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

Course Title

Bachelor of Arts in Dance Studies and English

MQF Level

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

Information for International applicants

Refer to the list of country-specific qualifications

Dance Studies

Applicants are required to complete an interview and an audition. Applicants are also required to submit a completed medical fitness form. Those applicants who are unable to attend the interview and dance audition in person may arrange to complete the process through electronic means of communication.

English

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

Dance Studies

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.

English

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

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Dance Studies

The programme of study in Dance Studies will provide you with an academic perspective of the different types of dance and theories related to it, where you will learn about how dance choreography has developed from past to present. You will have the chance to undergo professional practice and experience a variety of dance manners ranging from the musical theatre and movement analysis, to the coupling of performance and philosophy. To heighten your academic experience of the theoretical and practical sides of dance studies, you will be encouraged to participate in an Erasmus+ mobility programme abroad, in order to gain a holistic and multicultural education of the subject matter.

English

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.

Dance Studies


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)

DCS1020	Dance Techniques 1	6 ECTS


Semester 1

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

DCS1005	Dance in History and Society 1	5 ECTS
DCS1011	Dance as Communication	5 ECTS


Semester 2

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

DCS1006	Dance in History and Society 2	5 ECTS
DCS1013	The Healthier Performer	5 ECTS

Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in Dance 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 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)

DCS2020	Dance Techniques 2	6 ECTS


Semester 1

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

PFA2004	Interdisciplinary Theories of Performance	5 ECTS

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

DCS2015	Dance Theatre	4 ECTS
DCS2017	Technology and Interdisciplinary Performance-Making	6 ECTS
DCS2018	Dance Education	4 ECTS
DCS2021	Movement Analysis: Theory and Practice	2 ECTS
PFA2005	Performance and Philosophy	4 ECTS
PFA2006	Musical Theatre: Histories and Training	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

DCS2005	Dance and Performance Theory	5 ECTS

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

DCS2016	Choreography: Modernism and Postmodernism	4 ECTS
DCS2019	Dance in the Community	4 ECTS
DCS2022	Dance Criticism	2 ECTS
PFA2007	Musical Theatre: Performance	4 ECTS
THS2107	Arts and Cultural Management 1: Theories and Perspectives	6 ECTS

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

Total credits for this year: 60 credits


Semester 1

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

DCS3009	Choreological Perspectives	5 ECTS
DCS3029	Choreography Event, Support and Performance	6 ECTS


Semester 2

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

DCS3006	Performance Practitioners	5 ECTS
DCS3026	Synoptic Study-unit 1: Individual Dance Project	6 ECTS	(NC)
DCS3027	Synoptic Study-unit: Dance Studies Review	6 ECTS	(NC)

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

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

English

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)

ENG1077	Literary Criticism and Theory: An Introduction	6 ECTS	(NC)
ENG1082	Shakespeare and Tudor Drama	4 ECTS	(NC)

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

ENG1076	Genre: Prose	4 ECTS


Semester 1

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

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


Semester 2

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

ENG1078	Writing Seminars 1	2 ECTS
ENG1274	English Fiction of the Nineteenth Century: Further Studies	2 ECTS

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

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

Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in English
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 register for study-units as indicated hereunder to bring the total for the year to 26 ECTS credits:

At least 2 ECTS credits across the year from each of the following Language and Linguistics groups: Applications in English-Language Studies, Describing Language, and Language in Society.

At least 2 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer.


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)

ENG2022	Theories of Literature 2: Literature Criticism Theory - Then and Now	4 ECTS	(NC)

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

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


Semester 1

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

ENG2078	Writing Seminars 2	2 ECTS
ENG2089	An Introduction to Cultural Criticism	2 ECTS

Language and Linguistic Groups Applications in English-Language Studies

ENG2031	Studying English Language at Undergraduate Level	2 ECTS

Describing Language

ENG2049	Topics in English Pragmatics	2 ECTS
ENG2118	Aspects of English Phonology	2 ECTS

Language in Society

ENG2028	Discourse of English	2 ECTS
ENG2480	English in Society 2	4 ECTS

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

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


Semester 2

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

ENG2027	Shakespeare: Genius and the Imagination	2 ECTS

Language and Linguistic Groups Applications in English-Language Studies

ENG2030	Second Language Acquisition of English	2 ECTS
ENG2057	Stylistics	4 ECTS

Describing Language

ENG3118	Aspects of Historical and Regional Variation in English	2 ECTS

Language in Society

ENG2805	Child Language Acquisition of English	2 ECTS

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

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.

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

Total credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits

In addition to the compulsory study-units students are required to register for study-units as indicated hereunder to bring the total for the year to 28 ECTS credits:

At least 2 ECTS credits across the year from each of the following Language and Linguistics groups: Applications in English-Language Studies, Describing Language, and Language in Society.

At least 2 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer.


Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)

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

ENG3072	Contemporary Fiction	6 ECTS


Semester 1

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

ENG3074	Techniques of Close Reading and Comparative Literature	4 ECTS	(NC)

Language and Linguistic Groups Applications in English-Language Studies

ENG3011	Applied Linguistics in English Studies 1	2 ECTS
ENG3022	Exploring English Corpora: Language and Literature	2 ECTS

Language in Society

ENG2028	Discourse of English	2 ECTS
ENG3071	Varieties of English	2 ECTS

Describing Language

ENG2049	Topics in English Pragmatics	2 ECTS
ENG2118	Aspects of English Phonology	2 ECTS

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

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.

Semester 2

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

ENG3051	Synoptic Study-Unit 1: Ideas and Concepts	6 ECTS	(NC)
ENG3052	Synoptic Study-Unit 2: Readings, Interpretations, Applications	6 ECTS	(NC)

Language and Linguistic Groups Applications in English-Language Studies

ENG3016	Language and the Literary Mind	2 ECTS
ENG3017	Applied Linguistics in English Studies 2	2 ECTS

Describing Language

ENG3118	Aspects of Historical and Regional Variation in English	2 ECTS

Language in Society

ENG2805	Child Language Acquisition of English	2 ECTS

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

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.

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

Requirement for award of B.A. English and in another area of study: 180 credits, of which:
80 credits in English
80 credits in the other area
20 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 - B.A. - and the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - B.A. (Hons) - under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts.

Dance Studies

By the end of this course, you will:

Be able to discuss, criticise and analyse the different types of dance in a professional manner.
Possess a firm knowledge on the past and theory of dance and theatre through different aesthetic, artistic, cultural and practical lenses.
Have a refined sense of the relationship between bodily movement and theatre or musical performance.
Be critically able to conduct research in theatre, dance and performance.
Be able to contextualise culture, history and theory in a performative dance study.

English

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

Carry out literary and linguistic academic research associated to a literary form.
Engage in a critical discussion about literature in an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary atmosphere.
Possess a firm knowledge of influential theorists and writers in conjunction with their respective publications.
Perform a close-reading analysis of texts for a deeper understanding and refined insight.
Refer to literature published from a Western, European and non-European perspective, such as African and Australian, all of which are contingent on the contextual frame of research being carried out.
Have a keen understanding of history, culture, politics and human nature as seen through the ideas and thoughts of poets and authors.

Non EU Applicants:

Fee per academic year: Eur 8,500

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Dance Studies

Upon successfully completing this course, you will have the opportunity to pursue a number of careers, both locally and internationally. These range from occupations such as an arts administrator, community arts worker, dance movement psychotherapist and choreographer, to pursuing a career as a dancer, theatre director and personal trainer. If you are interested in furthering your academic studies or are considering an academic career, then you are encouraged to enrol in one of our local post-graduate courses for a more holistic and honed learning experience.

English

As a graduate of this programme of study, you will have the opportunity to pursue a career, both locally and internationally, as an editor, proof-reader, content-writer, journalist, human resources specialist, writer, public relations specialist, paralegal and as a librarian. Past students have also transferred to studying Law at an undergraduate level, using the literary foundation we provide to heighten their critical engagement in their research and discussions. If you are interested in furthering your studies or are considering an academic career as a teacher or a lecturer, you are encouraged to enrol in one of our local post-graduate courses, as you will gain a more honed academic experience, as a number of our alumni have done so.

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