Mar 28, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 [Archived Catalog]

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SOC 3400 - Population and Society


This course examines the social and cultural determinations and consequences of changes in fertility, mortality, and migration. Current and historical national and international population policies and programs are also examined, incorporating sources of demographic data used in population analysis.

Requisites: 6 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to identify basic demographic process concepts.
  • Students will be able to apply basic demographic process concepts to the analysis of historical and contemporary population dynamics.
  • Students will be able to analyze how the structural composition of a particular population (e.g., sex and age structure, racial and ethnic diversity, etc.) results from basic demographic processes.
  • Students will be able to apply important micro- and macro-sociological (and related social science) theoretical approaches to explanations of population change.
  • Students will be able to use demographic data in the analysis of a public policy intervention.



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