Academics

B.A (Religion & Human Values)

Department of Religion & Human Values

Admission Requirements


Post Diploma Candidates

Candidates to be admitted to the Bachelor of Arts Programme will have a two (2) hour examination in two (2) subject areas, one of the subject area being the one the candidate obtained his/her Diploma.
Applicants should ensure that a certified transcript showing semester-by-semester GPA and FCGPA is submitted together with their application forms.

Courses under Programme :

Level 100

First Semester
Course Code No. of Credits Course Title
RHV 101 2 The Religious Experience of Humankind(core)
RHV 103A 1 Introduction to Anthropology of Religion (core)
Second Semester
Course Code No. of Credits Course Title
RHV 102 2 The Quest for Meaning in Life
RHV 103B 1 Intro. To Anthropology of Religion (Compulsory)

Level 200

First Semester
Course Code No. of Credits Course Title
RHV 201 2 Early Christian History(core)
RHV 204 2 Logic (core)
RHV 205 2 History of the Old Testament(core)
Second Semester
Course Code No. of Credits Course Title
RHV 202 2 Roots of Islamic Civilisation
RHV 203 2 African Traditional Religion
RHV 206 2 History of the New Testament

Level 300

First Semester
Course Code No. of Credits Course Title
RHV 304 3 Comparative Study of Religion(core)
RHV 332 3 Old Testament Studies(Elective)
RHV 333 3 African Traditional Religion in the Life of Africans(Elective)
RHV 302 3 Christian History of the Middle Ages(Elective)
RHV 303 3 Philosophy of Religion(Elective)
RHV 315 3 School of Islamic Jurisprudence(Elective)
RHV 319A 3 Women and Religion in Africa: Christian(Elective)
RHV 319B 3 Women and Religion in Africa: Islam(Elective)
RHV 319C 3 Women and Religion in Africa: African(Elective)
RHV 320 3 The Bible as a Multicultural Phenomenon(Elective)
RHV 321 3 Islam and Revolution: 1(Elective)
RHV 324 3 Quranic Foundation of Science(Elective)
RHV 399 3 Research Methods(Core)
Second Semester
Course Code No. of Credits Course Title
RHV 307 3 Introduction to New Testament Greek
RHV 301 3 The Reformation of the Church (1500 – 1750)
RHV 305 3 Old Testament Hermeneutics
RHV 306 3 Introduction to Biblical Hebrew
RHV 313 3 Christian Ethics in Contemporary World
RHV 309 3 Religion and Medicine in Africa
RHV 317 3 Hadith Literature
RHV 318 3 Ethics of Islam in West Africa
RHV 319 3 Women and Religion in Africa
RHV 322 3 Introduction to Arabic
RHV 326 3 Religion, Conflict and Conflict Management
RHV 329 3 Parables and Proverbs: African and Biblical Perspectives
RHV 331 3 Leadership Models in the Pastoral Epistles

Level 400

First Semester
Course Code No. of Credits Course Title
RHV 401 3 History of Christianity in West Africa(Elective)
RHV 402 3 Pentecostalism and Charismatism in Ghana(Elective)
RHV 403 3 The Human Person in Secular Philosophies(Elective)
RHV 404 3 Old Testament Ethics(Elective)
RHV 406 3 Intermediate Biblical Hebrew(Elective)
RHV 408 3 Intermediate Arabic(Elective)
RHV 410 3 Muslim Family Law(Elective)
RHV 412 3 New Testament and African Life and Thought(Elective)
RHV 415 3 Our’anic Studies(Elective)
RHV 419 3 Islamic Scholastic Theology(Elective)
RHV 420 3 Islamic Civilization in West Africa(Elective)
RHV 421 3 Religion and Tourism(Elective)
RHV 422 3 Environmental Ethics(Elective)
RHV 426 3 Traditional African Taboos in Public Life(Elective)
RHV 428 3 African Traditional and Religion in Encounter with Islam and Christianity(Elective)
Second Semester
Course Code No. of Credits Course Title
RHV 405 3 Old Testament and African Life and Thought
RHV 411 3 Post Classical Developments in Islam
RHV 414 3 New Religious Movements in West Africa
RHV 415 3 Intermediate Contemporary Christian Theology of Liberation
RHV 416 3 Jesus in the African Context
RHV 420 3 Islamic Civilization in West Africa
RHV 423 3 Selected Topics in African Traditional Religion
RHV 425 3 Ethics of Biological and Medical Technology
RHV 431 3 Moral perspective on the Beatitudes
RHV 499 3 Long Essay
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