SOCn6202 Population Studies

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Beatrice Elena Chromková Manea, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Fučík, PhD. (lecturer)
Mgr. Dominika Perdoch Sladká (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Beatrice Elena Chromková Manea, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites
Students are expected to have taken courses concerning demography at the B.A. level so that they know some approaches to formal demography and know how to get access to and analyze quantitative population data.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 10/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 10/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
To deepen knowledge on population knowledge and trends; understand heterogeneity in population developments; identify research topics and choose adequate methodology. The course can serve as the basis for diploma theses.
Learning outcomes
To understand the current dobates in the field of Population Studies and to acces critically temporary social science approuches to population problems. • Evaluate the position of the Czech Republic from the point of view of population development in larger international context.
Syllabus
  • Population studies • Demographic structure and its effects on society • Marriages, unmarried cohabitation, divorce and instability of partnership • Current trends in fertility • Mortality, morbidity, and health • Well-being and the quality of life • Environmental aspects of health and quality of life • World population and carrying capacity of Earth • Population policies
Literature
    required literature
  • Relevantní statě z nejnovější časopisecké produkce z oblasti popualčních studií
  • Handbook of population. Edited by Dudley L. Poston. 2nd ed. 2019. Cham: Springer, 2019, xxi, 914. ISBN 9783030109097. info
  • WEEKS, John R. Population : an introduction to concepts and issues. Twelfth edition. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2016, xxv, 580. ISBN 9781305094505. info
  • LUNDQUIST, Jennifer Hickes, Douglas L. ANDERTON and David YAUKEY. Demography : the study of human population. Fourth edition. Long Grove: Waveland Press, 2015, xix, 476. ISBN 9781478613060. info
Teaching methods
lectures, review, discussion, presentations, research paper
Assessment methods
written final test, research paper, activities, presentations
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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