The General Arts Programme at Pan African Global Academy provides students with a broad understanding of society, governance, human interactions and economic systems.
Through subjects such as Geography, Government, Economics and Elective Mathematics, students develop critical thinking, analytical skills and the knowledge required for careers in social sciences, law, public administration, business and other related fields.
Geography studies the inter-relationships of the individual, physical and social environments both in spatial and temporal terms. Geography studies the environment as a system and thus has a vital contribution to make towards solving societal problems and furthering Ghana’s development.
At PAGA, the geography curriculum is divided into three sections. The first section covers Physical Geography, which studies landforms, climate, water, plant and animal life.
The second section focuses on Human and Regional Geography, which is the study of human economic activities within various regions.
The final section focuses on Practical Geography and involves the application of skills in map reading, map interpretation, data collection and analysis.
The curriculum aims to enable students to effectively utilize their knowledge in geography in order to aid in nation building.
Government is the study of the dynamics of politics, the structure of the state and its institutions and processes. By studying government, students gain a higher level of political consciousness and civic responsibility.
Through this subject, students develop the knowledge needed to understand and participate actively in government and politics while contributing toward promoting the collective wellbeing of society.
At PAGA, students study the basic concepts and processes of government operations. The subject examines the past and present political and administrative development in Ghana and West Africa.
The curriculum provides students with the knowledge and understanding required to participate responsibly in the political administration of their country.
Students also explore Ghana’s political and economic global context as well as its history of international relations.
Economics is a core class that is taken across all disciplines and is studied throughout the four-year programme.
In the first year, students are introduced to basic economic concepts and develop an understanding of demand, including the relationship between price, quantity demanded and other related factors.
Major topics include concepts of economics, scope of economic activity, tools of economic analysis, factors of production, population, business organizations, economic systems and their functions, unemployment and underemployment, and the theory of demand.
During the second year, students focus on the price theory of supply, prices of factors of production, theory of production, cost theory, theory of the firm, distribution, consumer behaviour and national income.
In the third year, students study national income, economic growth and development, agriculture, industrialization, stability of income and employment, international trade, economic cooperation, money and banking, and public finance.
In the final year, the curriculum focuses on economic development planning and contemporary economic issues. Students complete the programme with the knowledge required to demonstrate proficiency in Senior High School Economics.
Elective Mathematics at the Senior High School level develops students’ ability to reason through analogies, make judgments through discrimination of values, analyze data and communicate thoughts through symbolic expression and graphs.
It builds on the Core Mathematics curriculum and provides a strong foundation for students who wish to pursue professional studies in engineering, scientific research and other areas of higher learning.
The course covers areas such as Algebra, Coordinate Geometry, Vectors and Mechanics, Logic, Trigonometry, Calculus, Matrices and Transformation, and Statistics and Probability.
This course helps students improve their analytical and critical thinking skills, develop mathematical abilities useful in commerce, trade and public service, and make competent use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in solving problems and investigating real-life situations.