Program Description
The Cornell Population Center (CPC) manages a cross-college, interdepartmental minor in Demography for all Cornell undergraduates. This minor offers a rigorous course of study focused on population-related topics and approaches, providing students with a broad understanding of global population dynamics and analytical tools for demographic data.
In today's rapidly changing society, a strong grasp of population dynamics is invaluable for interpreting social and economic phenomena that impact our lives and societies. Demography, an interdisciplinary field, delves into human population dynamics, encompassing population size, structure, geographic distribution, and changes over time due to births, deaths, migration, and aging.
Demography provides vital information on consumer markets, labor markets, the electorate, and social service recipients. This expertise benefits undergraduates interested in careers in public policy, business, NGOs, and various fields such as sociology, economics, public health, environmental sciences, and area studies.
For inquiries, please contact population@cornell.edu.
Cornell Population Center (CPC) Affiliates
To meet the dedicated faculty and graduate students at Cornell who are passionate about studying population research and developing demographic knowledge and skills, please visit Cornell Population Center Affiliates.
Minor Requirements
Please note that, for the minor, students are required to take at least two courses outside their major department. Additionally, they must successfully complete a total of five courses, with each course requiring a grade of B- or better to count toward the minor.
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
| 3 |
| Population and Social Change | |
| Population and Public Policy | |
| 3 |
| Introductory Statistics | |
| Introductory Statistics and Data Science | |
| Introduction to Statistics | |
| Statistics for Public Policy | |
| Statistics for Sociological Research | |
| 3 |
| Social Problems in the United States | |
| Migration: Histories, Controversies, and Perspectives | |
| Methods for Spatial Economic and Demographic Analysis | |
| Introduction to Social Science Research Methods | |
| Mapping Our Worlds: Cartography and Analysis in GIS | |
| Fundamentals of Population Health | |
| Demographic Techniques | |
ILRGL 3047 | | |
| Health Disparities | |
| Public Policy for an Aging Society | |
| Neighborhoods, Housing, and Urban Policy | |
| Evolving Families: Challenges to Public Policy | |
| Population Controversies in Europe | |
| Sociology of Sexualities | |
| Research Design and Methods of Social Research | |
| 6 |
| US Education System: Courts, Data, Law and Politics | |
| Migration: Histories, Controversies, and Perspectives | |
| Vamos Pa'l Norte: U.S. Migration and Communication | |
| Population Health Communication | |
| Affordable Housing Policy and Programs | |
| Green Cities | |
| City and Regional Futures: Planning Practice, Policy and Design | |
| Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | |
| Introduction to Urban Data Science: Data, Interpretation, and Presentation | |
| Race and the American Labor Market in Historical Perspective | |
| The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors | |
| The Economics and Regulation of Risky Health Behaviors | |
| Economics of Education | |
| Introduction to Social Science Research Methods | |
| Farmworkers: Contemporary Issues and Their Implications | |
| Modeling People and the Environment | |
| Comparative Social Inequalities | |
| Demographic Techniques | |
| Seminar on Issues in African Development | |
| Critical Perspectives in Global Health and Policy | |
| Social Inequality | |
| Race, Racism, and Public Policy | |
| Refugee Pathways and Resettlement Policy | |
PUBPOL 3120 | | |
| Gender Inequality and Global Policy | |
| Public Policy for an Aging Society | |
| The Ethnography of Poverty and Inequality | |
| Schooling and Society | |
| Urban Inequality | |
| Big Data on the Social World | |
Total Hours | 15 |