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) | |||||||||||
| MCS1021 | Human Communication | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS1040 | Visual Communications and Graphic Design | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MCS1110 | Introduction to Video Production | 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 | |||||||||
| CRC1010 | Introduction to Marketing Communications | 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 | Ethics, Sustainability and Law | 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
Philosophy
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| PHI1001 | History of Philosophy: (a) Ancient Philosophy and (b) Medieval Philosophy | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| PHI1014 | Political Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI1028 | Philosophical Practice | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI1090 | Philosophy: Tools and Problems | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| PHI1006 | History of Philosophy: (a) Modern Philosophy and (b) Contemporary Philosophy | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| PHI1017 | Ethics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI1024 | Epistemology | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:26 ECTS credits in Philosophy26 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 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) | |||||||||||
| PHI2052 | New Realism and Materialism | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2120 | Metaphysics 1: Ontology | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| PHI2005 | Philosophy of Religion | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2034 | Phenomenology and Existentialism | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2044 | Theories of Consciousness | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2047 | Aristotle's Ethics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2051 | Aesthetics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2101 | Life, Death, and Passion | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3043 | Frege: Conceptual Notation (Begriffsschrift) | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3045 | Contemporary Analytic Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3054 | The Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3056* | Machiavelli's The Prince: Text and Contexts | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3067 | A Critical Reading of Descartes Meditations | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| * Study-unit PHI3056 is offered on alternate years. | |||||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| PHI2001 | Logic | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2121 | Philosophy of Language | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| PHI2039 | Doing Philosophy in the Islamic World | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2064 | Nietzsche's Philosophy of Existence | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2065 | On the Role of Communication in Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2123 | Metaphysics 2: Natural Theology and Atheism | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3026 | Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3028 | Philosophy of the Media | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3031 | Philosophy of Mathematics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3046 | Contemporary Continental Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3052 | Philosophy of the Animal | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3072 | Pascal's Pensees - A Critical Study | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:26 ECTS credits in Philosophy26 ECTS credits in the other area8 ECTS credits 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 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) | |||||||||||
| PHI2005 | Philosophy of Religion | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2029* | Early Modern Ideas: Science, Politics and Religion | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2034 | Phenomenology and Existentialism | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2047 | Aristotle's Ethics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2051 | Aesthetics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2101 | Life, Death, and Passion | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3043 | Frege: Conceptual Notation (Begriffsschrift) | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3045 | Contemporary Analytic Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3054 | The Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3067 | A Critical Reading of Descartes Meditations | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| * Study-unit PHI2029 is offered on alternate years. | |||||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| PHI3010 | Synoptic Study-Unit 1: Philosophy | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| PHI3011 | Synoptic Study-Unit 2: Philosophy | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| PHI2039 | Doing Philosophy in the Islamic World | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2064 | Nietzsche's Philosophy of Existence | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2065 | On the Role of Communication in Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2123 | Metaphysics 2: Natural Theology and Atheism | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3026 | Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3028 | Philosophy of the Media | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3031 | Philosophy of Mathematics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3046 | Contemporary Continental Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3052 | Philosophy of the Animal | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3072 | Pascal's Pensees - A Critical Study | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS credits, of which:28 ECTS credits in Philosophy28 ECTS credits in the other area4 ECTS credits optional study-unitsRequirement for award of B.A. Philosophy and in another area of study: 180 ECTS credits, of which:80 ECTS credits in Philosophy80 ECTS credits in the other area 20 ECTS 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.