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 History26 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 18 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) | |||||||||||
| HST2003 | The Renaissance and Reformation | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST2010 | Social History of Modern Europe | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| HST2015 | Tracing Family History: Archival Depositories, Digital Resources and Genealogical Research | 4 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 | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| HST2009 | Medieval Malta | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST3010 | Contemporary International Relations for Historians | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST3018 | Hospitaller Malta | 4 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 | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| HST2036 | Placement | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST3013 | Medieval Malta 2 | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST3040 | Social Welfare and Public Health in Mediterranean Europe 1700-1900 | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:46 ECTS credits in History10 ECTS credits from the subsidiary area4 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 16 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) | |||||||||||
| HST3099 | Dissertation | 12 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| HST2017 | Anglo-Italian Relations in the Mediterranean: From the Renaissance to the Cold War | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| HST2006 | Malta Before and After Independence: Aspects of Maltese Social and Political History | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST3097 | Synoptic Study-Unit: Maltese and Mediterranean History | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| HST3098 | Synoptic Study-Unit (European and International History) | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| HST2019 | The Transition from Medieval to Hospitaller Malta in the Sixteenth Century | 2 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 | |||||||||
| HST2036 | Placement | 4 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 successful completion of Year 3:60 ECTS credits in HistoryRequirement for award of B.A. (Honours) in History: 180 ECTS credits, of which:132 ECTS credits in History36 ECTS credits in the subsidiary area12 ECTS credits in 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
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) | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| PHI2052 | New Realism and Materialism | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2101 | Life, Death, and Passion | 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 | |||||||||
| PHI3067 | A Critical Reading of Descartes Meditations | 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 | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| PHI2121 | Philosophy of Language | 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 2: 10 ECTS creditsRequirement for regular progression to Year 3:10 ECTS credits in Philosophy46 ECTS credits in the other area4 ECTS credits optional study-unitsTotal credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits
This programme of studies is governed by the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 and by the Bye-Laws for the awards of the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - B.A. (Hons) - under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts.