MA in Psychoanalytic Studies by Distance Learning 2003
University of Sheffield: ScHARR - School of Health & Related Research

Psychoanalytic Studies has emerged over the past 15 years as a
challenging and exciting new field of academic research. The 2 year
part-time MA in Psychoanalytic Studies by Distance Learning, at the
University of Sheffield is committed to providing a theoretically
pluralistic course which encourages students to explore issues of
psychoanalytic theory and practice, as well as addressing the diverse
uses and influences of psychoanalysis in a systematic and rigorous
manner.  The course examines the theory and practice of
psychoanalysis in its relation to individuals, groups and
organisations; providing a firm foundation in Freudian, Kleinian and
Object Relations, and Lacanian Theory, as well as an introduction to
the work of Jung.  Key contemporary debates and controversies within
psychoanalysis are addressed in a range of optional modules.  All
psychoanalytic theory components of the course are taught by
practising analysts and therapists from within the respective schools
of psychoanalysis.

Psychoanalytic Studies is an inter-disciplinary course and the
exploration of psychoanalysis as a cultural and social discourse is a
core component of this programme.  This innovative MA programme is
unique in bringing together experts from the fields of literary
studies and social and cultural theory, to critically interrogate the
dissemination of psychoanalysis through cultural and social
discourse.  Through the analysis of literature, social processes and
institutions such as politics, education, religion and war,
contemporary cultural issues based on the social indices of
difference are addressed, using psychoanalytic approaches to
questions of language, representation and subjectivity.


The programme consists of six modules, four taught modules and two
modules for the dissertation.
The MA by Distance Learning is a two year part-time programme, with a
compulsory eight day residential course at the beginning of each
academic year.
Students take three modules per year as follows:

Year one:
Module 1: Foundations of Psychoanalysis: 30 credits
Aims/Description: Introduction to the major schools of Psychoanalytic theory
Module 2: Research Methods: 30 credits
Aims/Description: The course covers: the philosophy of research;
quantitative methods; qualitative methods; cultural analysis; and
psychoanalysis and research. Specific skills (e.g. interview
training) are offered according to individual need
Module 3: Contemporary Issues in Psychoanalytic Studies: 30 credits
Aims/Description: Contemporary practices and theory of psychoanalysis
in relation to contemporary culture and society



Year Two:
Optional module of either:
Module 4: Psychoanalysis and Literature: 30 Credits
Aims/Description: Introduction to Psychoanalytic Literary theory and
its application to textual analysis

Or:
Module 5: The Psychodynamics of Social Processes: 30 credits
Aims/Description: Explores the application of psychodynamic
perspectives to the study of society, social institutions and social
processes.
Plus the core module:
Module 6: Dissertation: 60 credits
Aims/Description: A dissertation of 15,000 to 20,000 words on a topic
of the student's own choice arising from the course


FURTHER INFORMATION:

For detailed course information go to:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/mh/psastuds.htm
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