Dr. Dennis Atsu Dake

(Head of Department of Graphic Communication Design Technology)

Email:ddatsu@tatu.edu.gh

In 2021, the Department of Graphic Communication Design Technology was created from the erstwhile Industrial Art Department as one of the core departments within the newly established Faculty of Creative Arts and Technology. On offer in the Department is the opportunity to interface with an outstanding practitioner-educator faculty and supporting staff with a wide range of experiences in digital design and printing technology, photography, packaging design, audio-visual production, corporate identity design, signage design, just to mention but a few.

More so, our programmes are carefully designed to imbibe in students, the core competences to take up regular entry, mid and senior level communication design positions or venture into the professional practice of graphic communication design-related enterprises.

Vision

We aspire to be the national creative hub of choice for training 21st century communication design professionals who can provide responsive communication design solutions to the critical sectors of the economy.

Mission

Our mission is to nurture a cadre of well-rounded communication design professionals for the “world of work”, through the provision of a globally-conscious and nationally-relevant higher education in graphic communication design

Core values

  • Creativity and Innovation
  • Effective communication
  • Service to community
  • Excellence
  • Empathy
  • Team work
  • Environmental sustainability

Programmes and short courses

  • 2-Year MTech Art & Design (Graphic Communication Design) – Research
  • 1-Year MTech Art & Design (Graphic Communication Design) – Non-Research
  • 4-Year BTech Graphic Communication Design (Regular)
  • 2-Year BTech Graphic Communication Design (Top-Up)
  • HND Industrial Art (Graphic Design Option)
  • Diploma of Technology in Graphic Communication Design
  • Certificate of Technology in Graphic Communication Design

Prospects for graduates

After successful completion, our graduates assume an array of exciting roles in the creative industry as: publication/business designers, advertising designers, photographers, videographers, web designers, illustrators, concept artists, user experience designers, product designers, animators, art directors, stage/set designers etc.

Collaborations/Partnerships

  • Red Clay/Savannah Centre for Contemporary Art, Tamale
  • M-Buk Concepts, Tamale
  • Centre for National Culture, Tamale
  • Care Foundation Project Ghana, Tamale

Staff: Teaching/Administration

S/NName of StaffQualificationsRank
1Alhaji Dr. Musah BukariPh.D. (Art Education), MPhil (Innovation Communication), B.F.A. (Graphic Design)  Snr. Lecturer (PhD)
  2  Dr. Dennis Atsu DakePhD (Art Education), Mhil (Art Education), B.A. (Graphic Design), HND (Graphic Design)  Lecturer (PhD)
  3  Mr. Alhassan BawaMPhil (Art Education), BA (Comm. Design), Teachers’ Cert. ‘A’  Lecturer (Non-PhD)
  4  Mr. Moses Salifu CudjoeMPhil (Comm. Design), BA (Graphic Design), Diploma (Graphic Design)  Assistant Lecturer
  5  Mr. Macharious NabangMPhil (Art Education), B.Ed. Art Education (Graphic Design & Ceramics); Diploma in Education (CBT Option)  Part-time Tutor
  6  Anadem Eric AlangyikaMPhil (Art Education), B.Ed. Art Education (Graphic Design & Leatherworks), HND (Graphic Design)  Part-time Tutor
7Andrew Ernestina YennuteeBachelors (HRM), HND (Sec. & Mgt.)Chief Admin. Assistant

Contact:

Cell Phone: 0242 868 216 or 0242 944 210

Email:ddatsu@tatu.edu.gh