ATS2407: Reading Freud and Jung

1000 word seminar paper and presentation (20%)
2500 word research essay (60%)
2 hour class test (20%)

I eat critical theory up better than most, so this unit was a breeze for me. The unit is full of thought-provoking and dense readings from the whole gamut of Freud's and Jung's theories, so if you're after a bludge unit and have no interest in these theorists or psychoanalysis whatsoever, then this probably isn't for you.

Christiane was extremely knowledgeable about the subject matter and made the dense readings crystal clear. The seminar was also lively and full of interesting discussion, which is more than I can say for other arts units. The unit was taught extremely effectively and was well organised. I don't have any major criticisms to offer, other than the fact that the due date for the major essay and class test fell on the same day, haha.

Even though it was one of the more dense arts units I've completed, it was also one of the most rewarding! In particular, as an English major, this unit really helped clarify how psychoanalysis can be used as a literary device (most English lecturers just gloss over psychoanalytic concepts and expect you to know everything there is to know about the theory).

Dr. Christiane Weller

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5/5

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The unit coordinator will instruct you to purchase The Essentials of Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud and Anna Freud (ed.) as well as The Portable Jung by Carl G. Jung, but all of the weekly readings will be uploaded to Blackboard anyway.

1 x 2 hour seminar per week

Semester 1, 2011

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