Minimum of four (4) years and maximum of six (6) years
Based on the level of entry, the credits required for the award of the first degree are as follows:
| Core Courses (Department's Requirement) | - | 96 credits |
| Electives Courses | - | 12 credits |
| Mandatory Courses (Univ. Requirement) | - | 18 credits |
| Research Project | - | 6 credits |
UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATION COURSES
Our courses under the Humanities and Education programme equips students with the requisite skills to succeed in today’s innovation-driven economy. Our degree and diploma programmes stimulate initiative, creativity, self-direction, and adaptability - essential traits in the current global marketplace.
Specifically, the courses we offer inculcate in our students foundational competencies that enable them to function at an optimum level in almost any professional or business environment. These competencies include higher-order thinking and sound reasoning, critical thinking and problem solving, effective communication and interpersonal skills, teaming and collaboration, and social and cultural awareness.
Our undergraduate programmes are reviewed and updated on a continuous basis, to keep pace with current developments in relevant areas so that our students are at all times ensured of a first-class education.
Browse these pages to see the many exceptional programmes and resources available to help you achieve personal, academic, and professional excellence!
KECO101 Introduction to Microeconomics (3 Credits)
This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of economic principles and issues. It develops students’ economic literacy and teaches them how economics relates to the everyday life of individuals, businesses, and society in general. Topics to be covered include the nature and scope of economics, scarcity and opportunity cost, demand and supply analysis, theories of the consumer, and the firm and market structures.
KECO103 French for Communication (3 Credits)
This course introduces students to the French language. In addition to language training in the four basic skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing - various aspects of French society and culture will be introduced through audio and video extracts and short texts. The emphasis throughout will be on communicative skills, both oral and written.
ECO105 Introduction to Mathematics for Economists (3 Credits)
The course introduces students to the fundamental concepts and principles of Mathematics for Economists. The concepts and principles discussed are applied to economic issues and phenomena. Appropriate diagrammatic illustrations are also made in order to facilitate students understanding.
KREQ210 Academic Writing Skills II (3 Credits)
This course consolidates students’ understanding of Academic Writing Skills. It is a follow up to Academic Writing Skills I. It equips students with the language skills that enable them to read and write effectively. Students are further taken through fundamental issues in grammar and composition in order to strengthen their language skills in these areas.
KECO102 Introduction to Macroeconomics (3 Credits)
This course is intended to help students apply the basic tools of economics to reason accurately and objectively about macroeconomic issues such as economic fluctuations, economic growth and overall living standards, national income accounting, unemployment, inflation, money, banking, and foreign exchange. The course also introduces the theory of national income determination in the short run using expenditure analysis.
KECO104 Introduction to Political Economy of African States (3 Credits)
This course introduces students to the economic consequences of different political forms (predominantly colonial and post-colonial) that have shaped African history. The course also will focus on institutional change, transition from authoritarian structuralism to liberalization, the challenge of democracy, population, and urbanization. Some of the other issues to be explored are those of public health in Africa and transitional justice.
KECO106 Computer and ICT 3 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to basic computing and Information and Communication Technology (ICT). This course develops and further broadens the students’ knowledge of contemporary Information and Communication Technologies.
The course begins with an introduction to computer and ICT basics such as the basic make up of computers, the evolution of computers and the role ICT plays in today’s world. The course further introduces students to topics such as Software, Computer Hardware Add-Ons, Computer Networks and Communication Systems, which are to give students an understanding of how computers are networked, how they communicate and the devices that are used for such communication purposes.
The course further introduces students to essential trending topics in Information Technology (IT) such as Information Security, Legal and Ethical Issues associated with IT use and the Internet and the World Wide Web.
KECO201 Elements of Microeconomics (3 Credits)
This course covers economic analysis of individual, firm, and industry choices in the market economy as well as applications of demand and supply. The course discusses at length government policies like taxes, subsidies and tariffs. It examines disequilibrium in market as a result of government regulated prices. Topics such as theory of consumer behaviour, theory of production, nature of cost curves, and the firm in various market contexts are treated.
KECO203 Mathematics for Economists (3 credits)
The course provides a further treatment of mathematical methods and techniques for economic analysis. It emphasises their applications to problems in economics. After a review of the fundamental principles, it tackles more serious mathematical techniques as matrix algebra among others.
Bachelor of Science in Economics Programme
Knutsford BSc Economics programme is designed to offer specialised and professional training in Economics to students in response to the growing demand of industry and commerce.
The programme is tailored to enable students to describe, compare, correlate and analyse the important Economic phenomena of production, consumption, exchange and distribution of goods and services, in order to make effective and efficient economic decisions.
The programme enables students to develop economic skills and competencies needed for analysis of microeconomic and macroeconomic policies in the society.
Ultimately, graduates of the programme would have developed academically sound and professionally qualified competencies for careers in Economics and related disciplines.
LEVEL 100
Semester One
| Course code | Course Title | Credits |
| KREQ110 | Critical and Theological Thinking | 3 |
| KREQ120 | Academic Writing I | 3 |
| KREQ140 | Introduction to English Literature | 3 |
| KECO101 | Introduction to Microeconomics | 3 |
| KECO103 | French for Communication | 3 |
| KECO105 | Introduction to Mathematics for Economists | 3 |
| TOTAL | 18 |
Semester Two
| Course code | Course Title | Credits |
| KREQ210 | Academic Writing II | 3 |
| KREQ160 | Science and Technology in our Lives | 3 |
| KREQ220 | Africa and World Development | 3 |
| KECO102 | Introduction to Macroeconomics | 3 |
| KECO104 | Introduction to Political Economy of African States | 3 |
| KECO106 | Computer and ICT | 3 |
| TOTAL | 18 |
LEVEL 200
Semester One
| Course code | Course Title | Credits |
| KECO201 | Elements of Microeconomics | 3 |
| KECO203 | Mathematics for Economists | 3 |
| KECO205 | Economy of Ghana I | 3 |
| KECO207 | Entrepreneurship I | 3 |
| KECO209 | Organisational Behaviour | 3 |
| TOTAL | 15 |
Semester Two
| Course code | Course Title | Credits |
| KECO 202 | Elements of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| KECO 204 | Introduction to Statistics for Economists | 3 |
| KECO 206 | Economy of Ghana II | 3 |
| KECO 208 | Entrepreneurship II | 3 |
| KECO 212 | Introduction to Business Finance | 3 |
| TOTAL | 15 |
LEVEL 300
Semester One
| Course code | Course Title | Credits |
| KECO301 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
| KECO303 | Statistics for Economists | 3 |
| KECO305 | Development Economics | 3 |
| KECO307 | Public Sector Economics I | 3 |
| KECO309 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| TOTAL | 15 |
Semester Two
| Course code | Course Title | Credits |
| KECO302 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
| KECO304 | Research Methods | 3 |
| KECO306 | Public Sector Economics II | 3 |
| KECO308 | Growth Theories | 3 |
| KECO312 | Mathematical Economics | 3 |
| KECO314 | Industrial Attachment | 3 |
| TOTAL | 18 |
LEVEL 400
Semester One
| Course code | Course title | Credits | |
| KECO401 | Advanced Microeconomics | 3 | |
| KECO403 | Econometrics I | 3 | |
| KECO405 | History of Economic Thought | 3 | |
ELECTIVES (Select Two)
| KECO407 | International Economics | 3 |
| KECO409 | Labour Economics I | 3 |
| KECO411 | Industrial Economics I | 3 |
| KECO413 | Health Economics I | 3 |
| KECO415 | Monetary Economics I | 3 |
| KECO417 | Environmental and Resource Economics I | 3 |
| TOTAL | 15 |
Semester Two
| Course code | Course title | Credits |
| KECO402 | Advanced Macroeconomics | 3 |
| KECO404 | Econometrics II | 3 |
| KECO406 | Project Work | 6 |
ELECTIVES (Select Two)
| KECO408 | International Finance | 3 |
| KECO412 | Labour Economics II | 3 |
| KECO414 | Industrial Economics II | 3 |
| KECO416 | Health Economics II | 3 |
| KECO418 | Monetary Economics II | 3 |
| KECO422 | Environmental and Resource Economics II | 3 |
| TOTAL | 18 |
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Financial aid is provided ‘as and when’ the aid is available. Students would be informed of all available aid and of the criteria for accessing them. It is the student’s responsibility to apply for such aid. Financial aid provided by the college is strictly for tuition and is not refundable under any circumstance. Students may contact the Students Services Office for details.
TYPES OF FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMME
SSNIT Students Loan
Ghanaian students interested in study loans can access the SSNIT students loans provided by the Government of Ghana through SSNIT. Interested students may contact the Students Services Office for details.
Knutsford Scholarship
Knutsford scholarship is available for Ghanaian students requiring financial aid. The award is based on financial need, academic merit and achievements.
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