Psychology and Modern Society
Course, Bachelor's level, 5LH016
Summer 2023 Summer 2023, Flexible, 50%, Distance learning, The course will be taught in English, if needed
- Location
- Flexible
- Pace of study
- 50%
- Teaching form
- Distance learning
- Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
- 0
- Number of optional on-campus meetings
- 0
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 5 June 2023–27 August 2023
- Language of instruction
- The course will be taught in English, if needed
- Entry requirements
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General entry requirements and History 1b or 1a1+1a2, Social Studies 1b or 1a1+1a2, English 6
- Selection
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Final school grades (60%) - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (40%)
- Fees
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If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 11,250
- Total tuition fee: SEK 11,250
- Application deadline
- 15 March 2023
- Application code
- UU-01416
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 26 April 2023–29 May 2023
- Information on registration
About the course
The course deals with the development of psychology as a modern science from the nineteenth century to our time. Through historical case studies, the course examines the emergence of psychology and the central role it has come to play in Western society.
How has psychology developed and shaped modern society and its institutions? How has the relationship between psychology and medical psychiatry developed and what role does psychological and psychiatric knowledge play in how modern societies categorize people into healthy and sick, normal and deviant, successful and unsuccessful? How does psychological knowledge affect our way of understanding ourselves as individuals and our place in society?
These are some of the central questions that the course highlights, based on current research and theory.
Outline for distance course: The course is given online. All contact with the teachers and other students is conducted via e-mail and online forums. In order to participate, students must have access to a computer, internet and e-mail. The course is examined through participation in on-line discussions and written assignments.
Contact
- Study counselling
- info@idehist.uu.se
- +46 18 471 29 47