The sociology of education is the study of how public institutions and individual experiences affect education and its outcomes.
Entry Requirements:
A successful applicant would be offered a probationary admission as a Postgraduate Research Student [PRS] for the first year. Students may progress to the second year after having satisfied the following conditions:
Completed all courses required at the masters level
Obtained a CGPA of 2.5 or better
Taken a course in academic writing and passed
Successfully defended a final research proposal before a department examining panel
A non- research master’s degree candidate seeking admission to the MPhil Programme must:
Have obtained a CGPA of 2.5 or better in the masters course work
Submit an official transcript of academic record
Submit at least two referee’s report one of which must be from a former lecturer
Submit a proposal of 2-3 pages on the intended area of study including references
Satisfy any additional requirements prescribed by the colleges/faculties /schools /institutes/departments.
This may include relevant work experience and written entrance examination and / or interview.
Goal / Objectives:
The goal of the programme is to produce world class scholars capable of teaching in higher educational institutions, as well as contributing expert ideas that will inform educational policy, curricular content, and school classroom practice.
That is, educational policy such as policy on equalization of educational opportunity across the gender, socio-economic background and rural-urban dichotomies.
Other tasks will include monitoring the curriculum to check on relevance, currency, and adequacy of the content of teaching will be enriched with the expert ideas of the products of the programme.
Specifically the programme will produce graduates who will acquire knowledge and competency to:
Teach in tertiary educational institutions in general and faculties, departments, as well as colleges of education in particular.
Conduct educational research to inform policy.
Identify, plan, execute and evaluate programmes in education.
Participate actively in informed discourses on educational issues that are of social origin and character.
Career Opportunities:
Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service
College of Education (Tutors)
Security Services, NGOs
Training Units of institutions