MDCS40460 Ethics, Research Methods and Clinical Applications

Academic Year 2023/2024

Jacques Lacan's Seminar The Ethics of Psychoanalysis is the central text for this module. Students encounter how psychoanalytic ethics differ from humanist ethics and why they resist codification. The contribution of psychoanalytic theory and practice in two topical domains will also be addressed 1) addiction, where the role of the administration of in diagnosis and treatment will be explored; 2) criminality, where the implications of Freud's concept of criminals being so from a sense of unconscious guilt will be assessed. Consideration is given to implications for our understanding of science, clinical practice and research. In light of this there will be sessions on research writing appropriate to the psychoanalytic field to support the work of the Dissertation (MDCS40480).

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Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:1. Demonstrate understanding of Lacan's teaching in his seminar on ethics including appreciation of his critique of Aristotelian ethics. 2. Demonstrate understanding of Lacan's reference to Sophocles' Antigone. 3. Demonstrate a psychoanalytic understanding of criminality and of addiction and their therapeutic implications 4. Understand and apply the implications of the discussion of science and research for properly psychoanalytic research where the unconscious is a fundamental concept.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

32
Specified Learning Activities

10
Autonomous Student Learning

60
Total

102
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
peer and group work; lectures; critical writing; reflective learning; in-class discussion case-based learning; student presentations 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Essay + non-graded mandatory class presentation followed by submission of written report Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

100

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students are invited to contact the Programme Leader following receipt of grades to learn from their work

Name Role
Dr Grainne Donohue Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Barry O'Donnell Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Hugh Cummins Tutor
Ms Kim Spendlove Tutor
Ms Frances Tighe Tutor
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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