Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education - B.ED Social Studies Course Structure

B.ED SOCIAL STUDIES

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Structure of programme

LEVEL 100

FIRST SEMESTER		SECOND SEMESTER
COURSES	CREDITS	COURSES	CREDITS
Subject A*	6	Subject A*	3
Subject B*	3	Subject B*	3
EPS 101 Educational Psychology	3	EDF 102 Social/Philosophical Foundations of Education	3
ASP African Studies	1	ASP African Studies	2
ENG 105A Communicative Skills	3	ENG 105B Communicative Skills	3
IRC 101 Information Retrieval	1	ESS 104 Subject area for JSS	3
TOTAL	17	TOTAL	17

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LEVEL 200

FIRST SEMESTER		SECOND SEMESTER
COURSES	CREDITS	COURSES	CREDITS
Subject A*	3	Subject A*	6
Subject B*	3	Subject B*	3
ESS 201 Nature of History	3	ESS 202 Teaching History	3
ESS 203 Curriculum studies in subject areas	3	ESS 201 B Methods of teaching social studies	3
EPS 201 Educational Statistics	3	EPS 204 Special Education	3
ESS 201A Subject Area for SSS	3
TOTAL	18	TOTAL	18

*Refer to appendix

LEVEL 300

FIRST SEMESTER		SECOND SEMESTER
COURSES	CREDITS	COURSES	CREDITS
Subject A*	6	Subject A*	6
Subject B*	3	Subject B*	3
ESS 305 Research Methods in Education	3	ESS 302 Teaching Economics	3
EMT 390A Micro Teaching	3	EMT 390B Micro Teaching	3
ESS 304 Meaning and Scope of Social Studies	3	EPS 301 Assessment in Education	3
TOTAL	18	TOTAL	18

*Refer to appendix

LEVEL 400

FIRST SEMESTER		SECOND SEMESTER
COURSES	CREDITS	COURSES	CREDITS
Subject A*	6	Subject A*	3
EFE 490 Educational Field Experience	3	Subject B*	3
EPS 401 Guidance and Counselling	3	ESS 405 Teaching Geography	3
ESS 402 Development of Social Studies in Ghana	3	ESS 499 Project Work	3
ESS 404 Teaching Social Studies	3	ESS 406 Social Studies in Basic Education	3
		EDF 401 History and Management of Education in Ghana	3
TOTAL	18	TOTAL	18

*Refer to appendix