Demography for foreign students (non-demographers) - MZ300E006

• Title: Demography for foreign students (non-demographers)
• Guaranteed by: Department of Demography and Geodemography (31-360)
• Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Actual: from 2021
• Semester: both
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: combined
• Hours per week, examination: 2/2, C+Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unlimited
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Explanation: nahrazen MD360P92
• Note: enabled for web enrollment; you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
• Guarantor: RNDr. Tomáš Kučera, CSc.

Annotation

English

Last update: RNDr. Tomáš Kučera, CSc. (30.10.2019)

The course is designed as a cross-sectional demography course covering all major topics and knowledge relevant to a basic understanding of the process of demographic reproduction and the development of population systems. Special attention is paid to the development of analytical skills as well as the basic skills in interpreting demographic indicators and understanding the results of demographic forecasts. Students learn basic theoretical and empirical knowledge and prognostic ideas about population development of the world and selected countries. The participants also obtain the information necessary for orientation in the discipline of Demography per se and its development. Completion of the course is a prerequisite for more in-depth study of the field and its specific problems.

Czech

Last update: RNDr. Tomáš Kučera, CSc. (30.10.2019)

Kurz je koncipován jako průřezový kurz demografie zahrnující všechna hlavní témata a znalosti relevantní pro základní porozumění procesu demografické reprodukce a vývoje populačních systémů. Zvláštní pozornost je věnována rozvoji analytických dovedností, základním dovednostem v oblasti interpretace demografických ukazatelů a porozumění výsledkům demografických prognóz. Studenti se seznámí se základními teoretickými i empirickými poznatky a prognostickými představami o populačním vývoji světa a vybraných zemí. Absolvování předmětu je předpokladem pro hlubší studium oboru a jeho specifických problémů.

Literature

English

Last update: RNDr. Tomáš Kučera, CSc. (21.02.2013)

In English:

Demeny, Paul and Geoffrey McNicoll (eds.). 1998. The Reader in Population and

Development. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Fialová, Ludmila et al. 2009. Population Development in the Czech Republic 2007. Prague: SLON.

Hinde, Andrew. 1998. Demographic methods. London: Arnold.

van de Kaa, Dirk. 1987. Europe’s second demographic transition. Population Bulletin 42, 1 (March).

Livi-Bacci, Massimo. 1997. A Concise History of World Population. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.

Nam, Charles. 1994. Understanding Population Change. Itasca, Ill.: F.E.Peacock, Inc.

Poston, Dudley L. and Michael Micklin (eds.). 2006. Handbook of Population. Heidelberg: Springer.

Preston, Samuel, Patrick Heuveline and Michel Guillot. 2001. Demography. Measuring and Modeling Population Processes. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.

PRB’s Population Handbook. 6th Edition. 2011. Washington, D.C.: Population Reference Bureau

Siegel, Jacob S. and Swanson, David A. 2004. The Methods and Materials of Demography. Bradford: Emerald Group Publishing

Weeks, John R. 2007. Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues (10th ed.) Florence, KY: Wadsworth Publishing

Wunsch, Guillaume J. and Marc G. Termote. 1978. Introduction to Demographic Analysis. Principles and Methods. New York and London: Plenum Press.

In French:

Henry, Louis. 1984. Démographie, analyse et modeles. Paris: INED.

Pressat Rolland. 1961. L'analyse démographique. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France (also available in English)

Vandeschrick, Christophe. 2000. Analyse démographique. Louvain-la-Neuve/Paris: Académia/L'Harmattan (available also in Russian)

In Russian:

Boyarskiy, A.Ya. (ed.). 1985. Kurs demografii. Moskva: Finansi i statistika.

Denisenko, Michail B. and Nataliya M. Kalmykova. 2007. Demografiya. Uchebnoye Posobiye. Moskva: Infra-M.

Medkov, V.M. 2003. Osnovy demografii. Feniks: Rostov-na-Donu.

Vanderskrik, Kristof. 2005. Demograficheskij analyz. Moskva: Gaudeamus.

Multilingual Demographic Dictionary Project on http://demopaedia.org/

Czech

Last update: RNDr. Barbora Janáková Kuprová, Ph.D. (25.10.2019)

V angličtině:
Demeny, Paul and Geoffrey McNicoll (eds.). 1998. The Reader in Population and
Development. New York: St. Martin's Press.
Fialová, Ludmila et al. 2009. Population Development in the Czech Republic 2007. Prague: SLON.
Hinde, Andrew. 1998. Demographic methods. London: Arnold.
van de Kaa, Dirk. 1987. Europe’s second demographic transition. Population Bulletin 42, 1 (March).
Livi-Bacci, Massimo. 1997. A Concise History of World Population. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
Nam, Charles. 1994. Understanding Population Change. Itasca, Ill.: F.E.Peacock, Inc.
Poston, Dudley L. and Michael Micklin (eds.). 2006. Handbook of Population. Heidelberg: Springer.
Preston, Samuel, Patrick Heuveline and Michel Guillot. 2001. Demography. Measuring and Modeling Population Processes. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
PRB’s Population Handbook. 6th Edition. 2011. Washington, D.C.: Population Reference Bureau
Siegel, Jacob S. and Swanson, David A. 2004. The Methods and Materials of Demography. Bradford: Emerald Group Publishing
Weeks, John R. 2007. Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues (10th ed.) Florence, KY: Wadsworth Publishing
Wunsch, Guillaume J. and Marc G. Termote. 1978. Introduction to Demographic Analysis. Principles and Methods. New York and London: Plenum Press.

Ve franouzštině:
Henry, Louis. 1984. Démographie, analyse et modeles. Paris: INED.
Pressat Rolland. 1961. L'analyse démographique. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France (also available in English)
Vandeschrick, Christophe. 2000. Analyse démographique. Louvain-la-Neuve/Paris: Académia/L'Harmattan (available also in Russian)

V ruštině:
Boyarskiy, A.Ya. (ed.). 1985. Kurs demografii. Moskva: Finansi i statistika.
Denisenko, Michail B. and Nataliya M. Kalmykova. 2007. Demografiya. Uchebnoye Posobiye. Moskva: Infra-M.
Medkov, V.M. 2003. Osnovy demografii. Feniks: Rostov-na-Donu.
Vanderskrik, Kristof. 2005. Demograficheskij analyz. Moskva: Gaudeamus.


Multilingual Demographic Dictionary Project on http://demopaedia.org/

Requirements to the exam

English

Last update: RNDr. Tomáš Kučera, CSc. (30.10.2019)

During the course each student will elaborate and present a paper on a selected topic at the final seminar.

For successful completion of the course, it is necessary to obtain credit and pass a written exam. The criterion for obtaining credit is active participation in seminars, elaboration of a paper and successful presentation of a paper at the final seminar.

Czech

Last update: RNDr. Tomáš Kučera, CSc. (30.10.2019)

V průběhu kurzu každý student vypracuje a na závěrečném semináři prezentuje příspěvek na vybrané téma.

Pro úspěšné absolvování předmětu je nutné získat zápočet a složit předepsanou písemnou zkoušku. Kritériem pro získání zápočtu je aktivní účast na cvičeních, vypracování zadání referátu a úspěšná prezentace příspěvku na závěrečném semináři.

Syllabus

English

Last update: RNDr. Tomáš Kučera, CSc. (21.02.2013)

1.Prologue I:

a. History of Demography (Milestones of Demography) ,

b. International Professional Organizations in the Field of Population Studies

c. Major Demographic Journals and Websites

d. Basic Demographic Terminology and Multilingual Demographic Dictionary

2.Prologue II:

a. Process of Demographic Reproduction

b. Specificities of Demographic Cognition Process

c. Two Types of Demographic Data - Stock and Flow Numbers

d. Time in Demography and Lexis Diagram

e. Period and Cohort Perspectives

3.Data Sources:

a. Collect on Demographic Data (Census, Current Registration of Events, Sample

Survey)

b. Demographic Data Quality and Availability

c. Main Sources of Demographic Data on Internet

4.System of Demographic Indicators:

a. Classification of Demographic Indicators

b. General Rules of Demographic Indicators Construction

c. Interpretation and Applicability of Basic Demographic Indicators

5.Demographic Structures:

a. Basic Demographic Structures and Their General Regularities

b. Principles of Demographic Structures Description

c. Graphical Tools – Construction of Age Pyramid

d. Numerical Characteristics of Age Structure

e. Age Structures Typology

6.Principles of Fertility Analysis

a. Basic Indicators

b. Fertility Table

c. General Fertility Patterns

7.Principles of Mortality Analysis

a. Basic Indicators

b. MortalityTable

c. General Mortality Patterns

8.Principles of Migration Analysis

a. Basic Indicators

b. Construction of Gross Migraproduction Rate

c. Demographic Patterns of Migration

9.Agregate Process of Demographic Reproduction

a. Annual Growth Rate

b. Reproduction Rates Construction

c. Replacement Level

10.Basic Demographic Theories and Concepts:

a. Malthus Theory and Neomalthusians

b. Theory of Demographic Transition/Revolution

c. Second Demographic Transition Concept

11.World Population Development I:

a. World Population History

b. Current Demographic Situation in the World

c. Demographic Issues of Contemporary Europe

12.World Population Development II:

a. UN World Population Prospects

b. Population Perspectives of the World

c. Population Ageing as a Global Process and its Potential Consequences

13.-14.Student Demographic Seminar in Malá Skála (North Bohemia)

a. Presentation of Seminar Works (Demographic Portrait of a Country or Region)

Czech

Last update: RNDr. Barbora Janáková Kuprová, Ph.D. (25.10.2019)

Sylabus je dostupný v anglickém jazyce.