Learning outcomes - Minor in Population and Development Studies

The main objective of the minor is to train students enrolled in a bachelor programme to acquire a basic training in population and development studies, enabling them to understand and, to some extent, analyze the challenges of poverty, demographic transitions, ageing populations, North-South inequalities, and the interactions between population, environment and development.

The minor combines into a single block six courses (of 5 credits each) organized by the Department of population and development studies. . These six courses provide an overview of the population-development issues and train students to acquire knowledge in:
- demographic analysis and development theories
- population and development policies
- issues and challenges of the 21st century, both demographic as well as political, social and economic
- relationships between gender and social, economic and political inequalities
- analyses of the interaction between population, environment and development.

On successful completion of this programme, each student is able to :

1. Acquérir et démontrer une compréhension d’un socle de connaissances en sciences de la population et du développement

2. Démontrer une connaissance et une compréhension des outils de base des sciences de la population et du développement

3. Découvrir et saisir la rigueur exigée et faire preuve de cette intégration.

4. Faire preuve d’une capacité de questionnement à partir du raisonnement spécifique aux sciences de la population et du développement

5. Percevoir les spécificités des sciences de la population et du développement et construire une réflexion complémentaire à celle de la discipline de sa majeure afin d’enrichir l’étude d’une problématique.