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

Course Title

Bachelor of European Studies with Philosophy

MQF Level

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

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European Studies

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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

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)
PHI1016	Philosophy of Perception	4 ECTS
PHI1017	Ethics	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.


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
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)

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
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


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
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 PHI3039 alternates with study-unit PHI2029 * Study-unit PHI3023 alternates with study-unit PHI3054

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
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

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.