International Relations
Should there be the need, in addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of either 4 ECTS or 8 ECTS as applicable from the elective study-units on offer during the year.
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| IRL1025* | Introduction to Economics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL1082 | Introduction to Political Studies | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| IRL1193** | Introduction to Modern Europe | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| HST1126*** | The Mediterranean in Modern Times | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL1091 | Soft Power in International Relations: An Introduction to the Role of Media and Culture | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN1063 | Academic Reading and Writing in English | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI1014 | Political Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| * Study-unit IRL1025 is to be taken only by students who do not have an Advanced Level in Economics. It is compulsory for students who do not have an Advanced Level in Economics. Students with an Advanced Level in Economics must take 4 ECTS from the Elective Units.** IRL1193 is to be taken only by students who do not have an Advanced Level in History. It is compulsory for students who do not have an Advanced Level in History. Students with an Advanced Level in History must take 4 ECTS from the Elective Units.*** HST1126 cannot be taken by students following either Bachelor of Arts in History or Bachelor of Arts in European and Global History. | |||||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| IRL1081 | The Global Politics of Inequality: Realities and Perspectives | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| IRL1088 | Introduction to Foreign Policy | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| IRL1089 | Theories of International Relations | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:26 ECTS credits in International Relations26 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 18 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) | |||||||||||
| IRL3096* | Contemporary European Studies | 8 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| IRL2002 | Security Studies | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| IRL2093 | Comparative Politics | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| BKF3341 | Prevention of Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| INL2004 | International and Public Law for International Relations | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2012 | Foreign Policy of Russia | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2014 | An Introduction to Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2064 | Asia-Pacific in the World | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2074 | The Muslim-Arab World in Contemporary Times | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2089 | Further Studies in Diplomacy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL3196 | The Politics and the Government of the European Union | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PBL2025 | Basic Principles of the European Convention on Human Rights | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| HST2005 | Contemporary Mediterranean History | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2010 | International Economics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2011 | Foreign Policy of USA | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2013 | Political Economy of War | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2058 | Terror: Ideas and Realities | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2084 | The International Relations of Small States and Territories | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2092 | Political Movements and Parties | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL3006 | Politics and Government in the Persian Gulf | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL3010 | Norms, Rights and Climate Justice | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL3065 | The Media and International Relations | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL3296 | External Relations of the European Union | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| * Students who register for study-unit IRL3096 cannot regsiter for study-units IRL3196 and IRL3296. | |||||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:26 ECTS credits in International Relations26 ECTS credits in the other area 8 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 8 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) | |||||||||||
| IRL2090* | International Relations since 1919 | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| IRL2099 | Conflict Resolution and International Relations | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| IRL3189 | International Political Economy 1 | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| BKF3341 | Prevention of Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST3109 | International Relations Between the World Wars | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2060 | Contemporary China | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2098 | Malta in International Relations | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL3013 | Nuclear Politics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL3095 | Diplomacy and Diplomatic Practice | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PBL2025 | Basic Principles of the European Convention on Human Rights | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PPG2003 | Global Environmental Governance | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| IRL3057 | Synoptic Study-Unit 1: International Relations | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| IRL3058 | Synoptic Study-Unit 2: International Relations | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| IRL2020 | Nationalism in International Politics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2036 | Intercultural Politics in the Mediterranean | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2290 | International Relations since 1945 | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL3007 | War and Peace in the Middle East | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL3012 | Democracy, Autocracy, and World Order | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL3041 | Contemporary Warfare | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL3050 | International Institutions | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| * Students who register for study-unit IRL2090 cannot register for study-units HST3109 and IRL2290. | |||||||||||
Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS credits, of which:28 ECTS credits in International Relations28 ECTS credits in the other area4 ECTS credits optional study-unitsRequirement for award of B.A. International Relations and in another area of study: 180 ECTS credits, of which:80 ECTS credits in International Relations80 ECTS credits in the other area 20 ECTS credits optional study-units
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 the Analysis of Language Data | 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 10 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) | |||||||||||
| LLT2510 | Introduction to Programming for Language Applications | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| LIN1121 | Language for Humans and Machines | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN2033 | Discourse Analysis | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN3070 | Maltese Sign Language 2: Intermediate Course | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2180 | Language Variation and Change: Historical Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2191 | Psycholinguistics: Language Acquisition | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2360 | Language and Culture of Deaf People | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2811* | Introducing Research Methods and Quantitative Research Basics for Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2812 | Introducing Qualitative Research Basics for Linguistics | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| * Study-unit LLT2811 is strongly recommended. | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| LIN3098 | Corpus Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2161 | Lingua Francas | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2830 | Quantitative Research in Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3190 | Second Language Acquisition and Language Learning | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3370 | Foundations in Sign Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:26 ECTS credits in Linguistics26 ECTS credits in the other area 8 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 12 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) | |||||||||||
| LIN3003 | Synoptic Study-Unit: General Linguistics | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| LIN3004 | Synoptic Study-Unit: Interdisciplinary Issues in Linguistics | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| LIN3010 | Language Typology and Universals | 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 | |||||||||
| LLT2180 | Language Variation and Change: Historical Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2191 | Psycholinguistics: Language Acquisition | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2360 | Language and Culture of Deaf People | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2520 | Introduction to Computational Models for Language Data | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2811* | Introducing Research Methods and Quantitative Research Basics for Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3060 | Advanced Issues in the Sound Structure of Languages | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3410 | Discourse, Ideology and Power | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3550 | Speech Technology | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| * If not already taken during the second year, study-unit LLT2811 is highly recommended. | |||||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| LIN3098 | Corpus Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2161 | Lingua Francas | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2830 | Quantitative Research in Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3190 | Second Language Acquisition and Language Learning | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3370 | Foundations in Sign Linguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS credits, of which:28 ECTS credits in Linguistics28 ECTS credits in the other area4 ECTS credits optional study-unitsRequirement for award of B.A. Linguistics and in another area of study : 180 ECTS credits, of which:80 ECTS credits in Linguistics80 ECTS credits in the other area20 ECTS credits optional study-units
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) under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts.