Linguistics
| 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) | |||||||||||
| LLT1160 | Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language Variation and Change | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| LIN1017 | Maltese Sign Language 1 for Linguistics Students | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT1002 | Techniques and Skills for doing Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT1011 | Introduction to Linguistics 1 | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| LIN1024 | Hands-on Language | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT1012 | Introduction to Linguistics 2 | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:26 ECTS credits in Linguistics26 ECTS credits in the other area8 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 14 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year. Students can only opt for 1 study-unit per semester from the elective study-units in the Languages group.
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| LIN1121 | Language for Humans and Machines | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2180 | Language Variation and Change: Historical Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2510 | Introduction to Programming for Language Applications | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2811 | Introducing Research Methods and Quantitative Research Basics for Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| LIN2033 | Discourse Analysis | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN3070 | Maltese Sign Language 2: Intermediate Course | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2191 | Psycholinguistics: Language Acquisition | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2360 | Language and Culture of Deaf People | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2812 | Introducing Qualitative Research Basics for Linguistics | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units in Languages (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| ARB1020 | Arabic 1 (for Near Eastern Studies) | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| CHN1024 | Chinese Language 1 | 8 ECTS | |||||||||
| CHN2021 | Chinese Language 3 | 10 ECTS | |||||||||
| NES2003 | Introduction to Semitic Languages | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| SPA1020 | Aspects of Spanish Language and Grammar 1 | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| LIN2022 | Models of Grammar | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN2083 | Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN2350 | Issues in Phonetics and Phonology | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3370 | Foundations in Sign Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| LIN2013 | Dissertation Writing for Undergraduates | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN3098 | Corpus Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2161 | Lingua Francas | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2520* | Introduction to Computational Models for Language Data | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2830** | Quantitative Research in Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3190 | Second Language Acquisition and Language Learning | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units in Languages (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| ARB1021 | Arabic 2 (for Near Eastern Studies) | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| SPA1021 | Aspects of Spanish Language and Grammar 2 | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| SPA2023 | Portuguese 1 | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| * Study-unit LLT2520 is recommended to students interested in following up on the application of computing to linguistics. ** Study-unit LLT2830 is recommended to students particularly interested in an empirical approach to doing linguistics. | |||||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:46 ECTS credits in Linguistics10 ECTS credits in the subsidiary area 4 ECTS credits 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 28 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.
During their third year of study, students have the possibility to register for elective study-units which were offered during their second year (relisted below) given that these were not already registered for.
During their third year of study, students have the possibility to register for elective study-units which were offered during their second year (relisted below) given that these were not already registered for.
| 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) | |||||||||||
| LIN3001 | Synoptic Study-Unit: Topics in General Linguistics | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| LIN3002 | Synoptic Study-Unit: Interdisciplinary Linguistics | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| LIN3099 | Dissertation | 12 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| LIN3010 | Language Typology and Universals | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3060 | Advanced Issues in the Sound Structure of Languages | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| LIN3070 | Maltese Sign Language 2: Intermediate Course | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN3301 | Experimental Psycholinguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN3502 | Multimodal Interaction and Communication | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2191 | Psycholinguistics: Language Acquisition | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2360 | Language and Culture of Deaf People | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3410 | Discourse, Ideology and Power | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3550 | Speech Technology | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| MAL2005 | Is-Sintassi tal-Malti | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| MAL3003 | Il-Morfoloġija Inflettiva tal-Malti | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| NES2003 | Introduction to Semitic Languages | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| CHN2022 | Chinese Language 4 | 10 ECTS | |||||||||
| ENG2057 | Stylistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN3098 | Corpus Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2161 | Lingua Francas | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2520 | Introduction to Computational Models for Language Data | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2830 | Quantitative Research in Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3190 | Second Language Acquisition and Language Learning | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MAL2002 | Il-Morfoloġija Derivattiva tal-Malti | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2121 | Philosophy of Language | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS creditsRequirement for award of B.A. (Hons) in Linguistics: 180 ECTS credits, of which:132 ECTS credits in Linguistics36 ECTS credits in the subsidiary area12 ECTS credits optional study-units
Philosophy with Politics
| 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) | ||||||||
| PHI1036 | What is Politics? | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI1039 | On the Question of the Ethical and the Political | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:26 ECTS credits in Philosophy with Politics26 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) | |||||||||||
| LLT3410 | Discourse, Ideology and Power | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2047 | Aristotle's Ethics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2103 | Foucault and Derrida on Politics, Identity and the Other | 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 | |||||||||
| SOC2000 | Economic Sociology | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| SOC3031 | Sociology of Politics and the State | 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 | |||||||||
| PHI2064 | Nietzsche's Philosophy of Existence | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2065 | On the Role of Communication in Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2121 | Philosophy of Language | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3046 | Contemporary Continental Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3047 | Philosophy and Technology | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| SOC2345 | Sociology of Social Movements and Protest | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for successful completion of Year 2: 10 ECTS creditsRequirement for regular progression to Year 3:10 ECTS credits in Philosophy with Politics46 ECTS credits in the other area4 ECTS credits optional study-unitsTotal credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits
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.