Fall 2014  |  SOC 3511 Section 001: World Population Problems (26196)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Meets With:
SOC 3511H Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014
Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
West Bank Skyway AUDITORIUM
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Population growth, natural resources, fertility/mortality in less developed nations, population dynamics/forecasts, policies to reduce fertility.
Class Description:
This course explores population dynamics in global perspective. Students will learn major population theories and measures. We will closely examine the ways in which people enter and leave populations -- by birth, death, or migration. We will explore societal differences in these phenomena and investigate their causes and consequences. In particular, we will explore differences in the population situations in highly developed and less developed nations, and differences between subgroups within societies. Within-country differences in population processes exist along gender, race, and social class lines. Key population policies will be discussed.
Grading:
40% Reports/Papers
15% Special Projects
40% Quizzes
5% Attendance Other Grading Information: "special projects" are devising several questions for book authors with whom we will have in-person or web chats after we read their books
Exam Format:
no exams, only weekly reading quizzes and book critique papers.
Class Format:
50% Lecture
30% Discussion
10% Guest Speakers
Workload:
50-70 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
12 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: weekly quizzes, a book critique (a draft and final for a total of 15 pages).
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26196/1149
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
1 April 2014

ClassInfo Links - Fall 2014 Sociology Classes Taught by Ann Meier

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