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GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING

Degree Type:
Bachelor of Education
Department:
Department of Guidance and Counseling
Programme Duration:
4 years (Standard Entry)

Modes of Study:
Regular
About Programme:
The B.Ed. Guidance and Counselling programme will be seven semesters of course work and one semester of Off-Campus teaching and Practicum (The Practicum takes place during the long vacation after the third year).

Entry Requirements:
Applicants seeking admission into the Guidance and Counselling Programme must fulfill the following requirements by the University of Cape Coast.

A) SSSCE/WASSCE Applicants must pass: i) three core subjects (English, Mathematics, Integrated Science or Social Studies) with grade C6 or better for WASSCE and /or grade D or better for SSSCE and ii) three elective subjects from General Arts, Business, Science, Home Economics and Vocational and Technical backgrounds with a grade C6 or better for WASSCE and/or SSSCE with Grade D or better.

B) Mature Students Applicants must be 25 years and above, and write and pass the Mature Entrance Examination in a Special Paper, General Paper and Aptitude Test organised by the University of Cape Coast.

Goal / Aim / Objectives:
The objectives of the programme are to produce graduates who will be able to:

Organise effective guidance programmes for clients,
Handle clients’ problems,
Assist school and non-school administrators to manage problems of their staff, and
Teach in their areas of specialisation in pre-tertiary schools.
Career Opportunities:
The wide range of courses offered at the undergraduate levels equip graduates in Guidance and Counselling with professional knowledge and skills in Counselling to pursue career in diverse fields us as Education, Civil/Public service, Health Services etc,

Programme Structure
Level 100

First Semester
ASP A: AFRICAN STUDIES (CORE)
2 Credit(s)
This comprises a variety of Courses mounted by the Center for African and International Studies. Each student gets to do one of these courses in the first semester and another one in the second semester of the first year.

BIO 101: DIVERSITY OF LIVING ORGANISMS
3 Credit(s)
Students are introduced to the classification of living organisms and the morphological characteristics of the following kingdoms of organisms: Prokaryotae, Protoctista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia. The course also examines the life histories and adaptations of some selected members of the various kingdoms e.g. Bacteria and Cyanobacteria; Protozoa with particular emphasis on the Sporozoa; Zygomycota, Ascomycota and Basidiomycota; Chlorophyta and Phaeophyta; Bryophyta; Lycophyta; Filinophyta; Gymnospermophyta, Angiospermophyta; Platyhelminthes, Nematoda; Arthropoda, Amphibia, Pisces, Reptilia, Aves; and Mammalia.

BPS 111: INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
3 Credit(s)
BUS 101: FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS I
3 Credit(s)
CHE 101A: INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL/INORGANIC CHEMISTRY I
2 Credit(s)
This course is designed to provide a survey of general, inorganic and physical chemistry for students in sciences and allied science majors. Students enrolled in this course will have the opportunity to learn about atoms, atomic structure, chemical compounds, reactions and stoichiometry, electrons in atoms, Periodic Table and atomic properties. The main objective of this course is to provide students with a fundamental understanding of the basic theories, laws, processes and reactions in chemistry. It is also aimed at developing an appreciation for the relationship between chemistry and our environment. The fundamental principles of general chemistry will be reinforced during lectures and tutorial sessions.

CHE 103: INTRODUCTORY PRACTICAL (PHYSICAL/INORGANIC) CHEMISTRY
1 Credit(s)
This course aims at helping students to develop requisite laboratory skills in general chemistry. Laboratory work includes basic techniques of qualitative and quantitative measurements such as gravimetric, colorimetric, thermometric and selected volumetric methods of analysis. Practical exercises undertaken in this course include calibration of analytical balance and volumetric glassware (burette and pipette), conductivity and pH measurements, determination of molecular properties and solubility products, qualitative analysis of mixtures of two or more metallic salts, and thermochemistry.

CMS 107: COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS I
3 Credit(s)
Engaging in academic work at the university is challenging. This course is aimed at equipping fresh students to make the transition from pre-university level to the university level. It assists them in engaging and succeeding in complex academic tasks in speaking, listening, reading and writing. It also provides an introduction to university studies by equipping students with skills that will help them to engage in academic discourse with confidence and fluency.

COM 103: FOUNDATION ACCOUNTING I
3 Credit(s)
ECO 101: PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS I
3 Credit(s)
EDF 102: SOCIAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION
3 Credit(s)
The course is in two parts. The first part deals with the social functions of education while the second part deals with Western and African philosophical ideals that underpin the aims, content, method and organisation of education in Ghana.

ENG 101: THE USE OF ENGLISH
3 Credit(s)
FRE 103: LANGUAGE STRUCTURE AND USAGE (SPOKEN)
3 Credit(s)
GEO 101: ELEMENTS OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
3 Credit(s)
HIS 110: WORLD CIVILISATION BEFORE 5TH CENTURY
3 Credit(s)
ILT 101: INFORMATION LITERACY
1 Credit(s)
The rationale of the course is to equip students with skills that will enable them access and retrieve information in the traditional, hybrid and digital libraries. Students will be able to use ICT efficiently and effectively when they have basic knowledge of computers. The course content include: Types of libraries, library resources and their uses, the role the library plays in the academic community, introduction to computers, the internet.

MAT 101: ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY I
3 Credit(s)
Commutative, associative and distributive properties of union and intersection of sets; De Morgan’s laws; Cartesian product of sets; the real number system; natural numbers, integers, rational and irrational numbers; properties of addition and multiplication on the set of real numbers; relation of order in the system of real numbers; linear, quadratic and other polynomial functions, rational algebraic functions, absolute value functions, functions containing radicals and their graphical representation; inequalities in one and two variables real; application to liner programming; indices and logarithms, their laws and applications; binomial theorem for integral and rational indices and their application; linear and exponential series; operations on matrices up to 3 x 3; inverse of a matrix; determinants and their use in solving systems of linear equations.

PHY 101: GENERAL PHYSICS I (THEORY)
2 Credit(s)
This course is intended to introduce students to some of the fundamental concepts and principles underlying Physics so as to develop the scientific problem-solving skills and logical reasoning of students. The knowledge acquired is for later application in allied programmes like Nursing, Optometry, Computer, Science, Science Education and Laboratory Technology. The main topics treated include Physical quantities, vectors, Dynamics, Kinematics, Thermodynamics, Work, Energy and Power.

PHY 103: GENERAL PHYSICS (PRACTICAL)
1 Credit(s)
RHV 101: RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE OF HUMANKIND
2 Credit(s)
RHV 103A: INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION I
1 Credit(s)
Second Semester
104 BUS: FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS II
3 Credit(s)
BIO 102: BASIC CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS
2 Credit(s)
The course provides a basic background in the various principles of Genetics with a focus on the cytological basis. It covers cell structure, nuclear divisions and chromosomal aberrations. These would illustrate the relevant cytological basis of Mendelian Genetics, Cytogenetics and Darwinian Evolution. The course also covers the DNA structure, the Genetic code based on the Central Dogma theory and the basis of microbial genetics. The concepts of recombinant DNA, Genetic engineering and Biotechnology would be mentioned.

BIO 103: DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS
1 Credit(s)
BPS 113 : PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
3 Credit(s)
CHE 104: INTRODUCTORY PRACTICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
1 Credit(s)
This course is an introductory Organic Laboratory Processes which seeks to enable students acquire basic laboratory skills for the techniques of crystallisation, melting and boiling point determination; simple, fractional and steam distillation; refluxing liquid-liquid extraction; paper, thin-layer and colour chromatography.

CHE 105: INTRODUCTION TO BASIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I
2 Credit(s)
This course introduces students to the molecular composition of structure, purification of organic compounds, detection of elements like C, H, N, S and the halogens in organic compounds. It will also cover topics such as calculation and determination of empirical and molecular formulae; structural and geometrical isomerism; pictorial treatment of sp, sp2, and sp3 hybridization in single, double and triple bonds in hydrocarbons.

CMS 108: COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS II
3 Credit(s)
This is a follow-up course on the first semester one. It takes students through writing correct sentences, devoid of ambiguity, through the paragraph and its appropriate development to the fully-developed essay. The course also emphasizes the importance and the processes of editing written work.

COM 104: FOUNDATION ACCOUNTING II
3 Credit(s)
ECO 102: PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS II
3 Credit(s)
EGC 122 : INTRODUCTION TO GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING
3 Credit(s)
ENG 112: PRINCIPLES OF PROSE FICTION
3 Credit(s)
EPS 101A: EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
3 Credit(s)
This is a comprehensive course designed to introduce prospective teachers to the psychological influences responsible for the behaviour and learning characteristics of individual students. It includes knowledge of the forces of nature and nurture as they affect the physical, psycho-social, cognitive and moral characteristics of the learner in the school. It also includes knowledge on how the teacher can identify special needs in the individual as well as the principles and strategies to employ in helping and counselling learners to develop their potentials in full.

FRE 104: LANGUAGE STRUCTURE AND USAGE (FLUENCY)
3 Credit(s)
GEO 102: ELEMENTS OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
3 Credit(s)
HIS 111: WORLD CIVILISATION FROM 5TH CENTURY BC
3 Credit(s)
MAT 102: ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY & CALCULUS
3 Credit(s)
PHY 102: GENERAL PHYSICS II (THEORY)
2 Credit(s)
Topics to be treated for the course are; Introduction optics, waves, electricity and magnetism: reflection and refraction on plane surfaces; lens formulae, thin lens in contact, characteristics of wave motion, sound waves, resonance, static electricity; the coulomb ; electric potential, capacitors, current.

PHY 104: GENERAL PHYSICS II(PRACTICAL)
1 Credit(s)
This is the practical component of PHY102 and is designed to help students gain some hands-on experience with laboratory equipment as they perform experiments to enhance their understanding of some the theoretical concepts. Such experiments include the determination of the focal length of lenses and refractive index of glass block; investigation of Ohm’s law and determination of resistivity of materials.

RHV 102: QUEST FOR MEANING IN LIFE
2 Credit(s)
RHV 103B: INTRODUCTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION II
1 Credit(s)

Level 200

First Semester
BIO 201: BASIC SOIL SCIENCE
2 Credit(s)
This introductory course seeks to provide basic information on soil development emphasizing the soil formation factors and the physical, chemical and biological properties of soils. The course also emphasizes the special characteristics of clays and humus in relation to plant growth. Soil classification is discussed with emphasis on tropical soils. Land use and soil degradation are discussed with focus on conservation and management.

BIO 202: CELL AND TISSUE ORGANISATION
3 Credit(s)
This course introduces students to cell theory and the generalised structure of plants and animal cells and the functions of the organelles. Types, structures and functions of mammalian tissues will be treated. Students will be introduced to basic histological methods-temporary and permanent preparations. The use of microtome in cutting sections and staining procedure will be emphasized.

CHE 105B: INTRODUCTION TO BASIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II
2 Credit(s)
CHE 201: MAIN GROUP CHEMISTRY
3 Credit(s)
This course covers the representative elements of group I-VIII (including the alkali metals, alkaline earth metals). The non-metallic elements and elements of group IIB (viz Zn, Cd, and Hg). The chemistry of their oxides, hydroxides, halides, nitrites, and other salts will be discussed. The noble gases will be covered. The oxy-acids of non-metals will also be discussed together with their reduction potentials.

ECO 202: ELEMENTS OF ECONOMICS (MACRO)
3 Credit(s)
EGC 211: COMMUNICATION IN COUNSELLING
3 Credit(s)
EGC 213: SCHOOL COUNSELLING
3 Credit(s)
EGC 215: GROUP PROCEDURES IN GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING
3 Credit(s)
ENG 203: THE SENTENCE AND ITS PARTS
3 Credit(s)
EPS 212: SPECIAL EDUCATION
3 Credit(s)
FRE 207: LANGUAGE STRUCTURE AND USAGE (WRITTEN)
3 Credit(s)
GEO 201: GEOGRAPHIC THOUGHT
3 Credit(s)
HIS 205: OTTOMAN NORTH AFRICA
3 Credit(s)
The course examines the social, economic and political developments in northern Africa at the height of the Ottoman Empire in North Africa. It analyzes the nature and effects of the Ottoman administration of North Africa and the responses of the indigenous people of the area to Ottoman rule. It also explores the advent of Europeans in the region and examines their activities, as well as the impact of these activities on the indigenous societies of North Africa.

HIS 208: COLONIALISM, INDEPENDENCE AND NATION BUILDING IN THE USA TO 1840
3 Credit(s)
PHL 205: CRITICAL THINKING AND PRACTICAL REASONING
2 Credit(s)
PHY 202: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM (THEORY)
2 Credit(s)
PHY 206: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM (PRACTICAL)
1 Credit(s)
RHV 201: EARLY CHRISTIAN HISTORY
2 Credit(s)
RHV 205: HISTORY OF OLD TESTAMENT
2 Credit(s)
Second Semester
ACT 202: INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING II
3 Credit(s)
BIO 208: POPULATION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
3 Credit(s)
BIO 211: PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
3 Credit(s)
This course covers basic plant processes including photosynthesis, respiration, fermentation and bioenergetics. Other concepts and topics to be discussed include translocation of organic compounds, germination and dormancy, stomatal physiology and plant growth regulators.

BPS 223: ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
3 Credit(s)
BPS 224: PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSONALITY
3 Credit(s)
BUS 206: BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
3 Credit(s)
CHE 105B: INTRODUCTION TO BASIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II
2 Credit(s)Pre-requisite: CHE 105A
This course is a continuation of CHE 105A. The basic ideas on nomenclature, structure, physical properties, synthesis and chemical properties of the aliphatic hydrocarbons (alkanes, alkenes, alkyes) will be treated. The course will also include the treatment of the structure of benzene including simple treatment of the concept of resonance and aromaticity, nomenclature of benzene and synthesis of simple derivatives of benzene with specific orientation, ortho-, para- and meta-directors.

CHE 203: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I
2 Credit(s)
The course will focus on the basic theories of Thermodynamics, Chemical Kinetics and Electrochemistry. Topics to be discussed will include: Thermodynamics (system, surroundings, work, heat energy; Laws of Thermodynamics, Hess’s Law, enthalpy of reactions, entropy, free energy changes), Chemical Kinetics (reaction rates, molecularity, order and rate constant, determination of reaction order, factors affecting rates of chemical reactions, and Transition State Theory) and Electrochemistry (types of electrochemical cells – Galvanic and Electrolytic cells, standard electrode potentials, spontaneity of redox reaction, Nernst equation, applications of cell measurements, and determination of thermodynamic functions, corrosion, and electrolysis).

CHE 207: PRACTICAL PHYSICAL/INORGANIC CHEMISTRY II
2 Credit(s)
The course will focus on principles taught in CHE 203. Laboratory exercises that will be carried out include: solution properties, kinetics, electrochemical series, equilibrium, acid–base and complexometric titrations, identification of cations and anions, and gravimetric analysis involving separation methods.

ECO 202: ELEMENTS OF ECONOMICS (MACRO)
3 Credit(s)
EGC 222: COUNSELLING SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN
3 Credit(s)
ENG 204: FORMS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ENGLISH CLAUSE
3 Credit(s)
This course is a continuation of ENG 203. It deals with the forms and functions of clause types, with emphasis on co-ordination and subordination, and their stylistic effects on composition. The main clause types to be studied are the nominal, relative/adjectival, and adverbial clauses.

EPS 211: EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS
3 Credit(s)
GEO 201: GEOGRAPHIC THOUGHT
3 Credit(s)
MAT 202: VECTOR ALGEBRA AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
3 Credit(s)
PHY 202: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM (THEORY)
2 Credit(s)
This course is an extension of the electricity and magnetism basics introduced in PHY 102. It is designed to improve students understanding of electric and magnetic phenomena. The course covers basic computation of electric and magnetic fields, calculation of electric potentials and their applications. A.C. theory and electromagnetic waves and their related calculations are covered. Application of RCL circuit is discussed.

RHV 202: ROOTS OF ISLAMIC CIVILISATION
2 Credit(s)
RHV 203: AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION
2 Credit(s)

Level 300

First Semester
ACT 301: COST AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING I
3 Credit(s)
BUS 301: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
3 Credit(s)
ECO 301: INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS
3 Credit(s)
EGC 311 : INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELLING THEORIES
3 Credit(s)
EGC 313: HIV /AIDS EDUCATION AND COUNSELLING
3 Credit(s)
EGC 315: PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT IN COUNSELLING
3 Credit(s)
ENG 302: PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
3 Credit(s)

EPS 311 : ASSESSMENT IN EDUCATION
3 Credit(s)
GEO 301: GEOMORPHOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
3 Credit(s)
HIS 301: FOREST AND COASTAL STATES OF WEST AFRICA UP TO THE EVE OF THE COLONIAL PERIOD
3 Credit(s)
MAT 301: ADVANCED CALCULUS I
3 Credit(s)

PHY 303: THERMAL PHYSICS
3 Credit(s)
Thermal Physics is an advanced undergraduate course. It connects the world of everyday systems, for example chemical and atomic systems. The course is introduced through a unified approach to the equilibrium of thermal properties of large systems based on the quantum viewpoint and statistical probability. The laws of thermodynamics and the concepts of entropy, temperature, chemical potential, free energy, and thermodynamic potential will be covered. Heat transfer, phase transition, and classical kinetic theory will also be discussed.

RHV 304: COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RELIGION
3 Credit(s)
STA 301: PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
3 Credit(s)
Second Semester
ACT 302: COST AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING II
3 Credit(s)
BPS 324: ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY (ELECTIVE)
3 Credit(s)
This course provides an opportunity for students to examine adolescence, a special watershed in human life. The various theoretical perspectives regarding the nature, character, learning and training of adolescents will be covered. The course also examines the psychosocial problems associated with adolescence and the strategies for establishing cordial relations between adolescents and adult authority. Issues of adolescent sexual health, drug use behaviour, delinquency and nihilism will be emphasized.

BUS 302: PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING
3 Credit(s)
ECO 302: INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS
3 Credit(s)
EGC 318: REHABILITATION COUNSELLING
3 Credit(s)
EGC 324: COUNSELLING TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICUM
3 Credit(s)
EMT 390: MICRO TEACHING
3 Credit(s)
The course examines overview of theories of learning and teaching; various instructional strategies; creating a good motivation in teaching; statement of lesson objectives and set induction; lesson planning; questioning and questioning skills; learning difficulties;and practical work.

ENG 309: ASPECTS OF THE GRAMMAR OF ENGLISH
3 Credit(s)
ENT 302: INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1 Credit(s)
EPS 399: RESEARCH METHODS
3 Credit(s)
GEO 307: GEOGRAPHY FOR DEVELOPMENT WITH EMPHASIS ON GHANA
3 Credit(s)
HIS 302: REVOLUTIONS AND REMAKING OF EUROPE (1789-1871)
3 Credit(s)
MAT 302: ADVANCED CALCULUS II
3 Credit(s)
PHY 310: SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
3 Credit(s)
The course gives an introduction to the Special Theory of Relativity, with emphasis on some of its consequences. It covers phenomena such as the slowing down of clocks and the contraction of lengths in moving reference frames as measured by a stationary observer. The relativistic forms of momentum and energy as well as some consequences of the mass-energy relation, E = mc2 are also considered. The following are the details of the topics to be covered.

Brief introduction to the course, Classical Principle of Relativity: Galilean Transformation Equations, Michelson-Morley Experiment, Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity, Lorentz Transformations, Velocity Transformation, Simultaneity of events, Lorentz contraction of lengths, Time Dilation ,Experimental Verification of Length Contraction and Time Dilation, Interval between events, Doppler’s Effect Relativistic Mechanics, Relativistic Expression for Momentum: Variation of Mass with Velocity, The Fundamental Law of Relativistic Dynamics, Mass-energy Equivalence, Relationship between Energy and Momentum, Momentum of Photon, Transformation of Momentum and Energy, Verification of Mass-energy Equivalence Formula.

RHV 310: CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION
3 Credit(s)
STA 304: DATA ANALYSIS I
3 Credit(s)
Level 400
First Semester
EDF 401: HISTORY AND MANAGEMENT OF EDUCATION IN GHANA
3 Credit(s)
The course is in two parts. The first part deals with the role of government and non-governmental bodies in the development and growth of formal education in Ghana. The second part examines administration theories and their influence on the management and administration of school systems in Ghana.

EGC 411 : OFF-CAMPUS PRACTICUM IN COUNSELLING
3 Credit(s)
ETP 491: OFF-CAMPUS TEACHING PRACTICE
12 Credit(s)
Second Semester
EGC 422: ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF GUIDANCE SERVICES
3 Credit(s)
EGC 424 : CAREER CHOICE AND DEVELOPMENT THEORIES
3 Credit(s)
EGC 426: CONTEMPORARY ADOLESCENT ISSUES IN COUNSELLING
3 Credit(s)
EGC 499 : PROJECT WORK