UMA Undergraduate Guide 2011-2012 Certificate and Interdisciplinary Minor Programs Population Studies The Program
The Program
The program in Population Studies prepares undergraduate students for careers requiring demographic skills or for entering graduate programs in related areas. The program is not a major in itself. It requires 15 semester hours of coursework, some of which may satisfy other university and major requirements. Applications of demographic analysis to the problems of human ecology are illustrated in the preparation of population estimates and forecasts, family planning, aging, migration, marriage and family structure, labor markets, gender, and environmental impact analysis, as well as the academic study of communities. Successful completion of the program leads to a Certificate in Population Studies attesting to a special competence in the application of demographic skills to solving problems in population-environment relations. The certificate requirements cover introductory work in population, culture, and society, and population and human ecology. Next, preparation in demographic methods leads to a choice of coursework offered by the participating faculty listed above. Work on the certificate concludes with a seminar in the senior year. The population methods course (SOCIOL 363) satisfies the Analytic Reasoning requirement (R2) in the General Education program. Students enrolling in this course are expected to have a score of 20 on the Mathematics Placement Test (or its equivalent). In the course of their studies, students are urged to gain familiarity with a computing package such as EXCEL, QUARTRO PRO or STATA, any of which may be used in their coursework. Required Courses In the cases of requirements 1, 3, and 4, students should seek advice and approval of their choices from the Program Director. |
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