This course introduces the main concepts in population studies, showing how they relate to issues in research, planning and policy development. Topics include contemporary thought on population growth, mortality control, changes in fertility, population mobility, the life cycle, the study of generations and the population dimension of environmental changes and social issues. The content is non-mathematical and coverage is global, with emphasis on comparisons between less developed and more developed countries.

Tutorial work (15%), essay (40%) and open book examination or take-home examination (45%).

Normally offered in odd years.

24 hours of lectures and 10 one-hour tutorials.

Any one of: 12 units of first year courses in Anthropology or Archaeology or Geography or Sociology or History or Economic History or Political Science or Economics, or a later-year course of a Population Studies major, or with the permission of the Convener