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University of the Witwatersrand

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Demography and Population Studies

The Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Demography and Population Studies in Arts is offered by University of the Witwatersrand.

Program Length: 2 YEARS.

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Demography and Population Studies offered by the University of the Witwatersrand

The Bachelor of Arts with Honours in the field of Demography and Population Studies is a 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time degree.

Overview

Please note there are no block-release or after hours lectures. Part-time students attend normal lectures.The Wits Programme in Demography and Population Studies offers an interdisciplinary graduate teaching and research in demography and population studies. Demography as an academic discipline seeks to explore the dynamics of human populations in relation to the changes in their sizes, structures and distributions. Population changes have implications for the environment, employment, work, family relations, health, ageing and urbanization to mention just a few. 

Curriculum

This honours programme has the following courses:

• SOSS 4012A Introduction to Population Studies (compulsory);
• SOSS 4015A Basic Demographic Methods (compulsory);
• SOSS 4047A Statistics for Demographic and Survey Analysis (compulsory);
• SOSS 4034A Research Essay (compulsory);
• SOSS 4048A Health Demography (elective);
• SOSS 4016A Migration and Spatial Demography (elective);
• SOSS4049A Demography of Fertility and Reproduction (elective)

Students are required to complete 4 courses and the research essay.