Social Demography International study of population structures with special emphasis on comparison of developed and developing societies. Particular attention is paid to the way in which differing rates of population growth affect the patterns of social and economic change in these societies. Introduction to Social Statistics Statistical methods for social science applications. Topics include summarizing data with graphs and descriptive measures, generalizing from a sample to a population as in opinion polls, and determining the relationship between two variables. No special mathematical background required.
Students learn basic computer techniques.
Three lecture hours, two lab hours. An analysis of the key structural features of South Asian societies from a sociological perspective. Special attention is devoted to the caste system and its relationship to various religions of South Asia. Negative liabilities such as arrest, imprisonment, unemployment, and stigmatization, as well as positive assets such as education, occupation, income, and honor are analyzed. Focuses on the distributive aspects of power and the resulting social formations such as classes, and status groups.