# Global Problems of Population Growth

- Institution: Yale University
- Department: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
- Teacher: Robert Wyman
- Term: Spring 2009
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology
- Source: [Open Yale Courses](https://oyc.yale.edu/molecular-cellular-and-developmental-biology/mcdb-150)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://oyc.yale.edu/molecular-cellular-and-developmental-biology/mcdb-150#syllabus)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

This survey course introduces students to the important and basic material on human fertility, population growth, the demographic transition and population policy. Topics include: the human and environmental dimensions of population pressure, demographic history, economic and cultural causes of demographic change, environmental carrying capacity and sustainability. Political, religious and ethical issues surrounding fertility are also addressed. The lectures and readings attempt to balance theoretical and demographic scale analyzes with studies of individual humans and communities. The perspective is global with both developed and developing countries included.

## Lectures

1. [Evolution of Sex and Reproductive Strategies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/3f0d0fb8c139) (Audio)
2. [Sex and Violence Among the Apes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/2c6c609adb86) (Audio)
3. [From Ape to Human](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/d7d46f9f7d58) (Audio)
4. [When Humans Were Scarce](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/8ace9a5c39ef) (Audio)
5. [Why Is Africa Different?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/19841b59277f) (Audio)
6. [Malthusian Times](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/553f785281c9) (Audio)
7. [Demographic Transition in Europe; Mortality Decline](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/c99040355f27) (Audio)
8. [Demographic Transition in Europe; Fertility Decline](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/66614babf32a) (Audio)
9. [Demographic Transition in Europe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/30c4d2d5a5bf) (Audio)
10. [Quantitative Aspects](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/8409e5a6827c) (Audio)
11. [Low Fertility in Developed Countries (Guest Lecture by Michael Teitelbaum)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/82304efe814a) (Audio)
12. [Human and Environmental Impacts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/35b3a5ecfff7) (Audio)
13. [Fertility Attitudes and Practices](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/7244204f6007) (Audio)
14. [Demographic Transition in Developing Countries](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/c0433b24620b) (Audio)
15. [Female Disadvantage](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/b323de422524) (Audio)
16. [Population in Traditional China](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/dd067910c766) (Audio)
17. [Population in Modern China](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/538439a2d3b5) (Audio)
18. [Economic Impact of Population Growth](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/02458d03cb09) (Audio)
19. [Economic Motivations for Fertility](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/a8184840ae0b) (Audio)
20. [Teen Sexuality and Teen Pregnancy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/c2b8e9126d43) (Audio)
21. [Global Demography of Abortion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/0028868ddfe2) (Audio)
22. [Media and the Fertility Transition in Developing Countries (Guest Lecture by William Ryerson)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/cb339d404c9d) (Audio)
23. [Biology and History of Abortion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/8aa01a3ce1cb) (Audio)
24. [Population and the Environment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/mcdb-150/fcf8ae2ca040) (Audio)