Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Italian with Contemporary Mediterranean Studies

MQF Level

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

Italian

Applicants wishing to join the part-time mode must submit their application as full-time, and then include a note in the comments box of the application form, denoting their preference to be considered for the part-time option. Such requests will be considered by the Board of the Faculty.

The programme of study in Italian will give you an academic perspective of the language, literature and culture of the Mediterranean country. Being an important historical country, it is inevitable that it has been influential in a variety of ways. During the course we will broaden your literary horizons with a keen focus on Dante Alighieri's Epic poetry, along with other notable Roman and Italian figures who have contributed to its national literature. Apart from studying modern and contemporary Italian literature in its visual mediums, we will also refine your morphological, syntactical and lexical abilities in the target language. In your final year, you may have the opportunity to carry out a research-based dissertation of your choice. We also encourage you to participate in our Erasmus+ mobility programme for a diversified and multicultural academic experience.

Communication and Academic Skills Programme

The communication and academic skills programme complements students’ main course of study. It introduces them to writing and presenting as situated within academic contexts sensitive to specific disciplines and develops their competences for future careers.

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Italian

An Advanced or Intermediate Level pass at Grade C or better in Italian.

Italian

Applicants in terms of the 'maturity (adult learners) clause' are required to sit for an interview, held on a date which will be announced in due course.

Applicants may also be required to submit a Learning Portfolio. Further information about the Portfolio will be forwarded to applicants.

Contemporary Mediterranean Studies

Applicants in terms of the 'maturity (adult learners) clause' are required to sit for an interview, held on a date which will be announced in due course.

Applicants may also be required to submit a Learning Portfolio. Further information about the Portfolio will be forwarded to applicants.

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You can submit your application online. The deadlines for submission of applications vary according to the intake and courses. We encourage all international applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible. This is especially important if you require a visa to travel and eventually stay in Malta.

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Italian


Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

ITL1019	Cinema italiano: dal fascismo agli anni Settanta	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL1121	Letteratura italiana dalle origini al Duecento	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL1125	Dante: Inferno	4 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

ITL1008	La morfologia dell'italiano	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL1222	Letteratura italiana dal Trecento al Quattrocento	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL1230	Dante: Purgatorio	2 ECTS	(NC)
ITL1666	The Dark Side of Italy	4 ECTS	(NC)

Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in Italian
26 ECTS credits in the other area
8 ECTS credits in optional study-units

Total credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits


Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

ITL2008	La sintassi dell'italiano	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL2016	Letteratura comparata anglo-italiana: Petrarca e il Petrarchismo inglese	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL2052	Storia della lingua italiana	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL2150	Storia della letteratura italiana dal Cinquecento al Settecento	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL3015	Esercitazioni di lingua italiana 5 e 6	4 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

ITL2013	La critica contemporanea	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL2015	Letteratura comparata italo-maltese	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL2020	Analisi e interpretazione del testo letterario	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL2156	Dante: 'Paradiso'	2 ECTS
ITL2250	Da Machiavelli a Goldoni: itinerari testuali	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL3031	Cinema italiano: dagli anni Ottanta ai giorni nostri	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL3101	Letteratura italiana: il primo Ottocento	4 ECTS	(NC)

Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
46 ECTS credits in Italian
10 ECTS credits from the subsidiary area
4 ECTS credits in optional study-units

Total 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)

ITL3029	Poesia italiana moderna e contemporanea (Modern and Contemporary Italian Poetry)	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL3043	Dissertation	12 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

ITL2014	L'Italiano e le altre lingue	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL3012	L'italiano oggi	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL3028	Studi anglo-italiani: il Novecento fra letteratura e cinema	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL3311	Letteratura italiana dall'Ottocento al Novecento	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL3666	Italia occulta: magia, superstizione, orrore tra folklore e cultura popolare	4 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

ITL3001	Cosa succede in città: Storia sociale della musica popolare in Italia dal Dopoguerra ai giorni nostri	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL3014	Il Novecento	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL3027	Cinema italiano d'autore	4 ECTS	(NC)
ITL3062	Synoptic Study-Unit 1: Literature	6 ECTS	(NC)
ITL3063	Synoptic Study-Unit 2: Linguistics and Cinema	6 ECTS	(NC)

Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS credits

Requirement for award of B.A. (Hons) in Italian: 180 ECTS credits, of which:
132 ECTS credits in Italian
36 ECTS credits in the subsidiary area
12 ECTS credits optional study-units

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 Studies
26 ECTS credits in the other area
8 ECTS credits in optional study-units

Total 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)

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

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.

Italian

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Conduct professional critical academic research in a professional manner carried out in the target language.
Contribute to Italian literary discussions in an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary discursive atmosphere.
Refer to your oral, written and auditory faculties in the target language on an intermediate or native-like level.
Recall important historical events and key-literary, artistic and political Italian figures.
Have a diverse and deep appreciation of Italian literary culture.

Non EU Applicants:

Fee per academic year: Eur 8,500

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Italian

As a graduate of this programme of study you will be employable, both locally and internationally, as a translator, journalist, writer, interpreter, historian, editor, diplomat, publisher, researcher, industrial relations consultant, human resources specialist, archivist, linguist, librarian and as a cultural consultant. If you would like to further your studies, or are interested in pursuing an academic career, then we encourage you to enrol in one of our local postgraduate courses for a honed and holistic academic background.

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