University of Madras - Syllabus of Bachelor of Science (BSc) Geography - Semester VI - Application Oriented Subject - Demographic Studies - II
UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN GEOGRAPHY
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)
Semester VI - Application Oriented Subject - Demographic Studies - II
Duration: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4
(90 hrs)
Demographic Studies - II
Unit I
Demography - Scope and contents - Applications of Demography Studies
Unit II
Population Information - Census and Sample surveys - Fertility Services - Household surveys
Unit III
Study of Demographic structure - Age-sex variation - occupation differences - ethnicity - literacy structure - Income variation.
Unit IV
Growth dynamics - Growth estimation - Impacts of death and birth growth - immigration and migration and growth
Unit V
Demographic Planning - Demographic transition - Population Problems - Demographic Planning in Developed and Developing countries.