Courses:

Master of Arts in Psychoanalysis Sample Program of Study:

Course Number	Title	Credits
First Year, Semester 1
GPSA501	Human Development: 0 to 3 Years of Life	3
GPSA521	Basic Psychoanalytic Concepts	3
GPSA511	History of Psychoanalytic Theory: The Beginnings	3
GPSA541	Severe Emotional Disorders: Primitive Mental States	3
	Personal Training Analysis: It is strongly recommended that students begin a training analysis prior to starting the Externship experience. *
	Total Credits:	12

Course Number	Title	Credits
First Year, Semester 2
GPSA522	Modern Psychoanalytic Theory	3
GPSA542	Character Psychopathology and Defenses	3
GPSA551	Introduction to the Psychoanalytic Research Method	3
GPSA701	Externship Experience: Externship Placement: Students are required to work with 3 hospitalized or post-hospitalized patients for 50 hours each over three semesters. Externship Seminar: Understanding Symbolic Thinking, Unconscious Motivation, Defenses and Their Application in Clinical Settings.	4
GPSA720	Externship Small Group Supervision Personal Training Analysis: Students enrolled in the Externship must complete a minimum of 8 personal analytic sessions per semester. Analysts may be chosen from ACAP’s approved list or are available at student fees through ACAP’s treatment service.
	Total Credits:	13

Course Number	Title	Credits
Second Year, Semester 1
GPSA502	Human Development: Three Years to Adolescence	3
GPSA524	Psychoanalytic Theory of Dream Interpretation	3
GPSA600	Elective (any course offered or the designated special elective offered each semester)	3
GPSA702	Externship Experience (see 1st Year, Semester 2) Externship Placement: Continuation of Externship Externship Seminar: Transference and Resistance and Their Application in Clinical Settings	3
GPSA720	Externship Small Group Supervision Personal Training Analysis	1
	Total Credits:	13

Course Number	Title	Credits
Second Year, Semester 2
GPSA553	Research Methods and Thesis Advisement	3
GPSA703	Externship Experience: (see 1st Year, Semester 2) Externship Placement: Continuation of Externship Externship Seminar: Technical Approaches to the Treatment of Serious Disorders and Their Application in Clinical Settings	3
GPSA720	Externship Small Group Supervision	1
GPSA600	Elective (any course offered or the designated special elective offered each semester)	3
	Personal Training Analysis
	Total Credits:	10
	Total Degree Credits:	48

Note: The recommended course selection sequence is designed to allow completion of the MA in Psychoanalysis within a two-year period of time. Students anticipating more than two years to complete their degree should select their courses following the same designated sequence (progressing from the first to the fourth semester) except extended over their own time frame for program completion.

Note: Students from other Graduate Departments at Centenary may take courses within the Graduate Department of Psychoanalysis, except for the Externship courses, with permission of the Department.

* Students seeking admission to the advanced clinical certificate program need to have completed a minimum of 50 hours of approved personal training analysis.