University of Ghana Fall Semester 2008

This list includes many, but not all, of the Fall semester courses taught at the University of Ghana that are likely to be most appropriate for NYU undergraduates.  Course descriptions and syllabi are provided wherever possible. Course offerings are subject to change. 

It is important to understand that while these courses will count toward your NYU graduation requirements, any courses that you want counted toward your department’s Major or Minor requirements must be approved for such credit by your advisor and/or the Director of Undergraduate Studies in your department.  The Office of Global Education and the Director of NYU in Ghana will assist you in gathering the curricular materials necessary for consulting with your department faculty.

Faculty of Arts

English

(Note: Department revising curriculum; more courses are available; course numbers may change)

ENGL 347 Discourse Analysis
ENGL 349 Language And Culture
ENGL 357 Literature As Performance
ENGL 373 Masterpieces Of African Literature
ENGL 377 Studies In African Prose
ENGL 381 Studies In Popular Literature
ENGL 395 Critical Issues In African Literature
ENGL Black Women Writers
ENGL 379 Literature Of The Black Diaspora
ENGL 447 Advanced Expository Writing
ENGL 449 Advanced Practice In Literary Criticism
ENGL 443 Ghanaian Literature

Languages

French

FREN 305 Aspects of francophone African literature
FREN 309 Francophone African Novel in Colonial Era
FREN 405 Aspects of Francophone African Literature II
FREN 421 Tradition and Francophone African Writing

Spanish

SPAN 416 Latin American Literature and the Poetry of Nicholas Guillen

Arabic

Full range of courses in Arabic

Swahili

Full range of courses in Swahili

Twi

LING. Twi Ashanti

Linguistics

LING 325 Theory of translation I& II
LING 343 Introduction to the Theory of Translation
LING 347 Oral Literature
LING 441 Psycholinguistics
LING 443 Language and culture
LING 315 Sociolinguistics
LING 317 Ethnography of Speaking

Philosophy

PHIL 415 Philosophy of Culture

Religious Studies

SREL 303 Qu’ranic Studies
SREL 317 Religion in Ghana
SREL 321 Africa traditional Ethics
SREL 337 Life of Mohammed Ibrahim, Hussein
SREL 353 Gender Issues in Religion and Culture
SREL 365 Islam in West Africa
SREL 367 Religion and Gender, with Special Reference to Ghana
SREL 305 African Traditional Religion
SREL 401 Comparative study of Religion
SREL 410 Religion in the African Diaspora
SREL 417 Religion and Human Rights

Faculty of Social Sciences

Archaeology

ARCH 303 Prehistory of West Africa: Foragers and Farmer
ARCH 307 Art history of Ghana
ARCH 405 Paleo-Historical Demography of Africa
ARCH 411 Practical Archeology

Economics

Multiple Courses at 300 & 400 Levels

Geography and Resource Development

GEOG 303 Regional Geography of Africa
GEOG 308 Geography of Gender & Development in Africa
GEOG 403 Geography of the Developing World
GEOG 409 Population Studies
GEOG 413 Urban Geography
GEOG 417 Historical Geography of Africa
GEOG 423 Medical Geography
GEOG 429 Environmental Ecology
GEOG 429 Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Health

History

HIST History of Ghana
HIST 203 Nineteen century Africa and the Wider World
HIST 301 History of Ghana to 1800
HIST 303 History of Africa up to 1500
HIST 305 History of the black Diaspora
HIST 307 Economic History of West Africa 1700-1890
HIST 313 Women in History
HIST 407   Colonial Rule and African Response: Partition and Pacification
HIST 418 Aspects of World History since 1945
HIST 491 The Fante States in the Seventeenth Century

Political Science

POLI 305 Government and Politics In Ghana Since Independence
POLI 313 Nature Growth and Role of International Organization
POLI 315 Organization Theory
POLI 323 Conflict studies in African States
POLI 405 Politics of International Economic Relations
POLI 409 Comparative Public Administration
POL1 411 Politics and Development
POLI 413 Political thought in Africa and the Black Diaspora
POLI 415 International conflict and Conflict Resolution
POLI 417 Theories of Under Development
POLI 419 Politics of Developing Countries: East and South Africa
POLI 421 Foreign Policy Analysis
POLI 429 Public Policy Analysis
POLI 431 Refugees and Internationals Relations
POLI 433 Political Parties and Interest Groups in Ghana

Psychology

PSYC 301 Learning
PSYC 303 Statistics for Psychologist
PSYC 305 Psychology of Personality
PSYC 307 Developmental Psychology: Infancy, Childhood & Adolescence
PSYC 401 Higher Order Cognition
PSYC 403 Social Psychology: Theory and Research
PSYC 409 Research/Research Project
PSYC 411 Clinical Psychology
PSYC 413 Education Psychology
PSYC 415 Guidance and counseling
PSYC 601 Psychometrics (may be open to advanced students)
PSYC 603 Research Methods (may be open to advanced students)
PSYC 611 Psychopathology (may be open to advanced students)
PSYC 613 Psychological Assessment (may be open to advanced students)
PSYC 661 The Nature of social Psychological (may be open to advanced students)

Sociology

S0CI 203 Traditional Ghanaian Society
SOCI 303 Social Psychology
SOCI 305 Quantitative Methods in Social Science Research
SOCI 307 Rural Sociology
SOCI 309 Urban Sociology
SOCI 313 Sociology of Religion
SOCI 315 Political Sociology
SOCI 317 Sociology of the Family
SOCI 401 Social Anthropology
SOCI 403 Theories of Social Development
SOCI 404 Context of Development and Underdevelopment
SOCI 409 Gender Studies
SOCI 413 Advanced Quantitative Techniques
SOCI 415 Sociology of Science
SOCI 601 Perspectives in Social Thought (may be open to advanced students)
SOCI 603 Advanced Quantitative Techniques (may be open to advanced students)
SOCI 605 Sociology of the Third World (may be open to advanced students)
SOCI 607 Comparative Religious Traditions (may be open to advanced students)
SOCI 609 Transformations of Rural Institutions (may be open to advanced students)
SOCI 611 Sociology of the Family (may be open to advanced students)
SOCI 613 Gender Sociology (may be open to advanced students)
SOCI 615 Population and Development (may be open to advanced students)
SOCI 617 Sociology of Health Institutions (may be open to advanced students)
SOCI 619 Sociology of Industrial Organization (may be open to advanced students)
SOCI 621 Social Movement and Collective Action (may be open to advanced students)

Math and Science

BIOL 316 Environmental Zones of West Africa
GEOL 423 Geology of Ghana
MATH Various Courses
ZOOL 407 Population Ecology
ZOOL 408 Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases
ZOOL/BOTN Ecology of Ghana

Faculty of Performing Arts

Performing Arts

DANC 205 African Dance Practicals I
DANC 303 Dance Composition
DANC 307 Stagecraft
DANC 309 Production Participation
DANC 311 Dance Techniques
DANC 315 Dance, Ritual, And Art
DANC 401 Dance Aesthetics And Criticism
DANC 407 Theater Management (Dance)
DRAM 305 Play Production And Participation
DRAM 307 Directing
DRAM 313 Fundamentals Of Radio/Tv Film/Video Production
DRAM 317 Community-Based Theater Education
DRAM 403 Modern Drama
DRAM 405 African-American Theater
DRAM 423 Drama In Elementary Education
MUSC 011/014 Form And Structure In African Music I
MUSC 013 African Music And Related Arts
MUSC 019 Ethnomusicology Theories And Methods
MUSC 055 Cultural And Historical Background Of African Music
MUSC 055 African Music Sources And Cultural Context
MUSC 309 Music Of West Africa
MUSC 311 Composition Techniques In African Music
MUSC 347 African Folk Songs
SPAT 409 History And Development Of Theater In Ghana
TADA Traditional African Dance Ii
TADA 0009 Dance Forms Of Ghana I
TADA 003/004 Introduction To Traditional African Dance I&II
TADA 003/004 Introduction To Traditional African Dance II
TADA 043/044 Traditional African Dance
TADA 071 Advanced Dance Techniques