Masters Program in Population Studies
Population Studies and Training Center (PSTC)
Program Introduction
The Master’s program in Population Studies aims to prepare specialized scientific personnel capable of analyzing and interpreting population phenomena using advanced research methodologies and modern analytical tools. The program also seeks to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to support decision-makers in comprehensive development by providing scientific insights into contemporary population issues. Furthermore, it aims to qualify researchers and experts who can effectively contribute to supplying universities and governmental and non-governmental institutions with qualified professionals capable of population planning and developing human resource policies in the social, economic, educational, and health sectors.
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Leading in building population knowledge and developing research and professional capabilities, in order to support development policies and achieve quality of life in Yemeni society.
Mission
The program aims to prepare graduates with higher scientific qualifications and qualify them as population and community leaders scientifically, administratively and research-wise through qualitative research with modern scientific strategies and technology that contribute to population and community development.
Goals
The Master’s program in Population Studies aims to:
Develop specialized scientific personnel capable of analyzing population phenomena using quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and modern analytical tools, enabling them to address population issues with scientific effectiveness.
Enhance students’ research capabilities to produce high-quality field and knowledge-based studies grounded in local and international population data, contributing to the development of population and development policies.
Integrate population issues into the academic and research curriculum by developing university curricula and training students to apply population knowledge to address the challenges of sustainable development.
Support official institutions and civil society organizations by providing qualified professionals capable of offering consultations, evaluating population programs, and participating in the development of population and development plans and policies.
Promote scientific openness and research collaboration by encouraging students to connect with specialized national, regional, and international academic networks focused on population issues.
Program curriculum
Courses for the first semester:
Course Title | الساعات المعتمدةCredit Hours | اسم المقرر | ||||
نظريةTh. | عمليةPr. | تمارينTut. | الإجماليTotal C.H | |||
1. | Introduction to Demography | 3 | 3 | مقدمة في علم السكان | ||
2. | Demographic Statistics | 3 | 3 | علم الإحصاء السكاني | ||
3. | Demographic Analysis Using Computer Techniques | 3 | 3 | التحليل الديموغرافي باستخدام التقنيات الحاسوبية | ||
4. | Population Geography, Resources, Migration, and Urbanization | 3 | 3 | جغرافيا السكان والموارد والهجرة والتحضر | ||
5. | Foundations and Methods of Scientific Research | 3 | 3 | أسس ومناهج البحث العلمي | ||
Total Credit Hours | 15 | 15 | اجمالي الساعات المعتمدة | |||
Courses for the second semester:
Course Title | الساعات المعتمدةCredit Hours | اسم المقرر | ||||
نظريةTh. | عمليةPr. | تمارينTut. | الإجماليTotal C.H | |||
1. | Population Culture and Population Communication | 3 | 3 | الثقافة السكانية والاتصال السكاني | ||
2. | Population and Sustainable Development | 3 | 3 | السكان والتنمية المستدامة | ||
3. | Fertility, Mortality, Morbidity and الإنجابية Reproductive Health | 3 | 3 | الخصوبة والوفيات والمراضة والصحة | ||
4. | Population Sociology | 3 | 3 | علم اجتماع السكان | ||
5. | Population Models and Projections | 3 | 3 | النماذج والاسقاطات السكانية | ||
Total Credit Hours | 15 | 15 | اجمالي الساعات المعتمدة | |||
The third and fourth semesters:
Course Title | الساعات المعتمدةCredit Hours | اسم المقرر | ||||
نظريةTh. | عمليةPr. | تمارينTut. | الإجماليTotal C.H | |||
1. | Population Culture and Population Communication | 6 | رسالة ماجستير | |||
Total Credit Hours | 6 | اجمالي الساعات المعتمدة | ||||
Master's program admission requirement:
Master’s Program Admission Requirements:
Any student holding a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from the university is eligible.
The minimum grade required for the Bachelor’s degree, or postgraduate diploma is “Good.”
Applicants to the Master’s program will be subject to an entrance exam, the details of which will be determined by the center based on its capacity.
Applicants must meet the requirements stipulated in the Sana’a University Graduate Studies Regulations for the Master’s program.
Applicants must pass all courses in the first and second semesters with a grade of “Good” or higher to prepare their Master’s thesis.
Attenance of at least 70% is required.
Graduate specifications:
Upon completion of the program requirements, graduates are expected to be able to:
Analyze population concepts, principles, and theories and apply them practically to address population issues.
Design population plans, programs, and projects efficiently and effectively to meet development needs.
Develop scientific solutions to population problems using rigorous analytical and statistical methodologies.
Exercise critical and creative thinking and make appropriate decisions within institutional and societal contexts related to population.
Provide consulting and professional services to institutions and associations working in the population field, contributing to improving their performance and the quality of their outputs.
Effectively utilize information technology and modern techniques in population research, analysis, and professional practice.
Communicate and collaborate effectively with stakeholders in population issues and contribute to promoting community development.
Outcomes of the Master's and PhD programs:
First: Knowledge and Uderstanding:
It is anticipated that students following their completion of the High Diploma Program in Population Studies have gained sufficient knowledge on the basics of demography and its relation with different walks of life of the whole Yemeni society.
It is assumed that students should be able to know the effects of natural, economic, historic and environmental factors on the demographic distribution.
It is likely that students should be able to analyze and explicate man’s role in in actively contributing to the achievement of an overall development and explain the impact of internal migration from rural areas to main and secondary cities; from major cities to secondary ones; and from secondary cities to major ones. They also would be able to explain the impact of migrating abroad, that is, from Yemen to other countries, whether being Arab or foreign ones as well as migrations to Yemen. The impact of all that on the economic and social aspects in the Republic of Yemen.
It is presumed that students would be capable of analyzing the impact of age and sex-based structure of the Yemeni population and its relation of such impact on the generation of job opportunities for the youth. They would be able to examine the impact of demographic structure on the economic, social and political development plans adopted by the Government.
It is likely that students would acquire the knowledge on the differences among demographic phenomena and their impacts on various human activities, whether being agricultural, industrial, environmental, educational, or health, etc.
Second: High Diploma Program In Population Studies Educational Strategy and Teaching Methods: :
To deliver high quality education, the Center would follow and bank on a full set of modern educational strategies and teaching methods for population studies; most include the followings:
Teaching based on Performing relevant tasks.
Teaching based on Data Collection.
Teaching based on Problem Solving.
Independent and Self-Learning.
Third: Learning Opportunities for Students Affiliated to the High Diploma Program in Population Studies::
Students Affiliated to the High Diploma Program in Population Studies will have plenty of opportunities to learn and convey what they acquired to others ; most include the followings:
اActive Participatory Learning.
Classroom and Non-classroom learning.
Fourth: Intellectual Skills:
Students will be able to examine and understand to what extent population growth could have different and various impacts on the economic, social, educational and environmental development in the Republic of Yemen.
Students will have knowledge on to what extent population growth could influence and impact employment and per capita income and the relation of such effects on the standard of living.
Students would be able to understand the positive and/or negative impacts of human behavior on the environment and on other vital fields. They would know how the difference of population density from one governorate to another has various impacts.
Students would be enabled to draw comparisons between the results of the first census and followings in the southern and northern governorates after the Unification of Yemen.
Students would be oriented and guided to know and analyze the different causes of population density per square kilometer between one governorate and another, whether such causes are natural, human-made or environmental.
Students would be skilled in writing well-designed and meaningful reports highlighting the demographic phenomena and the differences of such phenomena from one governorate to another in the Republic of Yemen along with highlighting the impacts of such factors on government policies designed mainly for achieving comprehensive and sustainable development.
Students would be able to deal with and analyze data and information and other statistical particulars produced by official authorities and agencies appertaining to multi-facet demographic matters and to what extend such agencies use such statistics in preparing and developing various plans and programming.
Fifth: Professional and Practical Skills:
Students would learn report writing skills and skills of preparing and doing studies on any demographic phenomenon in Yemen and its impact on people’s lives.
Students will be able to acquire the skill of knowing how to understand population distribution among various governorates of the Republic of Yemen and to how to link such distribution to natural and human phenomena.
Sixth: General and Transferable Skills:
By studying the courses offered by the High Diploma Program in Population Studies, students would be able to transfer and convey different acquired and learnt information on population subject-matters; such population concentration, distribution, major structure and their relation with natural resources.
Students would be capable of clearly presenting accounts on demography to those interested in such subject. They could explain the impacts of population growth, distribution, density, age-sex structure and the relation of these factors with the phenomenon of internal and external migration and their relation to human fertility.
Students would be able to analyze the information and statistics collected on population; the cause behind increasing growth rates; their economic, social and political participation in government policies geared for bettering and improving the people’s living standard.
Students studying the courses offered by the High Diploma Program in Population Studies would be able to discuss with any person curious to know about human life developments, their education and health and advances in various walks of life.