Overview

Key Facts

The goal of the Sociology of Education 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 task will include monitoring the curriculum to check on relevance, currency and adequacy of content of teaching will be enriched with the expert ideas of the products of the programme.

Specifically the University of Cape Coast Ghana 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.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

School and Society

Academic Writing

Computer Application in Education

Assesstment in Schools

Inferential Statistics

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-10-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-30 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

30 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cape Coast, Ghana

Disciplines

Sociology Educational Research View 3 other Masters in Educational Research in Ghana

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

A good first degree (at least, Second Class Lower Division in English or a related discipline)

Candidate should pass an admission interview
Have obtained a good first degree (at least a second class) in an appropriate field of study from a recognised university/analogous institution.
Submit an official transcript of academic record.
Submit at least two reference reports, one of which must be from a former lecturer.
Pass a selection interview.

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Tuition Fees

Living costs

Cape Coast

Ghana

4500 - 7000 GHS / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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