2019-2020 / PHIL0025-1

Critical anthropology of psychology

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in anthropology (120 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculté des Sciences sociales)5 crédits 
 Bachelor in ancient and modern languages and literatures5 crédits 
 Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : classics5 crédits 
 Bachelor in information and communication5 crédits 
 Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : German, Dutch and English5 crédits 
 Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : general5 crédits 
 Bachelor in history5 crédits 
 Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : general5 crédits 
 Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : musicology5 crédits 
 Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : Oriental studies5 crédits 
 Bachelor in philosophy5 crédits 
 Bachelor in French and Romance languages and literatures : general5 crédits 
 Master in communication (120 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Certificat en didactique du cours de philosophie et de citoyenneté5 crédits 

Lecturer

Vinciane Despret

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Theoretical part: exposition of various psychological theories related to a given theme. Practical part: application of critical reading to explanatory theories. Selected theme: in alternate years, a theme from either human or animal psychology (emotions, the question of influence, constructivism in psychology, etc.)

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

To enable students to critically read the scientific theories of human and animal psychology, in order to pinpoint the multiple stakes that determine the theoretical and methodological choices. Deal with the specificity of human and social sciences in the more general domain of epistemology.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

The course is organised in the form of four hours of seminars a week each Monday 9-11 and 15-17

Recommended or required readings

2 books dealing with similar issues should be analysed. The references of the books will be given during the seminar.

Assessment methods and criteria

Students are expected to give a written paper about one of the topics of the seminar, this paper should be based upon the 2 books they will choose in the list. Students are expected to give an oral presentation of a first version of their work in March.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Philosophy department,
place du 20-Août, 2nd floor
Vinciane DESPRET
Tel. 04 366 55 98 - Fax 04 366 55 59
Private number 04 232 07 65
E-mail: v. despret@ulg.ac.be
Secretary's office
Tel. 366 55 99 - Fax 366 55 59

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

Assessment subjects

The evaluation (analysis of two books related to the course) will be done by the handing in of a written work to be sent by e-mail by June 1st, and if possible, by the handing in of a paper document in the following days. If it is not possible to submit the work in a non-digital version, the digital version will be sufficient. 

Assessment methods

see evaluation material 

Contacts

v.despret@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

Assessment methods

Contacts