Required for all students. Students continue to learn the methods and applications of depth psychology, as above. Required for all students . The cross-cultural survey of mythology and symbolic motifs is continued, with attention to areas of faculty and student interest. Required for all students.
Students learn the fundamental approaches to doing research in depth psychology.
This includes solid library experience in research, writing, and basic interviewing techniques, as well as clinical, phenomenological and feminist orientations to collecting and interpreting data. Early in the semester, students will begin to articulate the guiding question of their Master's Thesis or Investigative Project. They will develop a research proposal, establish their methods, identify subjects, begin the research process, and begin collecting data, if appropriate to their study. Students will read contemporary research and writings in journals such as Journal of Analytical Psychology, Harvest, Psychological Perspectives, Quadrant, Spring, and San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal. Required for all students.