Life course studies emerged in response to the sociological need to understand how social change intersects with the aging process. Social and cultural contexts, individual experience and agency, and historical time and place are elements in the construction of a life and the social relationships that make it up.
Outcomes: Students learn sociological concepts and theories relevant to the life course and how they help us understand local and global changes; Learn about programs and policies pertinent to an aging society.
Outcomes: Students learn sociological concepts and theories relevant to the life course and how they help us understand local and global changes; Learn about programs and policies pertinent to an aging society.