Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Maltese with English

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Maltese with English

MQF Level

6

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

Maltese

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 Maltese is an opportune course to provide you with an academic perspective on the national first language and mother-tongue of Malta. During the course you will learn about the linguistic, phonetic, morphologic, syntactic and literary qualities of Maltese, in conjunction with external features such as history, culture and society. Through a chronological lens of how both Maltese language and literature have developed throughout the years, we will instil within you a deep appreciation for the country's history and its contemporary important status as Mediterranean and active country. In your final year you may have the opportunity to carry out a research-based dissertation, as you will be knowledgeable enough to explore a research topic of your choice.


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

Maltese

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


English

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


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.


English

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.

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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.

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

Minbarra t-taqsimiet obbligatorji, l-istudenti huma meħtieġa jirreġistraw għal taqsimiet elettivi ta' sitt kretti mill-qasam tal-LIngwistika minn dawk offruti matul is-sena.
 
Semester 1
 
Obbligatorji (L-istudenti kollha għandhom jirreġistraw għal dawn it-taqsimiet)
 
MAL2005 Is-Sintassi tal-Malti 2 ECTS   (NC)    
MAL2017 Il-Pjanifikazzjoni Lingwistika 4 ECTS   (NC)    
MAL2050 Il-Partijiet tad-Diskors 2 ECTS   (NC)    
MAL2055 Teoriji tal-Letteratura 4 ECTS   (NC)    
MAL2070 Il-Poeżija Romantika: Dun Karm, Rużar Briffa u Oħrajn 4 ECTS   (NC)    
 
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      
MAL2019** Il-Korpus tal-Malti 2 ECTS      
MAL2028 Il-Ġens Grammatikali fil-Malti 2 ECTS      

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

** Il-massimu ta' studenti li jistgħu jirreġistraw għal din it-taqsima huwa ta tletin.
 
 
Semester 2
 
Obbligatorji (L-istudenti kollha għandhom jirreġistraw għal dawn it-taqsimiet)
 
MAL2009 Il-Lessikografija Maltija 2 ECTS      
MAL2015 Is-Semantika Lessikali fil-Malti 2 ECTS      
MAL2021 Il-Fonetika u l-Fonoloġija tal-Malti 2 ECTS      
MAL2022 Il-Morfoloġija Derivattiva tal-Malti 4 ECTS   (NC)    
MAL2027 Id-Djaletti tal-Malti 2 ECTS      
MAL2071 Il-Poeżija Romantika: Zammit, Vassallo u Oħrajn 4 ECTS   (NC)    
MAL2080 In-Narrattiva Storika u Realista 4 ECTS   (NC)    
MAL2090 It-Teatru Malti mill-Bidu sa Ebejer 4 ECTS   (NC)    
 
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      
MAL3012 Is-Sekwenza tal-Verbi fil-Malti 2 ECTS      

 
Biex jgħaddu għat-tielet sena l-istudenti jeħtiegu:
46 krettu fil-Malti
10 kretti fil-qasam sussidjarju
4 kretti f'taqsimiet fakultattivi

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

Minbarra t-taqsimiet obbligatorji, l-istudenti huma meħtieġa jirreġistraw għal taqsimiet elettivi ta' erbatax-il krettu minn dawk offruti matul is-sena. Iridu jintgħazlu sitt kretti mit-taqsimiet tal-Lingwistika u tmien kretti mit-taqsimiet tal-Letteratura.
 
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)
 
MAL3000 Teżina 12 ECTS   (NC)    

 
 
Semester 1
 
Obbligatorji (L-istudenti kollha għandhom jirreġistraw għal dawn it-taqsimiet)
 
MAL3003 Il-Morfoloġija Inflettiva tal-Malti 6 ECTS   (NC)    
MAL3005 Is-Sentenza Nominali fil-Malti 2 ECTS   (NC)    
MAL3044 Temi Ewlenin fl-Iżvilupp tal-Malti 2 ECTS   (NC)    
MAL3070 Il-Poeżija Moderna: Mill-Isfond Storiku sal-Ilħna Mkissra 4 ECTS   (NC)    
MAL3080 In-Narrattiva Moderna: Minn Camilleri sa Żahra 4 ECTS   (NC)    
MAL3110 It-Teatru Malti mill-Indipendenza sal-Kontemporanji 4 ECTS   (NC)    
 
Elettivi (L-elettivi jiġu offruti biss jekk l-iskeda tal-ħinijiet tippermetti u jkun hemm numru minimu ta' studenti reġistrati)

Lingwistika
 
MAL2023 Il-Malti Lsien Imħallat 2 ECTS      
MAL2204 Is-Sengħa tat-Traduzzjoni 2 ECTS      
MAL3004 Studjużi tal-Malti: De Soldanis u Vassalli 2 ECTS      
 
Letteratura
 
MAL3071 Il-Poeżija Moderna: Dħaħen fl-Imħuħ 2 ECTS      
MAL3142 Il-Letteratura mis-Snin 90: It-Teatru 4 ECTS      
MAL3241 Il-Letteratura mis-Snin 90: Il-Poeżija 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Obbligatorji (L-istudenti kollha għandhom jirreġistraw għal dawn it-taqsimiet)
 
MAL3002 Kors Sinottiku fil-Lingwistika Maltija 6 ECTS   (NC)    
MAL3091 Kors Sinottiku fil-Letteratura Maltija 6 ECTS   (NC)    
 
Elettivi (L-elettivi jiġu offruti biss jekk l-iskeda tal-ħinijiet tippermetti u jkun hemm numru minimu ta' studenti reġistrati)

Lingwistika
 
MAL3006 Oqsma Sintattiċi fil-Malti 2 ECTS      
 
Letteratura
 
MAL3056 Teorija u Estetika Letterarja 4 ECTS      
MAL3068 Il-Mediterranjetà u l-Letteratura Maltija 2 ECTS      
MAL3099 Il-Metafora: Fil-Ħajja ta’ Kuljum u fil-Letteratura 4 ECTS      
MAL3240 Il-Letteratura mis-Snin 90: In-Narrattiva 4 ECTS      

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

Biex ikun jistħoqqilhom li jingħatalhom il-grad tal-B.A. (Unuri) fil-Malti l-istudenti b'kollox jeħtieġu: 180 krettu, li jkunu:
132 krettu fil-Malti
36 krettu fil-qasam sussidjarju
12-il krettu f'taqsimiet fakultattivi

English

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 4 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)
 
ENG1077 Literary Criticism and Theory: An Introduction 6 ECTS   (NC)    
ENG1082 Shakespeare and Tudor Drama 4 ECTS   (NC)    
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ENG1076 Genre: Prose 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 1
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ENG1083 Introduction to English Syntax and Phonetics 4 ECTS   (NC)    
ENG1173 Romantic Poets 1: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge 2 ECTS      
ENG1174 English Fiction of the Nineteenth Century: An Introduction 2 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
 
ENG1078 Writing Seminars 1 2 ECTS      
ENG1274 English Fiction of the Nineteenth Century: Further Studies 2 ECTS      
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ENG1071 Chaucer: An Introduction 2 ECTS      
ENG1080 English in Society 1 4 ECTS      
ENG1273 Romantic Poets 2: Byron, Keats, Shelley 2 ECTS      
ENG1278 The Art of the Essay 2 ECTS      

 
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in English
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.
 
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)
 
ENG2033 Maltese Literature in English 4 ECTS      
ENG2077 Practical Criticism 4 ECTS      
ENG2081 The Modern Novel 4 ECTS      
ENG2099 From Plato to Pater 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 1
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ENG2031 Studying English Language at Undergraduate Level 2 ECTS      
ENG2049 Topics in English Pragmatics 2 ECTS      
ENG2053 The Postcolonial Novel (Australian) 2 ECTS      
ENG2054 Metaphysical Poetry and Baroque Writing in England 4 ECTS      
ENG2068 Medieval Literature into Film 2 ECTS      
ENG2071 Shakespeare into Film 2 ECTS      
ENG2078 Writing Seminars 2 2 ECTS      
ENG2096 The Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle 2 ECTS      
ENG2118 Aspects of English Phonology 2 ECTS      
ENG2133 Maltese Literature in English: Prose 2 ECTS      
ENG2177 Practical Criticism: Narrative 2 ECTS      
ENG2180 Nineteenth Century American Poetry: An Introduction 2 ECTS      
ENG2199 From Plato to Pater (Part 1) 2 ECTS      
ENG2255 Eighteenth-Century Prose 2: Further Studies 2 ECTS      
ENG2290 Genre: Creative Nonfiction 4 ECTS      
ENG2480 English in Society 2 4 ECTS      
ENG3091 Linguistics Seminar 1 and 2 4 ECTS      

 
 
Semester 2
 
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
 
ENG1372 Shakespeare: The Second Tetralogy of History Plays 2 ECTS      
ENG2007 Milton and the Epic Voice 4 ECTS      
ENG2030 Second Language Acquisition of English 2 ECTS      
ENG2041 High Modernism in English and American Literature 2 ECTS      
ENG2042 The English Novel in the Later Nineteenth Century: Henry James 2 ECTS      
ENG2052 The Postcolonial Novel 1: African 2 ECTS      
ENG2057 Stylistics 4 ECTS      
ENG2063 Theories of Literature 3: Gender and Power 2 ECTS      
ENG2064 Theories of Literature 4: Postcolonialism 2 ECTS      
ENG2066 Current Debates in Literary Theory 2 ECTS      
ENG2067 Chaucer and Medieval Literature 2 ECTS      
ENG2092 Travel Writing 2 ECTS      
ENG2097 Children's Literature 2 ECTS      
ENG2173 Modern Drama 2 ECTS      
ENG2176 Victorian Poetry 2 ECTS      
ENG2276 Modern Poetry 2 ECTS      
ENG2277 Practical Criticism: Poetry 2 ECTS      
ENG2299 English Language Studies IV 4 ECTS      
ENG2333 Maltese Literature in English: Poetry 2 ECTS      
ENG2380 Nineteenth Century American Short Story 2 ECTS      

 

Dan il-programm ta` studju jaqa` taħt ir-Regolamenti Ġenerali għar-Rikonoxximenti Universitarji ta` qabel il-Lawrja, 2019 u taħt l- Ordinamenti għall-għoti tal-Baċellerat fl-Arti (Unuri) taħt l-awspiċi tal-Fakulta` tal-Arti.

Maltese

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

  • Conduct academic research and write a critical analysis of a subject-matter related to the topic at hand.
  • Contribute to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary discussions through your capacity for critical thought.
  • Analyse Maltese texts and media through your refined and intricate understanding of the target language.
  • Carry out close readings and interpret Maltese literature with accuracy.
  • Recall historical and literary key figures who have contributed to the structure of linguistics and national literature.

Non EU Applicants:

Fee per academic year: Eur 8,500

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Maltese

As a graduate of this programme of study, you will have the chance to be employed as a translator, teacher, writer, editor, human resources officer, events organiser, copywriter, proof-reader and journalist. If you are interested in furthering your studies, or are considering an academic profession, then we encourage you to enrol in one of our local postgraduate courses for a honed and holistic academic experience.


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