UBAPHISOCFT-2024-5-O - L-Università ta' Malta

Course Title

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Sociology

MQF Level

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

Information for International applicants

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Sociology

An Advanced Level pass in any of the following subjects: Sociology, Philosophy, Geography, Economics, History, Home Economics and Human Ecology, Information Technology, Marketing, Religious Knowledge, Theatre and Performance.

Philosophy

Applicants in terms of the 'maturity (adult learners) clause' are required to sit for an interview, held on a date which will be announced in due course. Once announced, this date cannot be changed. The closing date for receipt of applications from applicants in terms of the 'maturity (adult learners) clause' is 31 August 2024 at 2pm.

Applicants may also be required to submit a Learning Portfolio. Further information about the Portfolio will be forwarded to applicants.

Applicants wishing to join the part-time mode must submit their application as full-time, and then include a note in the comments box of the application form, denoting their preference to be considered for the part-time option. Such requests will be considered by the Board of the Faculty.

Sociology

Applicants may also be required to submit a Learning Portfolio. Further information about the Portfolio will be forwarded to applicants.

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Philosophy

In the undergraduate course in philosophy, we will help enrich and refine your philosophical knowledge by providing in depth and intricate lectures on the multifaceted nature of its school of thoughts. During the course you will gain a holistic perspective on the development of philosophical thought through our taught and research curriculum, lecture debates, assignments and presentations. We will equip you with an accuracy for critical thought, sceptical analysis and a heightened sense of observational and analytical skills that will be fruitful in both of your personal life and field of work. We also encourage you to participate in the Erasmus+ mobility programme for a diverse and multicultural academic learning experience.

Sociology

In the undergraduate course in Sociology, we will provide you with an academic lens on the study of human behaviour and its causal and contingent relationship with social life in its versatile facets. By studying sociology, you will become knowledgeable on the cohesive and important structures of society and its organisations. You will have a heightened and refined awareness on topics ranging from economic and environmental sociology, to sociology of sport, law and religion. We will also encourage you to participate in an Erasmus+ mobility programme for a multicultural and diverse academic journey.

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.

Philosophy


Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

PHI1001	History of Philosophy: (a) Ancient Philosophy and (b) Medieval Philosophy	4 ECTS	(NC)
PHI1014	Political Philosophy	4 ECTS
PHI1028	Philosophical Practice	2 ECTS
PHI1090	Philosophy: Tools and Problems	4 ECTS


Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

PHI1006	History of Philosophy: (a) Modern Philosophy and (b) Contemporary Philosophy	4 ECTS	(NC)
PHI1017	Ethics	4 ECTS
PHI1024	Epistemology	4 ECTS

Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in Philosophy
26 ECTS credits in the other area
8 ECTS credits in optional study-units

Total credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 8 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.


Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

PHI2044	Theories of Consciousness	4 ECTS
PHI2120	Metaphysics 1: Ontology	4 ECTS

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

PHI2002	The Philosophy of Mind: (a) An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind; (b) A Contemporary Theory of Mind - John McDowell	4 ECTS
PHI2005	Philosophy of Religion	4 ECTS
PHI2047	Aristotle's Ethics	4 ECTS
PHI2051	Aesthetics	4 ECTS
PHI2052	New Realism and Materialism	4 ECTS
PHI2053*	Women in Philosophy	4 ECTS
PHI3023**	Philosophy of Science	4 ECTS
PHI3039***	Thematic Readings in Political Thought	4 ECTS
PHI3043	Frege: Conceptual Notation (Begriffsschrift)	4 ECTS
PHI3045	Contemporary Analytic Philosophy	4 ECTS
PHI3048	Social Ontology	4 ECTS
PHI3067	A Critical Reading of Descartes Meditations	4 ECTS
* Study-unit PHI2053 alternates with study-unit PHI2034 Study-unit PHI3032 alternates with study-unit PHI3054 * Study-unit PHI3039 alternates with study-unit PHI2029

Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

PHI2001	Logic	6 ECTS
PHI2121	Philosophy of Language	4 ECTS

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

PHI2036	Set Text in Analytic Philosophy	4 ECTS
PHI2037	Plato: Three Dialogues (Republic, Symposium, Phaedrus)	4 ECTS
PHI2039	Doing Philosophy in the Islamic World	4 ECTS
PHI2123	Metaphysics 2: Natural Theology and Atheism	4 ECTS
PHI3026	Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations	4 ECTS
PHI3028	Philosophy of the Media	4 ECTS
PHI3031	Philosophy of Mathematics	4 ECTS
PHI3046	Contemporary Continental Philosophy	4 ECTS
PHI3047*	Philosophy and Technology	4 ECTS
PHI3052	Philosophy of the Animal	4 ECTS
PHI3065	Questions on the Ethical and Political	4 ECTS
PHI3072	Pascal's Pensee's - A Cultural Study	4 ECTS
* Study-unit PHI3047 alternates every other year

Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 ECTS credits in Philosophy
26 ECTS credits in the other area
8 ECTS credits optional study-units

Total credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 16 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.


Semester 1

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

PHI2002	The Philosophy of Mind: (a) An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind; (b) A Contemporary Theory of Mind - John McDowell	4 ECTS
PHI2005	Philosophy of Religion	4 ECTS
PHI2029*	Early Modern Ideas: Science, Politics and Religion	4 ECTS
PHI2034**	Phenomenology and Existentialism	4 ECTS
PHI2047	Aristotle's Ethics	4 ECTS
PHI2051	Aesthetics	4 ECTS
PHI2052	New Realism and Materialism	4 ECTS
PHI3043	Frege: Conceptual Notation (Begriffsschrift)	4 ECTS
PHI3045	Contemporary Analytic Philosophy	4 ECTS
PHI3048	Social Ontology	4 ECTS
PHI3054***	The Frankfurt School	4 ECTS
PHI3067	A Critical Reading of Descartes Meditations	4 ECTS
* Study-unit PHI2029 alternates with study-unit PHI3039 Study-unit PHI2034 alternates with study-unit PHI2053 * Study-unit PHI3054 alternates with study-unit PHI3023

Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

PHI3010	Synoptic Study-Unit 1: Philosophy	6 ECTS	(NC)
PHI3011	Synoptic Study-Unit 2: Philosophy	6 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

PHI2036	Set Text in Analytic Philosophy	4 ECTS
PHI2037	Plato: Three Dialogues (Republic, Symposium, Phaedrus)	4 ECTS
PHI2039	Doing Philosophy in the Islamic World	4 ECTS
PHI2123	Metaphysics 2: Natural Theology and Atheism	4 ECTS
PHI3026	Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations	4 ECTS
PHI3028	Philosophy of the Media	4 ECTS
PHI3031	Philosophy of Mathematics	4 ECTS
PHI3046	Contemporary Continental Philosophy	4 ECTS
PHI3052	Philosophy of the Animal	4 ECTS
PHI3065	Questions on the Ethical and Political	4 ECTS
PHI3072	Pascal's Pensee's - A Cultural Study	4 ECTS

Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS credits, of which:
28 ECTS credits in Philosophy
28 ECTS credits in the other area
4 ECTS credits optional study-units

Requirement for award of B.A. Philosophy and in another area of study: 180 ECTS credits, of which:
80 ECTS credits in Philosophy
80 ECTS credits in the other area
20 ECTS credits optional study-units

Sociology


Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

SOC1012	Introducing Research Methods in the Social Sciences	4 ECTS	(NC)
SOC1014	Family Life - A Sociological Investigation	4 ECTS	(NC)
SOC1046	Urban Society and Culture	4 ECTS	(NC)
SOC1061	Sociology of Island Life	4 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

SOC1007	The Sociological Imaginary in Practice	2 ECTS	(NC)
SOC1058	Health, Illness and Society	4 ECTS	(NC)
SOC1060	Foundations of Sociology: Theories and Perspectives	4 ECTS	(NC)

Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in Sociology
26 ECTS credits in the other area
8 ECTS credits in optional study-units

Total credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 10 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.


Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

SOC2102	Key Concepts in Contemporary Sociology	4 ECTS	(NC)
SOC2125	Quantitative Research in Social Sciences	4 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

SOC2000	Economic Sociology	4 ECTS
SOC2051	Contemporary Social Issues	4 ECTS
SOC2055	Quantitative Analysis: SPSS in Practice	4 ECTS
SOC2067	Sociology of Disability	4 ECTS
SOC2068	Work Placement	4 ECTS
SOC2071	Intoduction to Demography	4 ECTS
SOC2079	Sociology of Space and Place	4 ECTS
SOC3028	The Sociology of Deviance	4 ECTS
SOC3030	Sociology of Sport	4 ECTS
SOC3031	Sociology of Politics and the State	4 ECTS
SOC3032	Sociology of the Professions	4 ECTS


Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

SOC2003	Qualitative Approaches in the Social Sciences	4 ECTS	(NC)
SOC2121	Principles of Data Visualisation	4 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

SOC2007	Theories in Sociology of Religion	4 ECTS
SOC2010	Environmental Sociology	4 ECTS
SOC2018	Empirical Research in Sociology	4 ECTS
SOC2025	Locating the Global Society	4 ECTS
SOC2044	Sociology of Law	4 ECTS
SOC2072	Demographic Processes	4 ECTS
SOC2073	Visual Sociology	4 ECTS
SOC2123	Theories of Social Policy	4 ECTS
SOC2124	Gender: A Sociological Exploration	4 ECTS
SOC2345	Sociology of Social Movements	4 ECTS
SOC3005	Sociology of Money	4 ECTS

Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 ECTS credits in Sociology
26 ECTS credits in the other area
8 ECTS credits optional study-units

Total credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 16 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.


Semester 1

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

SOC2000	Economic Sociology	4 ECTS
SOC2051	Contemporary Social Issues	4 ECTS
SOC2055	Quantitative Analysis: SPSS in Practice	4 ECTS
SOC2067	Sociology of Disability	4 ECTS
SOC2068	Work Placement	4 ECTS
SOC2071	Intoduction to Demography	4 ECTS
SOC2079	Sociology of Space and Place	4 ECTS
SOC3028	The Sociology of Deviance	4 ECTS
SOC3030	Sociology of Sport	4 ECTS
SOC3031	Sociology of Politics and the State	4 ECTS
SOC3032	Sociology of the Professions	4 ECTS


Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

SOC3003	Synoptic Study-Unit 1 - Theory and Institutions	6 ECTS	(NC)
SOC3004	Synoptic Study-Unit 2 - Methodology and Applied	6 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

SOC2007	Theories in Sociology of Religion	4 ECTS
SOC2010	Environmental Sociology	4 ECTS
SOC2018	Empirical Research in Sociology	4 ECTS
SOC2025	Locating the Global Society	4 ECTS
SOC2044	Sociology of Law	4 ECTS
SOC2072	Demographic Processes	4 ECTS
SOC2073	Visual Sociology	4 ECTS
SOC2123	Theories of Social Policy	4 ECTS
SOC2124	Gender: A Sociological Exploration	4 ECTS
SOC2345	Sociology of Social Movements	4 ECTS
SOC3005	Sociology of Money	4 ECTS
SOC3030	Sociology of Sport	4 ECTS

Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS credits, of which:
28 ECTS credits in Sociology
28 ECTS credits in the other area
4 ECTS credits optional study-units

Requirement for award of B.A. Sociology and in another area of study: 180 ECTS credits, of which:
80 ECTS credits in Sociology
80 ECTS credits in the other area
20 ECTS credits optional study-units

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 Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts.

Philosophy

Upon successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

Thoroughly read philosophical texts and critically engage with texts to discuss them coherently and fluently.
Engage in discursive atmospheres composed of an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary nature.
Recall key historic philosophers and distinguish between different schools of thought and movements, with a keen awareness on their main contributions to the general spectrum of philosophy.
Carry out and conduct research in an academic and critical manner.
Evaluate the ethical nature of transdisciplinary areas by combining your philosophical knowledge and applying ethical theory to specific disciplines.

Sociology

Upon successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

Engage and contribute to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary discussion through your heightened capacity for critical thought and awareness of the integration of sociological concepts in a broad range of areas.
Use methodological research skills to conduct and write academic essays related to the subject matter.
Have a deep understanding of sociological concepts, theories and criticisms in its multifaceted areas.
Use your sociological perspective and your refined sense for critical thought and awareness by applying them to contemporary issues, both locally and internationally.
Interpret, analyse and create sociological hypotheses through the application of sociological theories.

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Fee per academic year: Eur 8,500

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Philosophy

If you are interested in furthering your academic knowledge or are considering an academic career as a teacher or lecturer, then we encourage you to enrol in a postgraduate course offered by the University of Malta. Other career opportunities, both locally and internationally, feature professions such as a newspaper journalist, author, human resources officer and as a business analyst.

Sociology

As a graduate in this programme of study you will have career opportunities, both locally and internationally, as a policy officer, advice worker, community development worker, youth worker, police officer, teacher, social researcher, human resources officer, journalist and public relations officer. If you are interested in furthering your studies, or are considering an academic profession, then we encourage you to pursue a postgraduate programme offered at our university.

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