01:920:227 Lecture 1: Class 1- Introduction

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: 01:920:227
• Professor: S.Bzostek

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Please read over the syllabus carefully and ask if you have questions. Please print lecture outlines and bring to class for taking notes. Ho(cid:449) (cid:271)ig is the (cid:449)orld"s populatio(cid:374) today: approximately 4 billion, approximately 6 billion, approximately 12 billion, approximately 7 billion. What is the current u. s. life expectancy: 78. 8 years, 82. 0 years, 75. 5 years, 68. 0 years. What % of births in the us today are to unmarried women: 22 percent, 40 percent, 63 percent, 11 percent. Term coined from two greek words in 1855 (cid:862)de(cid:373)os(cid:863) people (cid:862)graphei(cid:374)(cid:863) to write about. Early defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374): (cid:862)the (cid:373)athe(cid:373)ati(cid:272)al k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge of populations, their general (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts, a(cid:374)d their physi(cid:272)al, (cid:272)i(cid:448)il, i(cid:374)telle(cid:272)tual, a(cid:374)d (cid:373)oral states(cid:863) (cid:894)guillard(cid:895) What is de(cid:373)ography, (cid:272)o(cid:374)t"d: population change occurs through fertility, mortality, and migration. We"re (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)er(cid:374)ed with everything related to these processes: modern demography concerned with: (cid:862)de(cid:373)ographi(cid:272)s(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:373)ore pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)al appli(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s of populatio(cid:374) i(cid:374)formation) Your major, if decided (or (cid:862)u(cid:374)de(cid:272)ided(cid:863) if (cid:374)ot(cid:895)