Subject to the provisions of the General Academic Regulations 000 and the General Regulations for Master’s Degrees 400, the following Special Regulations shall apply:
The Programme shall be offered for the award of a Master of Arts Degree In Population Studies.
1.2 Entrance Qualifications
3.2.1 The normal minimum entrance requirements shall be a Bachelor’s Degree of this or any other recognised University or equivalent institution with at least a second class, second division or its equivalent or a Post Graduate Diploma in Population Studies.
1.2.2 A student with a Post Graduate Diploma in Population Studies may be exempted from certain courses that will be determined by the Department of Population Studies.
1.2.3 Candidates with a “pass” Degree or equivalent who have at least 2 years relevant work experience are admissible.
1.3.1 The Master’s Degree Programme shall be by course work and a Research Essay or course work and Dissertation as stipulated in General Regulation 40.12.
1.3.2 The coursework and Research Essay option shall involve taking and passing 24 credits of core courses, 12 credits of optional courses and POP 721 Research Essay, which shall be equivalent to 12 credits.
1.3.3 The coursework and Dissertation option shall involve taking and passing 24 credits of core courses and POP 720 Dissertation, which shall be equivalent to 24 credits.
1.3.4 To successfully complete the Programme, a student shall be required to obtain a total of 48 credits.
1.3.5 A student shall have the choice of either specialising in Demography or Population Studies.
Core Courses (24 credits)
POP 602 Demographic Methods
POP 603 Computing in Population Analysis
POP 604 Methods of Social Science Research
POP 605 Collection, Evaluation and Adjustment of Demographic Data
POP 606 Advanced Demographic Techniques
POP 607 Methods of Population Estimates and Projections
POP 610 Mathematical Demography
POP 613 Basic Epidemiological Techniques
Plus any 4 of the following optional courses
(12 credits)
Research Essay option only:
POP 601 Population and Development: An Analytic Approach
POP 611 IEC in Population and Development
POP 614 Population, Law, Policies and Programmes
POP 701 Integrating Population into Development Planning
POP 702 Population, Environment and Development
POP 703 Gender, Population and Development
POP 704 Migration, Urbanisation and Development
POP 705 Population, Agriculture, Food and Nutrition
STA 672 Multivariate Analysis
Core Courses (24 credits)
POP 601 Populations and Development: An Analytic Approach
POP 602 Demographic Methods
POP 603 Computing in Population Analysis
POP 604 Methods of Social Science Research
POP 608 Foundations of Health Policy
POP 614 Population, Law, Policies and Programmes
POP 703 Gender, Population and Development
POP 704 Migration, Urbanisation and Development
Plus any 4 of the following optional courses (12 credits)
Research Essay option only:
POP 606 Advanced Demographic Techniques
POP 607 Methods of Population Estimates and Projections
POP 611 Information, Education and Communication in Population and Development
POP 702 Population, Environment and Development
POP 705 Population, Agriculture, Food and Nutrition
STA 683 Medical Statistics
MSW 605 Policy Analysis and Planning
MSW 606 Poverty and Welfare
MNS 720 Sexual and Reproductive Health
ECO 702 Planning and Project Appraisal
PAD 613 Public Policy and Administration
ENV 629 Natural Resource Use Policies
Research Courses
POP 720 Research Essay
POP 721 Dissertation
The minimum period of study for the Master of Arts Degree in Population Studies shall be 3 semesters; the maximum shall be 12 semesters.
3.2.1 A student shall be required to submit a research topic for a Research Essay before the completion of the coursework to the Head of Department.
3.2.2 The supervision of the Research Essay shall be governed by the General Regulations 40.72.1 and 40.72.2.
3.2.3 The submission and length of the Research Essay shall be governed by the General Regulations 40.72.4 and 40.72.5.
3.3.1 A student shall be required to submit a research topic for a Dissertation before the completion of the coursework to the Head of Department.
3.3.2 The supervision of the Dissertation shall be governed by General Regulations 40.71.1 and 40.71.2.
3.4.1 All courses offered by the Department of Population Studies shall be assessed by continuous assessment.
3.4.2 Courses taken from departments other than the Department of Population Studies shall be examined in accordance with the regulations of the Departments offering those courses.