SOCI 8612 - Social Demography

The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of the field of social demography. We will cover the basic population processes—fertility, mortality, and migration/distribution—along with introductions to theory, data, and methods. The two main goals of this course are to: 1) introduce students to both classic and current literature in the field of social demography and 2) teach students the techniques used to analyze demographic data. Our focus on “social demography” reflects the orientation of understanding population processes through a sociological lens. This does not eliminate other population perspectives (e.g., geographic, biological, economic, etc.) from consideration in this course, but the focus here tends to be on the social aspects. PREREQUISITE(S): Graduate standing