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SOC X89K SOC 389K  Topics in Seminars in Demography  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Substantive issues and current topics in population studies and social demography. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  
Topic 1: General Approaches to the Study of Population. May be counted toward the demography specialization. Required for all students specializing in demography.

Topic 2: Human Fertility. May be counted toward either the demography specialization or the health specialization.

Topic 3: Human Mortality. May be counted toward either the demography specialization or the health specialization.

Topic 4: International Migration. May be counted toward either the demography specialization or the race and ethnicity specialization in the sociology degree program. Same as: LAS 381.1

Topic 5: Latin American Demography.

Topic 6: Training Seminar in Demography. May be counted toward the demography specialization. Required for all students specializing in demography.

Topic 7: Law and Demography.

Topic 8: Demography of Minorities. May be counted toward either the demography or the race and ethnic relations specialization, but not both.

Topic 9: Immigration Policy. May be counted toward either the demography specialization or the race and ethnicity specialization.

Topic 10: Demography of Mexico.

Topic 11: Family and Household Demography. Trends in family behavior, theories about family change, and analytical techniques for studying families and households. May be counted toward either the demography specialization or the family specialization. Sociology 389K (Topic 11) and Women's and Gender Studies 393 (Topic: Family and Household Demography) may not both be counted.

Topic 12: Demography of Health and the Life Course. An in-depth introduction to the major conceptual frameworks and empirical research that examine distal and proximate social factors influencing adult health. Includes the assessment of key social and biological pathways linking social conditions at particular points in the life course with adult health outcomes. May be counted toward either the demography specialization or the health specialization.

Topic 13: Event History Analysis. Substantive issues and current topics in population studies and social demography. May be counted toward the demography specialization.

Topic 14: Sociology of Families and Households. Examine family research literature describing change and variation in family behavior. Explore cohabitation, marriage, divorce, kinship, parenthood, gender, and sexuality. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 389K (Topic 11), 389K (Topic 14), Women's and Gender Studies 393 (Topic: Family and Household Demography). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
  

SOC X89K.1 SOC 389K.1  General Approaches to the Study of Population  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
May be counted toward the demography specialization. Required for all students specializing in demography.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

SOC X89K.2 SOC 389K.2  Human Fertility  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
May be counted toward either the demography specialization or the health specialization.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

SOC X89K.3 SOC 389K.3  Human Mortality  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
May be counted toward either the demography specialization or the health specialization.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

SOC X89K.4 SOC 389K.4  International Migration  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
May be counted toward either the demography specialization or the race and ethnicity specialization in the sociology degree program.
Same as: LAS 381.1  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

SOC X89K.6 SOC 389K.6  Training Seminar in Demography  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
May be counted toward the demography specialization. Required for all students specializing in demography.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

SOC X89K.9 SOC 389K.9  Immigration Policy  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
May be counted toward either the demography specialization or the race and ethnicity specialization.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

SOC X89K.12 SOC 389K.12  Demography of Health and the Life Course  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
An in-depth introduction to the major conceptual frameworks and empirical research that examine distal and proximate social factors influencing adult health. Includes the assessment of key social and biological pathways linking social conditions at particular points in the life course with adult health outcomes. May be counted toward either the demography specialization or the health specialization.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

SOC X89K.14 SOC 389K.14  Sociology of Families and Households  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine family research literature describing change and variation in family behavior. Explore cohabitation, marriage, divorce, kinship, parenthood, gender, and sexuality. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 389K (Topic 11), 389K (Topic 14), Women's and Gender Studies 393 (Topic: Family and Household Demography). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral