Syllabus for Demography 210
Professor Kenneth W. Wachter
Fall Semester 2012, U.C. Berkeley
I -- .... -- (Semester starts in Week II)
II -- 29 Aug -- Exponential Growth
-- -- Slopes, areas, and person-years
III -- 5 Sep -- Lifetables and hazard functions
IV -- 12 Sep -- Gompertz Models
V -- 19 Sep -- Cohort Fertility and Parity
-- -- Competing Risks
VI -- 26 Sep -- Population Projection
VII -- 3 Oct -- Period Fertility, NRRs and TFRs
-- -- Tempo and Quantum
VIII -- 10 Oct -- Fertility Limitation
-- -- Marriage and Family; the SMAFM
IX -- 17 Oct -- Period Lifetables
-- -- Model Lifetables
X -- 24 Oct -- Proportional Hazards
-- -- Frailty and Demographic Selection
XI -- 31 Oct -- Long-Term Projections
-- -- Lotka's r
XII -- 7 Nov -- Stable Population Theory
-- -- Lotka's Equation and Population Renewal
XIII -- 14 Nov -- Migration and Location
XIV -- 22 Nov -- Review
-- 23 Nov -- THANKSGIVING DAY
XV -- 28 Nov -- Measures of Concentration
-- -- Biodemography
XVI -- 5 Dec -- Final Examination