Related UW Courses

SOC 430 : Urbanization and Modernization (A Guest) Spring

Human population distribution and migration patterns. Causes and consequences of world urbanization. Spatial and social patterns in the metropolis. Aggregate population movements and selectivity of migrants.
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SOC 431 : Fertility and Mortality, Spring

This course combines an overview of theory with the introduction of specific analytic approaches to the study of fertility and mortality. The theory side includes phenomena at both macrolevel (e.g., demographic transitions) and microlevel (e.g., individual fertility). Analytic approaches are illustrated in representative articles on fertility and mortality. The aim is to present both substance and technique; however, this is not a methods course. Students are assumed to possess knowledge of basic fertility and mortality measures, and the life table.
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SOC 432 : Population and Modernization ( Hirschman, Lavely)

Examines role of demographic factors in the process of social modernization and economic growth. The approach is both historical, focusing on populations of developed countries since 1700, and analytic, stressing the attempts made by different disciplines to model demographic relationships with attention to less-developed regions.

SOC 433 : Research Methods in Demography

Basic measures and models used in demographic research. Sources and quality of demographic data. Rate construction, standardization, the life table, stable population models, migration models, population estimation and projection, measures of concentration and dispersion, measures of family formation and dissolution.

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SOC 434 : Demographic Issues in Asia ( Hirschman, Lavely)

Contemporary Asian countries face a number of issues with demographic components, including environmental and resource issues, family planning, ethnic rivalries, international migration, and public health. This seminar addresses a set of these issues by focusing on the demography of one or more countries in Asia.

SOC 467 : Immigration and Ethnicity (Hirschman) Winter

Focus on contemporary American diversity ~ the multiethnic, multicultural society created by recent immigrants from Latin America, Asia, and by people of European, African, and American Indian origins; its issues and debates, including ethnic conflict, integration, multiculturalism, and assimilation, as viewed through comparisons with the past and with other societies.

SOC 513 : Demography and Ecology, Winter

Theories and research on human fertility, mortality, mobility, migration, and urbanization in social/economic context. Comparative and historical materials on Europe, the United States and the Third World.
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SOC 518 : Social Stratification (Rosenfeld) Autumn

Intensive preparation in theoretical, methodological, and substantive topics in social stratification.

SOC 539A : Migration and Health (Cassels) Winter

The purpose of this course is to investigate the interrelationships between migration and health, focusing both on the myriad of health issues experienced by migrants and on how they affect the health of populations. Students will gain an understanding of the theories underlying the study of migration and the migration-health relationship, in addition to a substantive understanding of the key health issues affecting migrant populations. The course will examine health issues among all types of migrant populations, both in developed and developing countries.

SOC 550 : Changing Patterns of Family Organization

History of the family with emphasis on changes in European and American families since 1600. Concomitant changes in other institutions and their relation to changes in the family.

SOC 551 : Family and Gender Relations

Overview of major research findings on marriage, the family, and gender, including demographic trends, the place of children in society, courtship, the internal management of intimate relationships, divorce, and social policy.

SOC 568 : Social Mobility

Social mobility is the movements of individuals from one social position to another. This course emphasizes movement from the socioeconomic position of family-of-origin to adult position. Social mobility is important both as a characterization of a society, measuring openness and equality of opportunity, and as a predictor of social behaviors, such as collective action and political attitudes. The course focuses first on the description and measurement of social mobility in individual societies. Then the determinants of mobility are studied using cross-national comparisons. Finally, it examines the consequences of mobility for social behaviors.

SOC 569 : Demographic Studies of Stratification

Overview of development of models of socioeconomic achievement ("status attainment" paradigm) in the field of stratification. Begins with work of Blau and Duncan. Covers elaboration of basic models to include race and ethnicity, social psychological variables, class, school and labor market effects, and other structural variables.

SOC 583 : Special Topics in Demography and Ecology

Examination of current topics in demography and ecology. Content varies according to recent developments in the field and the interests of the instructor.

SOC 588 : Special Topics in Stratification and Race Relations

Examination of current substantive topics in stratification and race relations. Content varies according to recent developments in the field and the interests of the instructor.