PSYC 3610 - The Psychology of Relationships

5 credit hours
Formerly - PSYC 361

This course begins with an examination of research on the importance of relationships to one’s emotional, social and physical well-being. Relationships to self, family, friends, coworkers and those of the ‘different other’ are then explored through film, literature and theory. Students will read current research in the field of relationships, first-person narratives of relationships from Freud, Horney, Frankl, Fromm, May, Adler, & Jung, and autobiographical accounts of relationships in the memoirs of current and historical figures. Students will be expected to apply theoretical concepts of relationships to practical, personal experience.

Prerequisite Course/s: PSYC 1200, and at least two psychology electives