Spring Semester 2008 Courses

Note: Course offerings are determined by individual departments, not the Population Studies program. Check with individual departments for information about cancellations or other changes.

PA 5037 

Regional Demographic Analysis

Instructor:  Ian Ross Macmillan
1.5 cr.
Demographic data analysis and projection techniques for practitioners in the fields of planning, management, and policy analysis.  Population analysis and forecasting techniques relevant for small geographic areas, including the cohort-component method.

Population Studies area: Population Geography

PA 5401

Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy

Instructor: Maria Hanratty
3 cr.
Nature/extent of poverty/inequality in the United States, causes/consequences, impact of government programs/policies. Extent/causes of poverty/inequality in other developed/developing countries.

Population Studies area: Economic Demography

PubH 6845

Using Demographic Data in Policy Analysis

Instructor: Michael Davern, Pamela Jo Johnson
3 cr.
Practical instruction in posing researchable policy questions, locating existing demographic data, converting data into usable file format, understanding documentation, analyzing data, and communicating findings according to standards of the professional policy community.

Population Studies areas: Historical Demography, Population Geography, Economic Demography, Public Health Population Studies, Family and Life Course Demography

Soc 8551

Social Structure and the Life Course

Instructor: Jeylan Mortimer
3 cr.
Central concepts and premises of life course analysis is applied to intersocietal (comparative), intrasocietal (socioeconomic status, race, and gender), and historical variability; institutional patterning of life course (family, education work, the polity); deviance and criminal careers; changes in the self; and methodological strategies.

Population Studies areas: Family and  Life Course Demography

Soc 5090

World Population Issues: CORE COURSE

Instructor: Ian Ross Macmillan
3 cr.
Population trends, population dynamics, and the various factors that influence the volume and distribution of populations across the globe. Exposes students to key theories and central methodologies in social demography. Examines key policy questions in the management and engineering of population dynamics across the globe.

Population Studies areas: Core Course

Spring 2008 Courses by Population Studies minor program areas of specialization

Core Course
Soc 5090 - World Population Issues

Historical Demography
PubH 6845 - Using Demographic Data in Policy Analysis

Population Geography
PA 5037 - Regional Demographic Analysis
PubH 6845 - Using Demographic Data in Policy Analysis

Economic Demography
PA 5401 - Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy
PubH 6845 - Using Demographic Data in Policy Analysis

Public Health Population Studies
PubH 6845 - Using Demographic Data in Policy Analysis