Course code

DID6003.YK

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Demograafia üldkursus

Course title in English

General Demography

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

assessment

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Luule Sakkeus (language of instruction:Estonian)
Leen Rahnu (language of instruction:English)

lecturer of 2025/2026 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The course belongs to introductory courses in BA level, recommended to senior year students, primarily in the field of social sciences. The aim is to equip students with basic knowledge on population development, support the acquisition of skills (including digital skills) related to the use of population data, and support developing analytical skills in the area of population studies.

Brief description of the course

Overview of the main concepts of population studies, basic summary measures, sources of population data, and statistical databases (eSTAT, UN, Eurostat etc). The central topic is population replacement and related population processes (fertility, mortality, migration). The demographic transition framework is used to conceptualize population development, and recognise population-related limitations or possibilities. Contact hours include lectures, seminars and workshops. Independently students work with literature, calculate basic measures, and search, present and interpret population facts.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- knows basic concepts and has primary knowledge on main theoretical foundations of population studies;
- is able to describe changes taking place in population processes (fertility, mortality, migration), population structure and –dynamics;
- is able to calculate and interpret summary measures;
- orientates in main sources of population data;
- is able to search population facts from statistical databases, as well as present and interpret this information.

Teacher

Allan Puur

Study programmes containing that course

Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/25.YK)
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Science Teacher (MLGLM/25.LT)
Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/24.YK)
Social Work (STSTB/24-t.YK)
Sociology (RASLB/24-o.YK)
Social Work (STSTB/24-o.YK)
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