Statistics, Economics, and Social Sciences

Learning goals The primary educational goal of the course is students' learning of the main concepts and basic methods of Demography. Knowledge and understanding. After attending the course, the students know and understand the statistical-demographic sources and the elementary measures to describe the main demographic phenomena. Applying knowledge and understanding. At the end of the course, the students are able to apply the learned methods to the real data, and to understand the results of these applications. Making judgements. Students develop critical skills through the application of different indicators and measures to a wide range of case studies, and learn to critically interpret the results. Communication skills. The students, through the study and the carrying out of practical exercises, acquire the technical-scientific language of the discipline, which must be opportunely used in the final oral examination. Communication skills are also developed through group activities. Learning skills. Students who pass the exam have learned the skills necessary to address the study of more complex methods and models in subsequent teachings of demographic area.