Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Music Studies

Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Music Studies

Course Title

Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Music Studies

MQF Level

6

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

Information for International applicants

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.


Linguistics

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 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.


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Linguistics

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 undergraduate programme of study in Linguistics will give you an academic perspective of Maltese and global linguistics. During the course we will provide you with knowledge on the multifaceted qualities of linguistics, ranging from sociolonguistics, psycholinguistics and Maltese sign language, to applied linguistics, Python programming, Stylistics and the tripartite influence of discourse, ideology and power. We also encourage you to participate in our Erasmus+ mobility programme, as we believe that a multicultural and diversified international experience will deliver a more holistic and beneficial academic journey.


Music Studies

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 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.

Linguistics

 
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)
 
LLT1160 Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language Variation and Change 4 ECTS    
LLT1910 Language Skills for Linguistics 4 ECTS    

 
 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
LIN1024 Hands-on Language 4 ECTS    
LLT1011 Introduction to Linguistics 1 6 ECTS   (NC)  

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
LIN1017 Maltese Sign Language 1 for Linguistics Students 2 ECTS    
LLT1012 Introduction to Linguistics 2 6 ECTS   (NC)  

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in Linguistics
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 8 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)
 
LLT2810 Introduction to Research Methods in Linguistics 6 ECTS    
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
LIN1060* Tools and Techniques in the Analysis of Language 2 ECTS    
LIN1121 Language for Humans and Machines 4 ECTS    
LIN2017 Maltese Sign Language 2 for Linguistics Students 2 ECTS    
LIN2034 Conversation Analysis 4 ECTS    
LLT2180 Language Variation and Change: Historical Linguistics 4 ECTS    
LLT2191 Psycholinguistics: Language Acquisition 4 ECTS    
LLT2360 Language and Culture of Deaf People 4 ECTS    
LLT2510 Introduction to Programming for Language Applications 4 ECTS    

* Study-unit LIN1060 is highlyrecommended.

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
LIN2022 Models of Grammar 4 ECTS    
LIN2083 Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics 4 ECTS    
LIN2350 Issues in Phonetics and Phonology 4 ECTS    
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
LIN2033 Discourse Analysis 4 ECTS    
LIN3098 Corpus Linguistics 4 ECTS    
LLT2161 Lingua Francas 4 ECTS    
LLT2830** Quantitative Research in Linguistics 4 ECTS    
LLT3190 Second Language Acquisition and Language Learning 4 ECTS    
LLT3370 Foundations in Sign Linguistics 4 ECTS    

** Study-unit LIN1060 is highlyrecommended.

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 ECTS credits in Linguistics
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 and recommended optional 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)
 
LIN3003 Synoptic Study-Unit: General Linguistics 6 ECTS   (NC)  
LIN3004 Synoptic Study-Unit: Interdisciplinary Issues in Linguistics 6 ECTS   (NC)  

 
 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
LIN3010 Language Typology and Universals 4 ECTS    
 
Recommended Optional Unit (Recommended Optional units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
LIN2017 Maltese Sign Language 2 for Linguistics Students 2 ECTS    
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
LIN2034 Conversation Analysis 4 ECTS    
LIN3301 Experimental Psycholinguistics 4 ECTS    
LIN3502 Multimodal Interaction and Communication 4 ECTS    
LIN3503 Speech Technology 4 ECTS    
LLT2180 Language Variation and Change: Historical Linguistics 4 ECTS    
LLT2191 Psycholinguistics: Language Acquisition 4 ECTS    
LLT2360 Language and Culture of Deaf People 4 ECTS    
LLT2510 Introduction to Programming for Language Applications 4 ECTS    
LLT2520 Introduction to Machine Learning for Language Applications 4 ECTS    
LLT3060 Advanced Issues in the Sound Structure of Languages 4 ECTS    

 
 
Semester 2
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
LIN2033 Discourse Analysis 4 ECTS    
LIN3098 Corpus Linguistics 4 ECTS    
LLT2161 Lingua Francas 4 ECTS    
LLT2830 Quantitative Research in Linguistics 4 ECTS    
LLT3190 Second Language Acquisition and Language Learning 4 ECTS    
LLT3370 Foundations in Sign Linguistics 4 ECTS    

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

Requirement for award of B.A. Linguistics and in another area of study : 180 ECTS credits, of which:
80 ECTS credits in Linguistics
80 ECTS credits in the other area
20 ECTS credits 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.

Linguistics

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

  • Have a specific skill-set that will contribute to your heightened verbal and written communication faculties.
  • Carry out and conduct critical academic research through the use of quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
  • Be proficient in language and data analysis which are crucial for the accurate collection, management and interpretation of data.
  • Solve problems through your honed ability to analyse language and your refined capacity for critical thinking.
  • Be aware of contemporary linguistic-use in different cultures, mediums and societies.

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

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Linguistics

As a graduate of this course you will be employable, both locally and foreign, as a linguist, lexicographer, technical writer, forensic linguist, accent coach, translator, copywriter, interpreter, editor, language therapist and as a computational linguist. If you are interested in furthering your studies, or are considering an academic profession, then we encourage you to pursue on of our postgraduate local programmes.


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.


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