Contemporary Mediterranean Studies
| 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) | |||||||||||
| ANT1004 | Ethnography and Anthropological Theory | 8 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Recommended Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| GEO1005 | The Geography of Populations: Concepts and Theories | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST1126 | The Mediterranean in Modern Times | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| ANT1003 | Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ANT1005 | Locating the Anthropology of the Mediterranean | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST1023 | Introduction to Maltese Historical Demography | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL1082 | Introduction to Political Studies | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL1091 | Soft Power in International Relations: An Introduction to the Role of Media and Culture | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI1014 | Political Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| SPA1003 | An Overview of Spanish History | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Recommended Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| SPA1013 | Christians, Muslims and Jews in Al-Andalus | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| HST1021 | Europe in early modern times c.1450 - c.1789 | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL1081 | The Global Politics of Inequality: Realities and Perspectives | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL1088 | Introduction to Foreign Policy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL1089 | Theories of International Relations | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI1006 | History of Philosophy: (a) Modern Philosophy and (b) Contemporary Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| ANT2047 | Emotions, Culture and Society | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ANT3006 | Political Anthropology | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ANT3030 | People, Migration and Change | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ARB2022 | Arab History and Civilization: The Oral Tradition | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO2050 | Historical and Political Geography | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO3083 | The Human Geography of the Mediterranean | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST2014 | A History of the Family and Sexual Behaviour | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST2017 | Anglo-Italian Relations in the Mediterranean: From the Renaissance to the Cold War | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST3012 | Steam: A History of Industrial Power | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2074 | The Muslim-Arab World in Contemporary Times | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2093 | Comparative Politics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| SPA2004 | Modern and Contemporary Spanish and Latin American Art | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| ANT3041 | Anthropology of Islam | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ANT3080 | History, Memory and Identity | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO3087 | The Physical Geography of the Mediterranean | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST2005 | Contemporary Mediterranean History | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST2027 | Introduction to Historical Demographic Theories | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST2030 | Demographic and Urban Growth in the Mediterranean from the Late Middle Ages to Modern Times | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2010 | International Economics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2058 | Terror: Ideas and Realities | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MDT3001 | Israeli-Palestinian Relations: Pasts, Urgencies, Prospects | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3046 | Contemporary Continental Philosophy | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| SPA2019 | Imperial Spain | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| ANT3038 | Ecology and Culture in the Mediterranean | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2090 | International Relations since 1919 | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| ANT2002 | Law, State and Society in Southern Europe | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ANT2003 | Nation, State and Society in the Middle East/North Africa | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ANT2020 | Kinship, Family and Marriage | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| ANT3019 | Historical Anthropology | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| GEO3021 | Climate Change and Sustainability in the Mediterranean | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST2015 | Tracing Family History: Archival Depositories, Digital Resources and Genealogical Research | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST3025 | Trans-Regional Migrations: A Short History of Migration and Mobility from Ancient to Modern Times | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST3109 | International Relations Between the World Wars | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHI3039 | Thematic Readings in Political Thought | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| ATS3001 | Contemporary Mediterranean Studies Paper 1 | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| ATS3002 | Contemporary Mediterranean Studies Paper 2 | 6 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| GEO3006 | Urbanisation and Development | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| HST2028 | A History of European and World Populations | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2020 | Nationalism in International Politics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL2036 | Intercultural Politics in the Mediterranean | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL3007 | War and Peace in the Middle East | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| IRL3098 | International Financial Institutions | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| MDT3001 | Israeli-Palestinian Relations: Pasts, Urgencies, Prospects | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Knowledge and Information Management
In addition to the study-units (30 ECTS credits) taken from the Knowledge and Information Management area, students are reminded that during their first year of study they are required to register for 26 ECTS credits from their other area and also for 4 ECTS credits in optional credits, which may be taken from any area of study.
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| LIA1010 | Libraries and Documentary Heritage: History, Formats and Structures | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIA1325 | Information Theories: Concepts, Frameworks and Philosophies | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIS1211 | Introduction to Records and Archives: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Recommended Optional Unit | |||||||||||
| ELP1106 | Advanced English Writing Skills | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| LIA1201 | Introduction to Archival Description | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIA1410 | An Introduction to Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIS1011 | Research Methods for Undergraduates | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIS1100 | Introduction to ICT for Information Professionals | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Recommended Optional Unit | |||||||||||
| ELP1426 | English Writing Skills | 2 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:30 ECTS credits in Knowledge and Information Management26 ECTS credits in the other area4 ECTS credits in optional study-units
In addition to the compulsory units (28 ECTS credits) taken from the Knowledge and Information Management area, students are reminded that during their second year of study they are required to register for 26 ECTS credits from their other area and also for 6 ECTS credits as optional study-units which may be taken from any area of study to cover the total of 60 ECTS credits throughout the year.
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| LIA1518 | Classification, Subject Indexing and Authority Control | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIA2230 | Collection Development | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIA2325 | Information Organization and Management | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIS2612 | Management in the Information Sector | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| LIA1313 | Maltese Archival and Manuscript Collections | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIA2201 | The Globalised Dimension of Archives | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIA2326 | The Information Professions, Sectors and Contexts | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Recommended Optional Units | |||||||||||
| LIS2555 | Basic Palaeography and Diplomatics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:28 ECTS credits in Knowledge and Information Management26 ECTS credits in the other area8 ECTS credits as optional study-units
In addition to the compulsory study-units (8 ECTS credits), students are required to register for at least 16 ECTS credits in elective study-units on offer during the year.In addition to the study-units (24 ECTS credits) taken from the Knowledge and Information Management area, students are reminded that during their third year of study they are required to register for 28 ECTS credits from their other area and also for 8 ECTS credits as optional study-units which may be taken from any area of study.
| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| LIA3001 | Research Seminar | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIS2223 | Print and Digital Publishing | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIS3110 | Advanced Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIS3111 | Advanced Archival Description | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIS3311 | Legal Issues in Memory Institutions | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| LIA3864 | Synoptic Issues 1: Library and Information | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| LIA3865 | Synoptic Issues 2: Archives and Records | 4 ECTS | (NC) | ||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| LIA3325 | Knowledge Management | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIS3331 | Specialised Archives | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIS3710 | Aspects of Melitensia | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
Requirement for successful completion of Year 3:24 ECTS credits in Knowledge and Information Management28 ECTS credits in the other area8 ECTS credits in optional study-units.Requirement for award of Bachelor of Knowledge and Information Management: 180 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 Knowledge and Information Management (Honours) - B.KIM (Hons) - and Bachelor of Knowledge and Information Management - B.KIM – under the auspices of the Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences.