Academic Calendar 2023/2024 - Population and Society

SOCI 3057  Population and Society

Prerequisites:

Any 18 credits completed

Antirequisites:

SOCI 2206

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

This is an introductory course in demography, the science of population. Themes covered include an introduction to population growth on a national and global basis, the sources of population statistics, demographic perspectives and methods, population processes (fertility, mortality and migration), and the ways that these processes influence population growth, composition, size, and distribution.