YEAR ONE

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 1 and 2	4 ECTS

YEAR TWO

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.

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)

MRT2010	Principles of Moral Theology	4 ECTS	(NC)
MRT3330	Theology, Sexuality and Marriage	4 ECTS	(NC)
SHG2160	Pentateuch and Historical Books	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)

YEAR THREE

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)
MRT3020	The Social Thought of the Church	4 ECTS	(NC)
SHG3050	The Synoptic Gospels	4 ECTS	(NC)

Semester 2

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

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)
SHG2760	Pauline Writings and Acts of the Apostles	4 ECTS	(NC)

Last Updated: 18 April 2022

The University makes every effort to ensure that the published Courses Plans, Programmes of Study and Study-Unit information are complete and up-to-date at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to make changes in case errors are detected after publication. The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. Unless for exceptional approved reasons, no changes to the programme of study for a particular academic year will be made once the students' registration period for that academic year begins.