Life Course

In this interdisciplinary study of the human life course as a unit scholars examine aspects of the life course looking at several features over a short span and at a few traits over a longer period. provides an overview from disciplines (e.g. history demography sociology) that are concerned with understanding the human life course; contains studies of special populations in which integration of a variety of experiences over time can be accomplished. Based on these approaches new methods appropriate to a science of human life are proposed and discussed in a form suitable for students faculty and professionals in human development (sociology anthropology psychology) demography and gerontology.