Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Demonstrate awareness of the key and emerging demographic issues that face the world's population, and the role of three components of population change: mortality, fertility and migration.
- Demonstrate familiarity with the theoretical underpinnings of demography and how they vary according to the setting.
- Presenting and evaluating findings, explanations and theoretical perspectives through written work and seminar talks.
- Discussing alternative viewpoints in written work and in seminars.
- Assess the social importance of other factors relevant to population studies, such as family structure, health and morbidity, and population policies.
- Critically evaluating research on population issues from a wide range of sources.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Independent Study | 120 |
Tutorial | 8 |
Lecture | 22 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Other. Access to text books, journal articles, web sites and other sources of related information. Other than that, no special resources required for this module.
Journal Articles
Christensen, K., Doblhammer, G., Rau, R., & Vaupel, J. W. (2009). Ageing populations: the challenges ahead.. , The Lancet, 374(9696), 1196-1208.
Bongaarts J (1978). A framework for analyzing the proximate determinants of fertility. Population and Development Review, 4(1), pp. 105-132.
McKeown T & Brown RG (1972). An Interpretation of the Modern Rise of Population in Europe. Population Studies, Vol. 26(No. 3), pp. 345-382.
OmranAR (1971). The Epidemiological Transition: A Theory of the Epidemiology of Population Change. The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly, 49(4), pp. 509-538.
Textbooks
Harper, S. (2016). How Population Change Will Transform Our World.. Oxford University Press..
De Haas, H. et al (2019). The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World. Methuen.
McFalls J.A. (2007). Population: a lively introduction.
McFalls JA (2007). Population: a lively introduction.
Livi-Bacci, M. (2006). A Concise History of World Population. Wiley-Blackwell..
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 50% |
Essay | 50% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External