Ghana

University of Cape Coast

General Information:

The university of Cape Coast (UCC) is located along the shores of the Gulf of Guinea in the Central Region of Ghana. Its main entrance, the west Gate, is only 50 meters from the Atlantic ocean. The University consists of Two main sections the northern and the southern section. At the Southern section, are the administration and Faculty of Education. While the rest of the academic Departments and the main Library are at the Northern section. There are four faculties, two centers, two Institutes and one School.

Department in Focus:

The department of Geography and Tourism is under the faculty if Social Sciences. The department offers courses leading to

• B.A (SS) in Geography
• B.Sc Tourism
• B.A./B.ED in Population and Family Life Education

There are opportunities to study for higher degrees leading to M.Phil and Ph.D in Geography and Tourism.

Key Courses

The course deals with the following topics: Defination and scope of GIS Geographic data in GIS; Spatial data integratiuon of geographic data; Types of data inputs into GIS; Class of Data: points, lines; contineous fields of homogeneous division; structure for geographic data in IS; locational structure and projections for representing geographic data; spatial relaationships and data storage in vector in vector-based GI; layered data base

Map making from compilation through reproduction; development of skills in drafting, generalization, symbolization, design, and familiarization with map sources.

Handling and analyzing spatially - referenced data. Digital cartography; remote sensing technology and GIS data structures and data base design; drum scanning for digitizing prepared maps; spatio; and other algorithms design; software engineering; mapping problems into GIS terms; point line area commands. Relevance of GIS to resource managers, market researchers, planners, property assessors, administrators, policy makers, etc.

This course teaches students the interpretation of physical and cultural geographic phenomena as recorded by orbital and aerial sensing systems. Emphasis is on the data recorded and the interpretation techniques and advance work with map production. Contemporary aerial photographs, satellite and radar data are used. Topic to be covered are: Principles of electromagnetic radiation; image characteristics; source of remote sensing information, characteristics of aerial photographs, remote sensing systems - spectral scanner system and their image characteristics; acquisition of satellite images and interpretation methods; advantages of satellite imagery - thermal infrared imagery, radar imagery; land use and resource inventory and mapping from aerial photographs and map reproduction processes.

For detailed program , see below

CODE Course title

GEO 101 Elements of Physical Geography

GEO 102 Elements of Human Geography

GEO 103 Local Field Studies

GEO 201 Geographic Thought

GEO 202 Introduction to Earth Science

GEO 203 Elements of Geographic Information Systems

GEO 301 Geomorphology and Oceanography

GEO 302 Climatology and Hydrology

GEO 303 Biogeography and Pedology

GEO 304 Resource Management

GEO 305 Tourism and Recreation

GEO 306 Temperate and Developed world

GEO 307 Geography of Development With Emphasis on Ghana

GEO 308 Regional Analysis and Development Planning

GEO 310 GIS & Remote Sensing

GEO 311 Statistical Methods and Analysis

GEO 312 Cartography

GEO 401 Geomorphology and Oceanography II

GEO 402 Climatology

GEO 403 Biogeography

GEO 404 Hydrology

GEO 405 Pedology

GEO 406 Medical Geography

GEO 407 Transport

GEO 408 Population Environment

GEO 409 Urban Geography

GEO 410 Rural Land Use

GEO 411 Agricultural Geography

GEO 412 Industrial Geography

GEO 413 Tourism and Recreation II

GEO 414 Political Geography/Geopolitics

GEO 415 Operations Research

GEO 416 Geographic Information Systems

GEO 417 Remote Sensing and Cartography

GEO 418 Statistical Methods and Analysis

GEO 499 Project Work (Not more than 25,000 words)

TOR 101 Environment Culture & Location

TOR 102 Tourism and the Environment

TOR 103 Thematic Geography of Ghana

TOR 104 Field Studies

TOR 201 Tourism and Recreation

TOR 202 Principles and Practice of Tourism

TOR 203 Statistical Methods I

TOR 204 Strategic Business Systems

TOR 205 Elements of Geographic Information Systems

TOR 206 Cultural Geography

TOR 207 Population and Environment

TOR 208 Transport System Analysis

TOR 209 Ecotourism

TOR 210 Personnel Management in Tourism

TOR 301 Management of Hospitality Services

TOR 302 Strategy for International Market

TOR 303 Issues of Development with Emphasis on Ghana

TOR 304 Regional Analysis and Development Planning

TOR 305 Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing

TOR 306 Statistical Methods II

TOR 307 Resource Management in Tourism

TOR 308 Social and Psychological Aspect of leisure Behavior

TOR 309 Leisure Disability

TOR 310 Human Resource Development in Tourism

TOR 311 Environmental Management

TOR 399 Practicum in Tourism

TOR 401 Tourist Destination

TOR 402 Market Planning

TOR 403 Marketing in Tourism and Hospitality

TOR 404 Rural Land-Use for Tourism

TOR 405 Urban Land-Use for Tourism

TOR 406 Consumer Theory

TOR 407 Strategic Marketing Communication

TOR 408 Operation Research

TOR 409 Ecotourism

TOR 410 Environmental Impact Assessment

TOR 411 Common Property and Other Resource Management

TOR 412 Biodiversity

TOR 499 Dissertation (Not more than 25,000 words)

GEO 501 Geographic Thought

GEO 502 Quantitative Methods

GEO 503 Research Methods

GEO 504 Computing

GEO 505 Medical Geography

GEO 506 Transport Geography

GEO 507 Environment and Development

GEO 508 Geomorphology

GEO 509 Climatology

GEO 510 Rural Resource Management

GEO 511 Urban Geography

GEO 512 Population and Development

GEO 513 Oceanography

GEO 514 Poverty Studies

GEO 515 Environmental Hazards

GEO 516 Rural Resource Management

GEO 517 Gender Analysis

GEO 518 Coastal Systems

GEO 522 Cartography and Remote Sensing

GEO 599 Thesis (Not more than 50,000 words)

TOR 501 Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Tourism

TOR 502 Statistical Methods I

TOR 503 Statistical Methods II

TOR 504 Computing

TOR 505 Environment and Development

TOR 506 Research Analysis

TOR 507 Tourism Management

TOR 508 Tourism Administration

TOR 509 Tourism and Commercial Recreation

TOR 510 Special Population

TOR 511 Social/Psychological Aspect of Tourism

TOR 512 International Tourism

TOR 513 Ecotourism

TOR 514 Landscape Design in Responsible Tourism

TOR 515 Communication in Tourism

TOR 599 Thesis (Not more than 50,000 words)