Department of Sociology, 909 Social Sciences, 267 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-4300; fax: 612-624-7020)

Population studies is a multidisciplinary research area at the intersection of the mathematical sciences, the health and social sciences, and public policy. The curriculum provides solid grounding in the theories and methods of demography, with additional specialized training across five interdisciplinary subject areas: historical demography, population geography, economic demography, public health demography, and family and life course demography.

The minor in population studies is available to master's and doctoral students. Both a master's and doctoral minor require the core course, PA 5301 - Population Methods and Issues for the United States and Third World or SOC 5090 - World Population Issues. In addition to the core course, master's students take at least three credits and doctoral students take at least 9 credits from the list of approved courses at www.pop.umn.edu/training/population-minor/curriculum. All courses should be from the same subject area and may not be in the student's major field. A total of 6 credits at the master's level and 12 credits at the doctoral level is required for the minor. Students must register for all courses A-F; courses taken on a pass/fail basis may not count toward the minor (with the exception of PUBH 5628, which is currently offered only S-N).