Informačný list predmetu (Course description)

Vysoká škola (University): Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave (Comenius University in Bratislava)	
Fakulta (Faculty): Prírodovedecká fakulta UK v Bratislave (Faculty of Natural Sciences)	
Kód predmetu (Code): 	Názov predmetu (Course): 
Demography and Population Studies	
Druh, rozsah a metóda vzdelávacích činností (Study design): 
a 2-hour lecture, a 1-hour practical per week, full- time study	
Počet kreditov (Number of credits earned): 4	
	
Odporúčaný semester/trimester štúdia (Recommended semester): 3rd semester	
Stupeň štúdia (Degree): 1st (BSc.)	
Podmieňujúce predmety (Prerequisite courses): none	
Podmienky na absolvovanie predmetu (Grading policy): 
A final written test, grading scale: A: 100–90 %, B: 90–81 %, C: 80–73 %, D: 72– 66 %, E: 60– 65 %, Fx: 59% and less	
Výsledky vzdelávania (Course objectives): 
The course provides essential information on the study of population in various social, historical, cultural, or economic circumstances. Students are able to recognize and analyse core demographic processes, such as fertility, nuptiality, mortality, as well as demographic structures – such as age, gender or ethnicity.  Introductory lectures include basic information on world population development, and demographic projections of population. Practicals are aimed at organizing, computing and evaluation of various forms of demographic data, calculating elementary indicators and their proper visualization and interpretation	
Stručná osnova predmetu (Syllabus): 
1) Introduction, definitions and core approaches in demography, demographic data 2) Fertility 3) Mortality and health demography 4) Nuptiality, family forms, households 5) Migration 6) Age and gender composition of population 7) Ethnicity, and religion in demography 8) World population in history 9) Population projections and prognoses	
Odporúčaná literatúra (Suggested Readings):
Livi-Bacci, M. 2003. A Concise History of World Population. Oxford: Blackwell.
Newbold, K. B. 2013. Population Geography: tools and issues. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.
Poston, D. L.; Bouvier, L. F. 2010. Population and Society. An Introduction to Demography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 
Siegel, J. S, Swanson, D. A. 2004. The Methods and Materials in Demography. London, San Diego: Elsevier.	
Jazyk, ktorého znalosť je potrebná na absolvovanie predmetu (The course is held in): 
English	
Poznámky (Other course information): none	
Hodnotenie predmetov (Grading history):
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C	
D	
E	
FX	

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Vyučujúci (teacher): Bleha, Branislav, Juraj Majo 	
Dátum poslednej zmeny (Last updated): February 2015	
Schválil (Approved by): Peter Fedor, Daniel Pivko, Ján Buček