Coursework

SUBMISSION OF COURSEWORK

All coursework must be uploaded and submitted to FASer, the University’s Online Coursework Submission system available at http://faser.essex.ac.uk/.   Please ensure that your assignment is watermarked, by selecting the ‘watermark’ tick box on FASer.

The deadline for online submissions is 10.00 on the date stipulated. 

We strongly recommend that you do this earlier to avoid any last minute issues.  You must ensure that you are familiar with this process well in advance of the deadline.  Guidance on how to upload your work is available on the FASer website through the submission system.

When submitting your coursework, please make sure:

1)      that your name, the module code and coursework title is clearly set out at the top of the first page;

2)      that you include the ‘Essay Cover Sheet’ at the front of the assignment or as an additional document.  Copies of the cover sheet can be found on Moodle or the School’s Website at: http://www.essex.ac.uk/philosophy/current_students/resources/default.aspx ;

3)      A word count is displayed at the end of your essay.

No extensions will be granted.  Students who fail to submit their coursework by the stipulated deadline will receive a mark of zero unless they are able to submit a valid claim for late submission.  Details of the University’s Late Submission Policy can be found at http://www2.essex.ac.uk/academic/students/ug/crswk_pol.htm .

Every year we have a number of students who are found guilty of plagiarism and the penalties can be severe.  For a second offence it usually means that the student concerned is asked to withdraw.  If you are uncertain about how to reference your work take a look at the following web site:  http://www.essex.ac.uk/plagiarism/    or speak to one of your lecturers.

ESSAY QUESTIONS

Deadline:         10.00 am, Thursday 10 March, 2016

Return date:    2.00 pm, Monday 18 April, 2016

Answer one of the following questions:

1. Does psychoanalysis provide a good answer to the problem of how human beings can behave irrationally?

2. How convincing do you find Freud’s claim that a dream is a disguised expression of unconscious thoughts and wishes?

3. Are Freud’s views on gender identity hopelessly outdated, or can psychoanalysis provide the basis for a critical theory of gender?

4. How far do you agree that transference is the crucial element in the process of psychoanalytic treatment?

5. Was Freud right to be suspicious of counter-transference, or are later analysts correct to argue that it is an important resource for the analyst?

6. Was Sartre right to argue that Freud’s concept of the unconscious is unhelpful for explaining the possibility of self-deception and ultimately incoherent?

7. How far would you agree that there is a lack of fit between Freud’s conviction that psychoanalysis is a ‘science’ and the actual methods of psychoanalysis?

Second (Optional) Essay

Deadline:         10.00 am, Thursday 5 May, 2016.    No late coursework will be accepted.

Return date:     2.00 pm,  Thursday 12 May, 2016

If you wish to write an optional essay and are eligible to do so, then choose a question (not the one you have already answered) from the list above. If you would like feedback on your coursework, then please do not hesitate to get in touch with your class teacher during their office hours (as shown on their office doors) or by appointment.