COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DEMOGRAPHY AND POPULATION DYNAMICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOS 3034 DEMOGRAPHY AND POPULATION DYNAMICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology
Sociology (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to understand the impact and global outcomes of population movements and population sizes on the social structure and to gain a perspective to develop scientific solutions to population problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students are provided with an overview of the human population.
2   The development of demography as a science is explained.
3   It is taught how social institutions adapt to the population.
4   The outcomes of the global spread of population movements are taught.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is the Population
2 Demography as Science
3 Population movements in Turkey
4 Population movements in the world
5 Population spreads and civilization
6 Population movements in the historical process; Key trends and causes
7 Population in sociology theories
8 midterm exam
9 Economy and Population
10 Politics and Population
11 Family and population
12 Population and health
13 Population and Migration
14 general evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Nüfus Sosyolojisi, M. Çağlayandereli, Detay yay.
Türkiye'de Nüfus, Ş. Canpolat, TIAV

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures face to face
Presentation
Work-shop

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Reading 2 5 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 96

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.14554
LO.24443
LO.355553
LO.444