Social Demography

Course: Social Demography
Course Number: 25
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Credits: 6
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  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL SOCIAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL POLICY
LEVEL OF STUDIES LEVEL 6
COURSE CODE 25 SEMESTER 5th
COURSE TITLE Social Demography
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labsetc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.		 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
3 6
Please, add lines if necessary.Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.
COURSETYPE

Background, GeneralKnowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 Scientific Area
PREREQUISITES: NO
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: GREEK
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUSSTUDENTS: YES
COURSE URL: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/KOM03168/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
In this course, students are introduced to demography’s main concepts and principles and the study of demographic phenomena. Particular emphasis is placed on the interconnection of demographic characteristics with the biological, historical, social and economic phenomena and cultural characteristics observed in human populations.

 

The primary learning goal is to familiarize students with the quantitative research methods, which besides their specialization in the subject of Demography, will develop their ability to study populations comparatively. The connection of demography with historical, social and economic phenomena and cultural characteristics introduces students to ​​a holistic human approach. It favours the development of multilevel and interdisciplinary thinking for understanding our species’ evolution mechanisms over time.

 

More specifically, upon completion of the course, the students should be able to:

-to understand the basic principles of Demography.

-to understand the basic mechanisms of development of human populations

-to independently perform demographic analyzes.

– to become familiar with the sources of demographic, social, economic and cultural data and become competent in their evaluation and use.

-to be able to describe and interpret the demographic profile of a population.

– to be able to interpret demographic similarities/differences between human populations.

– to be able to recognize, interpret and evaluate the role of diversity in developing demographic characteristics.
General Skills
Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

 Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Decision making

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning
  1. COURSE CONTENT
Ø  Knowledge / Understanding: Introduction to Demographic Analysis. The Lexis diagram and the measurements of demographic phenomena.

Ø  Knowledge / Understanding: The demographic, socio-economic and cultural profile of human populations. Assignment of projects to students. Each student selects two countries/populations and gradually analyzes their demographic characteristics.

Ø  Project presentation: history, economy, society, culture of the countries of each project. Utilization of data for the subsequent demographic analysis.

Ø  4. Knowledge / Understanding:Life Tables. Period and cohort analysis. Life tables by cause of death. Infant mortality.

Ø  5. Knowledge / Understanding: Determinants of mortality

Ø  6. Project presentation: a comparative analysis of mortality and causes of death between selected countries.

Ø  7. Knowledge / Understanding: The period and cohort analysis of fertility.

Ø  8. Knowledge / Understanding: Determinants of fertility.

Ø  9. Project presentation:a comparative analysis and determinants of fertility in selected countries.

Ø  10. Knowledge / Understanding: The age structure. Measurements and interferences of demographic phenomena

Ø  11. Project presentation: a comparative analysis of population structures, population sizes and growth rates in selected countries.

Ø  12. Knowledge / Understanding – Migration: Determinants and immigration policy. Demographic projections

Ø  13. Project presentation:a comparative analysis of migration movements in the selected countries.
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHINGMETHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 Face to face
USEOF INFORMATION&COMMUNICATIONSTECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students		 1. Use of power point during lectures.

2. Posting of teaching material, bibliography, slides, exercises, notes, outline and evaluation methods of the course on e-class.

3. Use of international databases

 
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographicresearch& analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.
Activity Workload/semester
1. Lectures: During the lectures, the material is presented both theoretically and with the use of examples. The lectures interactively favouring students’ interventions and sharpen their critical ability,to which a special emphasis is given. 39
2. Tutoring: During the tutorials, exercises are solved, examples are presented, and students’ questions are answered for better comprehension of the course material.
Project preparation 50
Homework (studying material etc.) 40
Presentation of Dissertation 21
Course total 150
 
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Presentation in audience, Laboratory Report,Clinical examination of a patient,Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed 

 

The final exam is done by publically present the dissertation to all students.

 

The students decide on the final mark of the presentation after discussing their opinions under the supervision and guidance of the Tutor.
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Compulsory

• Kotzamanis, B. The demographic evolution in the post  World War II period in the countries of Eastern Europe and Greece. Bolos: University of Thessaly.

• Course notes

• Lectures’ notes

 

Optional

  • Tapeinos, G-F. (2002). Demography. Bolos: University of Thessaly.
  • Kalogeraki, S. (2010). Introduction to Social Demography. Athens: Dardanos and Dardanos
  • Mpagkavos, . and Moisidis, A. (2004). The demographic landscape in the 21st century. Athens: Dardanos and Dardanos.
  • Verropoulou, G., Tragaki, A., Tsimpos, K. and Psimmenos, I. (2009). Introduction to population geography. Athens : Stamoulis

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

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  1. a) in case of written assignment and / or exercises: the deadline (e.g. the last week of the semester),the means of submission, the grading system, the grade percentage of the assignment in the final grade and any other necessary information.
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