Type of Credit: Elective
Credit(s)
Number of Students
This course introduces the life course perspective—the study of how people’s lives unfold over time within social, historical, and institutional contexts. We cover core concepts (trajectories, transitions, timing, duration, turning points, linked lives, cohort/period/age), theories of cumulative (dis)advantage, and the roles of family, education, work, health, and policy across life stages. Students will learn how life course scholars ask questions, measure change, and interpret evidence using longitudinal and mixed-methods data. Class activities emphasize reading empirical studies, hands-on exploration of simple longitudinal datasets, and communicating findings to academic and policy audiences. By the end of the course, students will be prepared to critically evaluate life course research and to design a basic, feasible study on a topic of their choice.
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Weekly Schedule
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Topic |
Reading/Activities |
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9/4 |
Introduction |
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9/11 |
Documentary |
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9/18 |
Concepts of Life stage |
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9/25 |
What is life course |
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10/2 |
Turning point |
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10/9 |
Documentary |
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10/16 |
Online Guest Speaker |
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10/23 |
Preparation for midterm |
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10/30 |
Linked lives |
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11/6 |
Agency |
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11/13 |
Documentary |
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11/20 |
Historical time |
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11/27 |
Gendered life course |
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12/4 |
Online guest speaker |
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12/11 |
Review of the course |
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12/18 |
Preparation of final |
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1. Class Participation 50%
This class pays attention to class participation. Each student is expected to voice his/her opinions and ideas in order to get a good grade from class participation. Simply sitting in the classroom without participation in the classroom discussion will not result in a good grade in this part.
2 Short Quizzes 50%
There will be several in-class short quizzes (i.e., multiple choice). The purpose of these quizzes is to test students’ understanding of principles and concepts of the readings. If you miss a short quiz, you will not be able to take a make-up quiz.
Readings will be distributed in classes