SOC 2030

Population and Public Policy

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

Population and Public Policy exposes students to the logic and skills of demographic research and policy analysis. The course emphasizes the nature, collection, and interpretation of demographic data, the application of demographic techniques, the major components (i.e., fertility, mortality, and migration) of national and global population change, and contemporary population problems (e.g., population aging, teen childbearing, the rise in non-marital childbearing, immigrant adaptation). The course also emphasizes public policies that can influence demographic change. The format primarily involves lectures and class discussion. Students are expected to attend each class and be prepared to discuss assigned materials.

Forbidden Overlaps Forbidden Overlap: due to an overlap in content, students will receive credit for only one course in the following group: GDEV 2010, PUBPOL 2030, SOC 2030, SOC 2202.

Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

Last 4 Terms Offered (None)

Outcomes

• Gain a broader understanding of the demographic forces that shape our daily lives.
• Apply basic tools of demographic analysis to population data.
• Develop skills for assessing and synthesizing evidence in social demography.

Distribution Category (SSC-AS)

When Offered Multi-semester course: Spring, Summer.

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