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.
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.
Linguistics
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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LLT1160 | Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language Variation and Change | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT1910 | Language Skills for Linguistics | 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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LIN1024 | Hands-on Language | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT1011 | Introduction to Linguistics 1 | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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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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LIN1017 | Maltese Sign Language 1 for Linguistics Students | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT1012 | Introduction to Linguistics 2 | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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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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LLT2810 | Introduction to Research Methods in Linguistics | 6 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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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.   | |||||
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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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LIN2022 | Models of Grammar | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIN2083 | Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIN2350 | Issues in Phonetics and Phonology | 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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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.   |
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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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LIN3003 | Synoptic Study-Unit: General Linguistics | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
LIN3004 | Synoptic Study-Unit: Interdisciplinary Issues in Linguistics | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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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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LIN3010 | Language Typology and Universals | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Recommended Optional Unit (Recommended Optional units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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LIN2017 | Maltese Sign Language 2 for Linguistics Students | 2 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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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 Computational Models for Language Data | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT3060 | Advanced Issues in the Sound Structure of Languages | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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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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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   |   | ||
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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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PHI2005 | Philosophy of Religion | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2047 | Aristotle's Ethics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2051 | Aesthetics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2053* | Women in Philosophy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2120 | Metaphysics 1: Ontology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3023* | Philosophy of Science | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3043 | Frege: Conceptual Notation (Begriffsschrift) | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3045 | Contemporary Analytic Philosophy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3072 | Pascal's Pensees - A Critical Study | 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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IRL3010* | Norms, Rights and Climate Justice | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2037 | Plato: Three Dialogues (Republic, Symposium, Phaedrus) | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2121 | Philosophy of Language | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3026 | Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3028 | Philosophy of the Media | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3046 | Contemporary Continental Philosophy | 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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PHI2005 | Philosophy of Religion | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2047 | Aristotle's Ethics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2051 | Aesthetics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2056 | Readings in Contemporary Critical Philosophy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2120 | Metaphysics 1: Ontology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3043 | Frege: Conceptual Notation (Begriffsschrift) | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3045 | Contemporary Analytic Philosophy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3072 | Pascal's Pensees - A Critical Study | 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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PHI2037 | Plato: Three Dialogues (Republic, Symposium, Phaedrus) | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI2121 | Philosophy of Language | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3026 | Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3028 | Philosophy of the Media | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3046 | Contemporary Continental Philosophy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3047** | Philosophy and Technology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHI3062 | Virtue Politics and Communitarianism | 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.