Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures (Arabic)
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| ARB1001 | Arabic 1 | 8 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| ARB1025 | Introduction to Arabic Studies | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| ARB1002 | Arabic 2 | 8 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| ARB1042 | Arabic Literature: The Abbasid Period | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:26 ECTS credits in Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures (Arabic)26 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 register for 16 ECTS credits in elective study-unit 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) | |||||||||||
| LLT1160 | Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language Variation and Change | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MAL1020 | Minn Djalett Għarbi għal Ilsien Nazzjonali: L-Istorja tal-Malti | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| ARB2016 | Arabic 3 | 8 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| ARB3031 | Arabic Readings: Classical Arabic Literature | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| NES2016 | Archaeology and Nationalism in the Middle East | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| ANT2003 | Nation, State and Society in the Middle East/North Africa | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ARB3047 | Arabic Linguistic and Literary Themes | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN1024 | Hands-on Language | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT1011 | Introduction to Linguistics 1 | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2180 | Language Variation and Change: Historical Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2360 | Language and Culture of Deaf People | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2510 | Introduction to Programming for Language Applications | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MAL1021 | Daħla għal-Lingwistika | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| MAL1070 | L-Eqdem Testi Poetiċi Maltin | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| NES2003 | Introduction to Semitic Languages | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| ARB2003 | Maghrebi Arabic | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| ARB2034 | Arabic Literature: The Modern Period | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| ARB3057 | Arabic 4 | 8 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| LIN2022 | Models of Grammar | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN2350 | Issues in Phonetics and Phonology | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| NES1004 | Origins of the Alphabet | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:46 ECTS credits in Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures (Arabic)10 ECTS credits in the subsidiary area 4 ECTS credits optional study-unitsTotal credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits
| 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) | |||||||||||
| ARB3099 | Dissertation | 12 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| ARB2018 | Approaches to the Study of Political Discourse in the Middle East | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ARB3005 | Arabic Dialectology | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ARB3018 | Arabic 5 | 8 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| ARB3019 | Directed Study in Arabic Studies | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| ARB3032 | Arabic Readings: Modern Arabic Literature | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| ARB2012 | Media Arabic | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| ARB3004 | Arabic Readings: Contemporary Arabic Writings | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| ARB3006 | Dialectal Arabic | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| ARB3011 | Synoptic Study-Unit 1: Arabic Grammar | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| ARB3012 | Synoptic Study-Unit 2: Classical and Modern Arabic Texts | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS creditsRequirement for award of B.A. (Hons) in Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures (Arabic): 180 ECTS credits, of which:132 ECTS credits in Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures (Arabic)36 ECTS credits in the subsidiary area12 ECTS credits optional study-units
European and Global History
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.
| 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 | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| HST1011* | Structure and Change in Malta's Economic History | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| SPA1018 | An Introduction to Latin America | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| SPA1019 | An Introduction to Spain | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| * Students are allowed to register for study-units HST1011 and HST1023 if other elective study-units cannot be followed due to a clash in time-table. | |||||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:26 credits in European and Global History26 credits in the other area8 credits in optional study-unitsTotal credits for this year: 60 credits
Students are required to choose study-units to the value of 10 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) | |||||||||||
| HST2003 | The Renaissance and Reformation | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST2010 | Social History of Modern Europe | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST2018 | France and Germany: Rethinking Interrelations in the Making of Europe | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST2020 | Archives for Historians | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST2033 | The Eight-Pointed Cross of the Mediterranean | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST2034 | Africa: Milestones in the Continent's History | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST2061 | China in the World | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST3020 | Slavery in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST3025 | Trans-Regional Migrations: A Short History of Migration and Mobility from Ancient to Modern Times | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST3032 | Medieval Island Regions | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST3109 | International Relations Between the World Wars | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| SOC2047 | Understanding Nations and Nationalism | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| ANT2149 | Culture and Society in Contemporary Korea and Japan | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| CLA2060 | Latin for Historians | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST2012 | Reason and Enlightenment in Europe 1650-1789 | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST2026 | Global History: Theories and Applications | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST2028 | A History of European and World Populations | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST2032 | Mediterranean Encounters between Christians and Muslims 1500-2000 | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST3040 | Social Welfare and Public Health in Mediterranean Europe 1700-1900 | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| SPA2019 | Imperial Spain | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
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.