GEOG 143
Population in Interacting World
Description: Lecture, three hours. Provides multidisciplinary understanding of and appreciation for human population phenomena and problems in different parts of world and at different geographical scales--from local to global. Particular emphasis on understanding and critically reflecting on (1) contemporary population problems at global, national, and local scale, including both dramatic decline and persistence of high levels of fertility in parts of developing world, record low fertility and population aging in highly industrialized countries, increasing levels of international migration, refugee crises, massive rural to urban migrations, and creation of mega-cities in less developed world, (2) policies adopted to address these problems, such as family planning policies to reduce fertility, immigration policies, and so on, and (3) gender dimension of contemporary population problems and policies. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2016 - Leitner is sometimes difficult to understand and is very intense in class -- she will walk up and down the rows, making eye contact with each student as she passes by, and makes sure nobody is sitting in the back of the class. The content, however, is pretty interesting. If you are interested in population geography, it's a worthwhile course to take. A substantial portion of the grade is a research paper, which will take a good deal of time. I started working on it the day before, which was a really bad idea. Just be sure to come to class every week and prepare for her to be rather intense.
Winter 2016 - Leitner is sometimes difficult to understand and is very intense in class -- she will walk up and down the rows, making eye contact with each student as she passes by, and makes sure nobody is sitting in the back of the class. The content, however, is pretty interesting. If you are interested in population geography, it's a worthwhile course to take. A substantial portion of the grade is a research paper, which will take a good deal of time. I started working on it the day before, which was a really bad idea. Just be sure to come to class every week and prepare for her to be rather intense.
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