Online Courses Handbook 2003

303725 (v.2) Population Studies 700

Area:	Centre for International Health
Contact Hours:	8.0
Credits:	25.0
Individual Study:	1 x 8 Hours Weekly
Introduction to a multidisciplinary perspective on population processes and contemporary population issues from individual, community and societal perspectives. Populations in terms of composition, variability, density and environmental processes and circumstances that affect these characteristics such as migration and development. Among such determinants of a given population include fertility, birth and death rates, age and gender distribution and population policy.