Demografia - przedmiot oferowany w języku angielskim 330-ES1-1DEM#E
Ćwiczenia (CW) Rok akademicki 2021/22

Basic literature:

1. A. Haupt, T. Kane, Population Reference Bureau’s, Population Handbook, Population Reference Bureau, Washington, DC

2. J. Hickes Lundquist, D. Anderton, D. Yaukey, Demography, The Study of Human Population, Waveland Press, Long Grove, Illinois.

3. World Population Prospects 2019 Highlights, United Nations New York.

Additional literature:

1. Kowaleski J.T., Rossa A., Demographic future of Poland, Wyd. Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 2011.

2. Styrc M., Interdependencies between marital instability and fertility, Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warszawa 2016.

The student will achieve the following learning outcomes:

1. Knowledge, the student knows and understands:

KP6_WG1- at an advanced level, key issues, theories in the field of economics and finance

KP6_WG4 - at an advanced stage, economic relations and the regularities that govern them in terms of microeconomics,macroeconomic and sectoral

KP6_WG6 - at an advanced level, selected issues in the field of norms and rules (organizational, legal, ethical, etc.)organizing economic structures and institutions, the regularities that govern them and their sources of change and methods of operation taking into account demographic, geographic, spatial and financial conditions

KP6_WK1 - fundamental dilemmas of modern civilization, including the role of man as an element of economic structures, in particular, as an entity operating in these structures and constituting them, and on the principles of functioning of these structures (their organization and management)

2. Skills, the student is able to:

KP6_UW1 - use your knowledge of the scientific discipline of economics and finance, analyze and interpret the causes and the course of specific economic processes and phenomena, including historical, demographic and geographic terms,

KP6_UW3 use your knowledge to formulate and solve complex problems, to critically analyze the causes and the course of specific processes and socio-economic phenomena in terms of macro and microeconomics, taking into account organizational, environmental and demographic aspects

KP6_UU1 independently plan and implement your own lifelong learning using specific knowledge of the discipline science economics and finance

KP6_UU2 use the acquired knowledge to analyze and resolve specific problems, proposing appropriate solutions to them including in the field of business management and economics, finance

3. Social competences, the student is ready to:

KP6_KK1 - critical evaluation of knowledge and content received due to the dynamics of market and social processes taking place in the world, including in the field of social and economic policy, finance and law

KP6_KK2 - recognizing the importance of knowledge in the field of the scientific discipline of economics and finance in solving specific problems

cognitive, including consulting experts through the use of specialized national expertise and reports, and international

KP6_KK3 - solving specific cognitive and practical problems based on a critical assessment of knowledge, information collected

KP6_KK4 - recognizing the importance of knowledge in the correct identification and resolution of dilemmas related to activity in the environment

social and economic activities related to the performance of the profession

In accordance with the currently valid Ordinance No. 71 of the Rector of the University of Bialystok amending Ordinance No. 70 of the Rector of the University of Bialystok of September 14, 2021, the verification of learning outcomes will be carried out at the seat of the University (in direct contact).

1) credit:

exercises: passing the exercises - presentation and activity in the classroom

2) evaluation method:

exercises - from 51 points to 100 points

Percentage of points for obtaining a grade:

very good - 100% - 91%,

good plus - 90% - 81%,

good - 80% - 71%,

sufficient plus - 70% - 61%,

sufficient - 60% - 51%,

insufficient - 50% and less

3) The condition for completing the exercises is completing all the elements that make up the credit.

I. Organizational classes. Introduction to the subject. Sources of information on demographic processes. Population development.

II. Basic theories and regional diversification of population numbers.

III. Spatial, social and economic dimensions of changes in the population structure.

IV. Vital movement of the population: marriages, divorces, separations, fertility, fertility, deaths.

Population migrations: causes, conditions and economic and social effects.

V. Demographic analysis: synthetic measures, standardization of demographic factors, methods of presenting the results of the analysis

VI. Demographics of Central European countries. Scandinavian countries demographics.

VII. Demographics of Western European countries. Demographics of Southern European countries.

VIII. Demographics of Eastern European countries. Demographics of the People's Republic of China and India.

IX. Demographics of the United States of America, Canada, and Mexico.

Demographics of North Africa and the Middle East (Arab countries).

multimedia presentation, group work, independent work