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Spring 2018 | PA 5301 Section 001: Population Methods & Issues for the United States & Global South (66841)
- 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
Mon,
Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 60
- 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/?dlevison+PA5301+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- 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. The course is aimed at Master's and Ph.D. students but serious upper- level undergraduates are welcome. The course will be "web enhanced" but the home page will be available only to registered students.
- Grading:
- 35% Reports/Papers
5% Special Projects
20% Quizzes
10% In-class Presentations
5% Class Participation
10% Problem Solving
15% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: weekly 1 page reactions to readings
- Exam Format:
- problem solving
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
60% Discussion
- Workload:
- 80 Pages Reading Per Week
? Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: 5 problem sets; weekly "reactions" to required readings, 1 page/week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66841/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2015
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2018 Public Affairs Classes Taught by Deborah Levison