Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology and European and Global History

Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology and European and Global History

MQF Level

6

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

Archaeology

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 Archaeology teaches how the human past can be understood and studied through anachronistic materials that remain present in modern day. During your course of studies, we will provide you with the academic knowledge required to understand how archaeology is a necessary and important area through which modern society can learn about primitive or ancient societies and cultures on a global scale. We offer a Mediterranean archaeological perspective where you will have the opportunity to put to practice the concepts and theories learned into our field work unit offered during summer recess. We will also encourage you to undergo the Erasmus+ mobility programme, as we believe that a diversified and multi-cultural experience through international learning will provide you with a more refined learning outcome.


European and Global History

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 study will give you an academic lens of European and Global history. By taking an academic appreciation towards the global timeline to where contemporary society finds itself, you will have a deeper and enriching understanding of the political, societal and cultural development throughout the years. Since we live in an ever-increasing globalised world, being knowledgeable about continental progress and differences from the East to West will provide you with an invaluable understanding of the interrelating histories of different and multilateral countries. You will also be encouraged to take on an Erasmus+ mobility programme to experience 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

European and Global History

An Advanced Level pass in History.


Archaeology

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.


European and Global 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.

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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Archaeology

 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ARC1005 Human Evolution and Prehistory 6 ECTS   (NC)    
ARC1007 Essentials in Archaeology 4 ECTS   (NC)    
ARC1008 Material Culture in Archaeology 4 ECTS   (NC)    

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ARC1010 Integrating Science and Archaeology 6 ECTS   (NC)    
ARC1012 The Archaeology of Ancient Mediterranean Civilisations 6 ECTS   (NC)    

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in Archaeology
26 ECTS credits in the other main 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
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ARC2012 Monographic Course 2 2 ECTS      
ARC2015* Monitored Fieldwork (Extended) 8 ECTS      
ARC2016 Principles of Conservation in Archaeology 6 ECTS      
ARC2024 An Introduction to Environmental Archaeology 4 ECTS      
ARC2047 Principles of Archaeological Illustration and Photography 4 ECTS      
ARC3035 The Prehistory of North Africa 4 ECTS      
CLA1001 Basic Notions of Latin 1 2 ECTS      

* Study-unit ARC2015 is an intensive study-unit which is normally scheduled for June/July and prior to the beginning of the second year. This study-unit is a requirement for students who intend to proceed to a Masters Degree in Archaeology at the University of Malta.
 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ARC3006 Maltese Prehistory 4 ECTS      
ARC3016 The Development and Theory of Archaeology 4 ECTS      
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ARC2010 Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Mythology 4 ECTS      
ARC2027 Digital Archaeology 4 ECTS      
ARC3010 Palaeochristian and Byzantine Archaeology 6 ECTS      
CLA1002 Basic Notions of Latin 2 2 ECTS      

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 ECTS credits in Archaeology
26 ECTS credits in the other main 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 12 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)
 
ARC2015* Monitored Fieldwork (Extended) 8 ECTS      
ARC2026 Archaeological Science 4 ECTS      
ARC3029 The Prehistory of the Western Mediterranean: Sicily and Sardinia 4 ECTS      
ARC3101 An Introduction to the Port Cities of the Ancient Mediterranean 4 ECTS      
CLA1001 Basic Notions of Latin 1 2 ECTS      
CLA3129 Survey of Classical Epic 4 ECTS      

* Study-unit ARC2015 is an intensive study-unit which is normally scheduled for July or July and prior to the beginning of the second year. This study-unit is a requirement for students who intend to proceed to a Masters Degree in Archaeology.  
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ARC3009 Roman Malta 4 ECTS   (NC)    
ARC3021 Synoptic Study-Unit 1: Archaeology 6 ECTS   (NC)    
ARC3022 Synoptic Study-Unit 2: Archaeology 6 ECTS   (NC)    
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ARC2011 Phoenician and Punic Archaeology 4 ECTS      
ARC2012 Monographic Course 2 2 ECTS      
ARC3033 Medieval Archaeology 6 ECTS      
ART2022 Greek and Roman Art and Architecture 4 ECTS      
CLA1002 Basic Notions of Latin 2 2 ECTS      
SOC2121 Principles of Data Visualisation 4 ECTS      

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

Requirement for award of B.A. in Archaeology and in another main area: 180 ECTS credits, of which:
80 ECTS credits in Archaeology
80 ECTS credits in another main area
20 ECTS credits in optional units

European and Global History

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.
 
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      
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
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)
 
HST1019 The Craft of History 2 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)
 
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)
 
HST1011* Structure and Change in Malta's Economic History 4 ECTS      
SPA1018 An Introduction to Latin America 2 ECTS      
SPA1019 An Introduction to Spain 2 ECTS      

* Students are allowed to register for study-units HST1011 and HST1023 if other elective study-units cannot be followed due to a clash in time-table.

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 credits in European and Global 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      
HST2010 Social History of Modern Europe 6 ECTS      
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
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      
HST2034 Africa: Milestones in the Continent's History 4 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      
SOC2047 Understanding Nations and Nationalism 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
HST2026 Global History: Theories and Applications 4 ECTS      
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ANT2149 Culture and Society in Contemporary Korea and Japan 4 ECTS      
CLA2060 Latin for Historians 4 ECTS      
HST2012 Reason and Enlightenment in Europe 1650-1789 4 ECTS      
HST2028 A History of European and World Populations 4 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      
SPA2019 Imperial Spain 4 ECTS      

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 credits in European and Global 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 6 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)
 
HST2035 U.S. History: 1492 to 1939 4 ECTS      
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
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      
HST2040 Medieval Europe 2 6 ECTS      
HST3004 Seafaring in the Mediterranean to c. 1900 4 ECTS      
HST3011 European Industrialisation and Mediterranean Underdevelopment 6 ECTS      
HST3012 Steam: A History of Industrial Power 2 ECTS      
HST3015 Late Medieval Mediterranean History 6 ECTS      
HST3021 European Historiography 2 ECTS      
HST3033 War and Society in Medieval Europe 6 ECTS      
SOC2047 Understanding Nations and Nationalism 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
HST2005 Contemporary Mediterranean History 6 ECTS      
HST3075 Synoptic Study-Unit 1 - International and Global History 6 ECTS   (NC)    
HST3076 Synoptic Study-Unit 2 - European History 6 ECTS   (NC)    
 
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      
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      
HST3023 The Forgotten Power: Persian/Iranian History in Global Perspective 4 ECTS      
SPA2019 Imperial Spain 4 ECTS      

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

Requirement for award of B.A. in European and Global History and in another main area of study: 180 credits, of which:
80 credits in European and Global History
80 credits in another area
20 credits in 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.

Archaeology

Upon successfully completing the course, you will be able to demonstrate your knowledge by:

  • Showing an understanding of the different material foundations of human experience through different time periods and cultures.
  • Gathering, synthesizing, and analysing ambiguous data sources.
  • Having the critical capacity to engage thoroughly in discussions and debates about archaeological interpretive data.
  • Writing and researching concisely and accurately about ideas relating to the subject matter.
  • Understanding key methodological and theoretical concepts related to the subject matter.

European and Global History

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

  • Carry out and write a research paper through a heightened capacity for critical thought and research in the subject matter.
  • Engage in critical discussions relating to European and Global history in both an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary atmosphere.
  • Recall important historic figures and their affects on historical events.
  • Have a deeper understanding of different histories through a variety of perspectives.
  • Have a better appreciation and possess a historic analysis towards the current stance of countries and their contemporary affairs.

Non EU Applicants:

Fee per academic year: Eur 8,500

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Archaeology

As a graduate of this course, you will have career opportunities both locally and abroad, in which your valuable knowledge on the subject will be demonstrated. You will be able to pursue a career as an archaeologist, conservator, heritage manager, historic buildings inspector or conservation officer, museum/gallery curator, tourism officer, records manager, archivist, cartographer and as a social research. If you are interested in furthering your studies, or are considering an academic career in archaeology, then we encourage you to enrol in a postgraduate course offered at our University, where you will be able to hone your knowledge and gain a holistic understanding of the subject.


European and Global History

Upon successfully graduating from this course, you will be employable in a number of fields related to the subject-matter, both local and abroad, such as an archivist, museum curator, historical consultant, researcher and as a Government historian. If you are interested in furthering your studies, or are considering an academic profession, then we encourage you to enrol in one of our local post-graduate courses, as a number of our alumni have done so.


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