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TOPICS IN LITERATURE & PSYCHOANALYSIS (PY3090)

Topics change every year. The course uses French literary or cinematographic material in order to introduce and illustrate important psychoanalytical notions which will help students understand the complexity of the human psyche and its cultural constructions. Course subjects have included: Fairy Tales and the Complexity of growing up, Psychoanalysis as Detective Story, Scandal as a cultural pathology, Islam and the invention of the Self... Taught in French.

TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY AND FRENCH (PY3090)

Topics change every year. The course uses French literary or cinematographic material in order to introduce and illustrate important psychoanalytical notions which will help students understand the complexity of the human psyche and its cultural constructions. Course subjects have included: Fairy Tales and the Complexity of growing up, Psychoanalysis as Detective Story, Scandal as a cultural pathology, Islam and the invention of the Self... Taught in French.

TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY (PY3091)

Treats a series of topics that change every year and deal with various aspects of psychology. Courses are taught by permanent or visiting faculty and are generally related to their fields of specialization.

INTERNSHIP (PY3098)

Internships may be taken for 1 or 4 credits. Students may do more than one internship, but internship credit cannot cumulatively total more than 4 credits.

TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY (PY3910)

Topics vary by semester

INTERNSHIP (PY3980)

Internships may be taken for 0 credits. Students may do more than one internship, but internship credit cannot cumulatively total more than 4 credits.

SENIOR SEMINAR (PY4090)

The purpose of this class is to challenge advanced psychology students to: practice and improve their skills in reading, critiquing and conducting research; strengthen their ability to effectively communicate their scholarship; clearly define their scholarly interests; and consider their future goals. Students will be given the opportunity to craft a well researched and argued literature review. Involves class discussions, presentations, and a major research proposal or literature review.

SENIOR PROJECT (PY4095)

A Senior Project is an independent study representing a Major Capstone Project that needs to be registered using the Senior Project registration form.
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