Demography

Study program:                     DEMOGRAPHY

 

Cycle:                                     -Second cycle: 1 year, (2 semesters), 60 credit points

 

Professional title:                  -Master of Demographic Sciences

 

Language:                              -Macedonian

 

The study program in Demography has a duration of one year (2 semesters) for which the student acquires 60 credits.

 

The professional title awarded after the completion of the second cycle of studies and the defense of the master's thesis is Master of Demographic Sciences.

 

There are conditions for continuous education at a higher level of studies - the third cycle of studies organized by the "Ss. Cyril and Methodius University" and other higher education institutions.

 

SCIENTIFIC-RESEARCH AREA, FIELD, AREA OF THE STUDY PROGRAM

 

Study program:                       DEMOGRAPHY

 

Research Area:                        Social Sciences (5)

 

Field:                                       Demographics (502)

 

Sub-Field:                               General Demographics

 

TYPE OF THE STUDY PROGRAM

One-year postgraduate studies

 

DEGREE OF EDUCATION: SECOND CYCLE

Second cycle-postgraduate studies

 

DURATION OF THE STUDY PROGRAM (YEARS AND SEMESTERS)

The study program of the second cycle of studies in demography lasts one year, i.e. two semesters.

 

ECTS CREDITS WHICH THE STUDENT GAINS

The student who completes these studies acquires a minimum of 60 credits.

 

RATIO BETWEEN MANDATORY AND ELECTIVE SUBJECTS

This study program preserves the prescribed ratio between the number of mandatory and elective subjects. The following table shows the percentage ratio between the mandatory and the elective subjects for the study program.

 

Total Subjects

Mandatory Subjects

Elective subjects from the Institute of Geography (IG)

Elective subjects from UCM (University Cyril and Methodius)

Prescribed norm

100%

< 60%

>30%

>10%

Subject

7

4

2

1

Percentage of the program

100%

59,4%

31,2%

9,4%

 

 

 

 

 

LIST OF MANDATORY AND ELECTIVE subjects

 

Study program with a number of classes and number of credits

Semester I

Code

Subject

Weekly Fond

Credits

 

List of required subjects

4+2

5

ГД201

Scientific research methodology in demography

4+2

5

ГД202

Human resources

4+2

5

ГД203

Population policy

4+2

5

 

List of elective subjects from the studies in demography (two of the offered subjects have to be selected)

4+2

5

ГД204

Population reproduction

4+2

5

ГД205

Migration transition

4+2

5

ГД206

Ethno Demographic issues and problems

4+2

5

ГД207

Population and socio-economic development

4+2

5

ГД208

Demographic bases for the organization of the space

4+2

5

ГД209

Demographic regionalization

4+2

5

ГД210

Thematic software and application of GIS in demography

4+2

5

 

Selective subjects from UCM (one from the list of offered subjects at UCM )

4+2

5

 

Total

24+12

30

 

Semester II

 

Code

Subject

Weekly Fond

Credits

 

Master thesis

10+10

30

 

Total

10+10

30

 

The study program includes the preparation and defense of a master's thesis valued at 30 credits. The subjects are selected from the list of offered courses, depending on the topic for the master's thesis.


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