Overview
Description
The relationship of population to resources, the environment, and social structure. Analysis of population growth and change.
Requirements
Prerequisites
SOC 101
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101.
Units
Lecture3
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate understanding of the trajectory of population history and analyze existing data sources.
- distinguish, compare and contrast survival and sustainability challenges for pre-agricultural, agricultural, industrial, and post-industrial populations.
- formulate and defend hypotheses about population growth over the next 20 year (including contrary currents in different regions).
- identify and describe major population crises.
- summarize and critique leading theories of one of these crises, both in terms of logic and in terms of evidence.
- design and defend an original theory that builds on, improves and extends at least one of the existing theories.
- demonstrate understanding of population migration and distribution, eport broad outlines of migration flows since 100,000. BCE, and analyze existing data sources.
- recall more detailed features of US and especially Nevada population patterns and trends over the past 150 years.
- explain, compare, contrast, and critique theories of these patterns and trends.
- propose and defend at least one original hypothesis that builds on an existing theory but offers at least one correction or extension.