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 13 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) | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| MSP2132 | Oral Music Traditions of the Mediterranean | 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 | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:26 ECTS credits in Music Studies26 ECTS credits in the subsidiary 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.
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| MSP3153 | Vocal Ensemble 5 | 2 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 | |||||||||
| MSP3121 | Maltese Popular Music | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP3220 | Avant-Garde Music | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| MSP3043 | Synoptic Study-Unit 1: Music Studies Ordinary | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| MSP3044 | Synoptic Study-Unit 2: Music Studies Ordinary | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| MSP3113 | Music in Community | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP3116 | Music and Meaning | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| MSP3118 | Opera in the Classical and Romantic Eras | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS credits, of which:28 ECTS credits in Music Studies28 ECTS credits in the other area 4 ECTS credits optional study-unitsRequirement for award of B.A. Music Studies and in another area of study: 180 ECTS credits, of which:80 ECTS credits in Music Studies80 ECTS credits in the other area20 ECTS credits optional study-units
Philosophy
| 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) | ||||||||
| PHI1017 | Ethics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI1024 | Epistemology | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:26 ECTS credits in Philosophy26 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 8 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) | |||||||||||
| PHI2052 | New Realism and Materialism | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2120 | Metaphysics 1: Ontology | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| PHI2005 | Philosophy of Religion | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2034 | Phenomenology and Existentialism | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2044 | Theories of Consciousness | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2047 | Aristotle's Ethics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2051 | Aesthetics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2101 | Life, Death, and Passion | 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 | |||||||||
| PHI3067 | A Critical Reading of Descartes Meditations | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| * Study-unit PHI3056 is offered on alternate years. | |||||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| PHI2001 | Logic | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2121 | Philosophy of Language | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| PHI2039 | Doing Philosophy in the Islamic World | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2064 | Nietzsche's Philosophy of Existence | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2065 | On the Role of Communication in Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2123 | Metaphysics 2: Natural Theology and Atheism | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3026 | Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3028 | Philosophy of the Media | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3031 | Philosophy of Mathematics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3046 | Contemporary Continental Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3052 | Philosophy of the Animal | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3072 | Pascal's Pensees - A Critical Study | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:26 ECTS credits in Philosophy26 ECTS credits in the other area8 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.
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| PHI2005 | Philosophy of Religion | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2029* | Early Modern Ideas: Science, Politics and Religion | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2034 | Phenomenology and Existentialism | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2047 | Aristotle's Ethics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2051 | Aesthetics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2101 | Life, Death, and Passion | 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 | |||||||||
| PHI3067 | A Critical Reading of Descartes Meditations | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| * Study-unit PHI2029 is offered on alternate years. | |||||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| PHI3010 | Synoptic Study-Unit 1: Philosophy | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| PHI3011 | Synoptic Study-Unit 2: Philosophy | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| PHI2039 | Doing Philosophy in the Islamic World | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2064 | Nietzsche's Philosophy of Existence | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2065 | On the Role of Communication in Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI2123 | Metaphysics 2: Natural Theology and Atheism | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3026 | Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3028 | Philosophy of the Media | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3031 | Philosophy of Mathematics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3046 | Contemporary Continental Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3052 | Philosophy of the Animal | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3072 | Pascal's Pensees - A Critical Study | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS credits, of which:28 ECTS credits in Philosophy28 ECTS credits in the other area4 ECTS credits optional study-unitsRequirement for award of B.A. Philosophy and in another area of study: 180 ECTS credits, of which:80 ECTS credits in Philosophy80 ECTS credits in the other area 20 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 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts.