118-0909/04 – Demography (DEMOGR)
| Gurantor department | Department of Regional and Environmental Economics | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | RNDr. Ivan Šotkovský, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | RNDr. Ivan Šotkovský, Ph.D. |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2017/2018 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
| Intended for the faculties | FAST | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The course grants students basic knowledges of population reproduction. The main components of this process are natural increase and migration.
Demographic studies present knowledges about population development and
changes of the primary population structures (age composition, national and
religion structure etc.)
Teaching methods
Individual consultations
Summary
Compulsory literature:
Jones H. (1990): Population Geography. London, Paul Chapman Publishing Ltd, second edition.
Newel, C.: Methods and models in Demography (1994). Chichester, John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Recommended literature:
Cox, P. R.: Demography (1978). Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, fifth edition.
van Dijk, J., Pellenbarg, P., H. (1999): Demography of Firms (Spatial Dynamics of Firm Behaviour). Groningen, NGS 262, Faculty of Spatial Sciences,
Woods, R., Rees, P., H. (1986): Population Structures and Models. London,
Allen & Unwin.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Special tutorial of the main demographic structures, processes and development terminus.
E-learning
Other requirements
It is recomended to use consultation after basic studing of the compulsory literature. Specialized publication:
"ŠOTKOVSKÝ, I. (2013). Demografie: teorie a praxe v regionálních souvislostech. SOET, vol. 6, Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava. ISBN 978-80-248-3158-9."
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. The Place of Demography in the Science System.
2. Demographic Events and the Approaches to their Recognition.
3. Basic Instruments of the Demographic Analyses.
4. Cognition of the Demographic Reproduction.
5. Wider Conditionalities of the Reproduction Process.
6. Patterns and Continuities of the Population Development.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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