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TOPIC ONE: INTRODUCTION OF UG

.TOPIC TWO: MY MOTIVATION FOR UNIVERSITY
.TOPIC THREE: MY MOTIVATION AND INTEREST ABOUT
UG AND PSYCHOLOGY

COLLINS AKUDJEDU OTTUO

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INTRODUCTION OF UG

• The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana.

• . It is the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities.
• . The university began in 1948 as an affiliate College of the University of London and in 1961, was granted degree-awarding status by an Act of Parliament.
• . The university has over 40,000 registered students.
• . The original emphasis on establishing the University of Ghana was on the liberal arts, social sciences, law, basic science, agriculture, and medicine.
• . However, the university's curriculum was expanded to provide more technology-based and vocational programs as part of a national educational reform
program.
• . The university has Colleges, Institutes, Centres, and Departments offer undergraduate and graduate programs in various fields such as Business, Law,
Medicine, Engineering, and Humanities.
WHAT MOTIVATED ME TO PURSUE A DEGREE IN
UNIVERSITY
• Desire to learn more and better oneself to be more successful in life.

• Creating opportunities in life and preparing intellect and social abilities for adult life and career
• .
• Wanting to further education and seeking more knowledge.
• .
• Better career opportunities and job security.
• .
• I pursued a college degree to gain more confidence in oneself and a better lifestyle.
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• Setting an example for family and making them proud.
• .
WHY I APPLIED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA.
• I applied to the University Of Ghana because of it closeness in proximity. University of
Ghana is located at Legon in Accra.
• Another reason my i applied to the University Of Ghana is because it is the oldest and
most prestigious among all universities in Ghana.
• I chose University Of Ghana amongst all other universities because i wanted to pursue
BSc. Psychology. In Ghana, University of Ghana is well noted for producing renowned
Psychologists and also has accreditations when going abroad for further studies .
• University Of Ghana is well known to be a school that holds discipline in high esteem .
• The environment here in UG is friendly .
APPLYING FOR PSYCHOLOGY

• I applied for Radiography in the university Of Ghana .

• Clinical Psychology is the branch of psychology i am looking forward to dive into and becoming a psychologist
one day.
• At first i did not like the fact that i was given BSc. Psychology as a course but as time went on i developed good
taste and started appreciating psychology .