Professional/Short course Affect, Emotion and Society

Content

This will be a work-based learning course and, as such, guided by developments in the field as well as your requirements.

It will present the psychoanalytic, sociological and philosophical underpinnings of a psycho-social approach in the social sciences through the following themes:

• The affective body in society and the formation of identities
• Culture, affect and identity
• Affect and emotion in the psycho-analytic tradition
• Embodied affect and consciousness
• The body and society as complex systems
• Intergenerational dynamics and identity in relation to politics, groups and organisations

Learning and Teaching

Scheduled learning includes lectorials, tutorials, project supervision; work based learning.

Lectorials will be used to both introduce and discuss key psycho-social themes, concepts and debates already existing in the area of emotion, affect and society.

Lectorials allow a form of interactive delivery, whereby discussion and connections between your present work and/or past professional experience and content may influence lecture content delivery.

Tutorials will be aimed at guiding you through your learning and at facilitating you to create a bespoke learning contract and assessment portfolio.

Independent learning includes hours engaged with essential reading, assignment preparation and completion etc. Scheduled sessions may vary slightly depending on the module choices you make.

Blackboard will be used to facilitate learning through providing guidance and learning materials.

The work environment, whether based on paid employment or volunteering, is also a source of experiential learning and specific skills acquisition required for the module.

Study time

Delivery pattern will be flexible, work-based and vary in line with the requirements of those utilising this module. However, this would be based on a model that may envisage:

• 25 contact hours ideally delivered in day blocks to facilitate travel and work cover arrangements.
• 100 hours of work-based learning over the module.
• 175 hours private study/reading.

Assessment

A project of 6,000 words because some options of assessment will not take the form of written work in the form of an orthodox essay or report. Other options include:

• A portfolio of evidence.
• A presentation with associated reflection.
• Production of a patient/service user information leaflet or video with associated reflection.
• A paper or letter prepared for publication with associated reflection.

Clearly, where there are different options for assessment there will be guidelines so that you and academic staff can have confidence that assessments are comparable. Assessment strategies need to meet three criteria:

1. That the negotiated learning outcomes related to the module outcomes are met.
2. That the correct academic level is reached.
3. That the learning, including assessment, represents 300 hours of study, nominally.