Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Geography

Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Geography

MQF Level

6

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

Anthropology

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 in Anthropology will provide you with an intricate and wide academic understanding of the subject-matter. During your course of studies, you will learn about the social, cultural, biological and linguistic aspects that comprise anthropology. Your knowledge on these areas may also culminate into a research-based dissertation that you will carry out in your final year of your programme of study. By studying about the origin and contemporary standing of anthropology, you will be provided with a wide spectrum of facets that will contribute to a more holistic understanding, ranging from evolution and society, to psychoanalysis, migration and post-colonialism, to name a few. We will also encourage you to participate in the Erasmus+ mobility programme, as we believe that an international and multi-cultural experience will provide you with a more holistic learning outcome.


Geography

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 course in Geography will provide you with an academic perspective on the geographic knowledge of the crucial and major material qualities of the Earth. During the course you will learn concepts and theories ranging from populations, cartography, and biogeographic and oceanographic processes, to geology, degradation, human geography and Marine management, to name a few. We also encourage you to participate in the Erasmus+ mobility programme for a multicultural and diversified 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.

Information for International applicants

Anthropology

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.

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.


Geography

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.

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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Anthropology

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.
 
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)
 
ANT1004 Ethnography and Anthropological Theory 8 ECTS   (NC)    

 
 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ANT1003 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology 4 ECTS   (NC)    
ANT1030 Academic Writing and Anthropology 4 ECTS      
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ANT1005 Locating the Anthropology of the Mediterranean 4 ECTS      
ANT1009 Anthropology and the Contemporary World 2 ECTS      
ANT1040 Symbols in Culture and Society 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ANT1001 Human Societies: The Comparative Perspective 4 ECTS      

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in Anthropology
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 18 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)
 
ANT2020 Kinship, Family and Marriage 4 ECTS   (NC)    
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ANT2002 Law, State and Society in Southern Europe 4 ECTS      
ANT2003 Nation, State and Society in the Middle East/North Africa 4 ECTS      
ANT2051 Anthropology of Violence 4 ECTS      
ANT2055 Anthropology and Art 2 ECTS      
ANT2059 Refugees and Displacement: Anthropological Perspectives 4 ECTS      
ANT2124 Intangible Cultural Heritage: Applications and Implications 4 ECTS      
ANT3019 Historical Anthropology 4 ECTS      
ANT3027 Visual Anthropology: Theory and Photographic Applications 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ANT3016 Anthropology of Religion 4 ECTS   (NC)    
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ANT2050 People, States and Borders 4 ECTS      
ANT2052 Anthropology of Tourism 4 ECTS      
ANT2149 Culture and Society in Contemporary Korea and Japan 4 ECTS      
ANT3021 Feminisms and Anthropology 2 ECTS      
ANT3022 Anthropology of Gender and Sexualities 4 ECTS      
ANT3025 Anthropology Placement 4 ECTS      
ANT3052 Medical Anthropology 4 ECTS      

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 credits in Anthropology
26 credits in the other area
8 credits 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)
 
ANT3006 Political Anthropology 4 ECTS   (NC)    
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ANT2025 Anthropology of Moralities 4 ECTS      
ANT2047 Emotions, Culture and Society 4 ECTS      
ANT2060 Dance Anthropology and Ethnographic Practice 4 ECTS      
ANT2080 Anthropology of South Asia 4 ECTS      
ANT2083 Magic, Witchcraft, and Society in Early Modern Europe: Mediterranean Perspectives 4 ECTS      
ANT2088 International Development, NGOs and Poverty 4 ECTS      
ANT3023 Anthropological Perspectives on Human Rights 4 ECTS      
ANT3037 Anthropology and Post-Colonialism 4 ECTS      
ANT3080 History, Memory and Identity 4 ECTS      
ANT3082 Anthropology and the Hellenic World 4 ECTS      
ANT3460* Directed Studies in Anthropology 4 ECTS      

* Students are required to contact the Head of Department prior to registering for this study-unit.  
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ANT3007 Economic Anthropology 4 ECTS   (NC)    
ANT3033 Current Issues in Cultural and Social Anthropology: Synoptic Revisions 4 ECTS   (NC)    
ANT3068 Synoptic Study-Unit: General Anthropology 6 ECTS   (NC)    
ANT3069 Synoptic Study-Unit: Regional and Global Anthropology 6 ECTS   (NC)    
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ANT3030 People, Migration and Change 4 ECTS      
ANT3035 Special Topic in Anthropology 2 ECTS      
ANT3041 Anthropology of Islam 4 ECTS      
ANT3053 Anthropology of Reproduction and Childbirth 4 ECTS      
ANT3064 Psychoanalysis and Anthropology 4 ECTS      
CHN3025 Anthropological Perspectives on Southeast Asia and China 4 ECTS      

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

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

Geography

 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
GEO1005 The Geography of Populations: Concepts and Theories 4 ECTS      
GEO1008 Cartography: Introduction, Development and Use 4 ECTS      
GEO1012 Introduction to Climatic and Biogeographic Processes 4 ECTS      
GEO1015 Fieldwork in Human Geography 2 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
GEO1009 Culture and Society 3 ECTS      
GEO1016 Fieldwork in Physical Geography 2 ECTS      
GEO1017 Maltese Heritage through Maps 3 ECTS      
GEO1019 Introduction to Geomorphology: Principles and Processes 4 ECTS      

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 credits in Geography
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 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)
 
GEO2009 Landscapes, Natural Hazards and Human Opportunities 4 ECTS      
GEO2050 Historical and Political Geography 4 ECTS      
GEO3087 The Physical Geography of the Mediterranean 2 ECTS      
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
GEO2000 Geology 4 ECTS      
GEO2016 The Geography of Tourism 4 ECTS      
GEO3009 Ocean Processes and Marine Management: A Spatial and Resource Perspective 4 ECTS      
GEO3095 The Geography of the Rural Environment: Pedology 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
BIO2010 Biotic Communities: Composition and Dynamics 4 ECTS      
GEO2038 Remote Sensing 2 ECTS      
GEO3083 The Human Geography of the Mediterranean 2 ECTS      
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
GEO2035 Geographic Information Systems 4 ECTS      
GEO3027 Transport Geography 4 ECTS      
GEO3028 A Geographical Approach to Travel Planning 4 ECTS      

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 credits in Geography
26 credits in the other area
8 credits 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 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)
 
GEO3004 Economic Geography 4 ECTS      
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
GEO2008 Applied Geomorphology: Methods and Applications 4 ECTS      
GEO2010 Environmental Impact Assessment 4 ECTS      
GEO3021 Climate Change and Sustainability in the Mediterranean 4 ECTS      
GEO3096 The Geography of the Rural Environment: Agriculture and Food Production 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
GEO3090 Geography Synoptic Study-Unit 1 6 ECTS   (NC)    
GEO3091 Geography Synoptic Study-Unit 2 6 ECTS   (NC)    
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
GEO2012 Geographies of Health and Wellbeing 4 ECTS      
GEO2017 Hydrology and Water Management 4 ECTS      
GEO3006 Urbanisation and Development 4 ECTS      
GEO3022 Coastal Geomorphology: Physical Processes and Shoreline Management 4 ECTS      

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

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

Anthropology

Upon successfully completing the course, you will:

  • Have a refined and proficient skill-set in understanding how human diversity, behaviours and ideas have been impacted across time through biological, cultural, historical and linguistic perspectives.
  • Be able to carry out independent research and compose academic writings.
  • Be knowledgeable of the theories and history related to the discipline.
  • Contribute your anthropological knowledge to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary discussions.
  • Demonstrate your knowledge through effective communication and construct arguments by using your refined capacity for critical thinking.


Geography

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

  • Carry out and conduct research and academic writing of a particular research topic related to the subject matter.
  • Have a keen understanding of the interrelating qualities that constitute your geographic perspective of the world.
  • Locate major cultural features of the Earth on a map through a refined use of cartographic skills.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of key geographic features through the application of concepts and theories in practical case studies and contemporary issues.
  • Discuss and elaborate critically theories in an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary discursive atmosphere.

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Fee per academic year: Eur 8,500

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Anthropology

This programme of study will prepare you for a wide range of anthropology related careers, both locally and abroad. These include working at museums, non-profit and community-based organisations, international development, organizational psychology, governmental work and marketing. If you are more inclined towards an academic career, we encourage you to further your studies by pursuing a post-graduate programme that our University offers, as a number of alumni have done so.


Geography

As a graduate of this course you will be employable in a number of careers, both locally or internationally, as a cartographer, social researcher, commercial surveyor, development surveyor, town planner, geographical information systems officer, nature conservation officer, and environmental consultant. If you would like to further your studies, or are considering an academic career, we encourage you to enrol in one of our local postgraduate courses for a holistic and honed academic experience.


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