Communication Studies
In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to register for 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) | |||||||||||
| MCS1010 | Introduction to Film Studies | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS1030 | Introduction to Journalism | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS1050 | New Media and the Social World | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS1080 | Writing for Media and Communications | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| CRC1010 | Introduction to Marketing Communications | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS1021 | Human Communication | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS1040 | Visual Communications and Graphic Design | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| MCS1070 | Personal Communications | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS1100 | Media, Society and Culture | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| CGS1000 | Cognitive Psychology of Communications | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS1110 | Introduction to Video Production | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS1130 | Cultural Theory and Semiotics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:26 ECTS credits in Communication Studies26 ECTS credits in the other area8 ECTS credits in optional study-unitsTotal credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits
In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose a 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) | |||||||||||
| CRC2000 | Consumer Behaviour in the Digital Era | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS2210 | Ethics in the Media | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS3201 | Film Theory | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| CRC2040 | Advertising | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| DGA2005 | Editorial Design | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS2220 | Critical Issues for Journalism | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| CRC2060 | Digital Storytelling in Marketing Communication | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS3060 | Reporting | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| IPG2001 | Principles of Information Law | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS2300 | Satirical Cartoons and Visual Narrative | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS3050 | Audio Production | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:28 ECTS credits in Communication Studies26 ECTS credits in the other area6 ECTS credits in optional study-unitsTotal 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) | |||||||||||
| CST3192 | Media in Maltese Society | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| CRC3010 | Digital Marketing and Analytics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS3140 | Digital Content Creation | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS3150 | Data Journalism | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS3250 | Scriptwriting | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS3600 | Documentary Film Production | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| MCS3850 | Synoptic - Theory 1 | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| MCS3851 | Synoptic - Theory 2 | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| CRC3030 | Contemporary Issues in Marketing Communication | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| CST3281 | Media Conference Basics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| CST3651 | Using Communication for Social Change | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| CST3811 | Public Relations | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS3160 | Journalism: Historical Contexts | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS3400 | Adaptation for the Screen | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS credits, of which:28 ECTS credits in Communication Studies28 ECTS credits in the other area 4 ECTS credits optional study-unitsRequirement for award of B.A.Communications Studies and in another area of study: 180 ECTS credits, of which:80 ECTS credits in Communication Studies80 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 Arts26 credits in the other area8 credits in optional study-unitsTotal 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) | |||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| AAH2215* | Print Making | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| AAH3037 | Milestones in the History of Photography and Cinema | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| * 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 Arts26 credits in the other area8 credits optional study-unitsTotal 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 | |||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| AAH3020 | The Art and Ideas of the 20th Century | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| AAH3141 | Decorative Design Workshops | 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) | ||||||||
| 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 Fine Arts28 credits in the other area 4 credits optional study-unitsRequirement for award of B.A. Fine Arts and in another area of study: 180 credits, of which:80 credits in Fine Arts80 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.