Life Course Research

This module introduces students to the basics of `Life Course Research’.

This module is designed to teach postgraduate students at the Department of Sociology, University of Oxford. The course is primarily taught in R, and entails a broad introduction to Life Course Research (Classical Data and Methods, Health, Family Demography and Fertility, Transitions to Adulthood, but also with a focus on methods such as Event History Analysis and Sequence Analysis). It also has a specific focus on prospective (and predictive) designs, too. It also utilizes the Fragile Familes data, generously made available at the OPR. The module handbook can be found here.

Date first taught: 2020-10-01.

Date last taught: 2023-07-01.