Spring Semester 2009 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.

ApEc 8710

International Economic Development, Growth and Trade

Instructor: Terry Lee Roe
3 cr.
Economics of research/development. Technical change, productivity growth. Impact of technology on institutions. Science/technology policy.

Population Studies area: Economic Demography

DHA 5484

Rural Housing Issues

Instructor: Ann Ziebarth
3 cr.
Housing issues for non-metropolitan places, small towns, and rural areas are explored in this course. Emphasis is on the housing needs and policy implications for targeted rural populations including Native American Indians, immigrants, migrant farm workers, and those living in areas of persistent poverty. Impacts of various rural economic development strategies and public policies on housing availability, adequacy, and affordability will be discussed.

Population studies area:  population geography

FW 5010

Analysis of Populations

Instructor: Todd Arnold
3 cr.
Factors involved in regulation, growth, general dynamics of populations. Data needed to describe populations, population growth, population models, regulatory mechanisms.

Population studies area:

Hist 5797

Methods of Population History

Instructor: Robert McCaa
3 cr.
Standard methods of population analysis with a special focus on methods widely used for historical population research.

Population Studies area: Historical Demography

PA 5037 

Regional Demographic Analysis

Instructor:  Ragui Assaad
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 5301

Population Methods and Issues for the United States and Third World

Instructor: Deborah Levison
3 cr.
This course surveys population trends and issues and teaches basic demographic methods. Topics include fertility, mortality, and the demographic transition; population growth and the environment; infant mortality; sexuality and the control of fertility; US trends in family structure; and aging.

Population Studies area: Core Course

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

PA 5452

Immigration and Public Policy

Instructor:  Katherine Fennelly
3 cr.
Issues of international migration and the integration of immigrants and refugees are among the most important public policy questions of our age. The purpose of this course is to teach students to employ an analytical framework to the analysis of immigration policy proposals in Europe and the United States.

Population Studies area: Economic Demography

PA 5690

Race, Gender and Health Policy

Instructor: Sonia B. dos Santos
3 cr.
We will discuss how race and gender (as well as class and sexuality) intersect with and shape health policies. We will begin with an analysis of feminist scholarship that theorizes the intersectionality of race, gender, class and sexuality in the production and reproduction of discrimination. Then, we will examine texts that provide concrete examples of how discrimination operates in the realm of health policy-making. Special attention will be given to the impacts of public policies on black women’s reproductive health.

Population Studies area: Public Health Population Studies

PubH 6605

Reproductive and Perinatal Health

Instructor: Wendy Hellerstedt
3 cr.
Epidemiology, programs, services, and policies. Social, cultural, psychological, physiologic, environmental, economic, and political factors that affect reproductive health, pregnancy, and childbearing.

Population Studies area: Public Health Population Studies and Life Course Demography

PubH 6607

Adolescent Health: Issues, Programs, and Policies

Instructor: Wendy Hellerstedt

3 cr.
Major public health issues of adolescents in the United States. Emphasizes prevention and health promotion strategies and effectiveness of programs/policies.

Population Studies area: Public Health Population Studies and Life Course 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

Spring 2009 Courses by Population Studies minor program areas of specialization

Core Course
Soc 5301 - Population Methods and Issues in the United States and Third World

Historical Demography
Hist 5797 - Methods of Population History
PubH 6845 - Using Demographic Data in Policy Analysis

Population Geography
DHA 5484 - Rural Housing Issues
PA 5037 - Regional Demographic Analysis
PubH 6845 - Using Demographic Data in Policy Analysis

Economic Demography
ApEc 8701 - International Economic Development, Growth and Trade
PA 5401 - Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy
PA 5452 - Immigration and Public Policy
PubH 6845 - Using Demographic Data in Policy Analysis

Public Health Population Studies
PA 5690 - Race, Gender, and Health Policy
PubH 6845 - Using Demographic Data in Policy Analysis
PubH 6605 - Reproductive and Perinatal Health
PubH 6607 - Adolescent Health :  Issues, Programs and Policies

Family and Life Course Demography
PubH 6845 - Using Demographic Data in Policy Analysis
PubH 6605 - Reproductive and Perinatal Health
PubH 6607 - Adolescent Health :  Issues, Programs and Policies