European Studies
This programme is offered as an interfaculty programme of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing and the Institute for European Studies.
You shall be required to register and obtain credits for study-units to which a total of not less than 80 ECTS credits are assigned as indicated in the programmes of study. The programme of studies aims to provide you with a solid and comprehensive knowledge of the European Union from a multi-disciplinary angle, involving the politics, economics, law and history of European Integration. The degree aims to develop your analytical skills and to deepen your critical appraisal of EU policies and EU affairs in general. Special emphasis is also laid, where appropriate, on the deepening of knowledge of the theories and theoretical frameworks employed by the various disciplines in assessing EU policies.
Gender and Sexualities
The undergraduate programme in Gender and Sexualities will offer you the opportunity to consider and explore the various theories and perspectives on gender and sexualities, and the way they interact with other disciplines. Throughout the programme, you will learn how to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding about the main concepts and milestones underpinning the areas of gender and sexualities, the impact on different perspectives of everyday life, and the knowledge that has been gained over the last decades internationally, as well as explore how these have developed in the Maltese context.
Communication and Academic Skills Programme
The communication and academic skills programme complements students’ main course of study. It introduces them to writing and presenting as situated within academic contexts sensitive to specific disciplines and develops their competences for future careers.
European Studies
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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EST1020 | The Legal Order of the European Union | 8 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
EST1042 | European Integration Theories, Paradigms and Key Documents | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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EST1030 | Introduction to Comparative Politics of Europe | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
EST1036 | A Historical Perspective on EU Integration | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
EST1040 | Introductory Micro Economics for European Studies | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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EST2140 | Politics of the European Union | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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EST2060 | The Law of the Internal Market of the European Union | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
EST2210 | Development Studies and the European Union | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
EST3010 | The Economics of European Integration | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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EST2020 | Small States and the European Union | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
EST2230 | Social Policy and the European Union | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
EST2233 | Contemporary Migration Issues Across the Mediterranean (History, Policy and International Law) | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
EST2234 | Malta in the European Union | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
EST2235 | EU Cohesion Policy Implementation and Management | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
EST2236 | European Union Simulation Unit | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2) | |||||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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EST3212 | EU Competition Law | 8 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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EST3180 | Human Rights in the EU | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
EST3190 | European Environmental Law and Policy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
EST3200 | The EU's External Policy and the CFSP | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
EST3207 | Agenda-Setting in the European Union | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
EST3208 | The Economics of EU Policies | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
EST3214 | Political Parties in Europe | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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EST3090 | Euro-Mediterranean Relations | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
EST3191 | The Role of SMEs and Competitiveness in the European Union | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
EST3192 | European Union Economic and Monetary Union | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
EST3193 | European Union Trade Policy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
EST3197 | Comparative Federalism and the EU | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
EST3201 | Sustainable Development and the EU | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
EST3210 | European Security | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
EST3211 | The Future of the European Union | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
EST3213 | Identity and Culture in Europe | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Gender and Sexualities
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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GDS1002 | Gender and Culture | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
GDS1009 | Gender, Sociology and Politics | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
GRS1011 | Introduction to Gender and Sexualities | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)Students are required to choose ONE study-unit to the value of 4 ECTS credits from the elective study-units below: | |||||
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ANT1003 | Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
CLS1229 | Gender and Social Policy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
ELP1064 | Reflective Writing | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
GDS1003 | Gender, Poverty and Development | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
GDS1007 | Media Literacy and Gender Issues | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
GDS1008 | Violence Against Women | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI1090 | Philosophy: Tools and Problems | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOC1012 | Introducing Research Methods in the Social Sciences | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SWB1000 | The Arts for Health and Wellbeing | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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GDS1005 | Gender and Psychology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)Students are required to choose ONE study-unit to the value of 4 ECTS credits from the elective study-units below: | |||||
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GDS1010 | Gender and Law | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IRL1081* | The Global Politics of Inequality: Realities and Perspectives | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI1016 | Philosophy of Perception | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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GDS2002 | The Intersectionality of Inequality | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
GRS2005 | Sexual and Gender Diversity for Social Wellbeing | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
GRS2006 | Gender, Sexuality and Religion | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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ART2038 | Gender Issues in Art | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
DBS2004 | Sexuality and Disability | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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GRS2003 | Gender Issues in Cultural Mediation | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
GRS2004 | Queering Knowledge | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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ANT3022 | Anthropology of Gender and Sexualities | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY2626 | Psychology of Sexuality | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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GDS3001 | Gender in Communications | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
GDS3004 | Mainstreaming for Diversity | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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GDM3003 | Ageing in a Gendered World: Older Women’s Issues and Identities | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
GDS3005 | Gender, Sexuality and Society | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2053 | Women in Philosophy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
YTH3011 | Young People and Sexuality | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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GDS3003 | Gender, Culture and the Body | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
GRS3006 | Gendered Decision Making | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
GRS3007 | Migrating Bodies | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 and by the Bye-Laws for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Arts - B.A. - under the auspices of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing.