UBESTCMS-2023-4-O - L-Università ta' Malta

Course Title

Bachelor of European Studies with Contemporary Mediterranean Studies

MQF Level

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

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European Studies

An Intermediate Level pass in English.

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European Studies

The programme of studies aims to provide you with a solid and comprehensive knowledge of the European Union from a multidisciplinary angle, involving the politics, economics, law and history of European Integration. Another aim is to develop students' 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. In your final year, you may have the chance to demonstrate your knowledge by carrying out a research-based dissertation. Participation in the Erasmus+ mobility programme is also encouraged, for a more holistic and diverse learning experience.

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

Students are required to register for ALL compulsory study-units (30 ECTS credits), 26 ECTS credits in a Secondary Area and 4 ECTS credits as optional study-units to a total of 60 ECTS credits.


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)

EST1020	The Legal Order of the European Union	8 ECTS	(NC)
EST1042	European Integration Theories, Paradigms and Key Documents	6 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 1

Erasmus and visiting students studying in Malta can either register for EST1022 Law of the Institutions: General Principles of European Union Law during the first semester or for EST1023 Enforcement of European Union Law in the second semester. Students registering for EST1023 are required to have covered an equivalent of EST1022 at their home institution. Both EST1022 and EST1023 have a credit value of 4 ECTS and will be assessed at the end of their respective semester. Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

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)


Semester 2

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

EST1041	Introductory Macro Economics for European Studies	4 ECTS	(NC)

Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
30 ECTS credits in European Studies
26 ECTS credits in the other area
4 ECTS credits in optional study-units

Total credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits

Students are required to register for ALL compulsory study-units (14 ECTS credits), at least 18 ECTS credits from the list of electives, 24 ECTS credits in a Secondary Area and 4 ECTS credits as optional study-units to a total of 60 ECTS credits..


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)

EST2229	Research Methodology and Writing Skills	6 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 1

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

EST2140	Politics of the European Union	4 ECTS	(NC)
EST3010	The Economics of European Integration	4 ECTS	(NC)

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

EST2060	The Law of the Internal Market of the European Union	4 ECTS
EST2210	Development Studies and the European Union	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

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

Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
32 ECTS credits in European Studies
24 ECTS credits in the other area
4 ECTS credits in optional study-units

Total credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits

Students are required to register for ALL compulsory study-units (4 ECTS credits), at least 28 ECTS credits from the list of electives and 24 ECTS credits in a Secondary Area, and 4 ECTS as optional study-units to a total of 60 ECTS credits.Students in the third year may be allowed to register for Study-Units offered in the second year provided this is permitted by the time-table and provided that students obtain no less than 56 credits at level 3.


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

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

EST3212	EU Competition Law	8 ECTS


Semester 1

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

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


Semester 2

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

EST3192	European Union Economic and Monetary Union	4 ECTS

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

EST3090	Euro-Mediterranean Relations	4 ECTS
EST3191	The Role of SMEs and Competitiveness in the European 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

Requirement for successful completion of Year 3:
32 ECTS credits in European Studies
24 ECTS credits in the other area
4 ECTS credits in optional study-units
Total credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits

Requirement for award of Bachelor of European Studies: 180 ECTS credits, of which:
94 ECTS credits in European Studies
78 ECTS credits in the subsidiary area
8 ECTS credits optional study-units

Contemporary Mediterranean Studies

Students are required to choose study-units to the value of 26 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.


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

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

ANT1004	Ethnography and Anthropological Theory	8 ECTS


Semester 1

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

GEO1005	The Geography of Populations: Concepts and Theories	4 ECTS
HST1126	The Mediterranean in Modern Times	2 ECTS

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

ANT1003	Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology	4 ECTS
HST1023	Introduction to Maltese Historical Demography	2 ECTS
IRL1082	Introduction to Political Studies	6 ECTS
IRL1091	Soft Power in International Relations: An Introduction to the Role of Media and Culture	4 ECTS
PHI1014	Political Philosophy	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

ANT1005	Locating the Anthropology of the Mediterranean	4 ECTS
SPA1003	An Overview of Spanish History	4 ECTS
SPA1013	Christians, Muslims and Jews in Al-Andalus	4 ECTS

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

HST1021	Europe in early modern times c.1450 - c.1789	4 ECTS
IRL1081	The Global Politics of Inequality: Realities and Perspectives	4 ECTS
IRL1088	Introduction to Foreign Policy	4 ECTS
IRL1089	Theories of International Relations	4 ECTS
PHI1006	History of Philosophy: (a) Modern Philosophy and (b) Contemporary Philosophy	4 ECTS

In addition to any compulsory study-units as indicated in the programmes of study for the two Main Areas, students are required to register for optional/elective study-units to bring their total to 60 ECTS credits per academic year.


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

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

IRL3096	Contemporary European Studies	8 ECTS


Semester 1

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

ANT3006	Political Anthropology	4 ECTS
ANT3030	Anthropology of Migration	4 ECTS
ARB2022	Arab History and Civilization: The Oral Tradition	4 ECTS
GEO2050	Historical and Political Geography	4 ECTS
HST2014	A History of the Family and Sexual Behaviour	4 ECTS
HST2017	Anglo-Italian Relations in the Mediterranean: From the Renaissance to the Cold War	4 ECTS
HST3011	European Industrialisation and Mediterranean Underdevelopment	6 ECTS
IRL2074	The Muslim-Arab World in Contemporary Times	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

ANT3041	Anthropology of Islam	4 ECTS
ANT3080	History, Memory and Identity	4 ECTS
GEO2005	Physical Structure of the Mediterranean	4 ECTS
HST2005	Contemporary Mediterranean History	6 ECTS
HST2027	Introduction to Historical Demographic Theories	4 ECTS
HST2030	Demographic and Urban Growth in the Mediterranean from the Late Middle Ages to Modern Times	4 ECTS
MDT3001	Israeli-Palestinian Relations: Pasts, Urgencies, Prospects	4 ECTS

In addition to the compulsory study-units as indicated in the programmes of study for the two Main Areas, students are required to register for optional elective study-units to bring their total to 60 ECTS credits per academic year.


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

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

ANT3038	Ecology and Culture in the Mediterranean	4 ECTS
IRL2090	International Relations since 1919	6 ECTS


Semester 1

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
ANT2020	Kinship, Family and Marriage	4 ECTS
ANT3019	Historical Anthropology	4 ECTS
GEO3021	Climate Change and Sustainability in the Mediterranean	4 ECTS
HST2015	Tracing Family History: Archival Depositories, Digital Resources and Genealogical Research	4 ECTS
HST3025	Trans-Regional Migrations: A Short History of Migration and Mobility from Ancient to Modern Times	4 ECTS
HST3109	International Relations Between the World Wars	2 ECTS
PHI3039	Thematic Readings in Political Thought	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

ATS3001	Contemporary Mediterranean Studies Paper 1	6 ECTS	(NC)
ATS3002	Contemporary Mediterranean Studies Paper 2	6 ECTS	(NC)

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

GEO3006	Urbanisation and Development	4 ECTS
HST2028	A History of European and World Populations	4 ECTS
IRL2020	Nationalism in International Politics	4 ECTS
IRL2036	Intercultural Politics in the Mediterranean	4 ECTS
IRL3007	War and Peace in the Middle East	4 ECTS
IRL3098	International Financial Institutions	4 ECTS
MDT3001	Israeli-Palestinian Relations: Pasts, Urgencies, Prospects	4 ECTS
SLA2029	Spain and Malta through the Ages	2 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 the Bachelor of European Studies (Honours) - B.Eur.Studies (Hons) - and Bachelor of European Studies (B.Eur.Studies) - under the auspices of the Institute for European Studies.

European Studies

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

European Studies

Assess and analyse policy developments in the EU.
Write reports on such developments and recognise the developing trends.
Make presentations or report EU developments succinctly.

Anthropology

Understand human diversity, behaviours and ideas through time.
Use your biological, cultural, historical and linguistic perspective to understand anthropology related studies.
Use your knowledge and familiarity with the theories and history related to the discipline for a rich anthropological perspective.

Non EU Applicants:

Fee per academic year: Eur 8,500

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European Studies

As a graduate in European Studies, you will be able to find jobs in the EU institutions, international organisations, government ministries (where our alumni have been detailed to work on EU related projects or units working on EU initiatives), in the diplomatic service, the media, teaching, and the enterprise and business organisations. If you will be in possession of a good Bachelor of European Studies qualification, you will be admitted to read for a higher degree, usually at Masters level in European Studies or closely related areas requiring a strong knowledge of European Studies. While many of our alumni have graduated with their Masters at the University of Malta, as a European Studies graduate, you will be able to gain admission to Universities overseas.