Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Italian with Maltese

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Italian with Maltese

MQF Level

6

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.

Information for International applicants

Italian

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


Maltese

An Advanced Level pass at Grade C or better in Maltese.


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.

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.


Maltese

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.

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.


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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.

You can compare your national qualifications to the local requirements by visiting our qualifications comparability webpage. Access more information about our admission process and English language requirements.

The University of Malta has student accommodation on campus called Campus Hub. Campus Hub is just a 2-minute walk from the main campus. For more information, visit the accommodation website.

Our dedicated team at the student recruitment office is here to support you every step of the way. From the moment you start your application to the moment when you receive your decision letter, we're here to assist you. If you have any questions or need further information, don't hesitate to reach out to us. You can contact us at info@um.edu.mt, and our team will be more than happy to help.

After you receive an offer from us, our International Office will assist you with visas, accommodation and other related issues.

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

Maltese

 
Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)
 
Obbligatorji L-istudenti kollha għandhom jirreġistraw għal dawn it-taqsimiet.
 
MAL1003 L-Ortografija tal-Malti 4 ECTS   (NC)    
MAL1020 Minn Djalett Għarbi għal Ilsien Nazzjonali: L-Istorja tal-Malti 4 ECTS   (NC)    

 
 
Semester 1
 
Obbligatorji L-istudenti kollha għandhom jirreġistraw għal dawn it-taqsimiet.
 
MAL1002 Il-Varjabbli Soċjolingwistiċi f'Malta 2 ECTS   (NC)    
MAL1006 Introduzzjoni għall-Fonetika u l-Fonoloġija tal-Malti 2 ECTS   (NC)    
MAL1021 Daħla għal-Lingwistika 2 ECTS   (NC)    
MAL1060 L-Idea tal-Letteratura 4 ECTS   (NC)    

 
 
Semester 2
 
Obbligatorji L-istudenti kollha għandhom jirreġistraw għal dawn it-taqsimiet.
 
MAL1055 Daħla għan-Narrattiva 4 ECTS   (NC)    
MAL1070 L-Eqdem Testi Poetiċi Maltin 4 ECTS   (NC)    

 
Biex jgħaddu għat-tieni sena l-istudenti jeħtieġu:
26 krettu fil-Malti
26 krettu fil-qasam sussidjarju
8 kretti f'taqsimiet fakultattivi

B'kollox għal din is-sena fil-kors tal-B.A. jsiru: 60 krettu

L-istudenti huma meħtieġa jirreġistraw għal taqsimiet elettivi ta' għaxar kretti minn dawk offruti matul is-sena.
 
Semester 1
 
Elettivi (L-elettivi jiġu offruti biss jekk l-iskeda tal-ħinijiet tippermetti u jkun hemm numru minimu ta' studenti reġistrati).)
 
MAL2007* Kors Monografiku fil-Lingwistika Maltija 2 2 ECTS      
MAL2017 Il-Pjanifikazzjoni Lingwistika 4 ECTS      
MAL2019** Il-Korpus tal-Malti 2 ECTS      
MAL2028 Il-Ġens Grammatikali fil-Malti 2 ECTS      
MAL2050 Il-Partijiet tad-Diskors 2 ECTS      
MAL2055 Teoriji tal-Letteratura 4 ECTS      
MAL2060 Ir-Retorika 2 ECTS      
MAL2070 Il-Poeżija Romantika: Dun Karm, Rużar Briffa u Oħrajn 4 ECTS      
MAL2091*** Il-Kritika Letterarja: Il-Prattika 2 4 ECTS      
MAL2166 It-Tradizzjoni Orali 2 ECTS      
MAL2191 Stħarriġ Prattiku tal-Poeżija 2 2 ECTS      
MAL2204 Is-Sengħa tat-Traduzzjoni 2 ECTS      
MAL2291 Stħarriġ Prattiku tal-Proża 2 2 ECTS      

* Peress li taqsima MAL2007 ma tiftaħx kull sena, qabel ma jirreġistraw, l-istudenti jridu jikkuntattjaw lill-Kap tad-Dipartiment.

** Għal taqsima MAL2019 jistgħu jirreġistraw massimu ta’ tletin student.

*** It-taqsima MAL2091 hija taqsima sħiħa li tinqasam f'żewġ partijiet li huma MAL2191 u MAL2291. Biex tagħżel MAL2091 ma tistgħax tagħżel ukoll MAL2191 u/jew MAL2291.  
 
Semester 2
 
Elettivi (L-elettivi jiġu offruti biss jekk l-iskeda tal-ħinijiet tippermetti u jkun hemm numru minimu ta' studenti reġistrati)
 
MAL2016 Dokumenti Qodma bil-Malti 4 ECTS      
MAL2021 Il-Fonetika u l-Fonoloġija tal-Malti 2 ECTS      
MAL2022 Il-Morfoloġija Derivattiva tal-Malti 4 ECTS      
MAL2027 Id-Djaletti tal-Malti 2 ECTS      
MAL2071 Il-Poeżija Romantika: Zammit, Vassallo u Oħrajn 4 ECTS      
MAL2080 In-Narrattiva Storika u Realista 4 ECTS      
MAL2084 Daħla għall-Kultura Maltija 2 ECTS      
MAL2090 It-Teatru Malti mill-Bidu sa Ebejer 4 ECTS      
MAL3056* Teorija u Estetika Letterarja 4 ECTS      

* Biex jieħdu din it-taqsima l-istudenti jridu jkunu għamlu taqsima MAL2055.

 
B'kollox għal din is-sena fil-kors tal-B.A. jsiru: 10 kretti

Biex jgħaddu għat-tielet sena l-istudenti jeħtieġu:
46 krettu fis-suġġett l-ieħor
10 kretti fil-qasam sussidjarju
4 kretti f'taqsimiet fakultattivi

B'kollox għal din is-sena fil-kors tal-B.A. jsiru: 60 krettu

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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