The Program

Demographers study various types of human population processes and play a key role in the fields of education, international development, environmental impact analysis, marketing, urban planning, healthcare, public safety, government, actuarial science and academia.  (For specifics on the career application of population studies, see here). Using empirical, evidence-based data, demographers shape government policy and contribute ideas to the betterment of society.  The certificate in Population Studies prepares undergraduate students for careers requiring demographic skills or for entering graduate programs in related areas. The certificate program is not a major in itself. It requires 18 semester hours of coursework, some of which may satisfy other University and major requirements. 

Contact: Sociology Advising Office
Office: 722 Thompson Hall
Phone: (413) 545-4059
Email: advising@soc.umass.edu

Requirements

Students must take 18 credits:

1) Soc 261 Population Studies (or SOC 232 at Smith)

2) One (1) of the following substantive courses:

Soc 222 ­ The Family

Soc 223 Work and Society

Soc 237 Gender and Work

Soc 244 Sociology of Immigration

Soc 287 Sexuality and Society

Soc 293M S-Intro to Human Rights

Soc 353 Sociology of Medicine

Soc 361 ­Demography Of Minority Groups

Soc 360 Urban Sociology

Soc 388 ­ Gender & Globalization

Soc 385 Gender & the Family

Soc 389 Sexuality by the Numbers

3) Soc 212 Statistics

(a statistics course in another department or college, such as Psych 240, PUBHLTH 391B, ResourceEcon212, etc. may be substituted)

4) One (1) of the following methods courses:

Soc 213 Data Collection & Analysis

Soc 313 Survey Design and Analysis

Comm 355 Behavioral Research in Communication

Geo-Sci 352 Computer Mapping

Psych 241 Methods of Inquiry in Psychology

PubHlth 324 Epidemiology in Public Health

Res-Econ 313 Quantitative Methods in Applied Economics 

(Methods courses from the surrounding four colleges may be substituted with prior approval from the Sociology Chief Undergraduate Advisior)

5) Two (2) elective courses:

Global Development

Comm  297A Intro Global Communication

Econ 367 Post Independence African Development

Econ 397D Latin American Economic Development

Geo-Sci 360 Economic Geography

Geo-Sci 364 ­ Geography of Development

Geo-Sci 450 Indigenous Peoples and Conservation

Res-econ 263 Natural Resource Economics 

Urbanization

Geo-Sci 370 Urban Geography

Geo-Sci 372 Urban Issues 

Immigration

Anth 218 Anthropology of Transnational Migration

BLST 294 Black Europe

His 297E Immigration and Migration in the US 1877-Present

Labor 204 Labor & The Global Economy

Global Environment

Anth 208 Human Ecology

Econ 308 Political Economy of the Environment

Envirsci 213 Introduction to Environmental Policy

Envirsci 214 Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Global Change

Geo-Sci 250 Natural Disasters

Geo-Sci 364 Geography Of Development

REGIONPL 587 People and the Environment

Health

Anth 233 ­ Kinship and Social Organization

Comm  319 - Health Communication

PubHlth 303 Intro to Environmental Health Sciences

PubHlth 397A ST-Intro to Global Health

PubHlth 301 Principles of Community Health Education

PubHlth 290C Public Health Foundations

PubHlth 324 ­ Epidemiology in Public Health

PubHlth 390E ­ Understanding Health Disparities

(Elective courses from the surrounding four colleges may be substituted with prior approval from the Sociology Chief Undergraduate Advisior) 

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