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HIST 481 - Mind, Madness and Culture: Psychotherapy in Europe and America

(3 units) CO10, CO12, CO13
Psychotherapy in historical context, socio-political functions, effects upon the definition of the self, specific relations to gender, ethics and culture.

Prerequisite(s): General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. understand and explain how concepts of the self and notions of madness/mental illness were formed and transformed from the 18th c. to the present, with attention to the interaction between social, moral, philosophical, and medical assumptions.
2. analyze and synthesize primary, secondary, and cultural (institutional and material) sources.
3. find and use historical scholarship to answer a research question.
4. present ideas in a clear and persuasive manner both orally and in writing, in accordance with the ethical principles governing scholarly inquiry.
5. use relevant scholarship and historical evidence to analyze the experiences of those labeled mentally ill and to assess the social, political, and moral nature of processes of framing and treating mental disease from the 18th c. to the present.


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