Course Description
Explores methods of life course research to address questions in health, crime, education, and family while enhancing students' understanding of this interdisciplinary field and their analytic tools.
Athena Title
Life Course Research Methods
Prerequisite
SOCI 6620 or SOCI 6630 or permission of department
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
- By the end of this course, students will demonstrate the ability to identify Life Course Approaches and Methods: Identify and criticize life course approaches and methods to understand social phenomena.
- By the end of this course, students will demonstrate the ability to translate Knowledge into Social Questions: Effectively translate acquired knowledge into addressing diverse social questions.
- By the end of this course, students will demonstrate the ability to Demonstrate Statistical Modeling Proficiency: Proficiency in estimating and analyzing statistical models to investigate research questions related to life course approaches.
- By the end of this course, students will demonstrate the ability to conduct Well-being Research Over Time: Develop research skills and design research models to examine the evolution of various well-being aspects over time using life course approaches.
Topical Outline
- Introduction and Overview of the Life Course Paradigm
- Lives in Time and Place: Age, Birth Cohorts, and Neighborhood Influences
- Life Course Models, Methodologies, and Data Sources
- Retrospective vs. Prospective Measurement in Longitudinal Research
- Path Analysis with Longitudinal Data
- Fixed-Effect Models
- Random-Effect Models
- Growth Curve Modeling
- Age-Period-Cohort Analysis
- Event History Analysis
