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

Course Title

Bachelor of Arts in History and Music Studies

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

History

An Advanced Level pass in History.

Music Studies

Applicants shall undertake an interview and an audition. Applicants with at least an Intermediate level pass at Grade C or better in Music shall be exempted from both the interview and audition.

History

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.

Music Studies

Auditions and interviews will be held either in July or in September. Applicants whose main training is in musical composition must send their composition sample by email (music.spa@um.edu.mt) on dates, which will be communicated in due course.

Information about the interview and audition.

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

You are viewing the entry requirements for International applicants. Switch to Local qualifications.

Need help? Request more information

Apply

Applications for our February and October intakes have been officially open since the third week in November. You can submit your application online. The deadlines for submission of applications vary according to the intake and courses. We encourage all international applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible. This is especially important if you require a visa to travel and eventually stay in Malta.

You can compare your national qualifications to the local requirements by visiting our qualifications comparability webpage. Access more information about our admission process and English language requirements.

The University of Malta has student accommodation on campus called Campus Hub. Campus Hub is just a 2-minute walk from the main campus. For more information, visit the accommodation website.

Our dedicated team at the student recruitment office is here to support you every step of the way. From the moment you start your application to the moment when you receive your decision letter, we're here to assist you. If you have any questions or need further information, don't hesitate to reach out to us. You can contact us at info@um.edu.mt, and our team will be more than happy to help.

After you receive an offer from us, our International Office will assist you with visas, accommodation and other related issues.

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.

Music Studies

The programme of studies in Music Studies will provide you with the possibility to study music together with another secondary area as subsidiary. As a B.A. student, you will follow two areas of study during the first year, but if you qualify and wish to proceed to the honours track, then you may continue with one area of study (in this case, music), in addition to a limited number of credits in the subsidiary area to be taken during the second year. During the course you will follow a range of theoretical, historical and practical study-units in music. You are also encouraged to participate in an Erasmus+ mobility programme, as we believe a multicultural and international learning experience 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.

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

Music Studies


Semester 1

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

MSP1153	Vocal Ensemble 1	2 ECTS
MSP1186	Basic Music Technology	4 ECTS
MSP1263	World Music	6 ECTS
MSP1269	History of Music: Classical Antiquity to Baroque	6 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 2

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

MSP1253	Vocal Ensemble 2	2 ECTS
MSP1262	History of Music: Classical Period to Twenty-first Century	6 ECTS	(NC)

Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in Music Studies
26 ECTS credits in the other area
8 ECTS credits in optional study-units (students may wish to choose from the elective study-units listed in the Bachelor of Music (Honours) programme of study)

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 9 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)

MSP1103	Collective Performance	6 ECTS


Semester 1

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

MSP2153	Vocal Ensemble 3	2 ECTS
MSP2340	Orchestration Techniques 1	5 ECTS
PFA2005	Performance and Philosophy	4 ECTS

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

MSP2111	Jazz Improvisation 1	4 ECTS
MSP2260	Introduction to Composition	4 ECTS
MSP2301	Basic Conducting	2 ECTS
MSP2311	Music Aesthetics	4 ECTS
PFA2004	Interdisciplinary Theories of Performance	5 ECTS


Semester 2

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

MSP2155	Areas of Research in Music Studies	4 ECTS
MSP2253	Vocal Ensemble 4	2 ECTS

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

MSP2064	Ethnomusicology	4 ECTS
MSP2072	Ensemble Techniques 1	4 ECTS
MSP2132	Oral Music Traditions of the Mediterranean	4 ECTS
MSP2133	Music and Spirituality in Contemporary Music	2 ECTS
MSP2283	Approaches to Musical Analysis	4 ECTS
MSP2313	Introduction to Editorial Techniques	4 ECTS

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

MSP3153	Vocal Ensemble 5	2 ECTS

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

MSP2178	Eighteenth-Century Maltese Music	4 ECTS
MSP3111	Jazz Improvisation 2	4 ECTS
MSP3113	Music in Community	4 ECTS
MSP3115	Music for the Media	4 ECTS
MSP3118	Opera in the Classical and Romantic Eras	6 ECTS
MSP3121	Maltese Popular Music	4 ECTS


Semester 2

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

MSP3043	Synoptic Study-Unit 1: Music Studies Ordinary	6 ECTS	(NC)
MSP3044	Synoptic Study-Unit 2: Music Studies Ordinary	6 ECTS	(NC)
MSP3253	Vocal Ensemble 6	2 ECTS

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

MSP3002	Nineteenth-Century Maltese Music	6 ECTS
MSP3116	Music and Meaning	6 ECTS
MSP3220	Avant-Garde Music	6 ECTS

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

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

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.

Music Studies

As a B.A. in Music Studies graduate, you will:

Have a broad knowledge in the various areas of music studied, including a detailed grasp of appropriate repertoires, resources and texts, and familiarity with associated concepts and issues.
Understand how music relates to cognate disciplines in the arts, humanities, social and physical sciences, as appropriate.
Understand the position, function and value of music in contemporary society with special attention to its relation to educational, professional, institutional or community perspectives.
Demonstrate the acquisition and application of appropriate research skills,
Recognise and analyse musical organisation, style, genre or tradition, whether aurally, or by studying a written score,
Develop a range of musical skills, but also intellectual and practical skills of reasoning and independent thought, of reflection and self-criticism.

Non EU Applicants:

Fee per academic year: Eur 8,500

You are viewing the fees for non EU nationals. Switch to EU nationals if you are a national of any country from within the EU/EEA.

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.

Music Studies

As a graduate in this programme of study you will have several career opportunities, both locally and internationally. Teaching is a popular option if you want to make direct use of the subject knowledge. Other career opportunities include jobs in the recording industry, work in cultural management and administration, in the media and entertainment, or in libraries and archives, to mention a few. In addition, a degree in music is sometimes considered as an asset by employers seeking formal certification of professional training in creativity from prospective employees. A B.A. in music studies may also lead to postgraduate studies in music, both in Malta and abroad, if you wish to further your studies for a more holistic academic background.

Every effort has been made to provide information that is current and accurate. However, as the content is being constantly updated, users are advised to verify the details contained in these web pages with the relevant University office or authority before making decisions based on the published information.