The list of study-units is updated for Academic Year 2025/26 except where indicated by asterisk (*).
General study-units
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
The Arts for Health and Wellbeing
4
Semester 1
Counselling
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Foundation in Counselling Studies
5
Year
Basic Helping Skills for the Caring Professions
4
Semester 2
Introducing the Counselling Profession - A Wellness Framework
4
Semester 1
Career Education and Guidance
4
Semester 1
Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Literacy
4
Semester 1
Criminology
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Organised Crime
4
Semester 2
Violent Crime
4
Semester 2
Interpersonal Violence
4
Semester 2
Community Based Sanctions
4
Semester 2
Myths and Realities of Crime: Societal Perspectives
4
Semester 2
Crime Scene to Court
4
Semester 2
Qualitative Research Methods for Criminology
4
Semester 1
Quantitative Research Methods for Criminology
4
Semester 2
Criminal Investigation
4
Semester 1
Contemporary and Comparative Criminology
4
Semester 2
Maritime Domains and Crime
4
Semester 1
Police Leadership and Management
4
Semester 1
Psychology of the Courtroom
4
Semester 1
White Collar Crimes
4
Semester 1
Crime Mapping and Spatial Technologies
4
Semester 1
Sentencing, Penal Policy and Management in Corrections
4
Semester 1
Criminal Careers and Intergenerational Phenomena
4
Semester 2
Migration, Crime and Borders
4
Semester 2
Terrestrial Domains and Crime
4
Semester 1
Introduction to Policing
4
Semester 1
Biological and Psychological Theories of Crime
4
Semester 1
Restorative Justice
4
Semester 2
Sociological Theories of Crime
4
Semester 1
Introduction to Forensic Pathology
4
Semester 2
Key Issues: Drugs and Society
4
Semester 1
Designing out Crime: Spatial Planning and the Environment
4
Semester 2
Offence and Criminal Profiling
4
Semester 2
Terrorism and Counter Terrorism
4
Semester 1
Disability Studies
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Disability Issues in Practice
4
Semester 1
Disability Issues in Social Policy and Social Work
3
Semester 2
Sexuality and Disability
4
Semester 1
Child and Family Studies
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Current Family Issues in a Changing Society
4
Semester 1
Holistic Interventions for Speech and Language Pathologists: Keeping the Family in Mind
2
Semester 2
Gerontology and Dementia Studies
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Ageing in a Gendered World: Older Women s Issues and Identities
4
Semester 1
Gender and Sexualities
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Gender, Poverty and Development
4
Semester 1
Gender and Psychology
4
Semester 2
Violence Against Women
4
Semester 2
Gender and Law
4
Semester 2
The Intersectionality of Inequality
4
Semester 1
Gender in Communications
4
Semester 1
Mainstreaming for Diversity
4
Semester 1
Gender, Sexuality and Society
4
Semester 1
Introduction to Gender and Sexualities
4
Semester 1
Gender, Culture and the Body
4
Semester 2
Workplace Diversity
2
Semester 1
Gender Issues in Cultural Mediation
4
Semester 2
Sexual and Gender Diversity for Social Wellbeing
4
Semester 2
Gender, Sexuality and Religion
4
Semester 1
Gender, Sexualities and Migration
4
Semester 2
Queering Knowledge
4
Semester 2
Gendered Decision Making
4
Semester 2
Social and Gendered Intersections of Sexual and Reproductive Health
4
Semester 1
Psychology
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Introductory Psychology for Youth and Community Studies
5
Semester 2
An Overview of Psychology
6
Year
Understanding Research in Psychology
4
Semester 1
Psychology for Health Carers
2
Semester 1
Major Paradigms in Psychology: The Psychoanalytic and Humanistic Paradigms, and Behaviourism
6
Semester 1
Research Methods in Psychology
6
Year
Developmental Psychology - Child and Adolescent
6
Year
Biological Psychology 1
4
Semester 1
Biological Psychology 2
4
Semester 2
Philosophical Psychology
6
Year
Developmental Psychology 1
6
Semester 1
Developmental Psychology 2
6
Semester 2
Introduction to the Psychology Profession
4
Semester 1
Foundations in Human Biology for Psychology
4
Semester 1
Major Paradigms: Cognitive Psychology
4
Semester 2
Academic Writing and Presentation in Psychology
4
Semester 1
Psychology of Learning for Health Carers
4
Semester 1
Understanding Psychological Assessment - A Transdisciplinary Approach
2
Semester 2
Psychology of Learning and Applied Behaviour Analysis
4
Semester 1
Psychopathology
4
Semester 2
Understanding Human Life Course Development in the Social Work Context
6
Semester 2
Work Psychology
6
Semester 2
Psychology of Sexuality
2
Semester 2
Health Psychology
6
Semester 2
Forensic and Criminal Psychology
4
Semester 1
Psychology of Adjustment
2
Semester 1
Addictive Behaviour
4
Semester 2
Respecting Diversity
4
Semester 2
Cyberpsychology
4
Semester 2
Applied Psychology for Health Carers
6
Year
Media Psychology
4
Semester 2
Psychology of Ageing
4
Semester 2
Environmental Psychology
4
Semester 2
Ethical and Professional Issues
4
Semester 1
Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
6
Semester 1
Selected Topics in Organisational Psychology
4
Semester 1
Sports Psychology
4
Semester 2
Introduction to Critical Psychology
4
Semester 1
Cognitive Neuroscience
4
Semester 1
Neurodiverse Profiles
4
Semester 1
Psychometrics and Psychological Assessment
4
Semester 1
Neuropsychology
4
Semester 2
Social Policy and Social Work
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
The Social Context of Welfare
6
Year
Introducing Social Policy
6
Semester 1
Introduction to the World of Social Work
6
Semester 2
The Economic Context of Welfare
4
Semester 1
Social Policy Workshops 1
5
Semester 1
The Political Context of Welfare
4
Semester 1
Mental Health for Social Work 1
2
Semester 2
Research Methods in Social Work and Social Policy 1
5
Semester 1
Research Methods in Social Work and Social Policy 2
5
Semester 2
The Application of Social Work Methods
6
Semester 2
The Origins and Development of Welfare States
5
Semester 2
The Maltese Welfare State in Context
4
Semester 2
Social Enterprise: Concepts and Methods
4
Semester 1
Governance and Administration in Social Welfare
5
Semester 1
Residential Social Work
4
Semester 2
Leadership and Management in Social Welfare
5
Semester 2
Mental Health for Social Work 2
2
Semester 1
Placement A
12
Semester 1
Anti-Oppressive Perspectives in Social Work and Social Policy
5
Semester 2
European Social Policy
5
Semester 2
Strategy and Planning in Social Policy
6
Semester 1
Human Rights Advocacy and Practice in Social Work and Social Policy
4
Semester 2
Understanding and Applying Social Policy Analysis
5
Semester 1
Foundations of Poverty and Social Exclusion
4
Semester 2
Youth, Community and Migration Studies
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Young People with Minority Experiences
4
Semester 2
Theatre and Young People
4
Semester 2
Young People and Social Inclusion
4
Semester 2
Young People and Community Development
4
Semester 2
Young People and Addictive Behaviour
4
Semester 2
Last Updated: 16 October 2025
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 study-units is 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.
The language of instruction at the University of Malta is English (where applicable, that is except for students following study-units in foreign languages), and students are expected to be fluent in the English language which will enable them to successfully complete their Erasmus+ Mobility.
