Examines social, economic, and political problems affected by birth/death rates, population size, distribution, and migration. Covers world ecology, limits to growth, development, conflict, and policies on reproduction and mortality.
Monica Grant taught SOC 170 with lectures that often read directly from slides, which some students found dull or difficult to hear. Exams frequently tested specific details from readings or lectures, leading to reports of difficult questions on random facts. Students noted that writing assignments were graded intently, while others struggled with the specific nature of the tests.
Demographic Techniques I covers methods of measurement for enumeration and registration data, construction of life tables, measures of fertility, nuptiality and migration, and examination of census variables.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.84 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.83 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.64 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).