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.
Psychology
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 offers a range of study-units central to the study of Psychology. The overall objective is to provide you with a high-calibre, relevant and culturally sensitive education in the major areas of Psychology to become well-versed in the scientific understanding of human behaviour, emotions, relationships and mental health.
Psychology
You will need to complete 80 ECTS assigned to various study-units in the following core areas: Major Paradigms in Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Research Methods, Biological Psychology, Social Psychology, Psychopathology and Cognitive Psychology.
In your final year of studies, you will have the opportunity to consolidate and synthesise these core areas by means of synoptic study-units. They would be able to choose elective study-units from various applied areas such as Organisational Psychology, Health Psychology, Forensic Psychology and Neuropsychology, amongst others.
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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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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Psychology
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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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PSY1315 | Understanding Research in Psychology | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
PSY1610 | Major Paradigms in Psychology: The Psychoanalytic and Humanistic Paradigms, and Behaviourism | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
PSY1622 | Developmental Psychology 1 | 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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PSY1617* | Biological Psychology 1 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY1630* | Foundations in Human Biology for Psychology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
* Study-unit PSY1617 is compulsory for those students who plan on following the Higher Diploma in Psychology. Students intending to do the Higher Diploma in Psychology may take PSY1617 as an Optional study-unit instead of an elective study-unit (in the B.A. Psychology course) if they have an Intermediate Biology at grade C or better provided that this is allowed by their programme of studies. If not, students are required to register for study-unit PSY1630 and then register for study-unit PSY1617 as an Elective during their second year.* PSY1617 is a pre-requisite for study-unit PSY1635.Although students may register for study-units PSY1617 or PSY1630 as Optional study-units, other Optional Psychology units may not be taken concurrently.   | |||||
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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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PSY1623 | Developmental Psychology 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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PSY1625 | Psychology of Communication | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY1635* | Major Paradigms: Cognitive Psychology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
* Study-unit PSY1617 is a pre-requisite for study-unit PSY1635. Study-unit PSY1635 is also available during the second year of study and is compulsory for those students who plan on following the Higher Diploma in Psychology.   |
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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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PSY1606 | Social Psychology | 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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PSY1620 | Philosophical Psychology | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
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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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PSY1617* | Biological Psychology 1 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY1628 | Introduction to the Psychology Profession | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY2606** | Psychology of Learning and Applied Behaviour Analysis | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY2628*** | Quantitative Research Methods and Data Analysis | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY2629*** | Qualitative Research Methods and Data Analysis | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY3130 | Psychology of Adjustment | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY3655 | Neurodiverse Profiles | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
* Students who are interested to register for the elective study-unit PSY1617 should have study-unit PSY1630 as a prerequisite or have Biology at an intermediate level. Study-unit PSY1617 is compulsory for students who plan on following the Higher Diploma in Psychology.** PSY2606 is highly recommended.*** PSY2628 and PSY2629 are strongly recommended for those students who plan on following the Higher Diploma in Psychology. Students may take PSY2628 or PSY2629 as Optional study-units instead of elective study-units (in the B.A. Psychology course) provided that this is allowed by their programme of studies during their second year and may not take any other Optional Psychology study-units.   | |||||
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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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PSY2610 | Psychopathology | 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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PSY1618 | Biological Psychology 2 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY1635* | Major Paradigms: Cognitive Psychology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY2623 | Work Psychology | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY2626 | Psychology of Sexuality | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY2633 | Health Psychology | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY2634 | Psychology of the Family | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY3611 | Media Psychology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY3648 | Sports Psychology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
* Study-unit PSY1617 is a pre-requisite for study-unit PSY1635. Study-unit PSY1635 is compulsory for those students who plan on following the Higher Diploma in Psychology.   |
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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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PSY3352 | Psychology Synoptic Study-Unit 1 | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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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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COU3301 | Career Education and Guidance | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY2641 | Psychology of Helping | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY3130 | Psychology of Adjustment | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY3647 | Selected Topics in Organisational Psychology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY3651 | Introduction to Critical Psychology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY3655 | Neurodiverse Profiles | 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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PSY3353 | Psychology 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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PSY2626 | Psychology of Sexuality | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY2634 | Psychology of the Family | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY3611 | Media Psychology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PSY3648 | Sports Psychology | 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.