Academic Calendar 2020/2021 - Determinants of Population Change

SOCI 4206  Determinants of Population Change

Prerequisites:

SOCI 3057

Antirequisites:

SOCI 3206

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

This course examines major issues in the field of population studies (social demography) confronting developed and developing countries. The issues include patterns of marriage and cohabitation, childbearing and low fertility, immigration, mortality and population health and aging. Particular attention is paid to the determinants of population patterns and the implications of the patterns for other social institutions and for social policy.