Spring 2018  |  SOC 8890 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Sex, Death, & Mobility: Population Modeling (66997)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018
Thu 04:00PM - 06:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1114
Enrollment Status:
Open (5 of 12 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: 8801, 8811, or instr consent. Cr will not be granted if cr has been received for the same topics title
Class Notes:
Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ewf+SOC8890+Spring2018
Class Description:

"He not busy being born is busy dying." -- Bob Dylan


Populations are made up of people whose lives are changing all the time: growing up; moving around; having kids; gaining and losing jobs and spouses; entering and leaving schools and prisons; getting sick; and dying. This course covers population modeling techniques from the demographic tradition, organized around these kinds of life changes. These techniques excel at describing social and epidemiological changes occurring along multiple time scales simultaneously; identifying the inequalities lurking beneath population averages; and figuring out what population a research question is really about. The course assumes no prior knowledge of demography and will cover a range of applications from across the social and health sciences.

REGISTRATION NOTE: If you are not a Sociology student, you may need a code to register. Students from all disciplines are welcome in the course. Please email the instructor (ewf@umn.edu) for a registration code if you need one.

Grading:
60% Problem Sets
20% Quizzes
20% Short Essays
Exam Format:
Short quizzes with multiple choice, short answer, or small computations
Class Format:
Active lectures and seminar discussion
Workload:
Approx. 50 pages reading per week; weekly problem sets; five quizzes; short essays at term end on using the methods in research
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66997/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
17 November 2016

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