In this course, students will acquire the following general skills: - to analyze critically - to work in teams - to think globally In this course, students will acquire the following specific skills: - to analyze old age from a sociological and comparative perspective - to identify problems related to old age. - to propose public policies to improve the status of old people

1. Introduction to sociology of of age 2. Theories of old age; methods to study old age. 3. Old age: history, demography. 4. Retirement and other labor-market aspects of old age 5. Gender and old age. 6. Active old age: Leisure, service and participation in politics 7. Old age and dependency. 8. Old age and families. 9. Public policies towards old age 10. Social and political actors related to old age.