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DEMOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES II

SOC 756
Course Description

Intermediate to advanced tools used by demographers for studying the behavior of human populations: multiple decrement processes, stable population model, demographic relations in non-stable populations, model age patterns of vital events, indirect estimation methods.

Prerequisties

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

3

Offered

Occasionally

Grade Point Average
4

7.65% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

1.06% from Historical

A Rate
100%

41.79% from Historical

Class Size
12

-11.58% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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