Undergraduate Demography Minor

The CPC offers a cross-college, interdepartmental minor in Demography for all Cornell undergraduates. The minor is a rigorous undergraduate course of study on population-related topics and approaches, providing students a broad understanding of global population dynamics and tools for analyzing demographic data.

Why a demography minor?

In today’s rapidly changing society, a strong understanding of population is a valuable tool for making sense of the social and economic phenomena that affect our lives and our societies.

Interdisciplinarity: Demography is the interdisciplinary study of human population dynamics, including the size, structure, and geographic distribution of populations, and how populations change over time due to births, deaths, migration, and aging.

Information: Demography provides information, for example, on the size and composition of consumer markets, labor markets, the electorate, and groups in receipt or need of social services.

Expertise: Demographic expertise will benefit undergraduates interested in wide-ranging careers in public policy, business, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), as well as those seeking to pursue graduate training in fields such as sociology, economics, public health, environmental sciences, and area studies.

Requirements for a Minor in Demography

The demography minor is offered in partnership with the Cornell Population Center. To earn a minor in Demography a student must complete each of the following requirements:

Demographic Introductory Course 3 credits:
- GDEV 2010/SOC 2202
- PUBPOL 2030
Statistics Course 3 credits:
- AEM 2100
- ILRST/STSCI 2100
- PUBPOL 2100 or PUBPOL 2101
- SOC 3010
Demographic Overview Course (Choose 1) 3 credits:
- AMST 2070/PUBPOL 2250/SOC 2070
- GDEV 2130; GDEV 3140;
- GDEV 4080/PUBPOL 4080
- PUBPOL 3120
- PUBPOL 3230
- PUBPOL 3250
- PUBPOL 3280
- PUBPOL 3040/SOC 3040
- PUBPOL 3360
- SOC 3030
Two Additional Population Courses (Choose 2) 6 credits:
- AMST 2710/EDUC 2710/GDEV 2710/SOC 2710
- COMM 4760
- CRP 1101
- CRP 3430
- CRP 3840
- CRP 3900
- CRP 4080
- CRP 4680/DESIGN 4680
- ECON 3440/FGSS4460
- ECON 3480/HIST 3480/ILRLE 3450
- ECON 3710/PAM 4280
- GDEV 2090/SOC 2208
- GDEV 3060
- GDEV 2130
- GDEV 3700/SOC 3710
- GDEV 4080/PAM 4080
- GDEV 4770/CRP 4770
- ILRLE 4450
- PUBPOL 2370
- PUBPOL 2390
- PUBPOL 2810
- PUBPOL 2820
- PUBPOL 3120
- PUBPOL 3180
- PUBPOL 3230
- PUBPOL 3390
- PUBPOL 3620
- PUBPOL 4160/SOC 4160
- SOC 2250
- SOC 3030
- SOC 3380
- SOC 3570
- SOC 3580

Additional Policies:
At least two courses must be outside the student’s major department. Students will complete five courses, each of which requires a grade of B- or better to count toward the minor.

Contact:
Questions related to the Demography minor should be addressed to the Brooks Undergraduate program staff at BrooksUGProgram@cornell.edu.

How to apply

Undergraduate students interested in signing up for the Demography minor can learn more on the Brooks School Minors website. For more questions contact BrooksUGProgram@cornell.edu or call 607-254-3451