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Twin Cities Campus
Population Studies MinorSociology
College of Liberal Arts
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Sociology, 909 Social Sciences, 267 19th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-4300; fax: 612-624-7020)
Email:
popminor@umn.edu
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 a 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.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
All courses should be from the same subject area and may not be in the student's major field. Courses must be taken A-F.
Required Courses
PA 5301 - Population Methods & Issues for the United States & Global South
(3.0 cr)
Electives
Master's students complete 3 credits and doctoral students complete 9 credits.
FW 5051 - Analysis of Populations
(4.0 cr)
GERO 5103 - Aging and Society
(2.0 cr)
HIST 5797 - Methods of Population History
(3.0 cr)
HIST 5970 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
HIST 8970 - Advanced Research in Quantitative History
(3.0 cr)
PA 5022 - Applications of Economics for Policy Analysis
(1.5-3.0 cr)
PA 5204 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
PA 5281 - Immigrants, Urban Planning and Policymaking in the U.S.
(3.0 cr)
PA 5401 - Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy
(3.0 cr)
PA 5451 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
PA 5490 - Topics in Social Policy
(1.0-4.0 cr)
PA 8312 - Analysis of Discrimination
(4.0 cr)
PA 8331 - Economic Demography
(3.0 cr)
PA 8461 - Global and U.S. Perspectives on Health and Mortality
(3.0 cr)
PUBH 6370 - Social Epidemiology
(2.0 cr)
PUBH 6605 - Sexual, Reproductive, and Perinatal Public Health
(2.0 cr)
PUBH 6845 - Using Demographic Data for Policy Analysis
(3.0 cr)
SOC 5246 {Inactive}
[HIS, ENV]
(3.0 cr)
SOC 8090 - Topics in Sociology
(1.5-3.0 cr)
SOC 8890 - Advanced Topics in Research Methods
(2.0-3.0 cr)
Program Sub-plans
Students are required to complete one of the following sub-plans.
Students may not complete the program with more than one sub-plan.
Masters
Doctoral
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | PA 5301/Soc 5511 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EEB/FW 5051 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3797/Hist 5797 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 1.5 -3.0 [max 9.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 1.0 -4.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 1.5 -3.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 -3.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |