Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Youth and Community Studies

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Youth and Community Studies

Course Title

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Youth and Community Studies

MQF Level

6

Duration and Credits

5 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Part-time Evening

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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.

 
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)
 
YTH1018 Fieldwork Placement 1 4 ECTS   (NC)  

 
 
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    
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    
 
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: 39 credits in Youth Studies

 
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)
 
YTH2007 Fieldwork Placement 2 8 ECTS   (NC)  

 
 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
PSY1312 The Psychology of Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood 5 ECTS   (NC)  
YTH1016 Non Formal Education and Informal Learning 4 ECTS   (NC)  
YTH2008 Sociology of Youth and the Community - An Introduction 5 ECTS   (NC)  

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
YTH1014 Youth Work Core Skills 3 8 ECTS    
YTH2009 Sociology of Youth and Community - Key Perspectives 5 ECTS    
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:
 
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: 43 credits in Youth Studies

 
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    
YTH1012 Outdoor Education 4 ECTS    
YTH2013 Young People and Social Inclusion 4 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    
YTH2015 Youth, Delinquency and Crime 5 ECTS    
YTH3009 Young People and Addictive Behaviour 4 ECTS    

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year IV: 38 credits in Youth Studies

 
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)
 
YTH2011 Young people and politics 4 ECTS    
YTH3011 Young People and Sexuality 4 ECTS    
YTH3012 Health Promotion 4 ECTS    

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
YTH3008 Youth Work Core Skills 4: Transdisciplinarity and the Deconstruction of Professions 4 ECTS    
YTH3010 Youth Justice 4 ECTS    
YTH3304 Youth and Leisure 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:
 
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 highly recommended.
 
Requirement for regular progression to Year V: 38 credits in Youth Studies

 
Semester 1
 
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    
YTH3020 Young People and the Law 2 ECTS    

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
YTH3018 Dissertation 10 ECTS   (NC)  

 
Requirement for successful completion of Year V (final year): 22 credits in Youth and Community Studies

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

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.

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Fee per academic year: Eur 4,250

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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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