@article{Marshall_2010, place={Washington DC: American Sociological Association.}, title={The Life Course Module 7}, url={https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/the-life-course-module-7}, abstractNote={Course Objectives: 1. To acquaint students with the major current theoretical approaches in the sociology of aging and the adult life course. 2. To foster an understanding of the historical development of theorizing in the sociology of aging and the adult life course and, more broadly, other social science approaches to theory in this area. 3. To develop a knowledge of the potential applicability of several central sociological approaches to theory to the area of aging and the life course. 4. To review major theoretical, substantive and policy debates concerning work and the retirement transitions as major components of the life course. 5. To increase student awareness and competency as to the nature of sociological theory and theorizing, with a substantive focus on aging and the life course }, journal={TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology}, author={Marshall, Victor}, year={2010}, month={Apr.} }