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Fall 2019 | GEOG 3381W Section 001: Population in an Interacting World (17925)
- 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
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 10
- Enrollment Status:
Open (52 of 89 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Comparative analysis and explanation of trends in fertility, mortality, internal and international migration in different parts of the world; world population problems; population policies; theories of population growth; impact of population growth on food supply and the environment.
- Class Description:
- The aim of this course is to provide students with a multi-disciplinary understanding of and appreciation for human population phenomena and problems in different parts of the world and at different geographic scales from the local to the global. This involves an investigation into the different components of population change - fertility, mortality and migration of human populations - and an engagement with different, often competing, explanations of these population phenomena that have been offered by social scientists. One of the major learning objectives is to create an awareness that in order to understand and explain population phenomena and problems in different places and countries of the world we have to become knowledgeable about the economic, political, social, cultural and environmental context within which these take place and the importance of the nature of interactions between different parts of the world. Throughout the course, particular emphasis is placed on understanding and critically reflecting on a) contemporary population problems at the global, national and local scale, including the world population explosion, both dramatic decline and persistence of high levels of fertility in parts of the developing world, record-low fertility and population aging in highly industrialized countries, the HIV-AIDS epidemic and major health problems, environmental disasters and population health, increasing levels of international migration, refugee crises due to conflict and displacement, and massive rural to urban migrations in the less developed world; b) policies adopted to address these problems such as family planning policies to reduce fertility levels and immigration policies; and c) the gender dimension of contemporary population problems and policies. In addition, students will learn about basic sources, measures, and methods of representation used in the study of human population phenomena, and gain basic skills and experience in data analysis, interpretation, and writing research papers.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice, short answer, and essay
- Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
- Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
15-18 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Work Load: 50 pages reading per week, 15-18 pages writing per term, 2 exams, 2 papers (with 1 revision).
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17925/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 April 2013
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