Contemporary Mediterranean Studies
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.
The programme of study allows you to gain a vast understanding of Mediterranean affairs in modern society through a vast array of perspectives, ranging from anthropology, politics and foreign policy, to international relations, migration and multi-country relations. During your course of studies, you will be encouraged to participate in the Erasmus+ mobility programme, as we believe that having an international academic learning experience will give you a more rich and multicultural perspective of the subject matter.
English
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.
The programme of study in English will help you explore the history and modes of literature and language across time, dating from Ancient Greece to our contemporary life. During the course you will become knowledgeable of different writing styles and will learn about the complex theories and critical approaches towards literature. By studying about canonical and non-canonical writers, both British and non-British, we will help you broaden your literary and linguistic horizon as you come to a firmer understanding of how literature captures the politics, tribulations, arts and culture of the world by defamiliarizing and reconstructing it on page. You will also be encouraged to participate in an Erasmus+ mobility programme for a more holistic and multicultural 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.
Contemporary Mediterranean Studies
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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ANT1004 | Ethnography and Anthropological Theory | 8 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Recommended Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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GEO1005 | The Geography of Populations: Concepts and Theories | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
HST1126 | The Mediterranean in Modern Times | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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ANT1003 | Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
HST1023 | Introduction to Maltese Historical Demography | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
IRL1082 | Introduction to Political Studies | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
IRL1091 | Soft Power in International Relations: An Introduction to the Role of Media and Culture | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI1014 | Political Philosophy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Recommended Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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ANT1005 | Locating the Anthropology of the Mediterranean | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SPA1003 | An Overview of Spanish History | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SPA1013 | Christians, Muslims and Jews in Al-Andalus | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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HST1021 | Europe in early modern times c.1450 - c.1789 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IRL1081 | The Global Politics of Inequality: Realities and Perspectives | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IRL1088 | Introduction to Foreign Policy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IRL1089 | Theories of International Relations | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI1006 | History of Philosophy: (a) Modern Philosophy and (b) Contemporary Philosophy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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ANT2047 | Emotions, Culture and Society | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
ANT3006 | Political Anthropology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
ANT3030 | Anthropology of Migration | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
ARB2022 | Arab History and Civilization: The Oral Tradition | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
GEO2050 | Historical and Political Geography | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
GEO3083 | The Human Geography of the Mediterranean | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
HST2014 | A History of the Family and Sexual Behaviour | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
HST2017 | Anglo-Italian Relations in the Mediterranean: From the Renaissance to the Cold War | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
HST3012 | Steam: A History of Industrial Power | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
IRL2074 | The Muslim-Arab World in Contemporary Times | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IRL2093 | Comparative Politics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SPA2004 | Modern and Contemporary Spanish and Latin American Art | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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ANT3041 | Anthropology of Islam | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
ANT3080 | History, Memory and Identity | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
GEO3087 | The Physical Geography of the Mediterranean | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
HST2005 | Contemporary Mediterranean History | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
HST2027 | Introduction to Historical Demographic Theories | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
HST2030 | Demographic and Urban Growth in the Mediterranean from the Late Middle Ages to Modern Times | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IRL2010 | International Economics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IRL2058 | Terror: Ideas and Realities | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MDT3001 | Israeli-Palestinian Relations: Pasts, Urgencies, Prospects | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3046 | Contemporary Continental Philosophy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SPA2019 | Imperial Spain | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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ANT3038 | Ecology and Culture in the Mediterranean | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IRL2090 | International Relations since 1919 | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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ANT2002 | Law, State and Society in Southern Europe | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
ANT2003 | Nation, State and Society in the Middle East/North Africa | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
ANT2020 | Kinship, Family and Marriage | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
ANT3019 | Historical Anthropology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
GEO3021 | Climate Change and Sustainability in the Mediterranean | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
HST2015 | Tracing Family History: Archival Depositories, Digital Resources and Genealogical Research | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
HST3025 | Trans-Regional Migrations: A Short History of Migration and Mobility from Ancient to Modern Times | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
HST3109 | International Relations Between the World Wars | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3039 | Thematic Readings in Political Thought | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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ATS3001 | Contemporary Mediterranean Studies Paper 1 | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
ATS3002 | Contemporary Mediterranean Studies Paper 2 | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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GEO3006 | Urbanisation and Development | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
HST2028 | A History of European and World Populations | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IRL2020 | Nationalism in International Politics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IRL2036 | Intercultural Politics in the Mediterranean | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IRL3007 | War and Peace in the Middle East | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IRL3098 | International Financial Institutions | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MDT3001 | Israeli-Palestinian Relations: Pasts, Urgencies, Prospects | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SLA2029 | Spain and Malta through the Ages | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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English
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ENG1077 | Literary Criticism and Theory: An Introduction | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
ENG1082 | Shakespeare and Tudor Drama | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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ENG1076 | Genre: Prose | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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ENG1083 | Introduction to English Syntax and Phonetics | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
ENG1173 | Romantic Poets 1: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG1174 | English Fiction of the Nineteenth Century: An Introduction | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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ENG1078 | Writing Seminars 1 | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG1274 | English Fiction of the Nineteenth Century: Further Studies | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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ENG1071 | Chaucer: An Introduction | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG1084 | English in Society 1 | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG1273 | Romantic Poets 2: Byron, Keats, Shelley | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG1278 | The Art of the Essay | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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ENG2022 | Theories of Literature 2: Literature Criticism Theory - Then and Now | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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ENG2033 | Maltese Literature in English | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2077 | Practical Criticism | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2080 | American Literature of the Nineteenth Century 2 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2081 | The Modern Novel | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2099 | From Plato to Pater | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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ENG2078 | Writing Seminars 2 | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2089 | An Introduction to Cultural Criticism | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Language and Linguistic GroupsApplications in English-Language Studies | |||||
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ENG2031 | Studying English Language at Undergraduate Level | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Describing Language | |||||
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ENG2049 | Topics in English Pragmatics | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2118 | Aspects of English Phonology | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Language in Society | |||||
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ENG2028 | Discourse of English | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2480 | English in Society 2 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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ENG2005 | Poetry of the Eighteenth Century | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2053 | The Postcolonial Novel (Australian) | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2054 | Metaphysical Poetry and Baroque Writing in England | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2068 | Medieval Literature into Film | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2071 | Shakespeare into Film | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2087 | Creative Writing 1 | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2096 | The Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2133 | Maltese Literature in English: Prose | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2255 | Eighteenth-Century Prose 2: Further Studies | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG3091 | Linguistics Seminar 1 and 2 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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ENG2027 | Shakespeare: Genius and the Imagination | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Language and Linguistic GroupsApplications in English-Language Studies | |||||
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ENG2030 | Second Language Acquisition of English | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2057 | Stylistics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Describing Language | |||||
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ENG3118 | Aspects of Historical and Regional Variation in English | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Language in Society | |||||
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ENG2805 | Child Language Acquisition of English | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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ENG1372 | Shakespeare: The Second Tetralogy of History Plays | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2006 | Milton and the Epic Voice | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2041 | High Modernism in English and American Literature | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2042 | The English Novel in the Later Nineteenth Century: Henry James | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2052 | The Postcolonial Novel 1: African | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2063 | Theories of Literature 3: Gender and Power | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2064 | Theories of Literature 4: Postcolonialism | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2066 | Current Debates in Literary Theory | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2067 | Chaucer and Medieval Literature | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2092 | Travel Writing | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2173 | Modern Drama | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2176 | Victorian Poetry | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2276 | Modern Poetry | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2290 | Genre: Creative Nonfiction | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2333 | Maltese Literature in English: Poetry | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
Elective study-units and study-units from the Language and Linguistic groups which are offered during year 2 are also on offer during year 3 and vice versa.   |
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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ENG3072 | Contemporary Fiction | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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ENG3074 | Techniques of Close Reading and Comparative Literature | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Language and Linguistic GroupsApplications in English-Language Studies | |||||
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ENG3011 | Applied Linguistics in English Studies 1 | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG3022 | Exploring English Corpora: Language and Literature | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Language in Society | |||||
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ENG2028 | Discourse of English | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG3071 | Varieties of English | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Describing Language | |||||
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ENG2049 | Topics in English Pragmatics | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2118 | Aspects of English Phonology | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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ENG3082 | Slave Narratives | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG3091 | Linguistics Seminar 1 and 2 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG3113* | Creative Writing: Undergraduate Tutorials and Mentoring | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG3173 | British Poetry after 1945 | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
* Students are required to submit a dossier to Prof. Ivan Callus prior to confirmation of acceptance on study-unit ENG3113.   | |||||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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ENG3051 | Synoptic Study-Unit 1: Ideas and Concepts | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
ENG3052 | Synoptic Study-Unit 2: Readings, Interpretations, Applications | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Language and Linguistic Groups Applications in English-Language Studies | |||||
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ENG3016 | Language and the Literary Mind | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG3017 | Applied Linguistics in English Studies 2 | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Describing Language | |||||
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ENG3118 | Aspects of Historical and Regional Variation in English | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Language in Society | |||||
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ENG2805 | Child Language Acquisition of English | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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ENG2041 | High Modernism in English and American Literature | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2066 | Current Debates in Literary Theory | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG2290 | Genre: Creative Nonfiction | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG3083 | American Studies: An Introduction | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG3086 | Horror | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG3087 | Creative Writing 2 | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG3093 | Theories of Literature 5: Literature and Ecocriticism | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG3113* | Creative Writing: Undergraduate Tutorials and Mentoring | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ENG3273 | An Introduction to Twentieth Century American Poetry | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
* Students are required to submit a dossier to Prof. Ivan Callus prior to confirmation of acceptance on study-unit ENG3113.Elective study-units and study-units from the Linguistic groups which are offered during year 3 are also on offer during year 2 and vice versa.   |
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.