SO 240 Studying Changing Human Populations
This course 1.) identifies what kinds of changes have been occurring in the size, composition, and geographic distribution of human populations at the local, national, and global levels; 2.) analyzes the impacts those changes have been exerting on social patterns; and 3.) develops basic skills for studying those changes and impacts. Focuses on birth and fertility rates, death rates, migration rates, and changes in specific aspects of populations: size, age, sex ratio, socioeconomic status, and cultural heritage/identity.