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

Course Title

Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology and Communication Studies

MQF Level

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

Information for International applicants

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Communication Studies

An Intermediate Level pass in English.

Archaeology

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.

Communication Studies

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Archaeology

The programme in Archaeology teaches how the human past can be understood and studied through anachronistic materials that remain present in modern day. During your course of studies, we will provide you with the academic knowledge required to understand how archaeology is a necessary and important area through which modern society can learn about primitive or ancient societies and cultures on a global scale. We offer a Mediterranean archaeological perspective where you will have the opportunity to put to practice the concepts and theories learned into our field work unit offered during summer recess. We will also encourage you to undergo the Erasmus+ mobility programme, as we believe that a diversified and multi-cultural experience through international learning will provide you with a more refined learning outcome.

Communication Studies

The programme of study in Communication Studies will provide you with an introduction to a selection of compulsory and elective units that are offered in communication studies as a main area. Throughout the 3-year programme, you will gain knowledge and skills in a variety of topics that will accompany your main area of studies, while also providing transferable skills for your daily personal and professional practice. Some of the topics range from Reflective Writing, Journalism, English Rhetoric, and Cognitive Psychology of Mass Communication, to Philosophical Approaches to Communication and Culture, Media Aesthetics, Audio Production and Website Creation, to name a few. During the final semester of the joint area, the topics studied will culminate into a synoptic exam that will assess your acquired skill and intellect.

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.

Archaeology


Semester 1

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

ARC1005	Human Evolution and Prehistory	6 ECTS	(NC)
ARC1007	Essentials in Archaeology	4 ECTS	(NC)
ARC1008	Material Culture in Archaeology	4 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 2

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

ARC1010	Integrating Science and Archaeology	6 ECTS	(NC)
ARC1012	The Archaeology of Ancient Mediterranean Civilisations	6 ECTS	(NC)

Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in Archaeology
26 ECTS credits in the other main 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 register for elective study-units to bring their total for this area of study to 26 ECTS credits.


Semester 1

Students are required to choose only ONE of the following compulsory study-units. Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

ARC2015*	Monitored Fieldwork (Extended)	8 ECTS
ARC2125*	Monitored Fieldwork	4 ECTS

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

ARC2012	Monographic Course 2	2 ECTS
ARC2016	Principles of Conservation in Archaeology	6 ECTS
ARC2040	Scientific Applications in Archaeology	6 ECTS
ARC3035	The Prehistory of North Africa	4 ECTS
CLA1001	Basic Notions of Latin 1	2 ECTS
CLA1004	Basic Notions of Greek 1	2 ECTS
* Study-unit ARC2015 and ARC2125 are an intensive study-units which are normally scheduled for July and prior to the beginning of the second year.

Semester 2

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

ARC3004	Maltese Prehistory	6 ECTS
ARC3014	The Development and Theory of Archaeology	6 ECTS

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

ARC2010	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Mythology	4 ECTS
ARC3010	Palaeochristian and Byzantine Archaeology	6 ECTS
ARC3032	The Riverine Civilizations of the Near East	6 ECTS
ART2022	Classical Greek and Roman Architecture	4 ECTS
CLA1002	Basic Notions of Latin 2	2 ECTS
CLA1005	Basic Notions of Greek 2	2 ECTS

Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 ECTS credits in Archaeology
26 ECTS credits in the other main 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 10 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.


Semester 1

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

ARC1003	Classical Art and Archaeology	6 ECTS
ARC3034	The Prehistory of the Western Mediterranean: Sicily and Sardinia	6 ECTS
ARC3101	An Introduction to the Port Cities of the Ancient Mediterranean	4 ECTS
CLA1001	Basic Notions of Latin 1	2 ECTS
CLA1004	Basic Notions of Greek 1	2 ECTS
CLA2017	Greek and Roman Civilization	6 ECTS
CLA3129	Survey of Classical Epic	4 ECTS
CLA3180	Survey of Greek Mythology	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

ARC3005	Roman Malta	6 ECTS	(NC)
ARC3021	Synoptic Study-Unit 1: Archaeology	6 ECTS	(NC)
ARC3022	Synoptic Study-Unit 2: Archaeology	6 ECTS	(NC)

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

ARC2013	Phoenician and Punic Archaeology	6 ECTS
ARC3033	Medieval Archaeology	6 ECTS
CLA1002	Basic Notions of Latin 2	2 ECTS
CLA1005	Basic Notions of Greek 2	2 ECTS

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

Requirement for award of B.A. in Archaeology and in another main area: 180 ECTS credits, of which:
80 ECTS credits in Archaeology
80 ECTS credits in another main area
20 ECTS credits in optional units

Communication Studies

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to register for 4 ECTS credits from the Support elective study-units and 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)

ELP1164	Reflective Writing: An Introduction	2 ECTS
MCS1000	Aspects of Communications	4 ECTS
MCS1021	Human Communication	4 ECTS

Support Elective Units

SOC1040	Sociology and Communications	4 ECTS

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

MCS1010	Introduction to Film Studies	4 ECTS
MCS1030	Journalism 1	4 ECTS
MCS1040	Visual Communications and Graphic Design	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

MCS1311	Methods of Inquiry	4 ECTS

Support Elective Units

ELP1206	English Rhetoric and Writing Skills for Media and Communications Students	4 ECTS
MAL1211	II-Malti għall-Komunikazzjoni	4 ECTS

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

CRC1010	Introduction to Marketing Communications	4 ECTS
MCS1050	Internet Communications	4 ECTS
MCS1070	Personal Communications	4 ECTS

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

Total credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits

Students are required to register for 4 ECTS credits from the Support elective study-units and 22 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.


Semester 1

Support Elective Units

CGS2100	Cognitive Psychology of Mass Communication	4 ECTS

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

DGA2005	Editorial Design	4 ECTS
IPG2001	Principles of Information Law	4 ECTS
MCS2020	Video Production 1	4 ECTS
MCS2040	Basic Photography	4 ECTS


Semester 2

Support Elective Units

PHI2038	Philosophical Approaches to Communication and Culture	4 ECTS

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

CST2061	Media Aesthetics	4 ECTS
IDG2000	Introduction to Digital Game Studies	4 ECTS
MCS2030	Journalism 2	4 ECTS
MCS2050	Cultural Theory and Semiotics	4 ECTS
MCS2060	Ethics in the Media	6 ECTS

Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 ECTS credits in Communication Studies
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 4 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)

MCS3940	Mentored Practice	4 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 1

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

CST3192	Media in Maltese Society	4 ECTS
MCS3953	Social Media and 21st Century Communications	4 ECTS

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

CST2121	Intercultural Communication	4 ECTS
CST4311	Advanced Research Methods	4 ECTS
GDS3001	Gender in Communications	4 ECTS
MCS3010	Practical Graphic Design	4 ECTS
MCS3050	Audio Production	4 ECTS
MCS3060	Reporting	4 ECTS
MCS3070	Video Production 2	4 ECTS
MCS3090	Video Manipulation and Animation	4 ECTS
MCS3100	Website Creation	4 ECTS
MCS3110	Radio Production	4 ECTS
MCS3200	Scripting Video	4 ECTS
MCS3201	Film Theory	4 ECTS
MCS3700	Economics in Media Studies	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

MCS3850	Synoptic - Theory 1	6 ECTS	(NC)
MCS3851	Synoptic - Theory 2	6 ECTS	(NC)

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

CST3111	Film Appreciation	4 ECTS
CST3281	Meet the Press	4 ECTS
CST3651	Using Communication for Social Change	4 ECTS
CST3811	Public Relations	4 ECTS
CST3951	Cyberculture	4 ECTS
IDG3000	Game Design and Conceptualisation	4 ECTS
IPG3001	Practical Issues in Information Law	4 ECTS
MCS3012	Analogue, Monochrome Photography and Darkroom	4 ECTS
MCS3040	Photography	4 ECTS
MCS3080	Online Journalism	4 ECTS
MCS3120	In-Depth Reporting	4 ECTS
MCS3130	Integrated Marketing Communications	4 ECTS
MCS3161	Copyright, Business and Entertainment Law	4 ECTS
MCS3300	Producing Film	4 ECTS
MCS3400	Adaptation for Film and Television	4 ECTS
MCS3500	Consumer and Organizational Buying Behaviour	4 ECTS
MCS3600	Documentary Film Production	4 ECTS

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

Requirement for award of B.A.Communications Studies and in another area of study: 180 ECTS credits, of which:
80 ECTS credits in Communication Studies
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.

Archaeology

Upon successfully completing the course, you will be able to demonstrate your knowledge by:

Showing an understanding of the different material foundations of human experience through different time periods and cultures.
Gathering, synthesizing, and analysing ambiguous data sources.
Having the critical capacity to engage thoroughly in discussions and debates about archaeological interpretive data.
Writing and researching concisely and accurately about ideas relating to the subject matter.
Understanding key methodological and theoretical concepts related to the subject matter.

Communication Studies

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

Identify some of the main models in relation to reflective writing.
Create structures for organisational communication practice.
Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative means of research.
Describe different types of psychological, attitudinal, and behavioural effects produced by exposure to mass communication.
Work collaboratively with a mentor to bring secondary research and/or practical project to fruition.
Formulate a critical opinion that is based on current literature on issues in media and communications.

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Fee per academic year: Eur 8,500

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Archaeology

As a graduate of this course, you will have career opportunities both locally and abroad, in which your valuable knowledge on the subject will be demonstrated. You will be able to pursue a career as an archaeologist, conservator, heritage manager, historic buildings inspector or conservation officer, museum/gallery curator, tourism officer, records manager, archivist, cartographer and as a social research. If you are interested in furthering your studies, or are considering an academic career in archaeology, then we encourage you to enrol in a postgraduate course offered at our University, where you will be able to hone your knowledge and gain a holistic understanding of the subject.

Communication Studies

Communication studies as a joint area will provide you with a plethora of transferable skills to choose from in order to integrate into the career that you would like to pursue. Provided the necessary requirements, alumni have found satisfying careers in journalism, media production, writing and publishing, public relations and social media marketing, just to name a few. You may also choose to enrol in a master's programme of your choosing if you would like to further your studies, either locally or abroad.

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