Fall 2018  |  PA 5301 Section 001: Population Methods & Issues for the United States & Global South (33402)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018
Tue, Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 115
Enrollment Status:
Open (15 of 30 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Basic demographic measures/methodology. Demographic transition, mortality, fertility. Perspectives on nonmarital fertility, marriage, divorce, cohabitation. Cultural differences in family structure, aging, migration, refugee movements, population policies. Discussion of readings. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+PA5301+Fall2018
Class Description:

First year Humphrey and other graduate students are welcome to take PA 5301. There are no prerequisites for PA 5301. PA 5301 is listed under the following concentrations, such that Humphrey students may elect to assign PA 5301 credits to any of these: Advanced Policy Analysis Methods, Economic Community Development, Gender and Public Policy, Global Public Policy, and Social Policy. PA 5301 is also the core class for the graduate minor in Population Studies, administered by the Department of Sociology in consultation with the Minnesota Population Center. First year Humphrey and other graduate students are welcome to take PA 5301. There are no prerequisites for PA 5301. PA 5301 is listed under the following concentrations, such that Humphrey students may elect to assign PA 5301 credits to any of these: Advanced Policy Analysis Methods, Economic Community Development, Gender and Public Policy, Global Public Policy, and Social Policy. PA 5301 is also the core class for the graduate minor in Population Studies, administered by the Department of Sociology in consultation with the Minnesota Population Center. The objectives of PA 5301 are to:

-Teach basic demographic methods so that students can understand and apply these techniques in research and policy analyses dealing with human populations

-Familiarize students with topics studied by demographers, including population patterns and trends, mortality and health, fertility and family, migration and migrants, and much more.

-Encourage students to think critically about the connections between population and policy issues in and between the United States, the Global South, and elsewhere in the world.

-Provide students with the opportunity to write a polished professional paper on topic/question of interest/use to them that is related broadly or narrowly to population methods and/or issues.

Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33402/1189
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
29 August 2018

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