Survey Courses: Introduction to Demography
- Anthropology 408, Anthropological Demography
- Sociology 423, Social Demography
Demographic Processes Courses: Core Topics
- Rural Sociology 525, Fertility, Population Change, and Development
- Sociology 521, Family Demography
- Sociology 523, Internal and International Migration
- Sociology 524, The Demography of Human Fertility
- Sociology 525, Immigration, Incorporation, and Inequalities
- Sociology 526/Health Policy Administration 526, Health Disparities
- Sociology 527, Migration, Urbanization and Policy in the Developing World
- Sociology 532, Global Health and Mortality
Demographic Methods Courses: Demographic Tools
- Sociology 573, Demographic Techniques (required)
- Sociology 576, Applied Mathematical Demography
- Sociology 577, Techniques of Event History Modeling
- Sociology 578, Multilevel Regression Models/ Human Development and Family Studies 517, Multivariate (Multi-level) Change
- Anthropology 579/Sociology 579, Spatial Demography
- Sociology 580, Social Network Analysis
- NOTE: Some Special Topics (597 Courses) methods courses can count toward the Demography Methods requirement for Ph.D. students. In the past, this has included SOC 597 Longitudinal Data Analysis and RSOC 597 Spatial Analysis of Social Data (Students may count one but not both ANTH/SOC 579 and RSOC 597).
Population Studies Courses: Demographic Connections
- Anthropology 559, Human Ecology
- Anthropology 575, Population, Food, and Traditional Farming
- Educational Theory and Policy 516, Education and Demographic Change in the U.S. and Abroad
- Health Policy Administration 525, Health and Health Services Across the Life Course
- Health Policy Administration 541, Poverty, Race, Ethnicity and Child Health
- Human Development and Family Studies 525, Introduction to Family Studies
- Human Development and Family Studies 531/ Sociology 531, Family Disorganization
- Human Development and Family Studies 537/ Sociology 537, Biosocial Perspectives on the Family
- Human Development & Family Studies 577, Poverty, Policies & Child Development
- Rural Sociology 516, Social Change in Rural America
- Rural Sociology 517: International Rural Social Change
- Rural Sociology 530, Sociology and Demography of Poverty
- Sociology 522, Demography of the Life Course
- Sociology 530, Sociology of the Family
- Sociology 560, Urban Sociology
Special Topics (597 Courses)
Special Topics courses reflect new faculty research interests and new faculty hires. These courses may count toward Demography program requirements as Demographic Methods, Demographic Processes, or Population Studies courses if they reference and utilize sufficient demographic content and sources. To request that a Special Topics course count toward your Demographic training, you must submit the course syllabus for review and complete this form using your PSU account: https://forms.office.com/r/mpwD9uxLDe?origin=lprLink