproduce, maintain, challenge, and change the observed gaps between the two sexes in daily lives or various institutions, e.g. family, education, and labor markets etc. Assessment: essay, group project, presentation, attendance.