The program will be delivered over 3 semesters (approximately 12 months) on a full-time basis starting in September. Throughout the first and second semesters, classes are held on a block basis allowing for each study module to have a pre-reading period, a delivery period, and a post-delivery period. The summer semester will be devoted to the completion of a dissertation project in partial fulfillment of the course requirements. Attendance is obligatory and students must attend at least 75% of lectures and complete all assigned work.

The pre-reading period will take place in the week prior to the start of the actual delivery period. This period is dedicated to individual reading, group discussion, and study sessions. It will also include two, two-hour online sessions conducted by the faculty member teaching the course. The pre-reading period will ensure that students are prepared for the intense instruction delivered by SDSU and University of Malta faculty during the delivery period. The delivery period consists of regular class sessions meeting daily over a week or more depending on the number of hours allotted to the study unit.

The post-delivery period, potentially overlapping with a pre-reading period of the next unit, might be devoted to a final paper, case assignment or a final examination as an exercise to conclude and synthesise the study module. As is true with the pre-delivery period, the post-delivery period will include two, two-hour online sessions conducted by the faculty member teaching the course.

This is a collaborative degree programme that will be offered at the University of Malta. Teaching faculty will include professors from both San Diego State University and the University of Malta. All the course will be provided at the Old University Building in Valletta.