6 ECTS credits
172 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 4009513FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
Department
Sociology
Educational team
Patrick Deboosere (course titular)
Hannelore De Grande
Activities and contact hours

8 contact hours Lecture
36 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
128 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Series of exercises to be elaborated concerning demographic projections and scenarios of demographic evolutions.

Additional info

Analysis & discussion on reports:

UN Human Development Report
UN World Population Prospects
Studiecommissie voor de Vergrijzing (HRF), Jaarlijks Verslag
Federaal Planbureau, Bevolkingsvooruitzichten 2007-2060, Mei 2008
Observatorium voor Gezondheid en Welzijn Brussel, Gezondheidsindicatoren
Observatorium voor Gezondheid en Welzijn Brussel, Armoederapport
 

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Hands-on experience with demographic analysis and projections

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 40% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 60% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Oral Exam with a relative weight of 40 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

    Note: Individual oral presentation of the paper

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Research Project with a relative weight of 60 which comprises 60% of the final mark.

    Note: Group task: elaborating and discussing an application - short paper

Additional info regarding evaluation

Not applicable.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Adult Education: Profile Social Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Sociology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)