Module overview
This module aims to introduce students to key population issues in both the UK and world-wide.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Explain the demographic processes of mortality, fertility, and migration, and analyse the socio-economic and behavioural factors that influence them
- Use and interpret key demographic measures including fertility rates, life expectancy, and dependency ratios
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Analyse the social and economic consequences of changes in patterns of mortality, fertility, and migration
- Critically assess demographic data sources and population projections, including the sources of uncertainty involved in projecting population change
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Use appropriate academic sources to support arguments and reference them accurately
Syllabus
The module covers a range of topics including: the relationship between population size and available resources; social, biological and economic influences on population growth rates, especially the role of famine, plague and war; the demographic and health transitions; the demographic consequences of climate change; fertility decline; the changing characteristics of the family; global trends in population ageing; a brief overview of theories of migration; trends in international migration and a case study of immigration.
The module addresses key questions such as:
- How fast is the World's population growing? And what are the drivers of this growth?
- Is demographic ageing a demographic time bomb?
- Are we seeing the end of marriage & parenthood as social institutions in the West?
- Is famine the inevitable result of population growth?
- Why has international migration to the UK risen?
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
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| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Independent Study | 122 |
| Teaching | 28 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Exam | 60% |
| Essay | 30% |
| Short answer worksheet | 10% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Exam | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External