UGRC 229 — Introduction to African Studies/ Culture and Development
University-Wide Required Courses (UGRC) · University of Ghana
Course Description This is a semester long course scheduled for the first semester and repeated in the second semester. The course discusses the cultural issues that underpin the quest for socio-political, economic, religious and technological advancement, and the need to preserve or jettison, or reshape, where necessary, certain endogenous values, beliefs, behaviours, and attitudes, and to exploit their beneficial aspects while at the same time discussing potential strategies for coming to terms with the unsavoury aspects of some indigenous norms and practices.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 200
Other courses on this programme
- UGRC 221 — Introduction to African Studies/African Art, its Philosophy and
- UGRC 222 — Introduction to African Studies/ Africa in the Contemporary World
- UGRC 223 — Introduction to African Studies/ Africa and the Diaspora
- UGRC 224 — Introduction to African Studies/African Popular Culture: Traditional
- UGRC 225 — Introduction to African Studies/African Dance
- UGRC 226 — Introduction to African Studies/African Drama
- UGRC 227 — Introduction to African Studies/African Music
- UGRC 228 — Introduction to African Studies/Chieftaincy and Development
- UGRC 230 — Introduction to African Studies/ Gender and Culture in Africa
- UGRC 231 — Introduction to African Studies/Gender and Development
- UGRC 232 — Introduction to African Studies/Issues in Africa’s Population
- UGRC 233 — Introduction to African Studies/Our African Heritage through
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).