Degrees Offered 
MA
PhD

Courses
Technical Demography 

MA
Year I, Fall Semester
Introductory Methods for Demographic Analysis
Population Issues, Theories and Policies
Elective Courses (two of the following)
Data Processing and Social Statistics for Demographers
Social Survey Methodology
Demography of Health
Population Geography
Population Projections for Development Planning
Sampling Techniques
Multivariate Analysis
Fieldwork Applications in Demographic Surveys
Analytical Approaches to Fertility Control
Study of Labour Force and Employment

Year I, Spring Semester
Demographic Models and Advanced Demographic Analysis
Term Project in Technical Demography
Population and Development
Elective Courses (two of the following)
Indirect Estimation Techniques
Workshop in Technical Demography
Household Demography
Project Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation

PhD
Year I, Fall Semester
Fertility
Mortality
Workshop in Advanced Technical Demography
Elective Courses (one of the following)
Analysis and Evaluation of Determinants of Demographic Processes
International Migration

Year I, Spring Semester
Population Theories
Workshop on Demographic Survey Techniques
Elective Courses (one of the following)
Computer Applications in Demography
Vital Registration Systems
Demographic Analysis of Migration

Year II, Fall Semester
Advanced Techniques of Demography
Elective Courses (one of the following)
Mathematical Demography
Advanced Techniques of Statistics

Year II, Spring Semester
Life Table Applications
Elective Courses (one of the following)
Evaluation and Correction of Demographic Data
Analysis of Maternity Histories

Economic and Social Demography  
MA
Year I, Fall Semester
Introductory Methods for Demographic Analysis
Population Issues, Theories and Policies
Elective Courses (two of the following)
Wordprocessing and Graphics Software
Family Health and Communication
Socioeconomic Structure of Turkey
Software Applications in Demographic Surveys
Seminar on the Population of Turkey
Historical Demography
Population and Environment
Population and Education
Population and Resources

Year I, Spring Semester
Demographic Models and Advanced Demographic Analysis
Population and Development
Term Project in Economic and Social Demography
Elective Courses (two of the following)
Reproductive Health, Human Reproduction and Contraceptives
Gender Issues in Population Dynamics
Workshop in Economic and Social Demography
Turkish Demographic Structure
Demography of the Family
Migration and Urbanization
Economics of Population Dynamics
Population Policies and Development Plans

PhD
Year I, Fall Semester
Fertility
Mortality
Workshop in Advanced Economic and Social Demography
Elective Courses (one of the following)
Analysis and Evaluation of Determinants of Demographic Processes
International Migration

Year I, Spring Semester
Population Theories
Workshop on Demographic Survey Techniques
Elective Courses (one of the following)
Qualitative Survey Techniques
Workshop on the Interrelations between Socioeconomic and Demographic Factors
Demographic Analysis of Migration

Year II, Fall Semester
Advanced Techniques of Demography
Elective Courses (one of the following)
Sociological and Psychological Aspects of Fertility and Family Planning

Year II, Spring Semester
Life Table Applications
Elective Courses (one of the following)
Population in International Relations
Human Resources and Manpower in Development Planning

Degree Requirements
MA minimum 25 course credits, MA thesis
PhD minimum 24 course credits, proficiency examination, PhD dissertation

Faculty
Aykut Toros (demography, research,methodology,human reproduction)
Sunday Üner (migration, fertility regulation, economics of population dynamics)
Banu Ergöçmen (infant mortality,abortion,contraceptive use)
Turgay Ünalan ( migration,fertility preferences, data processing)
Attila Hancioglu (family structure,mortality,demographic methodology,indirect techniques of demographic estimation)
Ismet Koç (population policies, population and development, household demography and family planning programs)

Research Assistants:
Sinan Türkyilmaz
Elif Kurtulus Yigit
Yaprak Civelek
Sinan Zeyneloglu
Kutay Törüner
Yadigar Coskun
Isil Onan
Sutay Yavuz

Güler Sel, Librarian 

Inquiries
Institute of Population Studies
Hacettepe University
06100 Ankara
Turkey
+ 90 312 305 11 15 or 305 15 93
fax + 90 312 311 81 41
hips@hacettepe.edu.tr
www.hips.hacettepe.edu.tr

Last updated Tuesday, August 19, 2003