FSS:SOC709 Demography - Course Information
SOC709 Demography
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2010
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Dr. Aleš Burjanek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Juraj Potančok, Ph.D. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Division of Sociology – Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová - Timetable
- Fri 26. 2. 9:40–10:50 Aula, Fri 9. 4. 9:40–10:50 Aula, Fri 14. 5. 9:40–10:50 Aula
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 15 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course of demography enables students to analyze the structure and the reproduction of human population. The first part of the course gives the students ability to interpret structural data of the Czech population. It particularly means data that are mapping the composition of population according to age, gender, family status, socioeconomic status, education, religion, ethnicity and household structure. During the second part of the course the students will understood to principles of analyses population stock and flows in the Czech Republic; that means processes of mortality, natality (resp. fertility), abortions, nuptiality, divorces and migrations. After successful finishing the course students will be familiar with the terminology, methodological equipment and the basic concepts of demography. Also they will be able to interpret population development of Czech population in the context of European population trends.
- Syllabus
- (1) Demography as a scientific discipline, its subject and components;
- (2) Construction of demographic indicators;
- (3) Sources of demographic data;
- (4) Age and sex structure;
- (5) Professional, educational, religion and ethnic structure;
- (6) Households;
- (7) Mortality;
- (8) Natality;
- (9) Nuptiality;
- (10) Abortions;
- (11) Divorces;
- (12) Migration;
- (13) World population development.
- Literature
- FIALOVÁ, Ludmila. Dějiny obyvatelstva českých zemí. Vyd. 2., dopl. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1998, 398 s. ISBN 8020407200. info
- KOSCHIN, Felix. Demografie poprvé. Vyd. 2. přeprac. V Praze: Oeconomica, 2005, 122 s. ISBN 8024508591. info
- Romové v České republice, (1945-1998). Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociopress, 1999, 558 s. ISBN 80-902260-7-8. info
- RABUŠIC, Ladislav. Kde ty všechny děti jsou? (Where have all the children gone?). I. Praha: SLON, 2001, 261 pp. EDICE STUDIE. ISBN 80-86429-01-6. info
- Vývoj obyvatelstva v roce 200X. ČSÚ, Praha.
- WEEKS, John R. Population :an introduction to concepts and issues. 7th ed. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1999, xxiii, 673. ISBN 0-534-55305-2. info
- Assessment methods
- Consultation; mid-term written test; exam: written test.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2010, recent)
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