Bachelor of Arts in History of Art and English

Bachelor of Arts in History of Art and English

MQF Level

6

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

History of Art

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 this comprehensive course offered by the Department of Art and Art History, you will be equipped with the academic discipline of Art History and fully engage with the rich and wide-ranging narratives of European art, from Antiquity to the Contemporary. You will explore cultural, religious, social, and economic contexts; delve into critical, theoretical, and philosophical discussions; and study the techniques of various artists. Throughout the course, you'll develop skills in connoisseurship and gain a deeper understanding of artworks within their multifaceted contexts. You’ll benefit from the Department’s expertise in areas such as Medieval and Renaissance Art, Baroque Art, Architecture, Visual Culture, Decorative Arts, Nineteenth-Century Art, and Modern and Contemporary Art. The course is further enriched by an annual study tour to European cities and regular guest lectures from international scholars and academics on specialized topics. If you continue with your Honours, you will have the opportunity to carry out a research-based dissertation of your choice.


English

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 in English will help you explore the history and modes of literature and language across time, dating from Ancient Greece to our contemporary life. During the course you will become knowledgeable of different writing styles and will learn about the complex theories and critical approaches towards literature. By studying about canonical and non-canonical writers, both British and non-British, we will help you broaden your literary and linguistic horizon as you come to a firmer understanding of how literature captures the politics, tribulations, arts and culture of the world by defamiliarizing and reconstructing it on page. You will also be encouraged to participate in an Erasmus+ mobility programme for a more holistic and multicultural 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.

Information for International applicants

English

An Advanced Level pass at Grade C or better in English.


History of Art

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.


English

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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History of Art

 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ART1001 Introduction to History of Art as a Discipline 4 ECTS   (NC)    
ART1013 Early Renaissance Art in Italy 4 ECTS   (NC)    
ART1140 Italian Renaissance Architecture 1400-1600 4 ECTS   (NC)    

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ART1005 Modern Art in the Making 4 ECTS   (NC)    
ART1017 The Art and Architecture of Early Christianity and the Early Middle Ages 4 ECTS   (NC)    
ART1027 The Visual Culture of the Central Mediterranean: Malta and Sicily in the 17th and 18th Century 4 ECTS   (NC)    
ART1120 Museum Placement 1 2 ECTS      

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 credits in History of Art
26 credits in the other area
8 credits in optional study-units

Total credits for this year: 60 credits

Students are required to choose study-units to the value of 26 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)
 
AAH2035 Twentieth-Century Visual Culture 4 ECTS      
ART2000 Art in Malta 1: Late Medieval to Early Renaissance 4 ECTS      
ART2008 High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy 4 ECTS      
ART2018 Caravaggio and Early Baroque Classicism 4 ECTS      
ART2038 Gender Issues in Art 2 ECTS      
ART2151 The Decorative Arts in the 19th Century 2 ECTS      
PHI2051 Aesthetics 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ART2005 Northern Renaissance Art 4 ECTS      
ART2010 Roman Baroque Sculpture 4 ECTS      
ART2011 Modern and Contemporary Art 4 ECTS      
ART2022 Greek and Roman Art and Architecture 4 ECTS      
ART2109 The Art and Architecture of the High and Late Middle Ages: Romanesque to Gothic 4 ECTS      
ART2114 Study Tour 4 ECTS      
ART2140 Italian Baroque Architecture 1600-1750 4 ECTS      
ART2314 Conservation Placement 2 ECTS      
ART2315 Gallery Placement 2 ECTS      

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 credits in History of Art
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 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)
 
AAH3020 The Art and Ideas of the 20th Century 4 ECTS      
ART3001 Late Baroque Painting 4 ECTS      
ART3002 Neo-Classicism and Romanticism 4 ECTS      
ART3003 Art in Malta 3: The Architecture of the Order of St John in Malta (1530-1798) 4 ECTS      
ART3019 Art in Malta 5: Twentieth-Century Visual Culture 4 ECTS      
ART3038 Contemporary Art Biennials: Critical and Theoretical Issues 4 ECTS      
ART3040 The Art of the Counter Reformation outside Italy 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ART3017 History of Art Synoptic Study-Unit 1 6 ECTS   (NC)    
ART3018 History of Art 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)
 
ART2021 Architectural History 3: Modern and Contemporary Architecture 4 ECTS      
ART3004 Art in Malta 4: The Nineteenth Century - Painting, Sculpture and Architecture 4 ECTS      
ART3035 Museum Placement 2 2 ECTS      
ART3048 Criticism, Appreciation and Method in Art History 2 ECTS      
ART3114 Study Tour 4 ECTS      

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

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

English

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.
 
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)
 
ENG1077 Literary Criticism and Theory: An Introduction 6 ECTS   (NC)    
ENG1082 Shakespeare and Tudor Drama 4 ECTS   (NC)    
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ENG1075 Genre: Poetry 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ENG1083 Introduction to English Syntax and Phonetics 4 ECTS   (NC)    
ENG1173 Romantic Poets 1: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge 2 ECTS      
ENG1174 English Fiction of the Nineteenth Century: An Introduction 2 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ENG1078 Writing Seminars 1 2 ECTS      
ENG1274 English Fiction of the Nineteenth Century: Further Studies 2 ECTS      
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ENG1071 Chaucer: An Introduction 2 ECTS      
ENG1080 English in Society 1 4 ECTS      
ENG1273 Romantic Poets 2: Byron, Keats, Shelley 2 ECTS      
ENG1278 The Art of the Essay 2 ECTS      

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in English
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 register for study-units as indicated hereunder to bring the total for the year to 26 ECTS credits:

At least 2 ECTS credits across the year from each of the following Language and Linguistics groups: Applications in English-Language Studies, Describing Language, and Language in Society.

At least 2 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer.
 
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)
 
ENG2022 Theories of Literature 2: Literature Criticism Theory - Then and Now 4 ECTS   (NC)    
ENG2081 The Modern Novel 4 ECTS   (NC)    
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ENG2033 Maltese Literature in English 4 ECTS      
ENG2077 Practical Criticism 4 ECTS      
ENG2095 English Literature and Music 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ENG2078 Writing Seminars 2 2 ECTS      
ENG2089 An Introduction to Cultural Criticism 2 ECTS      
 
Language and Linguistic Groups

Applications in English-Language Studies
 
ENG2031 Studying English Language at Undergraduate Level 2 ECTS      
 
Describing Language
 
ENG2049 Topics in English Pragmatics 2 ECTS      
ENG2118 Aspects of English Phonology 2 ECTS      
 
Language in Society
 
ENG2028 Discourse of English 2 ECTS      
ENG2480 English in Society 2 4 ECTS      
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ENG2005 Poetry of the Eighteenth Century 2 ECTS      
ENG2053 The Postcolonial Novel (Australian) 2 ECTS      
ENG2054 Metaphysical Poetry and Baroque Writing in England 4 ECTS      
ENG2055 Eighteenth-Century Prose 1: The Rise of the Novel 2 ECTS      
ENG2068 Medieval Literature into Film 2 ECTS      
ENG2071 Shakespeare into Film 2 ECTS      
ENG2087 Creative Writing 1 2 ECTS      
ENG2096 The Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle 2 ECTS      
ENG2097 Children's Literature 2 ECTS      
ENG2108 English Literature and Music 1 2 ECTS      
ENG2133 Maltese Literature in English: Prose 2 ECTS      
ENG2177 Practical Criticism: Narrative 2 ECTS      
ENG2179 Nineteenth Century American Novel 2 ECTS      
ENG2290 Genre: Creative Nonfiction 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ENG2027 Shakespeare: Genius and the Imagination 2 ECTS      
 
Language and Linguistic Groups

Applications in English-Language Studies
 
ENG2030 Second Language Acquisition of English 2 ECTS      
ENG2057 Stylistics 4 ECTS      
 
Describing Language
 
ENG3118 Aspects of Historical and Regional Variation in English 2 ECTS      
 
Language in Society
 
ENG2085 Child Language Acquisition of English 4 ECTS      
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ENG2007 Milton and the Epic Voice 4 ECTS      
ENG2041 High Modernism in English and American Literature 2 ECTS      
ENG2042 The English Novel in the Later Nineteenth Century: Henry James 2 ECTS      
ENG2050 The Postcolonial Memoir 4 ECTS      
ENG2052 The Postcolonial Novel 1: African 2 ECTS      
ENG2063 Theories of Literature 3: Gender and Power 2 ECTS      
ENG2064 Theories of Literature 4: Postcolonialism 2 ECTS      
ENG2066 Current Debates in Literary Theory 2 ECTS      
ENG2067 Chaucer and Medieval Literature 2 ECTS      
ENG2092 Travel Writing 2 ECTS      
ENG2173 Modern Drama 2 ECTS      
ENG2176 Victorian Poetry 2 ECTS      
ENG2276 Modern Poetry 2 ECTS      
ENG2277 Practical Criticism: Poetry 2 ECTS      
ENG2279 19th Century American Prose to 1900 2 ECTS      
ENG2295 English Literature and Music (part2) 2 ECTS      
ENG2333 Maltese Literature in English: Poetry 2 ECTS      

Elective study-units and study-units from the Language and Linguistic groups which are offered during year 2 are also on offer during year 3 and vice versa.

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 ECTS credits in English
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 register for study-units as indicated hereunder to bring the total for the year to 28 ECTS credits:

At least 2 ECTS credits across the year from each of the following Language and Linguistics groups: Applications in English-Language Studies, Describing Language, and Language in Society.

At least 2 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer.
 
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)
 
ENG3072 Contemporary Fiction 6 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ENG3074 Techniques of Close Reading and Comparative Literature 4 ECTS   (NC)    
 
Language and Linguistic Groups

Applications in English-Language Studies
 
ENG3011 Applied Linguistics in English Studies 1 2 ECTS      
ENG3022 Exploring English Corpora: Language and Literature 2 ECTS      
 
Language in Society
 
ENG2028 Discourse of English 2 ECTS      
ENG3071 Varieties of English 2 ECTS      
 
Describing Language
 
ENG2049 Topics in English Pragmatics 2 ECTS      
ENG2118 Aspects of English Phonology 2 ECTS      
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ENG3082 Slave Narratives 2 ECTS      
ENG3091 Linguistics Seminar 1 and 2 4 ECTS      
ENG3113* Creative Writing: Undergraduate Tutorials and Mentoring 2 ECTS      
ENG3173 British Poetry after 1945 2 ECTS      

* Students are required to submit a dossier to Prof. Ivan Callus prior to confirmation of acceptance on study-unit ENG3113.
 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ENG3051 Synoptic Study-Unit 1: Ideas and Concepts 6 ECTS   (NC)    
ENG3052 Synoptic Study-Unit 2: Readings, Interpretations, Applications 6 ECTS   (NC)    
 
Language and Linguistic Groups

Applications in English-Language Studies
 
ENG3016 Language and the Literary Mind 2 ECTS      
ENG3017 Applied Linguistics in English Studies 2 2 ECTS      
 
Describing Language
 
ENG3118 Aspects of Historical and Regional Variation in English 2 ECTS      
 
Language in Society
 
ENG2085 Child Language Acquisition of English 4 ECTS      
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ENG2273 Contemporary Drama 2 ECTS      
ENG3083 American Studies: An Introduction 2 ECTS      
ENG3084 World Literature in Translation 2 ECTS      
ENG3086 Horror 2 ECTS      
ENG3087 Creative Writing 2 2 ECTS      
ENG3093 Theories of Literature 5: Literature and Ecocriticism 2 ECTS      
ENG3113* Creative Writing: Undergraduate Tutorials and Mentoring 2 ECTS      

* Students are required to submit a dossier to Prof. Ivan Callus prior to confirmation of acceptance on study-unit ENG3113.

Elective study-units and study-units from the Linguistic groups which are offered during year 3 are also on offer during year 2 and vice versa.

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

Requirement for award of B.A. English and in another area of study: 180 credits, of which:
80 credits in English
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.

History of Art

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

  • Use your mastered skill-set of intricate observational and inductive analysis to interpret artistic works in its variety of manners.
  • Critically discuss artistic works in an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary atmosphere.
  • Have a better understanding of the causal link between the practicality of art with society, history and culture on both a microcosmic and macrocosmic scale.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of different art works in a diversity of genres according to geographic locations, while also being able to distinguish the art work of different historical periods.
  • Recall important historic artists who have contributed to the movement and evolution of art.
  • Possess a visual awareness of contemporary art.

English

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

  • Carry out literary and linguistic academic research associated to a literary form.
  • Engage in a critical discussion about literature in an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary atmosphere.
  • Possess a firm knowledge of influential theorists and writers in conjunction with their respective publications.
  • Perform a close-reading analysis of texts for a deeper understanding and refined insight.
  • Refer to literature published from a Western, European and non-European perspective, such as African and Australian, all of which are contingent on the contextual frame of research being carried out.
  • Have a keen understanding of history, culture, politics and human nature as seen through the ideas and thoughts of poets and authors.

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Fee per academic year: Eur 8,500

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History of Art

As a graduate of this course you will be employable, both locally and internationally, as a conservator, heritage manager, commercial art gallery manager, academic librarian, archivist and arts administrator. If you are interested in furthering your studies, or are considering an academic profession, then we encourage you to participate in our Erasmus+ mobility programme, as we believe that a diverse and multicultural education will instil you with a better academic journey.


English

As a graduate of this programme of study, you will have the opportunity to pursue a career, both locally and internationally, as an editor, proof-reader, content-writer, journalist, human resources specialist, writer, public relations specialist, paralegal and as a librarian. Past students have also transferred to studying Law at an undergraduate level, using the literary foundation we provide to heighten their critical engagement in their research and discussions. If you are interested in furthering your studies or are considering an academic career as a teacher or a lecturer, you are encouraged to enrol in one of our local post-graduate courses, as you will gain a more honed academic experience, as a number of our alumni have done so.


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