380.600 Principles of Population Change
Instructor
Nan AstoneOriginally Offered
Fall 2009Offered By
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive HealthDescription
Provides students with a basic understanding of the science of demography and health implications of major population issues in the contemporary world. Students explore population changes over time; elements of demography; child survival and mortality; family and households and demographic change; the demography of social and economic inequality, role of women, urbanization, migration and fertility. Finally, students examine world demographic patterns, synthesizing the data and issues surrounding the importance of population to public health.
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