4-Term Pathway - Foundation Certificate in Social Sciences - Continue to Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (Placement Year)

Program Description For students who've finished high school but don’t meet the entry requirements for university, a Foundation Certificate can help them gain entry to an undergraduate degree. After completing this pathway option students qualify for progression to the 1st year of an undergraduate degree at the University of Essex.

A student’s course length is determined mainly by their English language level (UKVI IELTS score). Students on all course lengths take a set of common or similar modules to gain a solid base of skills for university. Students taking a course longer than 2 terms, will take additional modules designed to improve one or more of their English language level, academic skills, and basic knowledge of particular subjects.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies

Psychoanalysis is an interdisciplinary field of studies and clinical practices, gathering over 100 years of theorization and clinical experience in framing its ideas and concepts about the mind, emotions, social relations, motivation, psychopathology and psychotherapy. Understanding human experience means looking not only at how humans act and relate, but crucially also requires looking inside at what is going on below the surface. In this course students look at the psychological factors that influence human emotions, behaviours and relationships and how they shape everyday lives. To understand these factors students will learn psychodynamic concepts, applying them to individuals, relationships and organizations and of course, they will study the pioneering works of Freud, Jung and Lacan. Essex's Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies is internationally recognized as one of the leading departments for work on the role of the unconscious mind in mental health, as well as in culture and society more generally. They are top 10 in the UK for research, and consistently receive strong student satisfaction scores. The staff blend clinical experience and expertise in their field with the academic rigour for which the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies has such a reputation. Students will be taught by lecturers who have years of experience, both in working directly with troubled individuals and groups and delivering lectures and seminars on specialist topics.