Upon successful completion of this course, a student will be able to:

• Explain core demographic concepts and processes— including fertility, mortality, migration, population aging, and population structure — and how they shape population change over time.

• Read, interpret, and critically evaluate demographic indicators and visualizations (e.g., rates, ratios, life tables, population pyramids) and assess what they do and do not show.

• Differentiate between formal and social demography and explain how quantitative measurement and sociological analysis complement each other in population studies.

• Describe how demographic data are produced (censuses, surveys, registration systems) and critically assess their methodological limits, assumptions, and political implications.

• Analyze major contemporary population issues at the global level, such as fertility change, population aging, youth populations, migration, and forced displacement.

• Interpret key demographic trends in Türkiye and explain how regional, social, and economic inequalities shape these patterns.

• Compare population dynamics in Türkiye with global trends, evaluating how historical trajectories, state policies, development paths, and social inequalities produce different demographic outcomes across contexts.

• Engage with critical approaches to demography, including feminist demography and anthropological demography, and explain how these perspectives challenge mainstream assumptions about households, reproduction, family, and population behavior.

• Discuss population processes from a rights-based perspective, including issues related to sexual and reproductive health and rights, bodily autonomy, and the governance of reproduction.