Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Italian with Social Studies

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Italian with Social Studies

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.


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.


Social 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.

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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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

Social Studies

 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
SOC1012 Introducing Research Methods in the Social Sciences 4 ECTS   (NC)    
SOC1014 Family Life - A Sociological Investigation 4 ECTS   (NC)    
SOC1060 Foundations of Sociology: Theories and Perspectives 4 ECTS   (NC)    
SOC1061 Sociology of Island Life 4 ECTS   (NC)    

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
SOC1007 The Sociological Imaginary in Practice 2 ECTS   (NC)    
SOC1046 Urban Society and Culture 4 ECTS   (NC)    
SOC1058 Health, Illness and Society 4 ECTS   (NC)    

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in Social 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)
 
ANT3023 Anthropological Perspectives on Human Rights 4 ECTS      
ENG2089 An Introduction to Cultural Criticism 2 ECTS      
GEO2016 The Geography of Tourism 4 ECTS      
HST2010 Social History of Modern Europe 6 ECTS      
LLT2360 Language and Culture of Deaf People 4 ECTS      
MCS3953 Digital Media and Information Literacies 4 ECTS      
MSP3121 Maltese Popular Music 4 ECTS      
SOC2000 Economic Sociology 4 ECTS      
SOC2047 Understanding Nations and Nationalism 4 ECTS      
SOC2055 Quantitative Analysis: SPSS in Practice 4 ECTS      
SOC2066 Sociology of Music 4 ECTS      
SOC2067 Sociology of Disability 4 ECTS      
SOC2068 Work Placement 4 ECTS      
SOC2071 Introduction to Demography 4 ECTS      
SOC2079 Sociology of Space and Place 4 ECTS      
SOC2125 Quantitative Research in Social Sciences 4 ECTS      
SOC2347 Maritime Sociology 4 ECTS      
SOC3031 Sociology of Politics and the State 4 ECTS      
SOC3032 Sociology of the Professions 4 ECTS      
SOC3036 Sociology of Housing 4 ECTS      
SOC3123 People on the Move: Mobility, Travel and Displacement 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ANT3030 People, Migration and Change 4 ECTS      
CST3951 Cyberculture 4 ECTS      
ECL2000 Introduction to European Union Law 4 ECTS      
EST2020 Small States and the European Union 4 ECTS      
GEO3083 The Human Geography of the Mediterranean 2 ECTS      
HST2029 Global history (c.1492 - c.1870) 4 ECTS      
LLT2161 Lingua Francas 4 ECTS      
MCS3500 Consumer and Organizational Buying Behaviour 4 ECTS      
SOC2003 Qualitative Approaches in the Social Sciences 4 ECTS      
SOC2006 Sociology of Inequality 4 ECTS      
SOC2007 Theories in Sociology of Religion 4 ECTS      
SOC2010 Environmental Sociology 4 ECTS      
SOC2018 Empirical Research in Sociology 4 ECTS      
SOC2073 Visual Sociology 4 ECTS      
SOC2121 Principles of Data Visualisation 4 ECTS      
SOC2124 Gender: A Sociological Exploration 4 ECTS      
SOC2126 Sociology of Social Policy 2 ECTS      
SOC2345 Sociology of Social Movements and Protest 4 ECTS      
SOC3005 Sociology of Money 4 ECTS      
SOC3035 Sociology of the Arts 4 ECTS      
SOC5006 Directed Learning 2 5 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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