Curriculum
Doctor of Philosophy Program in Demography
หลักสูตรศิลปศาสตรดุษฎีบัณฑิต สาขาวิชาประชากรศาสตร์
About the program :
The Ph.D. program in Demography aims to produce demographers with expertise in demography and who are capable of consolidating and applying a multidisciplinary approach for research. Coursework covers key issues in population studies, and the philosophy of the Program is to advance knowledge in demography through an up-to-date curriculum. Several scholarships and research assistantships are available.
 
Admission Requirements :
Students can enter the program with either a bachelor or master degree.
 
Requirements for applicants with bachelor degree :
  1. A bachelor degree in any field from an accredited educational institution in Thailand or overseas with a GPA of 3.5 or higher (for those doing both coursework and dissertation)*
Requirements for applicants with master degree :
  1. A master degree in any field from an accreditededucational institution in Thailand or overseas (for those doing both coursework and dissertation)**
* Those wishing to focus on research must have a bachelor degree in demography, statistics, economics, social science or related field with a GPA of 3.7 or higher, and a research proposal.

** Those wishing to focus on research must have a master degree in demography, statistics, economics, social science or related field with a GPA of 3.5 or higher, and a research proposal.

Courses :
Compulsory courses: Population Studies, Statistics for Social Science Research, Social Science Research Methodology, Demographic Analysis, Practicum in Population Research, Seminar in Demography and Public Policy, Advanced Statistics for Social Science Research, Advanced Demographic Analysis, Doctoral Dissertation Seminar

Some elective courses (the list of selective courses is larger, not all courses are available every semester): Migration under Globalization, Special Topics in Demography, Demography of Aging, Demographic and Social Concepts and Theories, Economic Analysis of Population Issues, Public Policy for Population Development, Special Topics in Population Development