Course: Demographic analysis

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Course title Demographic analysis
Course code USSV/ADEA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Mandys Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Durdisová Jaroslava, doc. Ing. CSc.
Course content
Population census in the Czech Republic. Main type of sources of demographic date. Demographic analysis II. Population reproduction, indicators, models. Demographic structures. Development of population structure in the Czech Republic. Regional differentiation of demographic development. Demographic projections, methods, types. Population location and interior migration in the Czech Republic, basic trend. Space population mobility. Current population development in Europe and in the Czech Republic. Applied demography II.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Methods of individual activities, Projection
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course unit is study of demography, consequential to course unit of geodemography.
Students acquires detailed overview about demographic reproduction of population, particularly about analysis of reproduction processes, about location of population, about migration, its analysis and finding methods.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Home assignment evaluation

Assignment will be given according to attendance (75 %), transfer of seminary homework and successful approval of written test.
Recommended literature
  • Časopis Demografie.
  • Časopis Geografické rozhledy , Populační prognóza ČR do roku 2050 - ČSÚ 2004..
  • www.demografie.cz.
  • Základní demografické ukazatele za ČR a vybrané členské státy EU, ČSÚ, 2005..
  • KALIBOVÁ, K. Úvod do demografie. Praha: Karolinum, 2002..
  • KOSCHIN, F. Demografie poprvé. 1. vyd. Praha: VŠE, 2005..
  • ROUBÍČEK, V. Základní problémy obecné a ekonomické demografie. Praha: VŠE, 1996.. 1996.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Regional and Information Management (2013) Category: Economy 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter