Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Mediterranean Studies and Fine Arts

Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Mediterranean Studies and Fine Arts

MQF Level

6

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

Contemporary Mediterranean Studies

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 allows you to gain a vast understanding of Mediterranean affairs in modern society through a vast array of perspectives, ranging from anthropology, politics and foreign policy, to international relations, migration and multi-country relations. During your course of studies, you will be encouraged to participate in the Erasmus+ mobility programme, as we believe that having an international academic learning experience will give you a more rich and multicultural perspective of the subject matter.


Fine Arts

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 Fine Arts course takes a hands-on approach tailored for you if you're interested in developing a critical perspective on your creative practice. Over the three years, you will work with a range of media, techniques, and artistic forms—both practically and through focused readings on art practice, theory, and art history. You'll have the opportunity to experiment with traditional forms such as drawing, painting, and printmaking, as well as non-traditional audio-visual methods like photography and multimedia. The course encourages interdisciplinarity and supports your development of a broad understanding of the humanities. If you proceed with your Honours, you will be able to develop a final practice-based project of your choice.


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

Fine Arts

Applicants are required to submit a portfolio which shall be assessed during an interview held by an interviewing board, which shall be composed of at least three members. Applicants who are unsuccessful in the interview shall not be admitted to the Course.


Contemporary Mediterranean Studies

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.


Fine Arts

All applicants choosing the Fine Arts area of study are required to sit for an interview which will be 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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Contemporary Mediterranean Studies

Students are required to choose study-units to the value of 26 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)
 
ANT1004 Ethnography and Anthropological Theory 8 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 1
 
Recommended Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
GEO1005 The Geography of Populations: Concepts and Theories 4 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)
 
ANT1003 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology 4 ECTS      
ANT1005 Locating the Anthropology of the Mediterranean 4 ECTS      
HST1023 Introduction to Maltese Historical Demography 2 ECTS      
IRL1082 Introduction to Political Studies 6 ECTS      
IRL1091 Soft Power in International Relations: An Introduction to the Role of Media and Culture 4 ECTS      
PHI1014 Political Philosophy 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Recommended Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
SPA1013 Christians, Muslims and Jews in Al-Andalus 4 ECTS      
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
HST1021 Europe in early modern times c.1450 - c.1789 4 ECTS      
IRL1081 The Global Politics of Inequality: Realities and Perspectives 4 ECTS      
IRL1088 Introduction to Foreign Policy 4 ECTS      
IRL1089 Theories of International Relations 4 ECTS      
PHI1006 History of Philosophy: (a) Modern Philosophy and (b) Contemporary Philosophy 4 ECTS      
SPA1003 An Overview of Spanish History 4 ECTS      

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in Contemporary Mediterranean Studies
26 ECTS credits in the other area
8 ECTS credits in optional study-units

Total credits for this year: 60 ECTS 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)
 
ANT2047 Emotions, Culture and Society 4 ECTS      
ANT3006 Political Anthropology 4 ECTS      
ANT3030 People, Migration and Change 4 ECTS      
ARB2022 Arab History and Civilization: The Oral Tradition 4 ECTS      
GEO2050 Historical and Political Geography 4 ECTS      
GEO3083 The Human Geography of the Mediterranean 2 ECTS      
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      
HST3012 Steam: A History of Industrial Power 2 ECTS      
IRL2074 The Muslim-Arab World in Contemporary Times 4 ECTS      
IRL2093 Comparative Politics 4 ECTS      
SPA2004 Modern and Contemporary Spanish and Latin American Art 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ANT3041 Anthropology of Islam 4 ECTS      
ANT3080 History, Memory and Identity 4 ECTS      
GEO3087 The Physical Geography of the Mediterranean 2 ECTS      
HST2005 Contemporary Mediterranean History 6 ECTS      
HST2027 Introduction to Historical Demographic Theories 4 ECTS      
HST2030 Demographic and Urban Growth in the Mediterranean from the Late Middle Ages to Modern Times 4 ECTS      
IRL2010 International Economics 4 ECTS      
IRL2058 Terror: Ideas and Realities 4 ECTS      
MDT3001 Israeli-Palestinian Relations: Pasts, Urgencies, Prospects 4 ECTS      
PHI3046 Contemporary Continental Philosophy 4 ECTS      
SPA2019 Imperial Spain 4 ECTS      

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 ECTS credits in Contemporary Mediterranean Studies
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.
 
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)
 
ANT3038 Ecology and Culture in the Mediterranean 4 ECTS      
IRL2090 International Relations since 1919 6 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 1
 
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      
ANT2020 Kinship, Family and Marriage 4 ECTS      
ANT3019 Historical Anthropology 4 ECTS      
GEO3021 Climate Change and Sustainability in the Mediterranean 4 ECTS      
HST2015 Tracing Family History: Archival Depositories, Digital Resources and Genealogical Research 4 ECTS      
HST3025 Trans-Regional Migrations: A Short History of Migration and Mobility from Ancient to Modern Times 4 ECTS      
HST3109 International Relations Between the World Wars 2 ECTS      
PHI3039 Thematic Readings in Political Thought 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ATS3001 Contemporary Mediterranean Studies Paper 1 6 ECTS   (NC)    
ATS3002 Contemporary Mediterranean Studies Paper 2 6 ECTS   (NC)    
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
GEO3006 Urbanisation and Development 4 ECTS      
HST2028 A History of European and World Populations 4 ECTS      
IRL2020 Nationalism in International Politics 4 ECTS      
IRL2036 Intercultural Politics in the Mediterranean 4 ECTS      
IRL3007 War and Peace in the Middle East 4 ECTS      
IRL3098 International Financial Institutions 4 ECTS      
MDT3001 Israeli-Palestinian Relations: Pasts, Urgencies, Prospects 4 ECTS      

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

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

Fine Arts

 
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)
 
ART1003 Artistic Techniques: Painting, Sculpture and Printing 4 ECTS   (NC)    

 
 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
AAH1101 Introduction to Fine Art Practice 4 ECTS   (NC)    
AAH1200 Studio Research in Fine Arts 2 ECTS   (NC)    
ART1208 Introduction to Painting: Practical Sessions 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
AAH1022 Grammar of Photography 4 ECTS   (NC)    
AAH1300 Multimedia Approaches to Fine Art Practice 4 ECTS   (NC)    
ART1010 Introduction to Drawing Skills: Practical Sessions 4 ECTS   (NC)    

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 credits in Fine Arts
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 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)
 
AAH2205 Print Making 8 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
AAH2450 Painting and Mark-Making 4 ECTS      
 
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      
AAH3141 Decorative Design Workshops 4 ECTS      
ART2000 Art in Malta 1: Late Medieval to Early Renaissance 4 ECTS      
ART2018 Caravaggio and Early Baroque Classicism 4 ECTS      
ART2038 Gender Issues in Art 2 ECTS      
ART2140 Italian Baroque Architecture 1600-1750 4 ECTS      
ART2151 The Decorative Arts in the 19th Century 2 ECTS      
ART2315 Gallery Placement 2 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
AAH2209 Painting from Life: the Human Figure 6 ECTS      
AAH2300 Contemporary Perspectives in Landscape Painting 4 ECTS      
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
AAH2215* Print Making 4 ECTS      
AAH3037 Milestones in the History of Photography and Cinema 2 ECTS      
ART2005 Northern Renaissance Art 4 ECTS      
ART2008 High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy 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      
ART2314 Conservation Placement 2 ECTS      

* Students going on Erasmus in Semester 1 are to instead register for these study-units in Semester 2.

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 credits in Fine Arts
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)
 
AAH3129 Mediterranean Identities: Issues of Representation and Multimodal Narrative Constructs 4 ECTS      
AAH3401 Bodies In-Formation: Rethinking the Human in the 21st Century 4 ECTS      
 
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      
AAH3402 Post-Internet Artistic Practices 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      
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)
 
AAH3217 Fine Arts Synoptic Study-unit 1 6 ECTS   (NC)    
AAH3218 Fine Arts Synoptic Study-Unit 2 6 ECTS   (NC)    
AAH3450 Expanded Forms of Painting 4 ECTS      
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
AAH2051 Design Currents in the 20th Century 4 ECTS      
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 Fine Arts
28 credits in the other area
4 credits optional study-units

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

Contemporary Mediterranean Studies

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

  • Participate in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary discussions about contemporary Mediterranean issues.
  • Compose and carry out research and analytical essays by using the appropriate methodological skill-set required.
  • Have a broader scope of interrelations and the different policies and formulations carried out between countries.
  • Have knowledge on the historical, cultural, regional, political and societal facets and their effects on the contemporary Mediterranean countries.
  • Apply theoretical concepts and recall key events to analyse contemporary affairs.

Fine Arts

Upon finishing the course, you will be able to:

  • Conduct research and write critically about a subject matter related to the fine arts.
  • Effectively express concepts and engage in discussions in an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary atmosphere.
  • Have a deep understanding behind the meaning of a work of art, while also perceiving its role in a social macrocosmic context.
  • Redefine and analyse contemporary art through your awareness of its multiple unique representations across time and different regions.
  • Develop an autonomous identity and style through the practice of original art.

Non EU Applicants:

Fee per academic year: Eur 8,500

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Contemporary Mediterranean Studies

As a Contemporary Mediterranean Studies graduate, you will be able to work in a variety of occupations, both locally and abroad, as an office supervisor, operations manager, chief executive, personal service manager, and research consultant. If you are interested in furthering your studies for a more holistic academic experience, or to pursue an academic profession, then you are encouraged to take on a postgraduate course offered at our University.


Fine Arts

As a fine arts graduate, you will have a number of career opportunities, both locally and abroad, in which you can employ your invaluable artistic skill-set. These include roles such as an art therapist, community arts worker, advertising art director, fine artist, graphic designer, conservator, illustrator, animator and exhibition designer. 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 postgraduate courses for a honed and holistic academic experience.


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