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

Course Title

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mathematics and Philosophy

MQF Level

Duration and Credits

4 Years

240 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

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Mathematics

Mathematics underlies the pursuit of every scientific endeavour as it equips you with the necessary body of knowledge and competences. Most of the Mathematics study-units in the first two years of the degree are compulsory. In the third year, students are asked to choose a stream from four available options. The four options are Graph Theory and Combinatorics, Functional Analysis and Topology, Applied Mathematics, and Biomathematics.

Philosophy

The overall aim of the Department of Philosophy is to offer you a philosophical education that is on par with the highest international standards and that will allow you to transfer your analytical skills to the branch of mathematics that originated from philosophy. In addition, you will pursue a philosophical education that, through your skill-set and capacity to question, think and understand, will place you in an advantageous position in your future careers.

Mathematics

The Course shall consist of two parts, namely, Part One comprising the first three years and Part Two comprising the fourth year.

Part One shall consist of study-units to which 180 credits are assigned and indicated in the programme of study and divided as follows:

First Year: in addition to the compulsory and elective study-units outlined in the programme of studies of the chosen areas (not less than 26 credits in each of the two areas), students are required to register for optional study-units to bring their total for the year to 60 credits,

Second Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study,

Third Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study.

At the end of Part One, students who obtain 180 credits as specified in paragraph (1) but who either opt not to proceed with the Course leading to the Honours Degree, or having proceeded, do not successfully complete the Course, shall be eligible for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.).

Part Two shall consist of study-units to which 60 credits are assigned divided as follows:
1. 40 credits in one area of study, of which 18 credits are assigned to a dissertation, and
2. 20 credits in the other area of study,

provided that in the case of Mathematics, the dissertation may be substituted by one or more additional taught study-units.

Philosophy

The Course shall consist of two parts, namely, Part One comprising the first three years and Part Two comprising the fourth year.

Part One shall consist of study-units to which 180 credits are assigned and indicated in the programme of study and divided as follows:

Second Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study,

Third Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study.

Part Two shall consist of study-units to which 60 credits are assigned divided as follows:
1. 40 credits in one area of study, of which 18 credits are assigned to a dissertation, and
2. 20 credits in the other area of study,

provided that in the case of Mathematics, the dissertation may be substituted by one or more additional taught study-units.

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.

Mathematics

Students NOT taking Statistics and Operations Research as a principal subject must take study-unit SOR1110. Students taking Statistics and Operations Research must register for 4 ECTS credits from the electives offered during the year, except for SOR1110.Students taking Statistics and Operations Research as a principal subject must choose the following elective study-units: Either study-unit MAT1611 Or study-unit PHY1020 and PHY1030.


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

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

SOR1110	Probability	4 ECTS


Semester 1

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

MAT1091	Mathematical Methods	4 ECTS
MAT1100	Introductory Mathematics	4 ECTS
MAT1511	Analytical Geometry	4 ECTS

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

MAT1611*	Introductory Mechanics	4 ECTS
PHY1020	Basic Concepts in Physics 1	2 ECTS
* Study-unit MAT1611 is compulsory for students who are taking Statistics and Operations Research as a principal subject and do not have Intermediate Applied Mathematics.

Semester 2

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

MAT1115	Introduction to Groups	4 ECTS
MAT1116	Introduction to Vector Spaces	2 ECTS
MAT1211	Analysis 1	4 ECTS
MAT1411	Discrete Methods	4 ECTS

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

PHY1030	Basic Concepts in Physics 2	2 ECTS

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose one study-unit to the value of 2 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)

MAT2112	Linear Algebra 1	4 ECTS
MAT2113	Rings	4 ECTS
MAT2212	Analysis 2	4 ECTS
MAT2512	Vector Analysis 1	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

MAT2213	Analysis 3	4 ECTS
MAT2413	Introduction to Graph Theory with Applications	4 ECTS
MAT2513	Vector Analysis 2	4 ECTS

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

MAT2005	Introduction to Mathematical Logic	2 ECTS
MAT2912	Computational Mathematics	2 ECTS

Mathematics students in the third year of the B.Sc. (Hons.) course must choose ONE of the FOUR elective streams as indicated below.

The elective streams are:
Elective Stream A - Applied MathematicsThis stream contains SEVEN compulsory study-units and EIGHT elective study-units from which ONE is to be chosen.

Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and Combinatorics This stream contains SIX compulsory study-units and NINE elective study-units from which TWO are to be chosen.

Elective Stream C - Mathematical AnalysisThis stream contains SEVEN compulsory study-units and EIGHT elective study-units from which ONE is to be chosen.

Elective Stream D - BiomathematicsThis stream contains SEVEN compulsory study-units and EIGHT elective study-units from which ONE is to be chosen.


Semester 1

Elective Stream A - Applied Mathematics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3114	Linear Algebra 2	2 ECTS
MAT3214	Complex Analysis	4 ECTS
MAT3215	Metric Spaces	4 ECTS
MAT3221	Analysis 4	4 ECTS
MAT3711	Differential Equations	4 ECTS

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

MAT3115*	Groups	4 ECTS

Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and Combinatorics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3114	Linear Algebra 2	2 ECTS
MAT3115	Groups	4 ECTS
MAT3214	Complex Analysis	4 ECTS
MAT3215	Metric Spaces	4 ECTS

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

MAT3221*	Analysis 4	4 ECTS
MAT3711*	Differential Equations	4 ECTS

Elective Stream C - Mathematical Analysis Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3114	Linear Algebra 2	2 ECTS
MAT3214	Complex Analysis	4 ECTS
MAT3215	Metric Spaces	4 ECTS
MAT3221	Analysis 4	4 ECTS

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

MAT3115*	Groups	4 ECTS
MAT3711*	Differential Equations	4 ECTS

Elective Stream D - Biomathematics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3114	Linear Algebra 2	2 ECTS
MAT3214	Complex Analysis	4 ECTS
MAT3215	Metric Spaces	4 ECTS
MAT3221	Analysis 4	4 ECTS
MAT3711	Differential Equations	4 ECTS

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

MAT3115	Groups	4 ECTS
* It is recommended that students select these study-units from the list of elective study-units of each stream.

Semester 2

Elective Stream A - Applied Mathematics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3612	Mechanics	4 ECTS
MAT3715	Methods of Applied Mathematics	4 ECTS

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

MAT3000	Introductory Set Theory	4 ECTS
MAT3217*	Lebesgue Integration	4 ECTS
MAT3225	Geometry of the Plane	4 ECTS
MAT3415	Probabilistic and Extremal Combinatorics	4 ECTS
MAT3425	Topics in Topological and Algebraic Graph Theory	4 ECTS
MAT3750*	Essential Mathematical Biology	4 ECTS
MAT3771*	Numerical Analysis	4 ECTS

Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and Combinatorics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3415	Probabilistic and Extremal Combinatorics	4 ECTS
MAT3425	Topics in Topological and Algebraic Graph Theory	4 ECTS

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

MAT3000*	Introductory Set Theory	4 ECTS
MAT3217	Lebesgue Integration	4 ECTS
MAT3225	Geometry of the Plane	4 ECTS
MAT3612	Mechanics	4 ECTS
MAT3715	Methods of Applied Mathematics	4 ECTS
MAT3750*	Essential Mathematical Biology	4 ECTS
MAT3771*	Numerical Analysis	4 ECTS

Elective Stream C - Mathematical Analysis Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3000	Introductory Set Theory	4 ECTS
MAT3217	Lebesgue Integration	4 ECTS
MAT3225	Geometry of the Plane	4 ECTS

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

MAT3415	Probabilistic and Extremal Combinatorics	4 ECTS
MAT3425	Topics in Topological and Algebraic Graph Theory	4 ECTS
MAT3612	Mechanics	4 ECTS
MAT3715	Methods of Applied Mathematics	4 ECTS
MAT3750	Essential Mathematical Biology	4 ECTS
MAT3771*	Numerical Analysis	4 ECTS

Elective Stream D - Biomathematics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3715	Methods of Applied Mathematics	4 ECTS
MAT3750	Essential Mathematical Biology	4 ECTS

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

MAT3000	Introductory Set Theory	4 ECTS
MAT3217*	Lebesgue Integration	4 ECTS
MAT3225	Geometry of the Plane	4 ECTS
MAT3415	Probabilistic and Extremal Combinatorics	4 ECTS
MAT3425	Topics in Topological and Algebraic Graph Theory	4 ECTS
MAT3612*	Mechanics	4 ECTS
MAT3771*	Numerical Analysis	4 ECTS
* It is recommended that students select these study-units from the list of elective study-units of each stream.

Students taking 40 ECTS credits in Mathematics must take MAT3999 and five study-units of 5 ECTS credits each. The students must continue with the Elective Stream they chose in the third year. Students taking 20 ECTS credits in Mathematics must take four study-units of 5 ECTS credits each. The students must continue with the Elective Stream they chose in the third year.

The elective streams are:
Elective Stream A - Applied Mathematics:
This stream contains FOUR compulsory study-units and EIGHT elective study-units from which ONE (only for those taking 40 ECTS credits in Mathematics) is to be chosen.

Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and Combinatorics:
This stream contains FOUR compulsory study-units and EIGHT elective study-units from which ONE (only for those taking 40 ECTS credits in Mathematics) is to be chosen.

Elective Stream C - Mathematical Analysis:
This stream contains FOUR compulsory study-units and EIGHT elective study-units from which ONE (only for those taking 40 ECTS credits in Mathematics) is to be chosen.

Elective Stream D - Biomathematics:
This stream contains FOUR compulsory study-units and EIGHT elective study-units from which ONE (only for those taking 40 ECTS credits in Mathematics) is to be chosen.


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

*Project Study-Unit* Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3999	Project in Mathematics	15 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Stream A - Applied Mathematics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3211	Functional Analysis: Hilbert Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3513	Tensors and Relativity	5 ECTS
MAT3772	Numerical Methods for Differential Equations	5 ECTS

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

MAT3116*	Group Representations	5 ECTS
MAT3210*	Functional Analysis: Normed Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3212	Further Metric Spaces - Completion and Dimension	5 ECTS
MAT3219*	Topological Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3410	Graph Theory	5 ECTS
MAT3613*	Classical Mechanics	5 ECTS
MAT3755*	Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Biology	5 ECTS

Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and Combinatorics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3116	Group Representations	5 ECTS
MAT3211	Functional Analysis: Hilbert Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3410	Graph Theory	5 ECTS

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

MAT3210*	Functional Analysis: Normed Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3212*	Further Metric Spaces - Completion and Dimension	5 ECTS
MAT3219*	Topological Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3513	Tensors and Relativity	5 ECTS
MAT3613	Classical Mechanics	5 ECTS
MAT3755	Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Biology	5 ECTS
MAT3772	Numerical Methods for Differential Equations	5 ECTS

Elective Stream C - Mathematical Analysis Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3210	Functional Analysis: Normed Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3211	Functional Analysis: Hilbert Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3212	Further Metric Spaces - Completion and Dimension	5 ECTS
MAT3219	Topological Spaces	5 ECTS

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

MAT3116*	Group Representations	5 ECTS
MAT3410	Graph Theory	5 ECTS
MAT3513	Tensors and Relativity	5 ECTS
MAT3613	Classical Mechanics	5 ECTS
MAT3755	Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Biology	5 ECTS
MAT3772*	Numerical Methods for Differential Equations	5 ECTS

Elective Stream D - Biomathematics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3211	Functional Analysis: Hilbert Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3755	Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Biology	5 ECTS
MAT3772	Numerical Methods for Differential Equations	5 ECTS

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

MAT3116	Group Representations	5 ECTS
MAT3210*	Functional Analysis: Normed Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3212	Further Metric Spaces - Completion and Dimension	5 ECTS
MAT3219*	Topological Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3410*	Graph Theory	5 ECTS
MAT3513*	Tensors and Relativity	5 ECTS
MAT3613*	Classical Mechanics	5 ECTS
* It is recommended that students select these study-units from the list of elective study-units of each stream. Students are strongly advised to check that they have the necessary prerequisites for each chosen elective study-unit.

Semester 2

Elective Stream A - Applied Mathematics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3712	Partial Differential Equations and Calculus of Variations	5 ECTS

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

MAT3411	Combinatorics	5 ECTS

Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and Combinatorics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3411	Combinatorics	5 ECTS

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

MAT3712	Partial Differential Equations and Calculus of Variations	5 ECTS

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

MAT3411*	Combinatorics	5 ECTS
MAT3712*	Partial Differential Equations and Calculus of Variations	5 ECTS

Elective Stream D - Biomathematics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3712	Partial Differential Equations and Calculus of Variations	5 ECTS

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

MAT3411*	Combinatorics	5 ECTS
* It is recommended that students select these study-units from the list of elective study-units of each stream. Students are strongly advised to check that they have the necessary prerequisites for each chosen elective study-unit.

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
PHI1017	Ethics	4 ECTS
PHI1024	Epistemology	4 ECTS
PHI1025	An Introduction to Philosophy through Film	2 ECTS
PHI1027	An Introduction to the Philosophy of Communication	2 ECTS

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 12 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 PHI3023 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

Students are required to choose study-units to the value of 30 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

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
PHI2043*	Essence and Identity between Metaphysics, Politics and Culture	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
PHI3049	Selected Readings in Philosophy	2 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 PHI2043 alternates with study-unit PHI3047

Students who are following the Philosophy stream are required to register for the compulsory study-units to the value of 12 ECTS credits and elective study-units to the value of 28 ECTS credits. The elective study-units are to be chosen from those on offer during the second, third and fourth year of the philosophy programme of study.

Students who are following the Mathematics stream are required to register for the compulsory study-units to the value of 8 ECTS credits and elective study-units to the value of 12 ECTS credits. The elective study-units are to be chosen from those on offer during the second, third and fourth year of the philosophy programme of study.


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

Compulsory Unit Students taking 20 ECTS credits in Philosophy must register for:

PHI3025	Directed Studies	8 ECTS

Students taking 40 ECTS credits in Philosophy must register for:

PHI3099	Dissertation	12 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 PHI3023 alternates with study-unit PHI3054 * Study-unit PHI3039 alternates with study-unit PHI2029

Semester 2

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

Mathematics

Upon successfully finishing the course, you will be able to:

Understand and employ the basic rules of logic, including the role of axioms or assumptions.
Recognize real-world problems that are amenable to mathematical analysis, and formulate mathematical models of such problems.
Explain fundamental mathematical concepts or analyses of real-world problems to non-mathematicians.

Philosophy

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

Understand the specific nature of philosophical questions
Formulate rational arguments to answer philosophical questions.
Interpret and analyse a philosophical text.

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Mathematics

As a mathematician, you may work in the public sector, such as in the Central Bank of Malta, Ministry for Finance, Economic Policy Department, National Statistics Office, Malta Financial Services Authority; and in the private sector such as in insurance companies, banks, financial institutions, gaming companies, and consultancy firms. You may also find employment in the academic, manufacturing, logistics or IT sectors.

The Department of Mathematics also offers postgraduate degrees, both at masters and doctoral levels (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) in Mathematics. Based on world-wide recognition of University of Malta degrees, our graduates and postgraduates have been accepted to continue their studies in a wide range of overseas institutions in Europe, the United States and elsewhere.

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.

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