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

Course Title

Bachelor of Arts in Theology and Anthropology

MQF Level

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

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Theology

Students registering for the course shall be required to indicate their choice of a second Main Area of study to be taken with Theology at the time of applying for admission.

Students for the Theology and Human Studies degree shall be required to register and obtain credits for study-units to which a total of not less than 180 ECTS credits are assigned, of which not less than 94 ECTS credits shall be obtained from the Theology programme of study, not less than 80 ECTS credits from the programme of study of the second Main Ordinary area of study and 6 ECTS credits in optional study-units.

The Bachelor of Arts in Theology and Human Studies programme meets a variety of educational needs through the combination of Theology with a number of areas of humanistic studies. It provides a good base for students wishing to qualify as teachers of Religion at secondary school level (after pursuing studies in a teacher training course).

It is also intended for students who would like to prepare for church or community related work, including work in religious tourism, through the combination of Theology with Sociology, Psychology, Communication Studies, Philosophy, History or a language subject.

The Bachelor of Arts in Theology will prepare you to study and explore the intertwining relationships between faith, philosophy, and human experience. By engaging with a variety of scriptures and contributing to in-class theological debates, you will cultivate a more refined mind-set and approach towards religious thought. The course features a wide range of units that will cover different facets of theology, which will provide a holistic and unique learning experience. To name a few, some of the units involved range from; Fundamental Patrology, The History of the Church in Malta and the Philosophical Foundations of Theology, to Christian Anthropology, Bioethics, and Prophetic, Apocalyptic and Wisdom Literature.

Anthropology

The programme in Anthropology will provide you with an intricate and wide academic understanding of the subject-matter. During your course of studies, you will learn about the social, cultural, biological and linguistic aspects that comprise anthropology. Your knowledge on these areas may also culminate into a research-based dissertation that you will carry out in your final year of your programme of study. By studying about the origin and contemporary standing of anthropology, you will be provided with a wide spectrum of facets that will contribute to a more holistic understanding, ranging from evolution and society, to psychoanalysis, migration and post-colonialism, to name a few. We will also encourage you to participate in the Erasmus+ mobility programme, as we believe that an international and multi-cultural experience will provide you with a more holistic learning outcome.

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.

Theology

During their first year of studies, in addition to the compulsory study-units, students shall be required to choose a total value of 2 ECTS credits which may be taken from the list of optional study-units.

The total number of study-units to be covered during the year should as much as possible be spread evenly over the two semesters.


Semester 1

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

FDT1100	Philosophical Foundations of Theology	4 ECTS	(NC)
THL1001	Introduction to Theology	10 ECTS	(NC)

Students taking Philosophy* as their Human Studies area must register for the following study-unit:*

FDT1300	The Philosophy of Personhood	4 ECTS

Students taking any other* Human Studies area must register for the following study-unit:*

PHI1001	History of Philosophy: (a) Ancient Philosophy and (b) Medieval Philosophy	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

FDT1020	The Mystery of Christ	4 ECTS	(NC)
HPA1061	The Church in Early Christian Thought	2 ECTS	(NC)

Students taking Philosophy* as their Human Studies area must register for the following study-units:*

HPA1300	Platonic Philosophy in Christian Alexandria (2nd-5th Century)	4 ECTS
PHI1025	An Introduction to Philosophy through Film	2 ECTS
PHI1027	An Introduction to the Philosophy of Communication	2 ECTS

Students taking any other* Human Studies area must register for the following study-units:*

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

During their second year of studies, in addition to the compulsory study-units, students shall be required to choose 2 ECTS credits which may be taken from the list of optional study-units.

The total number of study-units to be covered during the year should as much as possible be spread evenly over the two semesters.


Semester 1

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

FDT2310	A Christian Understanding of God	4 ECTS	(NC)
HPA2230	Fundamental Patrology	4 ECTS	(NC)
MRT1020	Catholic Social Teaching	2 ECTS	(NC)
MRT2010	Principles of Moral Theology	4 ECTS	(NC)
SHG3050	The Synoptic Gospels	4 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 2

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

HPA1061	The Church in Early Christian Thought	2 ECTS	(NC)
HPA2231	The History of the Church in Malta	4 ECTS	(NC)
MRT3300	Politics, Economics and Theology	4 ECTS	(NC)
SHG2050	Johannine Literature	4 ECTS	(NC)


Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)

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

FDT3160	Christian Anthropology	6 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 1

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

MRT3330	Theology, Sexuality and Marriage	4 ECTS	(NC)
SHG2160	Pentateuch and Historical Books	4 ECTS	(NC)
SHG3050	The Synoptic Gospels	4 ECTS	(NC)

Students NOT taking Philosophy as their Human Studies area must register for the following study-unit:

PHI2120	Metaphysics 1: Ontology	4 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 2

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

HPA1100	Early Christian History	4 ECTS	(NC)
MRT3340	Bioethics	4 ECTS	(NC)
SHG2064	Hermeneutics of the Inspired Scriptures	2 ECTS	(NC)
SHG2260	Prophetic, Apocalyptic and Wisdom Literature	4 ECTS	(NC)

Students taking Philosophy* as their Human Studies area must register for ONE the following study-units:*

PHI2039	Doing Philosophy in the Islamic World	4 ECTS
PHI2051	Aesthetics	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

Anthropology


Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)

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

ANT1004	Ethnography and Anthropological Theory	8 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 1

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

ANT1003	Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology	4 ECTS	(NC)
ANT1030	Academic Writing and Anthropology	4 ECTS

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

ARC1105*	Introduction to Human Evolution	2 ECTS
CVL1013	Introduction to Legal Anthropology	4 ECTS
* Study-unit ARC1105 cannot be taken by students who registered for study-unit ARC1005 in their Archaeology area.

Semester 2

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

ANT1001	Human Societies: The Comparative Perspective	4 ECTS
ANT1005	Locating the Anthropology of the Mediterranean	4 ECTS
ANT1009	Anthropology and the Contemporary World	2 ECTS


Semester 1

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

ANT2020	Kinship, Family and Marriage	4 ECTS	(NC)

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

ANT2002	Law, State and Society in Southern Europe	4 ECTS
ANT2003	Nation, State and Society in the Middle East/North Africa	4 ECTS
ANT2057	Anthropology of Food	4 ECTS
ANT2059	Refugees and Displacement: Anthropological Perspectives	4 ECTS
ANT3019	Historical Anthropology	4 ECTS
ANT3027	Visual Anthropology: Theory and Photographic Applications	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

ANT3016	Anthropology of Religion	4 ECTS	(NC)

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

ANT2050	Anthropology of Borders	4 ECTS
ANT2054	The Body in Culture and Society	2 ECTS
ANT2055	Anthropology and Art	2 ECTS
ANT3022	Anthropology of Gender and Sexualities	4 ECTS
ANT3060	Advanced Topic in Social or Cultural Anthropology	2 ECTS
ANT3082	Anthropology and the Hellenic World	4 ECTS
ANT3122	Anthropology and Literature	2 ECTS


Semester 1

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

ANT3006	Political Anthropology	4 ECTS	(NC)

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

ANT2047	Emotions, Culture and Society	4 ECTS
ANT3023	Anthropological Perspectives on Human Rights	4 ECTS
ANT3030	Anthropology of Migration	4 ECTS
ANT3035	Special Topic in Anthropology	2 ECTS
ANT3037	Anthropology and Post-Colonialism	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

ANT3007	Economic Anthropology	4 ECTS	(NC)
ANT3033	Current Issues in Cultural and Social Anthropology: Synoptic Revisions	4 ECTS	(NC)
ANT3068	Synoptic Study-Unit: General Anthropology	6 ECTS	(NC)
ANT3069	Synoptic Study-Unit: Regional and Global Anthropology	6 ECTS	(NC)

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

ANT2082	Themes in Evolutionary Anthropology	2 ECTS
ANT3021	Feminisms and Anthropology	2 ECTS
ANT3041	Anthropology of Islam	4 ECTS
ANT3052	Medical Anthropology	4 ECTS
ANT3064	Psychoanalysis and Anthropology	4 ECTS
ANT3080	History, Memory and Identity	4 ECTS

This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 and by the Bye-Laws for the award of Bachelor of Arts in Theology and Human Studies under the auspices of the Faculty of Theology.

Theology

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

Stimulate creative thinking when examining theological claims.
Classify the various ideas about the Church found in different texts.
Identify the major sources (documents) of Catholic social teaching, and be familiar with their development in their ecclesial and secular historical context.
Articulate clearly and faithfully the Christian Social Teaching and its practical application to specific issues and problems.
Relate to and interpret formative events, leading personalities, religious and devotional trends in the history of the Local Church, with a particular emphasis on its artistic, documentary and folkloristic heritage.
Appraise the role of the Church in Maltese society today in light of its past.

Anthropology

Upon successfully completing the course, you will:

Have a refined and proficient skill-set in understanding how human diversity, behaviours and ideas have been impacted across time through biological, cultural, historical and linguistic perspectives.
Be able to carry out independent research and compose academic writings.
Be knowledgeable of the theories and history related to the discipline.
Contribute your anthropological knowledge to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary discussions.
Demonstrate your knowledge through effective communication and construct arguments by using your refined capacity for critical thinking.

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Theology

As a graduate, the course will prepare you for church or community related work, including work in religious tourism and religious leadership, provided that the necessary requirements are met.

If you would like to pursue an academic career or further your studies, you may choose to enrol in a postgraduate course locally or internationally.

Anthropology

This programme of study will prepare you for a wide range of anthropology related careers, both locally and abroad. These include working at museums, non-profit and community-based organisations, international development, organizational psychology, governmental work and marketing. If you are more inclined towards an academic career, we encourage you to further your studies by pursuing a post-graduate programme that our University offers, as a number of alumni have done so.

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