Demography Minor

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Demography is the scientific study of human populations. It is an interdisciplinary field that examines the causes and consequences of health and mortality, population aging, migration, fertility, maternal and child health, interactions between human populations and the environment and population growth and decline.

Students working toward a minor in demography within the Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences (HBS) will acquire focused training in theories and methods of demography. The minor will help students develop important skills in critical thinking and quantitative reasoning, and will prepare them for graduate-level training in demography or related fields and for jobs requiring an understanding of population dynamics. Demographers are frequently employed in occupations including academia, risk assessment, marketing, consulting, non-profits and various local, state and federal government agencies.

For more information, email demographyminor@ucdenver.edu.

Program Requirements for the Minor

All students must complete a minimum of 18 credits drawn from the approved course list (see below). Although students may count courses taken for other majors or minors toward the requirements for the demography minor, they must still take at least 18 credits that count exclusively toward the demography minor.

All undergraduate CU Denver students are eligible to take this minor, and must achieve a C (2.0) or above in all the courses for them to be counted toward the minor. A minimum of 15 credit hours, at least 12 of which must be upper division courses, must be taken in residence at CU Denver.

Note: Students should check for prerequisites when enrolling in courses.

Survey Courses

Students must choose at least one of the following; both may be counted toward the minor:

PBHL 2051 - Introduction To Population Studies gtPATHWAYS:
SOCY 4220 - Population Change and Analysis gtPATHWAYS:

Quantitative Methods

Must choose at least one of the following; additional courses may not count toward the minor:

MATH 2830 - Introductory Statistics gtPATHWAYS: GT-MA1
HBSC 3001 - Introduction to Epidemiology gtPATHWAYS:
PBHL 3001 - Introduction to Epidemiology gtPATHWAYS:

Strong Demographic Themes

Must choose at least one of the following; more may count toward the minor:

ANTH 4260 - Human Reproductive Ecology gtPATHWAYS:
PBHL 3071 - Global Topics In Sexual and Reproductive Health gtPATHWAYS:
PBHL 4020 - Global Health: Comparative Public Health Systems gtPATHWAYS:
PBHL 4040 - Social Determinants of Health gtPATHWAYS:
SOCY 3520 - Topics in Sociology gtPATHWAYS: (when offered as Medical Sociology topic)
SOCY 4440 - Social Inequality gtPATHWAYS:

Other Electives

These courses may be used to fulfill remaining credits:

BIOL 3412 - Fundamentals of Applied Ecology gtPATHWAYS:
ECON 3100 - Economics of Race and Gender gtPATHWAYS:
ECON 3400 - Economics of Sex and Drugs gtPATHWAYS:
GEOG 1602 - Introduction to Urban Studies gtPATHWAYS: GT-SS2
GEOG 3300 - Population and Resources in the World Environment gtPATHWAYS:
GEOG 3501 - Geography of Health gtPATHWAYS:
PBHL 3002 - Ethnicity, Health and Social Justice gtPATHWAYS:
PBHL 3031 - Health, Human Biology and Behavior gtPATHWAYS:
PBHL 3200 - Human Migration: Nomads, Sojourners, and Settlers gtPATHWAYS:
-OR- ANTH 3200 - Human Migration: Nomads, Sojourners, and Settlers gtPATHWAYS:
PBHL 4200 - The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic gtPATHWAYS:
-OR- HBSC 5200 - The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic gtPATHWAYS:
PSCI 4545 - Immigration Politics gtPATHWAYS:
SOCY 3700 - Sociology of the Family gtPATHWAYS:
SOCY 4772 - Advanced Topics in Sociology gtPATHWAYS: (when offered as Crime and Inequality Over the Life Course topic)

Total: 18 Hours

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