Readings are drawn from depth psychology, mythology, literature, folklore, anthropology, archeology, religion, and art history. The specific mythologies studied will vary by instructor and by semester. This course will utilize the slide holdings of the Archives for Research in Archetypal Symbolism, located in San Francisco, as well as the slide libraries of the faculty in the Psychology Department, and the Art History Library. The works of contemporary Jungian and depth psychology thinkers will be concentrated on. Required for all students.
Students continue to learn the methods and applications of depth psychology, as above.
The cross-cultural survey of mythology and symbolic motifs is continued, with attention to areas of faculty and student interest. 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.