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

Course Title

Bachelor of Arts in Music Studies and Philosophy

MQF Level

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

Information for International applicants

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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.

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.

Philosophy

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

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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.

Philosophy

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.

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

Philosophy


Semester 1

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

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


Semester 2

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

PHI1006	History of Philosophy: (a) Modern Philosophy and (b) Contemporary Philosophy	4 ECTS	(NC)
PHI1017	Ethics	4 ECTS
PHI1024	Epistemology	4 ECTS

Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in Philosophy
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)

PHI2044	Theories of Consciousness	4 ECTS
PHI2120	Metaphysics 1: Ontology	4 ECTS

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

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

Semester 2

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

PHI2001	Logic	6 ECTS
PHI2121	Philosophy of Language	4 ECTS

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

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

Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 ECTS credits in Philosophy
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 16 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.


Semester 1

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

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

Semester 2

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

PHI3010	Synoptic Study-Unit 1: Philosophy	6 ECTS	(NC)
PHI3011	Synoptic Study-Unit 2: Philosophy	6 ECTS	(NC)

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

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

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

Requirement for award of B.A. Philosophy and in another area of study: 180 ECTS credits, of which:
80 ECTS credits in Philosophy
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 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts.

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.

Philosophy

Upon successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

Thoroughly read philosophical texts and critically engage with texts to discuss them coherently and fluently.
Engage in discursive atmospheres composed of an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary nature.
Recall key historic philosophers and distinguish between different schools of thought and movements, with a keen awareness on their main contributions to the general spectrum of philosophy.
Carry out and conduct research in an academic and critical manner.
Evaluate the ethical nature of transdisciplinary areas by combining your philosophical knowledge and applying ethical theory to specific disciplines.

Non EU Applicants:

Fee per academic year: Eur 8,500

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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.

Philosophy

If you are interested in furthering your academic knowledge or are considering an academic career as a teacher or lecturer, then we encourage you to enrol in a postgraduate course offered by the University of Malta. Other career opportunities, both locally and internationally, feature professions such as a newspaper journalist, author, human resources officer and as a business analyst.

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