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Demography is the scientific study of human populations. The main task of demography is to describe and analyse population development in various social contexts and time periods as well as to investigate causes and consequences of changing population structures (i.e. variations in the distribution of people across different ages and the proportions of men and women). Demographic knowledge is essential for social planning and for understanding how a society functions. Both the developed and the developing world, and historical as well as recent times are of interest for demography.Fertility, mortality and migration, the three fundamental processes that produce and change populations, can be studied from different disciplinary perspectives (e.g. economics, geography, sociology, history, statistics, political science). The interdisciplinary character of demography is built into the master´s programme in demography, a collaboration among the departments of (in alphabetical order) economics, economic history, human geography, sociology and statistics. The aim of the programme is to prepare students for demographic research careers at an advanced level. Students will learn to describe and analyse population development in various social contexts and time periods.The programme teaches the skills to describe, analyse and explain population development in its various aspects. Courses in the so-called demography block of 22.5 credits are compulsory as is a course of 7.5 credits in the field in which the 15-credits thesis with demographic implications is to be written (e.g. sociological demography, statistical demography).
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Applicants must have a bachelor's degree with a major in Social Sciences, Biology, Public Health or equivalent.Applicants from non-anglophone countries must provide proof of English proficiency.Application deadline for non EU students is January 15.
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