Faculty of Science

FACULTY OF SCIENCE

B. Sc. Population Studies Major and Sociology Minor (11BPSO)

Students opting for a major in Population Studies must take all of the following modules:

YEAR 1

SEMESTER	MODULE	CODES	PRE/CO-REQUISITES
1	English Communication and Study Skills	ULCE3419	C in Gr.12 English
1	Computer Literacy	UCLC 3509	None
1	Basic Mathematics	SMAT3511	C in Gr.12 Mathematics
1	Foundation of Sociology	HSOG3511
1	Descriptive statistics	SSTS3531	C in Gr.12 Mathematics
1	Analytic Geometry, Complex Numbers and Matrices	SMAT3531	C in Gr.12 Mathematics

SEMESTER	MODULE	CODES	PRE/CO-REQUISITES
2	English for academic Purpose	ULEA3519
2	Contemporary Social Issues	UCSI 3529	None
2	Precalculus	SMAT3512	C in Gr.12 Mathematics
2	Basics of Sociology	HSOG3532
2	Introduction to Probability	SSTS3532	C in Gr.12 Mathematics

YEAR 2

SEMESTER	MODULE	CODES	PRE/CO-REQUISITES
1	Social problems: learning to conceptualize and implement social research	HSOG3671
1	Community Health	NCH3630	None
1	Sets and Numbers	SMAT3601	any two following modules: SMAT3511 SMAT3531,SMAT3512
1	Introduction to Demography	SPOP3611	None
1	Official Statistics and National Statistical Systems	SPOP3631	None

SEMESTER	MODULE	CODES	PRE/CO-REQUISITES
2	Introduction to Statistical Computing	SSTS3612	SSTS3531
2	Social Demography	HSOG3652
2	Community Health	NCH3630
2	Statistical Inference	SSTS3632	SSTS3532
2	Classical sociological Theory	HSOG3612

YEAR 3

SEMESTER	MODULE	CODES	PRE/CO-REQUISITES
1	Health Service Planning	NHM3711
1	Fundamentals of Data processing	SPOP3731	SSTS3612
1	Sampling Techniques	SSTS3731	SSTS3531
1	Demographic Methods I	SPOP3711
1	Research and Survey Methods	SSTS3701

SEMESTER	MODULE	CODES	PRE/CO-REQUISITES
2	Health service Management	NHM3712
2	Social Research Methods	HSOG3732
2	Demographic Methods II	SPOP3732	Co- SPOP3711, SPOP3611
2	Sociology of Namibian society	HSOG3772

YEAR 4

SEMESTER	MODULE	CODES	PRE/CO-REQUISITES
1	Epidemiological Methods	SPOP3811
1	Health Communication	HISA3832
1	Research Project	SPOP3810
1	Advanced Sociology of Namibian Society	HSOS3840
1	Sociology of Gender and Sexuality	HSOS3860
1	Sociology of Health	HSOZ3820

SEMESTER	MODULE	CODES	PRE/CO-REQUISITES
2	Population Migration	SPOP3832
2	Population Projections	SPOP3822
2	Research Project	SPOP3810
2	Advanced Sociology of Namibian Society	HSOS3840
2	Sociology of Gender and Sexuality	HSOS3860
2	Sociology of Health	HSOZ3820