Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Italian with European and Global History

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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Information for International applicants

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Italian

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

European and Global History

An Advanced Level pass in History.

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.

European and Global History

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

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 History
26 credits in the other area
8 credits in optional study-units

Total 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.

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.