2008/09 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
GEOG3031 Population Analysis
20 creditsClass Size: 95
Module manager: Professor Phil Rees
Email: p.h.rees@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2008/09
Pre-requisite qualifications
GEOG 2002 - Population health and well being or equivalent.Pre-requisites
| GEOG2002 | Population, Health and Wellbeing |
This module is approved as an Elective
Module summary
Population appears in news stories everyday. We worry about ageing of western populations and security in old age. We worry about declining populations in rustbelt cities and in Eastern Europe. We worry about population growth in Asia and Africa and the pressure this exerts on the environment. But do most readers understand where the population indicators that lie behind these stories come from and how they might be computed? This module aims to develop your understanding of population growth and decline, age-sex composition, the age-time diagram and analyses that standardise for age-sex distributions. You will learn where life expectancies come from and how they can be computed and how to project populations of countries, regions and cities into the future. As a result you will be equipped with skills that are in high demand in the world of work, whether in government or in business. This is a hands-on, a learn how-to-do-it kind of module for those who want to get behind the headlines.Objectives
By the end of this module students who have engaged well with the syllabus should be able to:1. use the most widely applied techniques in population analysis;
2. develop their own population measures and carry out analysis with them;
3. explain the principles behind the key measures of population change, fertility, mortality and migration;
4. understand how these measures are used to investigate population issues, present and future.
Learning outcomes
Understanding of population change measures, age-sex composition, the age-time diagram, age-period-cohort analysis, standardization, mortality measures, life tables, fertility measures, determinants of fertility, mortality and migration, stable and stationary population models, measures of population distribution, measures of migration, population estimates and population projections.
Skills outcomes
A Knowledge and Understanding
A4 Spatial patterns and relationships in human phenomena at a variety of scales
A9 The theory and application of demographic, quantitative, visualisation and other analysis techniques across a wide range of geographical contexts
B Cognitive skills
B1 Abstraction and synthesis of information from a variety of sources
B3 Critical analysis and interpretation of data and text
B5 Solving problems and making reasoned decisions
C Practical/professional skills
C1 Plan, design, execute and report geographical research both individually and as part of a team
C3 Employ a variety of technical and laboratory-based methods for the analysis and presentation of spatial and environmental information
D Key skills
D2 Communicate effectively (in writing, verbally and through graphical presentations)
D3 Apply numerical and computational skills to geographical information
D5 Identify, retrieve, sort and exchange geographical information using a wide range of sources
D6 Work as part of a team and to recognise and respect the viewpoints of others
D7 Manage time and organise work effectively
Syllabus
1. Population change, growth and decline
2. Age-sex composition, the age-time diagram
3. Comparing populations: standardization, age, period and cohort analyses
4. Measures of mortality
5. Measures of fertility
6. Life tables
7. Stable and stationary models
8. Population distribution
9. Migration measures
10. Population estimates and projections
11. Group presentations on methods
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lecture | 10 | 2.00 | 20.00 |
| Practical | 4 | 2.00 | 8.00 |
| Seminar | 1 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Tutorial | 5 | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| Private study hours | 165.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 35.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Private study
60 hours: reading to support individual lectures and to prepare for seminars;5 hours: reading, bibliographical research and preparation for oral presentation and assessed PPT slides;
50 hours: reading, bibliographical research and preparation for group report;
50 hours: revision and preparation for examination.
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Through the bi-weekly tutorials and bi-weekly practicals. Individual consultation with students as required.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Group Project | 2,000 words | 20.00 |
| Oral Presentation | Oral presentation plus file of c.12 PPT slides | 5.00 |
| Practical | Practical reports and spreadsheets | 25.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 50.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2 hr | 50.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 50.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 29/04/2009
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