Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and History

Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and History

MQF Level

6

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

Communication 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 in Communication Studies will provide you with an introduction to a selection of compulsory and elective units that are offered in communication studies as a main area. Throughout the 3-year programme, you will gain knowledge and skills in a variety of topics that will accompany your main area of studies, while also providing transferable skills for your daily personal and professional practice. Some of the topics range from Reflective Writing, Journalism, English Rhetoric, and Cognitive Psychology of Mass Communication, to Philosophical Approaches to Communication and Culture, Media Aesthetics, Audio Production and Website Creation, to name a few. During the final semester of the joint area, the topics studied will culminate into a synoptic exam that will assess your acquired skill and intellect.


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 undergraduate programme in History will enrich your historic knowledge on a global scale. During the course, apart from learning about local and national history through social, economic, warfare and other perspectives, we will also provide you with a wholistic historic lens of Western, European and Non-European countries. By learning history on an academic level, you will possess a deep appreciation and a heightened sense of awareness of contemporary international and local affairs through your firm grasp of historic patterns, events and foundations. We also encourage you to participate in the Erasmus+ programme, as we believe that a multicultural and diversified learning experience will give you a better 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

Communication Studies

An Intermediate Level pass in English.


History

An Advanced Level pass in History.


Communication 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.


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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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 Studies
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 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 Studies
26 ECTS credits in the other area
6 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
 
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 Studies
28 ECTS credits in the other area
4 ECTS credits optional study-units

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


History

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)
 
HST1010 Medieval Europe 1 6 ECTS      
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)
 
HST1011 Structure and Change in Malta's Economic History 4 ECTS      
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)
 
SPA1018 An Introduction to Latin America 2 ECTS      
SPA1019 An Introduction to Spain 2 ECTS      

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 credits in 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 14 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)
 
HST3011 European Industrialisation and Mediterranean Underdevelopment 6 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      
HST2035 U.S. History: 1492 to 1939 4 ECTS      
HST2040 Medieval Europe 2 6 ECTS      
HST2113 Venice, the Order of St. John and Malta 2 ECTS      
HST3004 Seafaring in the Mediterranean to c. 1900 4 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      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
HST2005 Contemporary Mediterranean History 6 ECTS      
 
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      
HST2006 Malta Before and After Independence: Aspects of Maltese Social and Political History 4 ECTS      
HST2019 The Transition from Medieval to Hospitaller Malta in the Sixteenth Century 2 ECTS      
HST2027 Introduction to Historical Demographic Theories 4 ECTS      
HST2029 Global history (c.1492 - c.1870) 4 ECTS      
HST2030 Demographic and Urban Growth in the Mediterranean from the Late Middle Ages to Modern Times 4 ECTS      
HST2031 Iberia and Malta 2 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      

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 credits in History
26 credits in the other area
8 credits in optional study-units

Total credits for this year: 60 credits

 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
HST2003 The Renaissance and Reformation 6 ECTS      
HST3018 Hospitaller Malta 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
HST2009 Medieval Malta 6 ECTS      
HST3089 Synoptic Study-Unit: Maltese and Mediterranean History 6 ECTS   (NC)    
HST3090 Synoptic Study-Unit: European and International History 6 ECTS   (NC)    

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

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

Communication Studies

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

  • Identify some of the main models in relation to reflective writing.
  • Create structures for organisational communication practice.
  • Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative means of research.
  • Describe different types of psychological, attitudinal, and behavioural effects produced by exposure to mass communication.
  • Work collaboratively with a mentor to bring secondary research and/or practical project to fruition.
  • Formulate a critical opinion that is based on current literature on issues in media and communications.

History

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

  • Conduct and carry out critical academic research in a professional academic manner necessary at an undergraduate level.
  • Contribute to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary discussions, where your invaluable knowledge on the subject matter will be a necessity.
  • Recall key historic people and events and their respective contributions.
  • Express your thoughts coherently, concisely and clearly in written and oral mediums through a heightened sense of intellectual integration in the subject matter.
  • Understand better the contingent relationship between present and past through your awareness of current international and local affairs.

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Fee per academic year: Eur 8,500

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Communication Studies

Communication studies as a joint area will provide you with a plethora of transferable skills to choose from in order to integrate into the career that you would like to pursue. Provided the necessary requirements, alumni have found satisfying careers in journalism, media production, writing and publishing, public relations and social media marketing, just to name a few. You may also choose to enrol in a master's programme of your choosing if you would like to further your studies, either locally or abroad.


History

As a graduate of this programme of study you will be employable, both locally and internationally, as an archivist, heritage manager, museum curator or education officer, academic researcher, policy officer, information officer, human resources officer and as a broadcast journalist. If you are interested in furthering your education, or are considering an academic profession, then we encourage you to enrol in one of our local postgraduate courses for a holistic and honed educational experience.


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