Population, Health and Development

3 Credits.

This course will cover the major world population changes in the past century as well as the contemporary situation and projections for this century. Topics include rapid population growth, the historical and continuing decline of death and birth rates, contraceptive methods as well as family planning and child survival programs, population aging, migration (including urbanization), population and the environment and a debate about whether the average person in the world in 2050 will be better or worse off than the average person today.