Psychology and Mythology

ANTH/PSYCH 4355/6355
Fall 1997
Mark Glazer, Ph.D.

Instructor	Office Hours	Campus Address	e-mail
Meeting time and location	Course information	Required textbooks	Course Topics
Reading Assignments	Grading system	Exams	Term Papers
Folktale Collection Form	Cosmological Beliefs Collection Form	Links	Anthropology Program

Instructor: Mark Glazer
Office: L.A. 351
Phone: 381-2806
E-mail: mglazer@panam.edu
Office Hours: MWF, 10:40-11:40 A.M.

SBS 242

ANTH/PSYCH 4355/6355 PSYCHOLOGY AND MYTHOLOGY

This course will study the impact and interrelationships of psychological thought and mythological theory. The impact of the theories of Freud, Adler, Jung, Levi-Strauss and others on mythology will be studied. Prerequisite: ANTH 1323 or ANTH 1353 or PSYCH 1323 or consent of instructor.

Course Objectives:

1. The major objective of this course is to provide an understanding of myth through the study of its theoretical underpinnings in anthropology and psychology

2. A second goal of the course is to achieve a solid cross cultural and cross disciplinary foundation for the study of the mutual impact of studies in mythology, psychology and anthropology.

3. Finally the course will try to achieve an understanding of the topic through field collections in cosmological beliefs and legends.