Social Policy University of Malta

Overview

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Define and measure poverty, inequality and social exclusion, with a critical appreciation of measurement debates and the ability to source and analyse various international datasets in these areas;

• Explain how issues of diversity such as gender, race, age and disability intersect to exacerbate disadvantage;

• Analyse the extent to which institutional structures, processes and reforms enable people living in poverty to exercise agency;

• Define the purposes of the various EU institutions as well as the policy priorities and processes in the area of social policy;

• Identify and analyse the causes and consequences of policy change, with reference to contemporary theoretical explanations of welfare state retrenchment and reform;

• Demonstrate a critical appreciation of the development of, and the similarities and differences between, welfare regimes in Europe, the US and beyond.

Career opportunities

This Social Policy  course at the University of Malta will enhance employability of persons who wish to work in social policy development, research, project and service management in a broad range of areas in the social field within government, private or NGO sector at local, EU and international level.

Students may go on to apply for a PhD course with the Department upon successful completion of this course.