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

Course Title

Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts and International Relations

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

Fine Arts

Applicants are required to submit a portfolio which shall be assessed during an interview held by an interviewing board, which shall be composed of at least three members. Applicants who are unsuccessful in the interview shall not be admitted to the Course.

International Relations

An Advanced Level pass at Grade C or better, in either Arabic, or Economics, or French, or German, or History, or Russian, or Spanish, or a pass in Chinese obtained in the Chinese University/College Entrance Examination (Gaokao).

Fine Arts

All applicants choosing the Fine Arts area of study are required to sit for an interview which will be held on a date which will be announced in due course. Once announced, this date cannot be changed.

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.

International Relations

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

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Fine Arts

The programme of study in Fine Arts you provide you with the academic opportunity to learn about the array of fine arts in its variety of practical and artistic applications. By learning about the historical and traditional art of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods, you will be well equipped to understand how Modern art carries on, builds upon or debunks the artistic expressions of past centuries. By learning about key artistic historic figures and their unique contributions, you will gain a deeper cultural appreciation for different impacted art forms, as you will have the chance to learn about the art modes of photography and sculpting in both practice and theory. We also encourage you to participate in the Erasmus+ mobility programme, for a more holistic and multicultural academic journey.

International Relations

The undergraduate programme in International Relations offers you an academic perspective on the liaison between countries, and how bureaucratic decisions by hegemonic countries and the intervening action of administrative boards, state officials and elected representatives create a complex web of intercountry relations. During the course we will provide you with a coherent and clear image of how Western, European and Non-European countries coalesce, ranging from topics such as understanding foreign policy of USA and international economics, to international relations since 1919 and conflict resolution, to name a few. We also encourage you to participate in our Erasmus+ mobility programme, as we believe a multicultural perspective will provide 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.

Fine Arts


Semester 1

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

AAH1101	Introduction to Fine Art Practice	4 ECTS	(NC)
AAH1200	Studio Research in Fine Arts	2 ECTS	(NC)
ART1010	Introduction to Drawing Skills: Practical Sessions	4 ECTS	(NC)
ART1208	Introduction to Painting: Practical Sessions	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

AAH1022	Grammar of Photography	4 ECTS	(NC)
AAH1300	Multimedia Approaches to Fine Art Practice	4 ECTS	(NC)
ART1003	Artistic Techniques: Painting, Sculpture and Printing	4 ECTS	(NC)

Recommended Optional Unit

ART1114	Study Tour	4 ECTS

Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 credits in Fine Arts
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.


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)

AAH2205	Print Making	8 ECTS


Semester 1

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

AAH2450	Painting and Mark-Making	4 ECTS

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

AAH2035	Twentieth-Century Visual Culture	4 ECTS
AAH3037	Milestones in the History of Photography and Cinemas	2 ECTS
ART2000	Art in Malta 1: Late Medieval to Early Renaissance	4 ECTS
ART2008	High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy	4 ECTS
ART2018	Caravaggio and Early Baroque Classicism	4 ECTS
ART2038	Gender Issues in Art	2 ECTS
ART2151	The Decorative Arts in the 19th Century	2 ECTS
ART2315	Gallery Placement	2 ECTS


Semester 2

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

AAH2209	Painitng from Life: the Human Figure	6 ECTS
AAH2300	Contemporary Perspectives in Landscape Painting	4 ECTS

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

AAH2215*	Print Making	4 ECTS
ART2005	Northern Renaissance Art	4 ECTS
ART2010	Roman Baroque Sculpture	4 ECTS
ART2011	Modern Contemporary Art	4 ECTS
ART2022	Classical Greek and Roman Architecture	4 ECTS
ART2109	The Art and Architecture of the High and Late Middle Ages: Romanesque to Gothic	4 ECTS
ART2114	Study Tour	4 ECTS
ART2140	Italian Baroque Architecture 1600-1750	4 ECTS
ART2314	Conservation Placement	2 ECTS
* Students going on Erasmus in Semester 1 are to instead register for these study-units in Semester 2.

Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 credits in Fine Arts
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)

AAH3129	Mediterranean Identities: Issues of Representation and Multimodal Narrative Constructs	4 ECTS
AAH3401	Bodies information: Rethinking the human in the 21st Century	4 ECTS
AAH3450	Expanded Forms of Painting	4 ECTS

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

AAH3141	Decorative Design Workshops	4 ECTS
AAH3402	Post - Internet Artistic Practices	4 ECTS
ART2020	Art in Malta 2: From the Early Knights’ Period to the Plague of 1676	4 ECTS
ART3001	Late Baroque Painting	4 ECTS
ART3002	Neo-Classicism and Romanticism	4 ECTS
ART3003	Art in Malta 3: The Architecture of the Order of St John in Malta (1530-1798)	4 ECTS
ART3038	Contemporary Art Biennials: Critical and Theoretical Issues	4 ECTS
ART3040	The Art of the Counter Reformation outside Italy	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

AAH3217	Fine Arts Synoptic Study-unit 1	6 ECTS	(NC)
AAH3218	Fine Arts Synoptic Study-Unit 2	6 ECTS	(NC)

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

ART2021	Architectural History 3: Modern and Contemporary Architecture	4 ECTS
ART3004	Art in Malta 4: The Nineteenth Century - Painting, Sculpture and Architecture	4 ECTS
ART3035	Museum Placement 2	2 ECTS
ART3048	Criticism, Appreciation and Method in Art History	2 ECTS
ART3114	Study Tour	4 ECTS

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

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

International Relations

Should there be the need, in addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of either 4 ECTS or 8 ECTS as applicable from the elective study-units on offer during the year.


Semester 1

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

IRL1025*	Introduction to Economics	4 ECTS
IRL1082	Introduction to Political Studies	6 ECTS	(NC)
IRL1193**	Introduction to Modern Europe	4 ECTS

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

HST1126***	The Mediterranean in Modern Times	2 ECTS
IRL1091	Soft Power in International Relations: An Introduction to the Role of Media and Culture	4 ECTS
LIN1063	Academic Reading and Writing in English	2 ECTS
PHI1014	Political Philosophy	4 ECTS
* Study-unit IRL1025 is to be taken only by students who do not have an Advanced Level in Economics. It is compulsory for students who do not have an Advanced Level in Economics. Students with an Advanced Level in Economics must take 4 ECTS from the Elective Units. IRL1193 is to be taken only by students who do not have an Advanced Level in History. It is compulsory for students who do not have an Advanced Level in History. Students with an Advanced Level in History must take 4 ECTS from the Elective Units. * HST1126 cannot be taken by students following either Bachelor of Arts in History or Bachelor of Arts in European and Global History.

Semester 2

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

IRL1081	The Global Politics of Inequality: Realities and Perspectives	4 ECTS	(NC)
IRL1088	Introduction to Foreign Policy	4 ECTS	(NC)
IRL1089	Theories of International Relations	4 ECTS	(NC)

Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in International Relations
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 14 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)

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

IRL2090*	International Relations since 1919	6 ECTS


Semester 1

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

IRL2002	Security Studies	4 ECTS	(NC)
IRL2093	Comparative Politics	4 ECTS	(NC)
IRL3189	International Political Economy 1	4 ECTS

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

BKF3341	Prevention of Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing	4 ECTS
HST3109	International Relations Between the World Wars	2 ECTS
INL2004	International and Public Law for International Relations	6 ECTS
INL3011	European Court of Human Rights	4 ECTS
IRL2060	Contemporary China	4 ECTS
IRL2075	Environmental Issues in International Relations	4 ECTS
IRL2098	Malta in International Relations	4 ECTS
IRL3095	Diplomacy and Diplomatic Practice	4 ECTS
IRL3146	Foreign Policies of European States	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

IRL2010	International Economics	4 ECTS
IRL2020	Nationalism in International Politics	4 ECTS
IRL2036	Intercultural Politics in the Mediterranean	4 ECTS
IRL2063	Introduction to Humanitarian Action	4 ECTS
IRL2290	International Relations since 1945	4 ECTS
IRL3007	War and Peace in the Middle East	4 ECTS
IRL3041	Contemporary Warfare	4 ECTS
IRL3098	International Financial Institutions	4 ECTS
MDT3001	Israeli-Palestinian Relations: Pasts, Urgencies, Prospects	4 ECTS
* Students who register for study-unit IRL2090 cannot regsiter for study-units HST3109 and IRL2290.

Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 ECTS credits in International Relations
26 ECTS credits in the other 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 choose study-units to the value of 12 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)

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

IRL3096*	Contemporary European Studies	8 ECTS


Semester 1

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

IRL2099	Conflict Resolution and International Relations	4 ECTS	(NC)

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

BKF3341	Prevention of Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing	4 ECTS
INL3011	European Court of Human Rights	4 ECTS
IRL2012	Foreign Policy of Russia	4 ECTS
IRL2014	An Introduction to Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa	4 ECTS
IRL2064	Asia-Pacific in the World	6 ECTS
IRL2074	The Muslim-Arab World in Contemporary Times	4 ECTS
IRL2089	Further Studies in Diplomacy	4 ECTS
IRL3196	The Politics and the Government of the European Union	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

IRL3057	Synoptic Study-Unit 1: International Relations	6 ECTS	(NC)
IRL3058	Synoptic Study-Unit 2: International Relations	6 ECTS	(NC)

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

HST2005	Contemporary Mediterranean History	6 ECTS
IRL2011	Foreign Policy of USA	4 ECTS
IRL2013	Political Economy of War	4 ECTS
IRL2058	Terror: Ideas and Realities	4 ECTS
IRL2084	The International Relations of Small States and Territories	4 ECTS
IRL2092	Political Movements and Parties	4 ECTS
IRL3006	Politics and Government in the Persian Gulf	4 ECTS
IRL3010	Norms, Rights and Climate Justice	4 ECTS
IRL3050	International Institutions	4 ECTS
IRL3065	The Media and International Relations	4 ECTS
IRL3296	External Relations of the European Union	4 ECTS
MDT3001	Israeli-Palestinian Relations: Pasts, Urgencies, Prospects	4 ECTS
* Students who register for study-unit IRL3096 cannot register for study-units IRL3196 and IRL3296.

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

Requirement for award of B.A. International Relations and in another area of study: 180 ECTS credits, of which:
80 ECTS credits in International Relations
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.

Fine Arts

Upon finishing the course, you will be able to:

Conduct research and write critically about a subject matter related to the fine arts.
Effectively express concepts and engage in discussions in an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary atmosphere.
Have a deep understanding behind the meaning of a work of art, while also perceiving its role in a social macrocosmic context.
Redefine and analyse contemporary art through your awareness of its multiple unique representations across time and different regions.
Develop an autonomous identity and style through the practice of original art.

International Relations

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

Carry out and conduct critical academic research in a professional manner as expected at an undergraduate level.
Have a familiarised knowledge about theories and concepts of international relations and apply them to contemporary world affairs.
Develop a keen sense of awareness through your refined interpretation of reading news and international events.
Contribute your invaluable knowledge on the subject matter to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary discursive atmospheres.
Understand the interweaving relationship and personal ethics present between the contingent relationship of individual decisions and national results.

Non EU Applicants:

Fee per academic year: Eur 8,500

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Fine Arts

As a fine arts graduate, you will have a number of career opportunities, both locally and abroad, in which you can employ your invaluable artistic skill-set. These include roles such as an art therapist, community arts worker, advertising art director, fine artist, graphic designer, conservator, illustrator, animator and exhibition designer. If you are interested in furthering your studies, or are considering an academic profession, then we encourage you to enrol in one of our local postgraduate courses for a honed and holistic academic experience.

International Relations

As a graduate of this programme of study you will be employable, both locally and internationally, as an intelligence analyst, policy office political risk analyst, international aid worker, public affairs consultant, diplomatic service officer and as a civil service fast streamer. If you would like to further your studies, or are considering an academic profession, then we encourage you to enrol in one of our local post-graduate courses.

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