The list of study-units is updated for Academic Year 2023/24 except where indicated by asterisk (*).
General study-units
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
The Arts for Health and Wellbeing
4
Semester 1
Introduction to Research, Writing and Referencing for Social Wellbeing
6
Semester 2
The Role of Literature in Social Wellbeing
4
Semester 1
Counselling
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Basic Helping Skills for the Caring Professions
4
Semester 2
Classic and Contemporary Images of Well-Being in Film
4
Semester 2
Facilitating Groups for Personal Development
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
Violent Crime
4
Semester 2
Methods of Criminological Research
8
Semester 2
Crime Scene to Court
4
Semester 1
Criminal Investigation
4
Semester 1
Psychology and Investigation
4
Semester 1
Prison and Prisoners
4
Semester 1
Risk and Security Management
4
Semester 2
Practical Approaches to Research Methodology
4
Semester 2
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
Biological and Psychological Theories of Crime
4
Semester 1
Restorative Justice
4
Semester 2
Sociological Theories of Crime
4
Semester 1
Crime Prevention and Community Safety
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 Practice
4
Semester 2
Disability Issues in Social Policy and Social Work
3
Semester 2
Sexuality and Disability
4
Semester 1
Living with the Label ‘Intellectual Disability’
4
Semester 2
Child and Family Studies
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Holistic Interventions for Speech and Language Pathologists: Keeping the Family in Mind
2
Semester 2
Gender and Sexualities
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Gender and Culture
4
Semester 1
Gender, Poverty and Development
4
Semester 1
Gender and Psychology
4
Semester 2
Media Literacy and Gender Issues
4
Semester 1
Violence Against Women
4
Semester 1
Gender, Sociology and Politics
6
Semester 1
Gender and Law
4
Semester 2
The Intersectionality of Inequality
4
Semester 1
Gender in Communications
4
Semester 1
Gender, Culture and the Body
4
Semester 2
Mainstreaming for Diversity
4
Semester 1
Gender, Sexuality and Society
4
Semester 1
Introduction to Gender and Sexualities
4
Semester 1
Queering Knowledge
4
Semester 2
Sexual and Gender Diversity for Social Wellbeing
4
Semester 1
Gender, Sexuality and Religion
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
Evolutionary Psychology
4
Semester 1
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
Environmental Psychology
2
Semester 2
Psychology of Ageing
4
Semester 2
Ethical and Professional Issues
4
Semester 1
Cognitive Neuroscience
6
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
Aviation Psychology
4
Semester 2
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
Developing Scholarship Skills for Social Policy and Social Work
4
Year
Introducing Social Policy
6
Semester 1
Introduction to the World of Social Work
6
Semester 2
Social Policy Workshops 1
5
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
4
Semester 1
Governance and Administration in Social Welfare 1
4
Semester 1
The Maltese Welfare State in Context
4
Semester 2
Social Enterprise: Concepts and Methods
4
Semester 1
Governance and Administration in Social Welfare 2
4
Semester 2
Ethics in Social Work Seminars
4
Semester 1
Residential Social Work
4
Semester 2
Management and Leadership in Social Welfare
3
Semester 2
Social Work and Social Policy as Human Rights Practice
2
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
Community Care and the Mixed Economy
5
Semester 2
Understanding and Applying Social Policy Analysis
4
Semester 1
Community Care for Social Workers
6
Semester 2
Foundations of Poverty and Social Exclusion
4
Semester 2
Advanced Methods in Social Work
6
Semester 1
Practice Workshops 4
2
Semester 2
Youth and Community Studies
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Theatre and Young People
4
Semester 2
Last Updated: 23 January 2024
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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.
