Master 2025/2026

Demography and Health Policy

Type: Elective course (Population and Development)

Delivered by: Department of Demography

When: 2 year, 1 module

Open to: students of all HSE University campuses

Instructors: Зинина Ангелина Игоревна

Language: English

Course Syllabus

Abstract

"The course introduces students to the main demographic processes: fertility, mortality and migration. In addition to this, the course focuses on the development of the health care system and health care services. Moreover, the course provides an opportunity to evaluate the role of the state in family planning and trace the role of government and business in HCS. The course focuses on the study of open databases, the study of various methods for calculating basic demographic indicators, and theoretical approaches in demography. The advantage of the course are seminars, where students immerse in the material through reports, solving tasks and tests, modeling situations in a game form. The final control of the discipline is a final project on the topic of health care in different countries. This course is suitable for any level of knowledge in demography and public health."