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 Studies26 ECTS credits in the other area8 ECTS credits in optional study-unitsTotal credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits
Students are required to choose study-units to the value of 46 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) | |||||||||||
| IRL3096 | Contemporary European Studies | 8 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| HST3011 | European Industrialisation and Mediterranean Underdevelopment | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2074 | The Muslim-Arab World in Contemporary Times | 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 | |||||||||
| GEO2005 | Physical Structure of the Mediterranean | 4 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 | |||||||||
| MDT3001 | Israeli-Palestinian Relations: Pasts, Urgencies, Prospects | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:46 ECTS credits in Contemporary Mediterranean Studies10 ECTS credits in the subsidiary area4 ECTS 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 36 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) | |||||||||||
| ATS3000 | Dissertation: CMS | 12 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| SLA2029 | Spain and Malta through the Ages | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for successful completion of Year 3:60 ECTS credits in Contemporary Mediterranean StudiesRequirement for award of B.A. (Hons) in Contemporary Mediterranean Studies: 180 ECTS credits, of which:132 ECTS credits in Contemporary Mediterranean Studies36 ECTS credits in the subsidiary area12 ECTS credits in optional study-units
Philosophy with Politics
| 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) | ||||||||
| PHI1036 | What is Politics? | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI1039 | On the Question of the Ethical and the Political | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:26 ECTS credits in Philosophy with Politics26 ECTS credits in the other area8 ECTS credits in optional study-unitsTotal credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits
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 | |||||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| LLT3410 | Discourse, Ideology and Power | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2047 | Aristotle's Ethics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2103 | Foucault and Derrida on Politics, Identity and the Other | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2120 | Metaphysics 1: Ontology | 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 | |||||||||
| SOC2000 | Economic Sociology | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| SOC3031 | Sociology of Politics and the State | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| * Study-unit PHI3056 is offered on alternate years. | |||||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| PHI2001 | Logic | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2064 | Nietzsche's Philosophy of Existence | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2065 | On the Role of Communication in Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2121 | Philosophy of Language | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3046 | Contemporary Continental Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3047 | Philosophy and Technology | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| SOC2345 | Sociology of Social Movements and Protest | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for successful completion of Year 2: 10 ECTS creditsRequirement for regular progression to Year 3:10 ECTS credits in Philosophy with Politics46 ECTS credits in the other area4 ECTS credits optional study-unitsTotal credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits
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) - B.A. (Hons) - under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts.