Fine Arts
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 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.
Philosophy
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.
In the undergraduate course in philosophy, we will help enrich and refine your philosophical knowledge by providing in depth and intricate lectures on the multifaceted nature of its school of thoughts. During the course you will gain a holistic perspective on the development of philosophical thought through our taught and research curriculum, lecture debates, assignments and presentations. We will equip you with an accuracy for critical thought, sceptical analysis and a heightened sense of observational and analytical skills that will be fruitful in both of your personal life and field of work. We also encourage you to participate in the Erasmus+ mobility programme for a diverse and multicultural academic 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.
Fine Arts
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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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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   |   | ||
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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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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)   | ||
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Recommended Optional Unit | |||||
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ART1114 | Study Tour | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2) | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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AAH2205 | Print Making | 8 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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AAH2450 | Painting and Mark-Making | 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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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   |   | ||
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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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AAH2209 | Painitng from Life: the Human Figure | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
AAH2300 | Contemporary Perspectives in Landscape Painting | 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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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.   |
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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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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   |   | ||
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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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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   |   | ||
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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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AAH3217 | Fine Arts Synoptic Study-unit 1 | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
AAH3218 | Fine Arts Synoptic Study-Unit 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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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   |   | ||
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Philosophy
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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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PHI1001 | History of Philosophy: (a) Ancient Philosophy and (b) Medieval Philosophy | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
PHI1014 | Political Philosophy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI1028 | Philosophical Practice | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI1090 | Philosophy: Tools and Problems | 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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PHI1006 | History of Philosophy: (a) Modern Philosophy and (b) Contemporary Philosophy | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
PHI1017 | Ethics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI1024 | Epistemology | 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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PHI2044 | Theories of Consciousness | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2120 | Metaphysics 1: Ontology | 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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PHI2002 | The Philosophy of Mind: (a) An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind; (b) A Contemporary Theory of Mind - John McDowell | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2005 | Philosophy of Religion | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2047 | Aristotle's Ethics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2051 | Aesthetics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2052 | New Realism and Materialism | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2053* | Women in Philosophy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3023** | Philosophy of Science | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3039*** | Thematic Readings in Political Thought | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3043 | Frege: Conceptual Notation (Begriffsschrift) | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3045 | Contemporary Analytic Philosophy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3048 | Social Ontology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3067 | A Critical Reading of Descartes Meditations | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
* Study-unit PHI2053 alternates with study-unit PHI2034** Study-unit PHI3032 alternates with study-unit PHI3054*** Study-unit PHI3039 alternates with study-unit PHI2029   | |||||
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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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PHI2001 | Logic | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2121 | Philosophy of Language | 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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PHI2036 | Set Text in Analytic Philosophy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2037 | Plato: Three Dialogues (Republic, Symposium, Phaedrus) | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2039 | Doing Philosophy in the Islamic World | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2123 | Metaphysics 2: Natural Theology and Atheism | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3026 | Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3028 | Philosophy of the Media | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3031 | Philosophy of Mathematics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3046 | Contemporary Continental Philosophy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3047* | Philosophy and Technology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3052 | Philosophy of the Animal | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3065 | Questions on the Ethical and Political | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3072 | Pascal's Pensee's - A Cultural Study | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
* Study-unit PHI3047 alternates every other year   |
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Semester 1 | |||||
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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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PHI2002 | The Philosophy of Mind: (a) An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind; (b) A Contemporary Theory of Mind - John McDowell | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2005 | Philosophy of Religion | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2029* | Early Modern Ideas: Science, Politics and Religion | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2034** | Phenomenology and Existentialism | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2047 | Aristotle's Ethics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2051 | Aesthetics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2052 | New Realism and Materialism | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3043 | Frege: Conceptual Notation (Begriffsschrift) | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3045 | Contemporary Analytic Philosophy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3048 | Social Ontology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3054*** | The Frankfurt School | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3067 | A Critical Reading of Descartes Meditations | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
* Study-unit PHI2029 alternates with study-unit PHI3039** Study-unit PHI2034 alternates with study-unit PHI2053*** Study-unit PHI3054 alternates with study-unit PHI3023   | |||||
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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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PHI3010 | Synoptic Study-Unit 1: Philosophy | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
PHI3011 | Synoptic Study-Unit 2: Philosophy | 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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PHI2036 | Set Text in Analytic Philosophy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2037 | Plato: Three Dialogues (Republic, Symposium, Phaedrus) | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2039 | Doing Philosophy in the Islamic World | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2123 | Metaphysics 2: Natural Theology and Atheism | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3026 | Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3028 | Philosophy of the Media | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3031 | Philosophy of Mathematics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3046 | Contemporary Continental Philosophy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3052 | Philosophy of the Animal | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3065 | Questions on the Ethical and Political | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3072 | Pascal's Pensee's - A Cultural Study | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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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.