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Upcoming Certificate Coursework

Courses during the coming semester that can be used to fulfill the requirements for the Certificate in Population Studies.

Spring 2025


 

Sociology

No certificate courses are being offered in this department during this semester


Economics

ECON652 - Public Economics I

Credits: 3

Prerequisite:  ECON604 and ECON624

The foundations of public economics, taxation, inequality, and behavioral public economics are reviewed. Major topics include welfare economics, tax incidence, behavioral responses to tax incentives and the efficiency cost of taxation, optimal taxation, income and wealth inequality, optimal tax systems and tax evasion, capital taxation and business income taxes, and taxation and behavioral economics. The course material is aimed to give students an understanding of both the foundations and methods of modern public economics, and important recent advances in our understanding of public economics. This is the first course in the two-part Ph.D. sequence in public economics.

0101 Daniel Reck
MW 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm - TYD 0101

 

ECON772 - Population Economics
Credits: 3

Prerequisite: ECON603 and ECON604; and (ECON623 and ECON624) or ECON626; or permission of BSOS-Economics Department.
Explore topics in labor and public economics. Study the empirical evidence and the applied methodology used within labor and public economics. Discuss important topics in labor and public economics including immigration, education, discrimination, crime, and the role of family background. Provide instruction on how to perform empirical labor and public economic research by familiarizing students with available data sources, current research methodology, and practice with statistical packages such as Stata.

0101 Sergio Urzua
MW 8:30 am - 9:45 am - TYD 1114

 

Criminology

No certificate courses are being offered in this department during this semester

   

Education

No certificate courses are being offered in this department during this semester

 

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

No certificate courses are being offered in this department during this semester

  

Family Science

FMSC 710 - Maternal and Child Health from a Life Course Perspective

Credits: 3

Credit only granted for: FMSC710 or FMST710. Formerly: FMST710

Survey of current science in maternal and child health informed by a life course perspective. The surveyed topics include inutero exposure to toxins, feeding and growth, and effects of chronic stress, maternal and child health.

0101 Marie Thoma

Tu: 1:00 pm - 3:45pm - TBA

 

Geographical Sciences

GEOG606 - Quantitative Spatial Analysis

Credits: 3

Prerequisite: GEOG305; or permission of BSOS-Geography department. Credit only granted for: GEOG605 or GEOG606. Formerly: GEOG605.

Multivariate statistical method applications to spatial problems. Linear and non-linear correlation and regression, factor analysis, cluster analysis. Spatial statistics including: trend surfaces, sequences, point distributions. Applications orientation.

0101 Giovanni Baiocchi

M 5:00 pm - 7:20 pm -  LEF 2166

 

Health Services Administration

HLSA721 - Using Demographic Data for Health Policy Analysis

Credits: 3

Prerequisite: SPHL602; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department; or permission of instructor. Additional information: Priority enrollment will be given to students in the Department of Health Services Administration programs.

The goal of this course is to introduce students to the major demographic data sets that are used in health policy research and to provide hands-on experience using these data to answer policy oriented research questions.

0101 Michel Boudreaux

 

Public Policy  

PLCY782 - International Development Economics

Credits: 3

Restriction: Must be in a major in PLCY-School of Public Policy; or permission of PLCY-School of Public Policy. Credit only granted for: PUAF698U, PUAF782 or PLCY782. Formerly: PUAF698U and PUAF782.

Examines key current economic and policy issues for developing and transition economies. Topics include inflation stabilization, fiscal policy, selected trade issues, dealing with international capital flows, the role of multilateral organizations, such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and issues relating to saving, investment and growth.

0101 Julio Guzman

M 9:15 am - 11:45 am - TMH 0102

This section has optional online discussion sessions, Fridays, 9:15am-10:45am.