Main Field of Study and progress level:
Population Studies: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Three-grade scale
Responsible department: Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research
Established by: Director of Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research, 2017-06-26
Revised by: Director of Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research, 2018-06-26
Contents
The course comprises current topics related to population changes and its consequences for individuals and society, in a national or international perspective. The course provides advanced knowledge of central themes and theories in current population research, such as family formation, the ageing population, health and indigenous demography. Demographic changes are related to economic, cultural and social processes based on different theoretical perspectives. This is a course at Master's level in a MSc-degree at Umeå University.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding After completion of the course the student should be able to: - demonstrate knowledge about and insight in the main incentives to demographic change, - demonstrate knowledge about recent population research, and its relation to issues of national and global relevance.
Skills and abilities After completion of the course the student should be able to: - in writing and in words be able to apply concepts, models and/or theories presented during the course, - analyze and assess the consequences of processes of population change, in a short-term and a long-term perspective. - problematize and analyze population issues from gender and an ethnicity perspective.
Judgment and approach After completion of the course the student should be able to: - discuss and show a critical approach to recent population research.
Required Knowledge
A Bachelors degree (equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, 180 ECTS) from an internationally recognized university. Special requirements: 90 ECTS in any of the subjects: human geography, geography, statistics, sociology, economics, history, epidemiology, psychology, demography, population studies or other related subjects. You will also need at least 7.5 ECTS of quantitative methods or equivalent and proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish upper secondary course English B/6.
Form of instruction
The course is based on a combination of lectures and seminars, where the students are expected to take active part. The spoken and written language of the course is English.
Examination modes
Examination is based on written assignments that are orally presented at examining seminars. The grades Pass with distinction (VG), Pass (G) and Fail (U) are used. In order to pass the course and receive a grade, all examinations and assignments need to be completed and receive the grade Pass.
Examination based on the same syllabus as at the ordinary examination is guaranteed during two years after the first registration to the course.
Students who have passed an examination cannot redo the examination to receive a higher grade.
It is not possible to appeal against a received grade, i.e. to get it examined by a higher authority, but a student can always criticize the grading or ask another examiner to reconsider the examination.
When a student has failed an examination on two occasions, he or she has a right to have another grading teacher. A written request for an alternative examiner should be handed to the program coordinator.
Literature
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