Music Studies
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| MSP1153 | Vocal Ensemble 1 | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP1263 | World Music | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP1269 | History of Music: Classical Antiquity to Baroque | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| MSP1253 | Vocal Ensemble 2 | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP1262 | History of Music: Classical Period to Twenty-first Century | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| MSP1264 | Music and Creativity in Cyberspace | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:26 ECTS credits in Music Studies26 ECTS credits in the other area8 ECTS credits in optional study-units (students may wish to choose from the elective study-units listed in the Bachelor of Music (Honours) programme of study)Total 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 29 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| MSP2153 | Vocal Ensemble 3 | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| PFA2004 | Interdisciplinary Theories of Performance | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| MSP2111 | Jazz Improvisation 1 | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP2260 | Introduction to Composition | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP2301 | Basic Conducting | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP2340 | Orchestration Techniques 1 | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| PFA2005 | Performance and Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| MSP2132 | Oral Music Traditions of the Mediterranean | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP2155 | Areas of Research in Music Studies | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP2253 | Vocal Ensemble 4 | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| MSP2064 | Ethnomusicology | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP2072 | Ensemble Techniques 1 | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP2133 | Music and Spirituality in Contemporary Music | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP2288 | Jazz Technique and Composition 2 | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP2313 | Introduction to Editorial Techniques | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| THS2107 | Arts and Cultural Management 1: Theories and Perspectives | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:46 ECTS credits in Music10 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 16 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) | |||||||||||
| MSP3042 | Dissertation | 12 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| MSP3121 | Maltese Popular Music | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP3153 | Vocal Ensemble 5 | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP3220 | Avant-Garde Music | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| MSP3111 | Jazz Improvisation 2 | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP3115 | Music for the Media | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| MSP3040 | Synoptic Study-Unit 1: Music Studies Honours | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| MSP3041 | Synoptic Study-Unit 2: Music Studies Honours | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| MSP3118 | Opera in the Classical and Romantic Eras | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP3253 | Vocal Ensemble 6 | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| MSP3002 | Nineteenth-Century Maltese Music | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP3072 | Ensemble Techniques 2 | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP3113 | Music in Community | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP3116 | Music and Meaning | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS creditsRequirement for award of B.A. (Hons) in Music Studies: 180 ECTS credits, of which:132 ECTS credits in Music Studies36 ECTS credits in the subsidiary area12 ECTS credits optional study-units
History of Art
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| ART1001 | Introduction to History of Art as a Discipline | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| ART1013 | Early Renaissance Art in Italy | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| ART1140 | Italian Renaissance Architecture 1400-1600 | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| ART1005 | Modern Art in the Making | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| ART1017 | The Art and Architecture of Early Christianity and the Early Middle Ages | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| ART1027 | The Visual Culture of the Central Mediterranean: Malta and Sicily in the 17th and 18th Century | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| ART1120 | Museum Placement 1 | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:26 credits in History of Art26 credits in the other area8 credits in optional study-unitsTotal credits for this year: 60 credits
Students are required to choose elective study-units to the value of 10 ECTS credits on offer throughout the year.
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| AAH2035 | Twentieth-Century Visual Culture | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ART2000 | Art in Malta 1: Late Medieval to Early Renaissance | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ART2018 | Caravaggio and Early Baroque Classicism | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ART2038 | Gender Issues in Art | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| ART2140 | Italian Baroque Architecture 1600-1750 | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ART2151 | The Decorative Arts in the 19th Century | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2051 | Aesthetics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| ART2005 | Northern Renaissance Art | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ART2008 | High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ART2010 | Roman Baroque Sculpture | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ART2011 | Modern and Contemporary Art | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ART2022 | Greek and Roman Art and Architecture | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ART2109 | The Art and Architecture of the High and Late Middle Ages: Romanesque to Gothic | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ART2114 | Study Tour | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ART2314 | Conservation Placement | 2 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.