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GISD Courses

Qualifying and Required Courses for the GISD

Courses for the Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Demography (GISD) must be selected from the following approved courses list:

The GISD requires at least 10 but no more than 20 hours of graduate-level coursework, including two required courses: 

  • A proseminar (SOC/PUBHLTH 8802)
  • Introduction to Demographic Analysis (SOC 7753)

Your course list for the GISD must be approved by your advisor and the GISD coordinator. You must complete the GIS advising sheets and send it to GISD coordinator, Reanne Frank, frank.219@osu.edu, prior to submitting your on-line application via Gradforms.

 

DepartmentNumberTitle
ANTHROP5510Interdisciplinary Team Science (crosslisted with EEOB and ENR)
CRPLAN5001Introduction to GIS for Planning 6350
 6350The Socially Just City
CSE5544Introduction to Data Visualization
 6350The Socially Just City
ECON5850Labor Economics
 8731Econometrics I
 8851Labor Economics I
 8852Labor Economics II
GEOG5210Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems 
 7102Fieldwork in Human Geography
HDFS8820Theoretical perspectives on the Family
 8862Seminar in Human Development and Family Science
LING5801Computational Linguistics I
PSYCH6870Basic Principles of Social Psychology
PUBAFRS6000Public Policy Formulation and Implementation
 6030Public Sector Economics
 8050Seminar in Public Sector Economics
PUBHLTH6000Introduction to Global Health 
PUBHBIO7225Survey Sampling Methods (crosslisted with STAT 6510)
PUBHEPI6410Principles of Epidemiology
 6411Biological Basis of Public Health
 6441Epidemiology of Women's Health
 6442Social Epidemiology
PUBHEHS6325Climate Change and Human Health
 6390Major Human Diseases in Global Public Health
RURLSOC7600Concepts and Theories in Rural Sociology
SOCIOL7760Sociology of Conflict and Violence
 7761Social Stratification
 7780Racial and Ethnic Differences
SWK8202Theories of Change for Social Problem Interventions
 8406Mixed Methods Research in Social and Health Sciences
WGSS8800.01Topics in Feminist Studies