Economia e Management | Demography

cod. 0212700135

DEMOGRAPHY

	0212700135
	DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE AZIENDALI - MANAGEMENT & INNOVATION SYSTEMS
	EQF6
	BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
	2017/2018

CURRICULUM AMMINISTRAZIONE, FINANZA E CONTROLLO

	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2014
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SECS-S/04	10	60	LESSONS	OPTIONAL SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	THIS COURSE AIMS AT SHOWING THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CHARACTER OF DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH AND THE INTERACTION OF DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS, PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS NECESSARY TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF INTRINSIC MECHANISM OF DEMOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION IN ORDER TO CATCH POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS. DURING THIS COURSE STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN CASE STUDIES IN ORDER TO APPRECIATE THE USEFULNESS OF THE TOOLS FOR DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY FOR THE KNOWLEDGE OF PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT EVOLUTION. STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP ANALYSIS COMPETENCES, CRITICAL ABILITIES AND WILL BE ABLE TO SUITABLY USE AND APPLY DEMOGRAPHIC TOOLS PROVIDED DURING THE COURSE. DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY TOOLS PROPOSED DURING THE COURSE ARE PRESENTED CLEARLY SPECIFYING THEIR APPLICATION FIELD. PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE WILL BE GIVEN TO THE PRESENTATION OF DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY RESULTS THROUGH GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OR SUITABLE STATISTICAL INDEXES. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO DEEPEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOP NEW COMPETENCES, BY CRITICALLY CONSULTING SPECIALIZED SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE AND DOCUMENTS DRAWN UP BY BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTES. AT THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO INTERPRET THE COMPLEX MODES IN WHICH PEOPLE EVOLVE DURING TIME.

THIS COURSE AIMS AT SHOWING THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CHARACTER OF DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH AND THE INTERACTION OF DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS, PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS NECESSARY TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF INTRINSIC MECHANISM OF DEMOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION IN ORDER TO CATCH POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS.
DURING THIS COURSE STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN CASE STUDIES IN ORDER TO APPRECIATE THE USEFULNESS OF THE TOOLS FOR DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY FOR THE KNOWLEDGE OF PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT EVOLUTION.
STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP ANALYSIS COMPETENCES, CRITICAL ABILITIES AND WILL BE ABLE TO SUITABLY USE AND APPLY DEMOGRAPHIC TOOLS PROVIDED DURING THE COURSE.
DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY TOOLS PROPOSED DURING THE COURSE ARE PRESENTED CLEARLY SPECIFYING THEIR APPLICATION FIELD. PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE WILL BE GIVEN TO THE PRESENTATION OF DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY RESULTS THROUGH GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OR SUITABLE STATISTICAL INDEXES.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO DEEPEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOP NEW COMPETENCES, BY CRITICALLY CONSULTING SPECIALIZED SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE AND DOCUMENTS DRAWN UP BY BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTES. AT THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO INTERPRET THE COMPLEX MODES IN WHICH PEOPLE EVOLVE DURING TIME.

	Prerequisites
	NO PREREQUISITES NEEDED

	Contents
	1. INTRODUCTION 2. WORK TOOLS 3. MODELS AND GROWTH RATES 4. STRUCTURES 5. STUDY OF DEMOGRAPHIC BEHAVIOUR 6. DEATH RATE, SURVIVAL RATE AND QUALITY OF LIFE 7 COUPLE-FORMING, COUPLE-DIVORCING 8. BIRTH RATE, FECUNDITY AND REPRODUCTIVITY 9. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONS 10. DEMOGRAPHIC PREVISIONS 11. SOURCES AND DATA 12. APPENDIX

	Teaching Methods
	THE COURSE CONSISTS OF 60 HOURS OF LECTURES. EACH LESSON IS STRUCTURED IN A THEORETICAL PART AND A PART OF APPLICATIONS IN CASE STUDIES. GIVEN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISCIPLINE, THE ATTENDANCE IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED, ALTHOUGH NOT MANDATORY.

	Verification of learning
	FINAL EXAMINATION WILL CONSIST IN AN ORAL TEST AT THE END OF THE COURSE WHIT EVALUATION IN THREE YEARS QUESTIONS OF EXAMINATION WILL BE AT LEAST THREE, TOUCHING DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PROGRAM IN ORDER TO CHECK THE COMPREHENSIVE PREPARATION OF EACH STUDENT.

	Texts
	GUSTAVO DE SANTIS - DEMOGRAFIA, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA 2010

	More Information
	PHOTOCOPIES OF DEMOGRAPHIC REPORTS AND STATISTICAL DOCUMENTS DIRECTLY PROVIDED DURING CLASSES. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE E-MAIL TO: MMICCOLI@UNISA.IT

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