2C13GEO004 - Models of demographic development
| Course specification | ||||
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| Type of study | Master academic studies | |||
| Study programme | ||||
| Course title | Models of demographic development | |||
| Acronym | Status | Semester | Number of classes | ECTS |
| 2C13GEO004 | mandatory | 1 | 2L + 2E | 7.5 |
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| Lecturer/Associate (practicals) | ||||
| Prerequisite | Form of prerequisites | |||
| Learning objectives | ||||
| Interdisciplinary approach and acquisition of specific knowledge and skills of demographic analysis by applying direct and indirect demographic techniques. The focus of the study is on the application of demographic models for the purpose of analyzing the complex issue of population movement, components of demographic development and structural characteristics of the population. | ||||
| Learning outcomes | ||||
| Students should acquire specific knowledge and skills of system analysis in the field of demographic development by applying appropriate demographic models, which would enable them to perform activities in planning and development institutions. | ||||
| Content | ||||
| Concept and importance of demographic models. Methods and techniques of demographic analysis. Types and types of demographic models. Basic models of demographic development. Analytical-synthetic models. Functional-synthetic models. Malthusian populations. Stationary population model. The stable population model. Model mortality tables - Tables of the United Nations for developing countries. Cole-Demenyi model regional tables. Liederman's system of tables and Brasov's logit tables. Fertility models – the Kohl-Trassell model and the Brass model. A model of nuptiality. Migration models. Demographic theories and the need for a new theory of demographic development. Application of demographic research in social practice. | ||||
| Teaching Methods | ||||
| Acquiring specific knowledge about modern demographic theories, methods and techniques, through the analysis of demographic processes and problems in our country and in the world. Professional knowledge and abilities will be provided through lectures, exercises, consultations and practical teaching through the processing of seminar papers that include case studies, and demographic statistics will be analyzed using appropriate demographic methods and models. | ||||
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| Evaluation and grading | ||||
| Knowledge verification is done in writing (test) during the semester. The final exam is written (test) and oral. A submitted and defended seminar paper on the exercises is a condition for taking the written test, that is, the oral exam. | ||||