Psychoanalytic Studies

Hampshire College offers unique opportunities for undergraduate students to explore psychoanalysis in relation to society and culture. 

Students can explore psychoanalysis in its clinical traditions as well as contemporary forms, and are encouraged to elaborate their psychological interests and questions in relation to philosophy, creative writing, theater, literature, and the arts. Students become acquainted with a complex, controversial, and changing field through coursework; build a portfolio of work across courses; and can choose to pursue a final thesis capstone project directed by a committee in psychoanalytic studies.
Faculty who teach and advise in psychoanalytic studies come from three of the five interdisciplinary schools at the college: Critical Social Inquiry (CSI), Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies (HACU), and Interdisciplinary Arts (IA). 

• Literature and Psychoanalysis
• Advanced Topics in Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice
• Critical Theory Seminar: Psychoanalytic Theory and Criticism
• Disturbing Desire: Proust, Woolf, and Lacan
• Fictions of Childhood
• Joyce and Lacan: An Introduction
• Literature and Psychoanalysis
• Meeting Lacan: On the Couch, Through the Arts and On the Farm
• Nietzsche, Freud, and Lou-Andreas Salome
• Psychoanalytic Case Studies: Childhood and Adolescence
• Psychological Dynamics in Theater
• Foundations of Contemporary Literary Criticism (SC)
• Literature and Psychoanalysis (AC)
• Psychoanalysis and Law (AC)
• Reading Psychoanalysis (AC)

Requirements

• Common Application
• An academic paper in English
• Supplemental essay responses
• Current transcripts
• School report, including guidance counselor recommendation
• At least one letter of recommendation from a teacher
• Certification of Finances form
• TOEFL or IELTS score (Minimum TOEFL score of 91 or a minimum IELTS score of 6.5. Predicted grades for IB English A1 or A2, or for A-level English, will also be considered.
• Additional letters of recommendation, up to three

Want to improve your English level for admission?

Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.

• ✔️ Flexible study schedule
• ✔️ Experienced teachers
• ✔️ Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

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Scholarships

• MacArthur Foundation Grant Making Programs
• American Association of University Women
• Fulbright International Scholarship Program for non-US students