Introduction
The Department of Community Development is one of the Departments under the Faculty of Planning and Land Management, SDD-UBIDS. The Department started in the 2008/2009 academic year with the Bachelor of Arts (BA), Integrated Community Development Programme. The Department first received its full accreditation from the National Accreditation Board (NAB) in January, 2010. Based on the experiences gained by the Department and the feedback received from key stakeholders, the Department rebranded the BA, Integrated Community Development Programme as BSc. Project Planning and Community Development. This is intended not only to make the programme more attractive and responsive to the needs of our stakeholders, but also to align the programme to the Faculty of Planning and Land Management, which runs applied social science programmes. The BSc Project Planning and Community Development is fully accredited by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC). Other programmes run by the Department are Diploma in Project Planning and Community Development, MPhil Project Management and Community Development and MSc Project Management and Community Development.
Vision
To become a first class center of choice for the training of Project Planning/management and Community Development practitioners.
Mission
Ensuring the transformation and revitalization of communities in Ghana and other Third World Countries through the training of practitioners who are committed to community work, and equipped with practically-oriented and community-based problem-solving skills.
Our progrommes seeks to
- Train well-grounded class of project planning/ management and community development practitioners
- train students with analytical skills and right attitudes to effectively facilitate the transformation of local communities
- train students with the right set of skills for planning and managing community development projects.
The above training combines theory and practice. Aside the classroom theory, student are also exposed to practical training programmes including development workshops, the Third Trimester Field Practical Training and Industrial Attachments among other
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Course Details
Under Constuction.
Job Prospects
Graduates of these programmes are expected to work in a wide range of organizations including;
- National Ministries, particularly the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Gender and Social Protection, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, and their agencies,
- Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies,
- Non-Governmental, and Civil Society Organizations,
- International Development Agencies,
- Financial Institutions,
- Academia, and
- Self-Employment through business enterprises
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Course Requirements
Under Construction
Staff
| Name of staff | Qualification | Position/Rank |
| Prof. Samuel Z. Bonye | PhD Tamale Ghana | Associate Professor |
| Prof. Kennedy A. Alatinga | PhD Cape Town, South Africa | Associate Professor |
| Dr. Maxwell A. Aziabah | PhD Humboldt, Germany | Senior Lecturer |
| Mr. Alfred N. Beyuo | MPhil Tamale, Ghana | Senior Lecturer |
| Dr. Ophelia Soliku | PhD Freiburg, Germany | Senior Lecturer |
| Dr. Bismark Y. Guba | PhD Reading, UK | Lecturer |
| Dr. Frederick Dapilah | PhD Berlin, Germany | Senior Lecturer |
| Ms. Theodora Kankpi | MSc Kumasi, Ghana | Lecturer |
| Mr. Felix Dordaa | MPhil Legon, Ghana | Lecturer |
| Mr. Alhassan Baako | MPhil Legon, Ghana | Lecturer |
| Mr. Yiridomoh Y. Gordon | MPhil Kumasi, Ghana | Lecturer |
