1. Semester: III
2. Number of credits: 4

Preamble
The course is designed to provide an understanding of demographic processes including an in-depth knowledge of linkages between population and economic development. It  introduces major developments in demographic concepts by highlighting the sources of demographic data, fertility, mortality, migration and population projection. The course has to be offered in the fourth semester.

1. Population Science, Demography and Economic Development (10 hours)
Population and Economic Development, Implications of Population Growth on Environment and Regional Imbalances, Population Science and Demography, Sources of Demographic Data, Malthusian Theory of Population, Theory of Demographic Transition,   Age and Sex Composition of Population, Age pyramids, Ageing Population, Population Policy Programmes.

2. Nuptiality and Fertility (14hours)
concepts of Nuptiality, Analysis of Marital Status Data, Concepts and measurements of Cohort and period fertility, Methods in fertility analysis, Bongaart’s Proximate Determinants of Fertility, Socio-Economic Determinants of Proximate Variables, Indirect Estimation of Fertility Rates, Davis’s Intermediate Variables framework of Fertility, Age Patterns of Fertility.

3. Mortality (12 hours)
Basic concepts and analysis of Morbidity, Concepts and Measurements of Mortality, Infant and Child mortality rates, Standardisation  of Mortality  Rates, Life tables:  Concepts, Types, Uses, Methods of construction;  Differentials and Determinants of Mortality.

4. Migration and   Population Projections (12 hours)
Concepts, Patterns and Measures of  Migration, Migration Theories and Models, Internal and International Migration, Spatial Distribution and Urbanisation, Importance of Population Projection, Methods of Population projection.