Demography Certificate Courses

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The Demography Certificate Program at The University of Utah is designed for graduate students, especially those majoring in the social and health sciences. It is also designed for non-matriculated students seeking to enhance their skill set in demography. Students enroll in a sequence of courses which provide an overview of methods, materials and issues in demography. The certificate will complement many degree programs, especially sociology, economics, geography, public health, public policy and interdisciplinary social sciences. Students who wish to enroll may apply any certificate courses which they have already completed, providing that the grade earned for any such course is at least C-.

Required Courses

15 Semester Credit Hours

The Demography Certificate course curriculum is shown below. In addition to the three core courses (nine semester credit hours), you will complete one "special topics" course (three semester credit hours), and work with a faculty mentor to complete an independent research project or internship (three semester credit hours).

Introductory multivariate statistics, through linear regression, preferrably with exposure to statistical software, is a prerequisite for the certificate program.

required Core courses
(9 Credits)
Special Topics
(select 1 for 3 credits)
required Research Project
(3 Credits)

Demographic Concepts and Methods

Required:

Urban Research
URBPL 5010 or 6010

Demographic Methods  FCS 5120 or 6120

Database Management/ Statistics

Choose one:

Database Theory & Design 
IS 6420

Graduate Multivariate Statistics
FCS 6110

Note: Students may complete all four of the core courses listed above and count one core as the elective special topics course.

Population Change
SOC 5510 or 6510

World Population and Problems
SOC 5657

Research for Consumer and Community Needs 
FCS 5700

Methods in GIS 
GEOGR 5140

Family/Fertility

Divorce and Remarriage 
FCS 5280

Families and Social Policy 
FCS 5200 or 6200

Maternal and Child Health  FPMD 6958

Families and Health

Families, Consumers, and Health  FCS 5430

Economic Demography 

Families and Economic Policy FCS 5400 or 6400

Discrimination in Labor Markets  ECON 5140

Poverty and Inequality 
ECON 5180

Health Economics 
ECON 5190

Environmental and Natural Resource  ECON 5250

Principles of Economic Development 
ECON 5530

Health

Perinmatal Epidemiology
FPMD 6320

Medical Sociolgy Seminar
SOC 5720/6720

Introduction to Medical Geography
GEOG5090/6090

GIS and Environmental Health
GEOG5190/6190

Independent Research Study  - Students register individually with their project faculty mentor.