This table presents representative predoctoral plans of study for Demography Trainees in CDE's three core departments.
Economics - |
Population Health - Minor in Social Demography |
Sociology/CES - Minor in Population Economics |
| Year 1 | Year 1 | Year 1 |
| Fall | Fall | Fall |
| Econ 711: Microeconomic Theory | PHS 794: Biological Basis of Population Health | *Soc/Econ 663: Population & Society |
| Econ 712: Macroeconomic Theory | PHS 795: Principles of Population Health | Soc 674: Elementary Demographic Techniques |
| Econ 709: Econometrics | *Stat 541: Intro to Biostatistics | Soc 361: Statistics for Sociologists II |
| Spring | Spring | Spring |
| Econ 713: Microeconoimc Theory | PHS 796: Intro to Health Services Research | **Soc 756: Advanced Demographic Methods |
| Econ 714: Macroeconomic Theory | PHS 798: Epidemiologic Methodology | Soc 362: Statistics for Sociologists III |
| Econ 710: Econometrics | PHS 800: Quantitative Methods in Population Health | Soc 971: Migration & Migrants |
| Year 2 | Year 2 | Year 2 |
| Fall | Fall | Fall |
| Econ 623: Population Economics | Phs 900: Quantitative Methods in Pop Health | Soc 773: Sociological Theory |
| Econ 750: Labor Economics | Phs 797: Intro to Epidemiology | *Soc 952: Event History Analysis |
| Econ 719: Panel Data | *Soc/Econ 663: Population & Society | *Econ 623: Population Economics |
| Spring | Spring | Spring |
| Econ 751: Labor Economics II | **Soc 756: Advanced Demographic Methods | Soc 750: Research Methods in Sociology |
| *Soc/Econ 663: Population & Society | *Soc 952: Event History Analysis | Soc 971: Fertility, Family, and Households |
| **Soc 756: Advanced Demographic Methods | Medhist 728: Bioethics and Society | Soc 952: Categorical Data Analysis |
| Complete second year paper | Complete master's thesis | |
| Year 3 | Year 3 | Year 3 |
| Fall | Fall | Fall |
| Econ 715: Econometrics Theory I | PHS 876: Measuring Health Outcomes | Soc 952: Causal Inference |
| Econ 848: Health Economics | PHS 803: Monitoring Population Health | Soc 971: Mortality and Aging |
| *Soc 952: Event History Analysis | *Soc 971: Mortality & Health | *Econ 709: Econometrics |
| Spring | Spring | Spring |
| *Soc 971 Fertility, Family, and Households | PHS 802: Advanced Epidemiology | *CS 748: Economic Organization of the Household |
| Econ 836: Applied Macroeconometric Analysis | PHS 875: Assessment of Medical Technologies | Soc 923: Social Stratification |
| Complete dissertation proposal | Complete preliminary exam in demography | |
| Year 4/5 | Year 4/5 | Year 4/5 |
| Dissertation credits | Dissertation credits | Dissertation credits |
| Complete dissertation | Complete dissertation | Complete second preliminary exam in demography |
| Complete dissertation proposal | ||
| Complete dissertation |
*Interdisciplinary or crosslisted course
**Required for all trainees
All students are also enrolled in the Demography Seminar (Soc 997), Demography Training Proseminar (Soc. 995), and the Perspectives in Demography seminar.