UBAANTGRNFT-2024-5-O - L-Università ta' Malta

Course Title

Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and German

MQF Level

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

Information for International applicants

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German

An Advanced Level pass at Grade C or better in German.

Anthropology

Applicants in terms of the 'maturity (adult learners) clause' are required to sit for an interview, held on a date which will be announced in due course. Once announced, this date cannot be changed. The closing date for receipt of applications from applicants in terms of the 'maturity (adult learners) clause' is 31 August 2024 at 2pm.

Applicants may also be required to submit a Learning Portfolio. Further information about the Portfolio will be forwarded to applicants.

Applicants wishing to join the part-time mode must submit their application as full-time, and then include a note in the comments box of the application form, denoting their preference to be considered for the part-time option. Such requests will be considered by the Board of the Faculty.

German

Applicants may also be required to submit a Learning Portfolio. Further information about the Portfolio will be forwarded to applicants.

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Anthropology

The programme in Anthropology will provide you with an intricate and wide academic understanding of the subject-matter. During your course of studies, you will learn about the social, cultural, biological and linguistic aspects that comprise anthropology. Your knowledge on these areas may also culminate into a research-based dissertation that you will carry out in your final year of your programme of study. By studying about the origin and contemporary standing of anthropology, you will be provided with a wide spectrum of facets that will contribute to a more holistic understanding, ranging from evolution and society, to psychoanalysis, migration and post-colonialism, to name a few. We will also encourage you to participate in the Erasmus+ mobility programme, as we believe that an international and multi-cultural experience will provide you with a more holistic learning outcome.

German

The programme in German will give you an academic perspective at the Germanic language in terms of linguistics, literature and culture. During the course we will instil within you a deep appreciation for the language by helping you refine and hone your lexical, syntactic and grammatical abilities in all of the language's mediums. Your heightened insight in history and culture will prove invaluable in the work field, and you will gain a better understanding of how the contemporary state of the German language and Germany itself have been affected by key historical events. We also encourage you to participate in the Erasmus+ mobility programme, as we believe a diversified and multicultural experience will give you a holistic academic journey.

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.

Anthropology

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 10 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.


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)

ANT1004	Ethnography and Anthropological Theory	8 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 1

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

ANT1003	Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology	4 ECTS	(NC)
ANT1030	Academic Writing and Anthropology	4 ECTS

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

ARC1105*	Introduction to Human Evolution	2 ECTS
CVL1013	Introduction to Legal Anthropology	4 ECTS
* Study-unit ARC1105 cannot be taken by students who registered for study-unit ARC1005 in their Archaeology area.

Semester 2

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

ANT1001	Human Societies: The Comparative Perspective	4 ECTS
ANT1005	Locating the Anthropology of the Mediterranean	4 ECTS
ANT1009	Anthropology and the Contemporary World	2 ECTS

Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in Anthropology
26 ECTS credits in the other area
8 ECTS credits in optional study-units

Total credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 18 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.


Semester 1

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

ANT2020	Kinship, Family and Marriage	4 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

ANT2002	Law, State and Society in Southern Europe	4 ECTS
ANT2003	Nation, State and Society in the Middle East/North Africa	4 ECTS
ANT2057	Anthropology of Food	4 ECTS
ANT2059	Refugees and Displacement: Anthropological Perspectives	4 ECTS
ANT3019	Historical Anthropology	4 ECTS
ANT3027	Visual Anthropology: Theory and Photographic Applications	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

ANT3016	Anthropology of Religion	4 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

ANT2050	Anthropology of Borders	4 ECTS
ANT2054	The Body in Culture and Society	2 ECTS
ANT2055	Anthropology and Art	2 ECTS
ANT3022	Anthropology of Gender and Sexualities	4 ECTS
ANT3060	Advanced Topic in Social or Cultural Anthropology	2 ECTS
ANT3082	Anthropology and the Hellenic World	4 ECTS
ANT3122	Anthropology and Literature	2 ECTS

Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 credits in Anthropology
26 credits in the other area
8 credits optional study-units

Total credits for this year: 60 credits

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 4 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.


Semester 1

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

ANT3006	Political Anthropology	4 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

ANT2047	Emotions, Culture and Society	4 ECTS
ANT3023	Anthropological Perspectives on Human Rights	4 ECTS
ANT3030	Anthropology of Migration	4 ECTS
ANT3035	Special Topic in Anthropology	2 ECTS
ANT3037	Anthropology and Post-Colonialism	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

ANT3007	Economic Anthropology	4 ECTS	(NC)
ANT3033	Current Issues in Cultural and Social Anthropology: Synoptic Revisions	4 ECTS	(NC)
ANT3068	Synoptic Study-Unit: General Anthropology	6 ECTS	(NC)
ANT3069	Synoptic Study-Unit: Regional and Global Anthropology	6 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

ANT2082	Themes in Evolutionary Anthropology	2 ECTS
ANT3021	Feminisms and Anthropology	2 ECTS
ANT3041	Anthropology of Islam	4 ECTS
ANT3052	Medical Anthropology	4 ECTS
ANT3064	Psychoanalysis and Anthropology	4 ECTS
ANT3080	History, Memory and Identity	4 ECTS

Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS credits, of which:
28 ECTS credits in Anthropology
28 ECTS credits in the other area
4 ECTS credits optional study-units

Requirement for award of B.A. Anthropology and in another area of study: 180 ECTS credits, of which:
80 ECTS credits in Anthropology
80 ECTS credits in the other area
20 ECTS credits optional study-units

German


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)

GRM1055	Deutsche Grammatik 1 / German Grammar 1	4 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 1

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

GRM1050	Einführung in die Literaturwissenschaft / Introduction to German literature studies	4 ECTS	(NC)
GRM1053	Einführung in die Landeskunde und Kulturwissenschaft / Introduction to area and cultural studies	2 ECTS
GRM1056	Sprachpraxis 1 / Language practice 1	4 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 2

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

GRM1052	Texte der Deutschen Literatur / German literary texts	4 ECTS	(NC)
GRM1054	Einführung in die deutsche Sprachwissenschaft / Introduction to German linguistics	4 ECTS	(NC)
GRM1057	Sprachpraxis 2 / Language practice 2	4 ECTS	(NC)

Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in German
26 ECTS credits in the other area
8 ECTS credits in optional study-units

Total credits for this year: 60 credits

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 8 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.


Semester 1

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

GRM2057	Sprachpraxis 3 / Language practice 3	4 ECTS	(NC)
GRM2062	Deutsche Grammatik 2 / German Grammar 2	2 ECTS	(NC)
GRM2064	Übersetzung 1 / Translation 1	2 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units(Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

GRM2050	Deutsche Literaturgeschichte: Von der Aufklaerung bis zur Klassik	4 ECTS
GRM2053	Interkulturelle Kompetenz / Intercultural competence	4 ECTS
GRM2054	Phonetik und Phonologie des Deutschen / Phonetics and phonology of German	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

GRM2060	Sprachpraxis 4 / Language practice 4	2 ECTS
GRM2061	Deutsche Geschichte und Kultur / German history and culture	4 ECTS	(NC)
GRM2063	Deutsche Grammatik 3 / German Grammar 3	2 ECTS	(NC)
GRM2065	Übersetzung 2 / Translation 2	2 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units(Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

GRM2052	Deutsche Literaturgeschichte: Von der Romantik bis zum Expressionismus	4 ECTS
GRM2055	Sprachkontakt und Sprachwandel / Language contact and language change	4 ECTS

Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 ECTS credits in German
26 ECTS credits in the other area
8 ECTS credits optional study-units

Total credits for this year: 60 credits

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 4 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.


Semester 1

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

GRM3057	Lesen und Schreiben / Reading and writing skills	4 ECTS	(NC)
GRM3059	Deutsch im Beruf / Professional German	4 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units(Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

GRM3050	Deutsche Literaturgeschichte: Von 1945 bis zur Gegenwart / History of German Literature: From 1945 to the present	4 ECTS
GRM3055	Soziolinguistik des Deutschen / Sociolinguistics of German	4 ECTS
GRM3058	Textanalyse und Textkommunikation / Textual analysis and text communication	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

GRM3007	Synoptic Study-Unit 1: German	6 ECTS	(NC)
GRM3008	Synoptic Study-Unit 2: German	6 ECTS	(NC)
GRM3054	Deutsche Medien und Tagesthemen / German media and topical issues	4 ECTS	(NC)

Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS credits, of which:
28 ECTS credits in German
28 ECTS credits in the other area
4 ECTS credits optional study-units

Requirement for award of B.A. German and in another area of study: 180 ECTS credits, of which:
80 ECTS credits in German
80 ECTS credits in the other area
20 ECTS credits optional study-units

This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 and by the Bye-Laws for the award of the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts.

Anthropology

Upon successfully completing the course, you will:

Have a refined and proficient skill-set in understanding how human diversity, behaviours and ideas have been impacted across time through biological, cultural, historical and linguistic perspectives.
Be able to carry out independent research and compose academic writings.
Be knowledgeable of the theories and history related to the discipline.
Contribute your anthropological knowledge to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary discussions.
Demonstrate your knowledge through effective communication and construct arguments by using your refined capacity for critical thinking.

German

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

Conduct and carry out academic research related to the subject matter in a professional and critical manner.
Possess the fluent capacity to speak, write and read on an intermediate or native-like level of the target language.
Practice the critical analysis of texts, topics and cultural perspectives in the target language, while also contributing to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary discussions where your knowledge would be an invaluable necessity.
Recall key historical events and figures related to several facets of German that are contingent on the context being researched or discussed.
Competent in demonstrating your information literacy skills.

Non EU Applicants:

Fee per academic year: Eur 8,500

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Anthropology

This programme of study will prepare you for a wide range of anthropology related careers, both locally and abroad. These include working at museums, non-profit and community-based organisations, international development, organizational psychology, governmental work and marketing. If you are more inclined towards an academic career, we encourage you to further your studies by pursuing a post-graduate programme that our University offers, as a number of alumni have done so.

German

As a graduate of this course, you will be employable in a variety of fields, both locally and internationally, as a translator, interpreter, journalist, cultural consultant, paralegal, publisher, editor, writer, UN Representative, Event planner, historian, librarian and as an archivist. If you are interested in furthering your studies, or are considering an academic profession, we encourage you to enrol in one of our local postgraduate courses for a more holistic learning experience.

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