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| GEOG2006-1 | Population Geography
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| Duration : | 20h Th, 10h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Serge Schmitz |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| Theory
1) Sources and concept concerns in population geography
2) World population, spatial distribution
3) Mortality, fecondity
4) Demographic policy
5) History of Belgian population (Urbanization)
6) Migrations
Practicals
- Rate, indices and table
- Collective work on a localisation issue in order to investigate population data and discover spatial analysis
- Personal work on the International demographic databases. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Statistic |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course of population geography begins with 5 introduction sessions. This first lecture explains how to take part at the course, and what is waited from the students according to the three tasks. The tasks will be realized by the student with the help of the professor or of the assistant. The student has to contact the staff to get help. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Introduction à la démographie / Catherine Rollet ; sous la direction de François de Singly. - Paris : Nathan, 2006.
Powerpoint presentation are on line. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The two report concerning practicals will count each for 25%.
Written exam (Analysis of new data) will count for 30%.
Oral exam will count for 20%. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Serge SCHMITZ Institut de Géographie
Université de Liège
Sart Tilman - Bât. B11
Bureau 1/42
Tél. : 04/366 56 29
Fax : 04/366 57 70
E-mail : S.Schmitz@ulg.ac.be
Secrétariat : Chantal SARTO Tél. 04/366.56.23 |
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