MPH5214 Demographic methods
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
MPH5214 Demographic methods is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2021 in Semester 2 at Alfred Hospital. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Semester 2
- Alfred Hospital
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before MPH5214
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After MPH5214
No unit lists MPH5214 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
This unit gives students a solid foundation in formal demography, where quantitative data and techniques are used to calculate demographic measures.
Topics include sources of demographic data and assessment of their quality; calculation and interpretation of basic measures of fertility, mortality and migration; population dynamics, growth and ageing; life tables; Indigenous demography; and population projections. Learning activities include hands-on calculation and interpretation of demographic measures using real-world data.
Students are expected to be familiar with Microsoft Excel.
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Alfred Hospital | Block on |
Assessment
- Mortality and the life table (structured assignment)25%
- Migration and family formation (structured assignment)25%
- Indigenous demography and models of population structure (structured assignment)25%
- Population projections (structured assignment)25%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Identify, locate and critically evaluate quality of different types of population data.
- 2
Choose appropriate demographic methods to calculate demographic measures.
- 3
Calculate and graphically present demographic measures. .
- 4
Interpret demographic measures in the context of changing populations.
- 5
Effectively communicate demographic measures and their interpretation in written, tabular and graphical form to a lay or policy audience.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
6 hours of teacher directed learning activities and 6 hours of self-directed study per week.
12 hours of self-directed study per week + 2 block days.
For full details of the teaching approach to this unit, please refer to Moodle.
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Rebecca Kippen
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Rebecca Kippen
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MPH5214?
MPH5214 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is MPH5214 offered?
In 2021, MPH5214 runs in Semester 2 at Alfred Hospital.
Does MPH5214 have an exam?
No. MPH5214 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.