Instructor:
James R. Carey
Department of Entomology
Life Cycles, Kinship and Growth
in Human Populations
Human Development 19
(Winter, 1999)
Instructor: | Teaching Assistant: | |
Prof. James R. Carey | Kelly Heung | |
265 Briggs Hall | 1328 Hart Hall | |
752-6217 (jrcarey@ucdavis.edu) | 752-0426 (kaheung@ucdavis.edu) | |
Office Hours: Monday 11-12am | TA Office Hours: TBA |
Wk | # | Day | Date | Theme | Topic(s) |
1 | 1 | Thur | Jan. 7 | Life course | Life course analysis |
2 | 2 | Tue | Jan. 12 | Bioethics—issues of reproduction | |
3 | Thur | Jan. 14 | Bioethics—issues of death | ||
3 | 4 | Tue | Jan. 19 | Cohort | Life tables |
5 | Thu | Jan. 21 | Mortality and biogerontology | ||
4 | 6 | Tue | Jan. 26 | Lifespan concepts | |
7 | Thu | Jan. 28 | Biodemography: animal models | ||
5 | 8 | Tue | Feb. 2 | Biogerontology: elderly in nature | |
9 | Thu | Feb. 4 | Reproductivity and contraception | ||
6 | 10 | Tue | Feb 9 | Midterm | |
11 | Thu | Feb. 11 | Kinship | Marriage; divorce | |
7 | 12 | Tue | Feb. 16 | Family life cycle | |
13 | Thu | Feb. 18 | Kinship; race | ||
8 | 14 | Tue | Feb. 23 | Human genome project | |
15 | Thu | Feb. 25 | Cloning; molecular engineering | ||
9 | 16 | Tue | Mar. 2 | Population | Population concepts |
17 | Thu | Feb. 4 | Demographic analysis | ||
10 | 18 | Tue | Feb. 9 | Population projection | |
19 | Thu | Feb. 11 | Overpopulation | ||
11 | 20 | Tue | Mar. 16 | Aging world |