Geography
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| GEO1005 | The Geography of Populations: Concepts and Theories | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO1008 | Cartography: Introduction, Development and Use | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO1012 | Introduction to Climatic and Biogeographic Processes | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO1015 | Fieldwork in Human Geography | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| GEO1009 | Culture and Society | 3 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO1016 | Fieldwork in Physical Geography | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO1017 | Maltese Heritage through Maps | 3 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO1019 | Introduction to Geomorphology: Principles and Processes | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:26 credits in Geography26 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 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) | |||||||||||
| GEO2009 | Landscapes, Natural Hazards and Human Opportunities | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO2050 | Historical and Political Geography | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO3087 | The Physical Geography of the Mediterranean | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| GEO2000 | Geology | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO2016 | The Geography of Tourism | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO3009 | Ocean Processes and Marine Management: A Spatial and Resource Perspective | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO3095 | The Geography of the Rural Environment: Pedology | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| BIO2010 | Biotic Communities: Composition and Dynamics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO2038 | Remote Sensing | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO3083 | The Human Geography of the Mediterranean | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| GEO2035 | Geographic Information Systems | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO3027 | Transport Geography | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO3028 | A Geographical Approach to Travel Planning | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:26 credits in Geography26 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 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) | |||||||||||
| GEO3004 | Economic Geography | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| GEO2008 | Applied Geomorphology: Methods and Applications | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO2010 | Environmental Impact Assessment | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO3021 | Climate Change and Sustainability in the Mediterranean | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO3096 | The Geography of the Rural Environment: Agriculture and Food Production | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| GEO3090 | Geography Synoptic Study-Unit 1 | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| GEO3091 | Geography 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) | |||||||||||
| GEO2012 | Geographies of Health and Wellbeing | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO2017 | Hydrology and Water Management | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO3006 | Urbanisation and Development | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO3022 | Coastal Geomorphology: Physical Processes and Shoreline Management | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 credits, of which:28 credits in Geography28 credits in the other area4 credits optional study-unitsRequirement for award of B.A. Geography and in another area of study: 180 credits, of which:80 credits in Geography80 credits in the other area20 credits optional study-units
Linguistics
| 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) | |||||||||||
| LLT1160 | Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language Variation and Change | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| LIN1017 | Maltese Sign Language 1 for Linguistics Students | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT1002 | Techniques and Skills for doing Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT1011 | Introduction to Linguistics 1 | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| LIN1024 | Hands-on Language | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT1012 | Introduction to Linguistics 2 | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:26 ECTS credits in Linguistics26 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 10 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) | |||||||||||
| LLT2510 | Introduction to Programming for Language Applications | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| LIN1121 | Language for Humans and Machines | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN2033 | Discourse Analysis | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN3070 | Maltese Sign Language 2: Intermediate Course | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2180 | Language Variation and Change: Historical Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2191 | Psycholinguistics: Language Acquisition | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2360 | Language and Culture of Deaf People | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2811* | Introducing Research Methods and Quantitative Research Basics for Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2812 | Introducing Qualitative Research Basics for Linguistics | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| * Study-unit LLT2811 is strongly recommended. | |||||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| LIN2022 | Models of Grammar | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN2083 | Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN2350 | Issues in Phonetics and Phonology | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| LIN3098 | Corpus Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2161 | Lingua Francas | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2830 | Quantitative Research in Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3190 | Second Language Acquisition and Language Learning | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3370 | Foundations in Sign Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:26 ECTS credits in Linguistics26 ECTS credits in the other area 8 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 12 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.
During their third year of study, students have the possibility to register for elective study-units which were offered during their second year (relisted below) given that these were not already registered for.
During their third year of study, students have the possibility to register for elective study-units which were offered during their second year (relisted below) given that these were not already registered for.
| 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) | |||||||||||
| LIN3003 | Synoptic Study-Unit: General Linguistics | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| LIN3004 | Synoptic Study-Unit: Interdisciplinary Issues in Linguistics | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| LIN3010 | Language Typology and Universals | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| LIN3070 | Maltese Sign Language 2: Intermediate Course | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN3301 | Experimental Psycholinguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN3502 | Multimodal Interaction and Communication | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2180 | Language Variation and Change: Historical Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2191 | Psycholinguistics: Language Acquisition | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2360 | Language and Culture of Deaf People | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2520 | Introduction to Computational Models for Language Data | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2811* | Introducing Research Methods and Quantitative Research Basics for Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3060 | Advanced Issues in the Sound Structure of Languages | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3410 | Discourse, Ideology and Power | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3550 | Speech Technology | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| * If not already taken during the second year, study-unit LLT2811 is highly recommended. | |||||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| LIN3095 | Writing Systems | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN3098 | Corpus Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2161 | Lingua Francas | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2830 | Quantitative Research in Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3190 | Second Language Acquisition and Language Learning | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3370 | Foundations in Sign Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS credits, of which:28 ECTS credits in Linguistics28 ECTS credits in the other area4 ECTS credits optional study-unitsRequirement for award of B.A. Linguistics and in another area of study : 180 ECTS credits, of which:80 ECTS credits in Linguistics80 ECTS credits in the other area20 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.