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290016 SE Bachelorseminar Human Geography: Selected Topics in Population Geography and Demography (2016W)
with Focus on the Global South
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Tu 06.09.2016 07:00 to Tu 20.09.2016 22:00
- Registration is open from Mo 26.09.2016 18:00 to We 28.09.2016 22:00
- Deregistration possible until Sa 31.12.2016 22:00
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 13.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
- Thursday 20.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
- Thursday 27.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
- Thursday 03.11. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
- Thursday 10.11. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
- Thursday 17.11. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
- Thursday 01.12. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
- Thursday 15.12. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
- Thursday 12.01. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
- Thursday 19.01. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
- Thursday 26.01. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Along the semester, the students choose a case study and make an oral presentation out of it as well as a short research paper.
Thus, the following requirements must be fulfilled:
• regular attendance and active participation during the sessions (15%)
• session preparation (20%)
• giving a short presentation in class with handout (~10 min) (25%)
• writing of a term paper (~10 pages) (40%)
Thus, the following requirements must be fulfilled:
• regular attendance and active participation during the sessions (15%)
• session preparation (20%)
• giving a short presentation in class with handout (~10 min) (25%)
• writing of a term paper (~10 pages) (40%)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Willingness to search, read, discuss and present in English topics about demography and population change in the Global South
Examination topics
Participation in discussions, presentation of research results and writing of a term paper
Reading list
The literature will be announced in the course.
Association in the course directory
(BA GG 7.1) (B11-7.1) (L2-b4) (L2-b4-zSE) (UF BA GW 16)
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:42
The analysis of demographic structures and processes and their spatial differentiation appear as an essential prerequisite to understand the main worldwide social, economic and political developments and issues.
The seminar enables students to learn the basic knowledge of population geography: population distribution and migration, through the understanding and exploration of the situation in the Global South. At the end of the course, the students should be able to discuss critically a large range of global demographic topics in the Global South, to read and interpret documents, graphs and data acutely and to apply academic knowledge to real world events.
Key issues of global, regional and local population trends and specific case studies will be jointly discussed (i.e. how we count the population?, family policies in developing countries, population trends in the world: south vs. north?, the AIDS epidemic in southern Africa, declining sex ratio in Asia, epidemiology transition in Africa, migration and age pyramid in the Middle East, … among others topics).