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POPULATION PROBLEMS

SOC 170
Course Description

Social, economic, and political problems affected by birth and death rates, population size and distribution, voluntary and forced migration. World ecology, limits to growth, economic development, international conflict, environmental quality, metropolitan expansion, segregation by age, race, and wealth. Policies affecting reproduction, nuptiality, morbidity, mortality, migration.

Prerequisites

None

Satisfies
Credits

3 to 4

Offered

Fall, Spring

Grade Point Average
3.9

13.45% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

1.65% from Historical

A Rate
89.01%

111.64% from Historical

Class Size
191

-33.49% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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