The Department of Sociology (Faculty of Arts, University of Malta) is launching a Master’s degree on Social Impact Assessment.
The Master of Arts in Social Impact Assessment will equip you with the necessary academic skills to commission, design, implement and/or interpret social impact assessments.
This programme is targeted for sociology/social science graduates and individuals with a strong research methods background, who may wish to practice in the fields of applied sociology and policy making.
The programme of study will comprise of 12 study units, each having 5 ECTS, and a Project, comprising 30ECTS.
The Study units will be coordinated by lecturers mainly from the Department of Sociology [1], but also from other Departments and Faculties.
By the end of the course, through a culmination of knowledge, hands-on experience and thorough research, the participant’s refined expertise will be reflected in a 15,000-20,000 supervised project, which will be submitted for examination and presented orally to a group symposium.
More information about this new MA course is available online [2].