Psychosocial Studies
Master
In London
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Master
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Location
London
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Duration
1 Year
The MA Psychosocial Studies aims to enhance understanding of the new critical interdisciplinary field of Psychosocial Studies. Suitable for: The MA Psychosocial Studies is designed for graduates with a wide range of backgrounds, who are looking to develop an in depth understanding of the relation between individual subjectivities and identities, and historical and contemporary social and political formations. You may be interested in pursuing an academic career in psychosocial studies, social and cultural theory, or in the social sciences or humanities more generally.
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A minimum of a second class honours degree or its equivalent in a discipline relevant to Psychosocial Studies. These will include most humanities and social science disciplines, for example psychology, sociology, politics, history, cultural studies. ...
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MA Psychosocial Studies
Full-Time Programme
Introduction
Psychosocial Studies is concerned with the inter-relation between individual subjectivities and identities, and historical and contemporary social and political formations. In order to understand the complexities of this inter-relation, the course combines insights drawn from psychology and its related disciplines (such as psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, group analysis and systems theory) with understandings of the social and political domain drawn from disciplines such as sociology, political studies, anthropology, cultural studies, philosophy, feminism, post-colonial studies and queer theory. It aims to connect discussions of our precarious and increasingly interconnected collective fates with our most intimate personal and psychic life. In doing so, MA Psychosocial Studies aims to better understand a range of concerns including violence, aggression and war; racial hatred, xenophobia and intolerance; trauma, loss and memory; affect and embodiment; intimacies, communities and care; parenting, friendship and love; sexuality, gender and desire; ethics, agency and human rights; resistance, transformation and change.
Suitable For
The MA Psychosocial Studies is designed for graduates with a wide range of backgrounds, who are looking to develop an in depth understanding of the relation between individual subjectivities and identities, and historical and contemporary social and political formations. You may be interested in pursuing an academic career in psychosocial studies, social and cultural theory, or in the social sciences or humanities more generally. You may wish to enhance your current career in social care, mental health, education, social research, international development, conflict resolution and mediation, arts and cultural industries, or your work in a range of settings, by studying the psychosocial at Masters level. You may wish simply to deepen your understanding of the contemporary world through a psychosocial lens.
Requirements:
Formal entry requirements are:
- A minimum of a second class honours degree or its equivalent in a discipline relevant to Psychosocial Studies. These will include most humanities and social science disciplines, for example psychology, sociology, politics, history, cultural studies.
- In exceptional circumstances, the Admissions Tutor will consider applicants who have substantial professional experience (e.g. teaching, counselling & psychotherapy, mediation, development work, arts and cultural industries, etc) without a first degree, and who can demonstrate through interview and a written assignment that they have the required academic abilities to complete a Masters level course.
Psychosocial Studies