Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Youth and Community Studies

Course Title

MQF Level

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

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The course aims at providing you with professional training and development as prospective youth workers and youth policy makers. It also seeks to respond and meet the needs of organisations and individuals engaged in youth work. You will thus have the opportunity to develop the necessary skills and knowledge in preparation for the empowerment of young people through reflective youth work practice. Moreover, you are encouraged to adopt an evidence-based outlook to youth work practice and youth policy development, and to consider research and evaluation as vital characteristics of your practice.

These aims will be achieved by providing you with the opportunity to engage with various academic perspectives of young people in the community at large, and to build a thorough understanding of the myriad domains that influence the lived experiences of young people. In addition, experiential-based study-units will enable you to link theory with practice.

If you do not successfully complete study-units to which not less than 60 ECTS credits are assigned, and opt not to proceed with the Course, or having proceeded do not successfully complete the programme for the Degree, then you shall be entitled to the award of the Diploma in Youth and Community Studies.

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.


Semester 1

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

LIN1063	Academic Reading and Writing in English	2 ECTS	(NC)
YTH1008	Principles and Practice in Youth and Community Work	6 ECTS	(NC)
YTH1009	Youth Work Core Skills 1	5 ECTS
YTH1016	Non Formal Education and Informal Learning	4 ECTS	(NC)
YTH1018	Fieldwork Placement 1	4 ECTS	(NC)
YTH1019	Research Methods 1 (Philosophical Underpinnings of Research and Qualitative Paradigm)	5 ECTS


Semester 2

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

PSY1311	Introductory Psychology for Youth and Community Studies	5 ECTS
YTH1010	Youth Work Core Skills 2	4 ECTS
YTH1020	Research Methods 2 – Quantitative Research	4 ECTS
YTH2007	Fieldwork Placement 2	8 ECTS	(NC)
YTH2008	Sociology of Youth and the Community - An Introduction	5 ECTS	(NC)
YTH2016	Critical perspectives: Theory and practice	4 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) Choose a study-unit to the value of 4 credits from the following list:

YTH1013	Theatre and Young People	4 ECTS
YTH1022	Social Media Platforms and Young People	4 ECTS

Requirement for regular progression to YEAR II: 60 ECTS credits


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)

YTH2010	Fieldwork Placement 3	8 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 1

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

MSE2102	Education for Sustainable Development - Youth and Community	4 ECTS
PSY1312	The Psychology of Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood	5 ECTS	(NC)
YTH1014	Youth Work Core Skills 3	8 ECTS
YTH2009	Sociology of Youth and Community - Key Perspectives	5 ECTS
YTH2014	Youth Policy	5 ECTS


Semester 2

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

YTH1011	Young People with Minority Experiences	4 ECTS
YTH2013	Young People and Social Inclusion	4 ECTS
YTH2015	Youth, Delinquency and Crime	5 ECTS
YTH3009	Young People and Addictive Behaviour	4 ECTS
YTH3010	Youth Justice	4 ECTS

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) Choose a study-unit to the value of 4 credits from the following list:

YTH2017	School Based Youth Work	4 ECTS
YTH2019	Young People and Community Development	4 ECTS
YTH2020	Young People with Disability	4 ECTS
YTH2021	Young People and Entrepreneurship	4 ECTS

Requirement for regular progression to Year III: 60 ECTS credits


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)

YTH3019	Fieldwork Placement 4	10 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 1

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

YTH1012	Outdoor Education	4 ECTS
YTH2011	Young people and politics	4 ECTS
YTH3008	Youth Work Core Skills 4: Transdisciplinarity and the Deconstruction of Professions	4 ECTS
YTH3011	Young People and Sexuality	4 ECTS
YTH3012	Health Promotion	4 ECTS
YTH3304	Youth and Leisure	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

YTH3015	Project Management and Change	6 ECTS
YTH3016	Youth and the Media	4 ECTS
YTH3018	Dissertation	10 ECTS	(NC)
YTH3020	Young People and the Law	2 ECTS

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) Choose a study-unit to the value of 4 credits from the following list:

PLC3390	Religion, Identity and Christian Youth Work	4 ECTS
YTH3803*	Sensitivity Training	4 ECTS
YTH3903	Young People and Resiliency	4 ECTS
YTH3907	Young People, Risks, Challenges and Wellbeing	4 ECTS
* Study-unit YTH3803 is strongly recommended.

Requirement for successful completion of Year III : 60 ECTS credits

Requirement for award of B.A. (Hons) Youth and Community Studies: 180 ECTS credits

This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 and by the Bye-Laws for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Youth and Community Studies - B.A. (Hons) YCS - under the auspices of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing.

After completing the course, you will be able to:

Apply your working knowledge or theoretical and research perspectives of young people in the community.
Engage critically with presented material.
Use your research skills to carry out independent research.
Use your capacity of knowledge and skills as a youth worker to enable effective communication with young people.
Develop activities and projects that achieve youth empowerment.

Non EU Applicants:

Fee per academic year: Eur 8,500

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Youth work is one of the newest professions in Malta, and being a holder of this degree programme will provide you with the pre-requisite for a career as a professionally-warranted youth worker. In Malta, professional youth workers may be employed in a variety of settings, including Agenzija Zghazagh, schools, youth centres, youth empowerment centres, local councils, and non-government organisations.

Successful completion of the Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Youth and Community Studies allows you to proceed to enrolment in postgraduate degree programmes such as the Master in Youth and Community Studies.

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