Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Psychology

MQF Level

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

Anthropology

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.

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.

Psychology

The programme of study offers a range of study-units central to the study of Psychology. The overall objective is to provide you with a high-calibre, relevant and culturally sensitive education in the major areas of Psychology to become well-versed in the scientific understanding of human behaviour, emotions, relationships and mental health.

Psychology

You will need to complete 80 ECTS assigned to various study-units in the following core areas: Major Paradigms in Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Research Methods, Biological Psychology, Social Psychology, Psychopathology and Cognitive Psychology.

In your final year of studies, you will have the opportunity to consolidate and synthesise these core areas by means of synoptic study-units. They would be able to choose elective study-units from various applied areas such as Organisational Psychology, Health Psychology, Forensic Psychology and Neuropsychology, amongst others.

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.

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Anthropology

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.

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

Psychology

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.

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

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Anthropology

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.


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)

ANT1005	Locating the Anthropology of the Mediterranean	4 ECTS
ANT1009	Anthropology and the Contemporary World	2 ECTS
ANT1040	Symbols in Culture and Society	4 ECTS


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

Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in Anthropology
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 18 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)

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
ANT2051	Anthropology of Violence	4 ECTS
ANT2055	Anthropology and Art	2 ECTS
ANT2059	Refugees and Displacement: Anthropological Perspectives	4 ECTS
ANT2124	Intangible Cultural Heritage: Applications and Implications	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	People, States and Borders	4 ECTS
ANT2052	Anthropology of Tourism	4 ECTS
ANT2149	Culture and Society in Contemporary Korea and Japan	4 ECTS
ANT3021	Feminisms and Anthropology	2 ECTS
ANT3022	Anthropology of Gender and Sexualities	4 ECTS
ANT3025	Anthropology Placement	4 ECTS
ANT3052	Medical Anthropology	4 ECTS

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

Total credits for this year: 60 credits

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 4 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)

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)

ANT2025	Anthropology of Moralities	4 ECTS
ANT2047	Emotions, Culture and Society	4 ECTS
ANT2060	Dance Anthropology and Ethnographic Practice	4 ECTS
ANT2080	Anthropology of South Asia	4 ECTS
ANT2083	Magic, Witchcraft, and Society in Early Modern Europe: Mediterranean Perspectives	4 ECTS
ANT2088	International Development, NGOs and Poverty	4 ECTS
ANT3023	Anthropological Perspectives on Human Rights	4 ECTS
ANT3037	Anthropology and Post-Colonialism	4 ECTS
ANT3080	History, Memory and Identity	4 ECTS
ANT3082	Anthropology and the Hellenic World	4 ECTS
ANT3460*	Directed Studies in Anthropology	4 ECTS
* Students are required to contact the Head of Department prior to registering for this study-unit.

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)

ANT3030	People, Migration and Change	4 ECTS
ANT3035	Special Topic in Anthropology	2 ECTS
ANT3041	Anthropology of Islam	4 ECTS
ANT3053	Anthropology of Reproduction and Childbirth	4 ECTS
ANT3064	Psychoanalysis and Anthropology	4 ECTS
CHN3025	Anthropological Perspectives on Southeast Asia and China	4 ECTS

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

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

Psychology

Kindly note that students may not register for optional study-units in Psychology.


Semester 1

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

PSY1315	Understanding Research in Psychology	4 ECTS	(NC)
PSY1610	Major Paradigms in Psychology: The Psychoanalytic and Humanistic Paradigms, and Behaviourism	6 ECTS	(NC)
PSY1622	Developmental Psychology 1	6 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 2

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

PSY1623	Developmental Psychology 2	6 ECTS	(NC)
PSY1630	Foundations in Human Biology for Psychology	4 ECTS	(NC)

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

Total credits for this year: 60 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.


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)

PSY1606	Social Psychology	6 ECTS	(NC)

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

PSY1620	Philosophical Psychology	6 ECTS


Semester 1

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

PSY1617*	Biological Psychology 1	4 ECTS
PSY1628	Introduction to the Psychology Profession	4 ECTS
PSY2606**	Psychology of Learning and Applied Behaviour Analysis	4 ECTS
PSY2628***	Quantitative Research Methods and Data Analysis	4 ECTS
PSY2629***	Qualitative Research Methods and Data Analysis	4 ECTS
PSY3130	Psychology of Adjustment	2 ECTS
PSY3655	Neurodiverse Profiles	4 ECTS
* Study-unit PSY1617 is compulsory for students who plan on following the Higher Diploma in Psychology. PSY2606 is highly recommended. * PSY2628 and PSY2629 are strongly recommended for those students who plan on following the Higher Diploma in Psychology. Students may take PSY2628 or PSY2629 as Optional study-units instead of elective study-units (in the B.A. Psychology course) provided that this is allowed by their programme of studies during their second year and may not take any other Optional Psychology study-units.

Semester 2

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

PSY2610	Psychopathology	4 ECTS	(NC)

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

PSY1618	Biological Psychology 2	4 ECTS
PSY1635*	Major Paradigms: Cognitive Psychology	4 ECTS
PSY2623	Work Psychology	6 ECTS
PSY2626	Psychology of Sexuality	2 ECTS
PSY2633	Health Psychology	6 ECTS
PSY2634	Psychology of the Family	4 ECTS
PSY3611	Media Psychology	4 ECTS
PSY3648	Sports Psychology	4 ECTS
* Study-unit PSY1617 is a pre-requisite for study-unit PSY1635. Study-unit PSY1635 is compulsory for those students who plan on following the Higher Diploma in Psychology.

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

Total credits for this year: 60 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.


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)

PSY3352	Psychology Synoptic Study-Unit 1	6 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 1

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

COU3301	Career Education and Guidance	4 ECTS
PSY2641	Psychology of Helping	4 ECTS
PSY3130	Psychology of Adjustment	2 ECTS
PSY3647	Selected Topics in Organisational Psychology	4 ECTS
PSY3651	Introduction to Critical Psychology	4 ECTS
PSY3655	Neurodiverse Profiles	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

PSY3353	Psychology Synoptic Study-Unit 2	6 ECTS	(NC)

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

PSY2626	Psychology of Sexuality	2 ECTS
PSY2634	Psychology of the Family	4 ECTS
PSY3611	Media Psychology	4 ECTS
PSY3648	Sports Psychology	4 ECTS

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

Requirement for award of B.A. Psychology and in another area of study: 180 credits, of which:
80 credits in Psychology
80 credits in the other area
20 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.

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.

Psychology

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

Compare and contrast major theoretical and therapeutic paradigms in the field;
Appraise current topics in psychology from different perspectives, including diverse disciplines within the field itself;
Engage with current theoretical issues and research findings in psychology within a bio-psycho-social perspective, attending to evidence-based practice.

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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.

Psychology

As a holder of this degree, despite the programme not having offered the professional training in psychology, will offer your opportunities for employment in areas that involve human interaction or community services. Some areas include human service agencies and personnel management. Your background in psychology will be the foundation for transferrable skills in a variety of work settings, while also providing a platform for further training and study at postgraduate level. Transferring to the Bachelor of Arts in Psychology can serve as a stepping stone for further studies that paves the way for Masters programmes offered by the University of Malta, such as Master of Arts in Social Work, Master in Youth and Community Service, Master of Psychology in Clinical/Counselling/Educational, and many more.