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

Course Title

Bachelor of Arts in English and History

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

English

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

History

An Advanced Level pass in History.

English

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.

History

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

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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.

History

The undergraduate programme in History will enrich your historic knowledge on a global scale. During the course, apart from learning about local and national history through social, economic, warfare and other perspectives, we will also provide you with a wholistic historic lens of Western, European and Non-European countries. By learning history on an academic level, you will possess a deep appreciation and a heightened sense of awareness of contemporary international and local affairs through your firm grasp of historic patterns, events and foundations. We also encourage you to participate in the Erasmus+ programme, as we believe that a multicultural and diversified learning experience will give you a better learning experience.

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.

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

History

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)

HST1010	Medieval Europe 1	6 ECTS
HST1017	Themes of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Maltese Political History	4 ECTS


Semester 1

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

HST1011	Structure and Change in Malta's Economic History	4 ECTS
HST1126	The Mediterranean in Modern Times	2 ECTS

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

CHN1014	An Overview of Chinese History	4 ECTS
HST1022	The Order of St John 1530-1798: A Cultural History Approach	2 ECTS
HST1023	Introduction to Maltese Historical Demography	2 ECTS


Semester 2

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

HST1019	The Craft of History	2 ECTS
HST1021	Europe in early modern times c.1450 - c.1789	4 ECTS

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

SPA1018	An Introduction to Latin America	2 ECTS
SPA1019	An Introduction to Spain	2 ECTS

Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 credits in History
26 credits in the other area
8 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 10 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)

HST2003	The Renaissance and Reformation	6 ECTS
HST3018	Hospitaller Malta	4 ECTS

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

HST2011	The Practice of History	2 ECTS
HST2015	Tracing Family History: Archival Depositories, Digital Resources and Genealogical Research	4 ECTS
HST2018	France and Germany: Rethinking Interrelations in the Making of Europe	4 ECTS
HST2020	Archives for Historians	2 ECTS
HST2033	The Eight-Pointed Cross of the Mediterranean	2 ECTS
HST2061	China in the World	4 ECTS
HST3020	Slavery in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean	4 ECTS
HST3025	Trans-Regional Migrations: A Short History of Migration and Mobility from Ancient to Modern Times	4 ECTS
HST3032	Medieval Island Regions	6 ECTS
HST3109	International Relations Between the World Wars	2 ECTS


Semester 2

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

HST2009	Medieval Malta	6 ECTS

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

CLA2060	Latin for Historians	4 ECTS
HST2010	Social History of Modern Europe	6 ECTS
HST2012	Reason and Enlightenment in Europe 1650-1789	4 ECTS
HST2025	The European Union: Historical Considerations	4 ECTS
HST2026	Global History: Theories and Applications	4 ECTS
HST2028	A History of European and World Populations	4 ECTS
HST2031	Iberia and Malta	2 ECTS
HST2032	Mediterranean Encounters between Christians and Muslims 1500-2000	4 ECTS
HST3040	Social Welfare and Public Health in Mediterranean Europe 1700-1900	6 ECTS

Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 credits in History
26 credits in the other area
8 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 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)

HST3011	European Industrialisation and Mediterranean Underdevelopment	6 ECTS

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

HST2011	The Practice of History	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
HST2021	Seminars on Twentieth Century Maltese History	4 ECTS
HST2035	U.S. History: 1492 to 1939	4 ECTS
HST2040	Medieval Europe 2	6 ECTS
HST2113	Venice, the Order of St. John and Malta	2 ECTS
HST3012	Steam: A History of Industrial Power	2 ECTS
HST3015	Late Medieval Mediterranean History	6 ECTS
HST3021	European Historiography	2 ECTS
HST3023	The Forgotten Power: Persian/Iranian History in Global Perspective	4 ECTS
HST3033	War and Society in Medieval Europe	6 ECTS


Semester 2

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

HST2005	Contemporary Mediterranean History	6 ECTS
HST3089	Synoptic Study-Unit: Maltese and Mediterranean History	6 ECTS	(NC)
HST3090	Synoptic Study-Unit: European and International History	6 ECTS	(NC)

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

HST2006	Malta Before and After Independence: Aspects of Maltese Social and Political History	4 ECTS
HST2019	The Transition from Medieval to Hospitaller Malta in the Sixteenth Century	2 ECTS
HST2027	Introduction to Historical Demographic Theories	4 ECTS
HST2029	Global history (c.1492 - c.1870)	4 ECTS
HST2030	Demographic and Urban Growth in the Mediterranean from the Late Middle Ages to Modern Times	4 ECTS
HST3019	History of Political Thought	2 ECTS
HST3022	Russia and Eurasia in Global Context	4 ECTS

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

Requirement for award of B.A. in History and in another main area of study: 180 credits, of which:
80 credits in History
80 credits in another area
20 credits in 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.

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.

History

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

Conduct and carry out critical academic research in a professional academic manner necessary at an undergraduate level.
Contribute to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary discussions, where your invaluable knowledge on the subject matter will be a necessity.
Recall key historic people and events and their respective contributions.
Express your thoughts coherently, concisely and clearly in written and oral mediums through a heightened sense of intellectual integration in the subject matter.
Understand better the contingent relationship between present and past through your awareness of current international and local affairs.

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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.

History

As a graduate of this programme of study you will be employable, both locally and internationally, as an archivist, heritage manager, museum curator or education officer, academic researcher, policy officer, information officer, human resources officer and as a broadcast journalist. If you are interested in furthering your education, or are considering an academic profession, then we encourage you to enrol in one of our local postgraduate courses for a holistic and honed educational experience.

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