Schedule
Population and Social Change (SO326) 2011-12
MODULE TOPICS: SCHEDULE
Term 1:
WEEK 2: DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND METHODS
WEEK 3: MORTALITY SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
WEEK 4: FERTILITY SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
WEEK 5: MARRIAGE, THE FAMILY AND POPULATION GROWTH SINCE THE 17th CENTURY
WEEK 6: MARITAL FORMATION I: WHEN AND IF? (COHABITATION)
WEEK 7: MARITAL FORMATION II: WHOM (HOMOGAMY)
WEEK 8: FERTILITY I: TIMING/SPACING/NUMBERS (CHILDLESSNESS)
WEEK 10: MARRIAGE AND FAMILY CHANGE: THEORIES, CRITIQUES AND DEFENCES
Term 2:
WEEK 11: CONTEMPORARY MARRIAGE: IDEOLOGIES, PROBLEMS AND INTERVENTIONS
WEEK 13: LONE PARENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES/THE FORMERLY MARRIED
WEEK 15: INTERNAL MIGRATION (BRITAIN)
WEEK 16: READING WEEK (INCLUDING PREPARATION FOR NEXT TWO TOPICS)
WEEK 17: LESS-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES : MORTALITY AND FERTILITY
WEEK 18: POPULATION POLICIES - ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO LESS-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (LDCs)
WEEK 19: MORTALITY: SUICIDE AND LUNG CANCER
WEEK 20: POPULATION CHANGE AND POLICY: THE AGEING POPULATION