PA407-6-FY-CO:
Current Debates in Psychosocial Studies
2025/26
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 02 October 2025
Friday 26 June 2026
30
13 June 2024
Requisites for this module
PA208 and PA209 and PA401 and PA402
(none)
(none)
(none)
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BA C890 Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies,
BA C89072 Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies,
BA C89A Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (Including Placement Year),
BA C89B Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (Including Year Abroad),
BA C89C Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (Including Foundation Year)
This module consists of blocks of one to three seminars by individual members of staff from the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, where they will present their latest research projects. In it, students will extend their knowledge about the variety of different approaches to psychodynamic thinking, as well as experience the different applications of those ideas in concrete research projects in a number of fields: the humanities, history, social sciences, psychotherapy, social care and others. The content of the programme and teaching staff will vary every year so as to remain always new, innovative and attuned to what is most recent in the field.
The aims of the module are:
- To provide a contemporary perspective on the different applications of psychoanalytic and psychodynamic theor
- To enable students to acquire an in-depth understanding of psychoanalytic concepts and their applications
- To provide students with greater understanding of the different methods of research, as well as with concrete examples of how research is conducted today
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Have a deeper understanding of psychoanalytic concepts and their applications in various fields
- Develop a stronger sense of how research is conducted: the problems, benefits and shortcomings of different methods
- Be able to better understand how to apply the concepts they have learned in other modules to concrete research methods
- Learn about different research methods
No additional information available.
This module will be delivered via:
- 20 weekly two-hour lectures in blocks of one to three seminars per member of staff
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Presentation |
|
40% |
| Coursework |
Reading assignment 1 |
|
4% |
| Coursework |
Reading assignment 2 |
|
4% |
| Coursework |
Reading assignment 3 |
|
4% |
| Coursework |
Reading assignment 4 |
|
4% |
| Coursework |
Reading assignment 5 |
|
4% |
| Coursework |
Essay |
|
40% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Matt Ffytche, email: mffytche@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Jordan Osserman, email: j.osserman@essex.ac.uk.
from Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Student Administrator Room 5A.202; telephone 01206 874969; ppsug@essex.ac.uk
No
No
No
Dr Angie Voela
University of East London
Reader
Available via Moodle
Of 39 hours, 33 (84.6%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
6 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
* Please note: due to differing publication schedules, items marked with an asterisk (*) base their information upon the previous academic year.
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