Social and Demographic Statistics

Major: Social Welfare
Code of subject: 6.232.00.O.020
Credits: 6.00
Department: Sociology and Social Work
Lecturer: Assistant Yatsyshyn I. I.
Semester: 3 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: 1. Ability to demonstrate professional competence obtained in the course of development of various disciplines; 2. To carry out an objective assessment of reality, to recognize international standards and principles of activity; 3. To articulate their thoughts and to express them, and to maintain objectivity, consistency and labor activity in extreme situations; 4. To analyze and explain relevant processes in the social sphere and social security; 5. To search for information from various sources for solving professional tasks; 6. To think systemically and to apply creative ability to generate new ideas; 7. Critically evaluate the obtained results, to handle and defend the decisions taken on the basis of actual / empirical data practices; 8. To combine theory and practice, and to make decisions and to develop a strategy for solving problems of the speciality taking into account of universal values, public and state interests; 9. To apply their knowledge and understanding to carry out professional activities in the field of social security, aimed at socio – economic changes; 10. To carry out analytical and research activities to establish regional and local patterns and peculiarities of the origin, development, resolution and prevention of problems of social welfare; 11. To work effectively, both individually and as part of interdisciplinary teams; 12. The capacity for independent Autonomous professional work and professional tasks in the composition of multidisciplinary teams of specialists; 13. The ability to use a variety of methods, including information technology, for effective communication on professional and social levels; 14. The ability to realize the need for learning throughout life with the aim of deepening the acquired and acquiring new professional knowledge in accordance with latest trends of development of the social sciences; 15. The ability to take responsibility for the work performed and to achieve this goal in compliance with the requirements of professional ethics.
Required prior and related subjects: Higher mathematics General sociology Fundamentals of scientific research of social problems
Summary of the subject: The theoretical basis of demography; Sources of information on population and demographic trends; The number and demographic structure, their dynamics; Quantitative analysis and measurement of demographic processes; Reproduction of the population as a unity of demographic processes; Natural and mechanical (spatial) movement of population; Socio-demographic forecasting; Population policy in an era of depopulation.
Assessment methods and criteria: • Current control (40%): oral examination • Final control (60% test), testing (60%)
Recommended books: • Пальян З.О. Демографічна статистика. Навч. посібник. К. : КНЕУ, 2003, - 132с. • Стеценко С.Г. Демографічна статистика з основами демографії. Підручник. К.: КНЕУ, 2005, -415с. • Удотова Л.Ф. Соціальна статистика: Підручник. – К.: КНЕУ, 2002, - 376с. • Статистика населения с основами демографии. Учебник для студ. вузов. -М.:Финансы и статистика, 1990. - 312 с. • Медков В.М. Демография: Учебное пособие. Серия «Учебники и учебные пособия». – Ростов-на-Дону: «Феникс», 2002. – 448с.