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INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOANALYSIS COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
PSY114 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOANALYSIS 2 3 3 6

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT (On successful completion of this course unit, students/learners will or will be able to)

Explain the historical emergence of psychoanalysis and the significance of the unconscious in Freud’s early work. (Bloom’s 2)
Describe the main concepts of Freudian psychoanalysis, including the topographical model, structural model, drive theory, psychosexual development, and defense mechanisms. (Bloom’s 2)
Compare major post-Freudian schools of psychoanalysis, including ego psychology, object relations theory, self psychology, and Lacanian psychoanalysis. (Bloom’s 4)
Discuss how psychoanalytic theory has been transformed through feminist, anti-Oedipal, and critical theoretical interventions. (Bloom’s 2)
Analyze psychoanalytic approaches to culture, ideology, spectatorship, group psychology, and contemporary social life. (Bloom’s 4)
Evaluate contemporary debates on the relevance, limits, institutional forms, and scientific status of psychoanalysis today. (Bloom’s 5)