The Population Dynamics Option (PDO) is open to students wishing to specialize in population dynamics. The purpose of this program is to provide graduate training in demographic methods (including life table analyses) and enhance students\' knowledge of critical population issues. As such, students will be required to take a course on demographic methods and a course in microeconomic methods relevant for population studies. In addition, students will take one complementary course in Economics, which focuses on a particular population issue such as population health, migration, aging, family dynamics, and labour markets and skills acquisition. Students will attend at least five of the seminars given in the Social Statistics and Population Dynamics Seminar series.
人口动态方向(PDO)对希望专攻人口动态学习的学生开放。本方向课程提供人口统计学方法(包括生命统计表分析)的研究生培训，拓展学生的核心人口问题方面的知识。据此，学生需要上一门关于人口统计学的课程，以及与人口学相关的微观经济学方法课程。此外，学生还将学习经济学的一个补充课程，该课程侧重于人口健康、移民、老龄化、家庭动态、劳动力市场和技能获取等特定人口问题。学生需要参加至少5个社会统计学和人口动力学研讨会系列的研讨会。