The course gives an overview of population dynamics and societal challenges connected to them, such as population growth, ageing, inequality, poor health and urbanisation. The main theme revolves around understanding current research problems and the practical methodologies used to study them. The course provides knowledge on key demographic and social theories and includes practical exercises in statistical population analysis.
Longitudinal studies of population data, 7.5 credits
Spring Term 2023
Starts
16 January 2023
Ends
21 March 2023
Study location
Varied
Language
English
Type of studies
Daytime,
50%,
Distance
Number of mandatory meetings
5
Outline for distance course
The course includes four obligatory online seminars and one online examination seminar held through a video conferencing platform. For each seminar, you are required to read the assigned literature and complete an ssignment which will be discussed at the seminar. As a final examination you will be required to hand in a written assignment in the form of a short paper, composed of a study design. The final examination will be discussed in obligatory final online seminar.
Required Knowledge
Courses of the amount of 90 ECTS credits with 60 ECTS credits in any of the subjects: human geography, geography, statistics, sociology, economics, history, economic history, epidemiology, psychology, demography, population studies or other related subjects. English A/6.
Application deadline was
17 October 2022.
Please note: This second application round is intended only for EU/EEA/Swiss citizens.
Submit a
late application
at Universityadmissions.se.
As a citizen of a country outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees for studies at Umeå University.
