Bachelor of Knowledge and Information Management and Linguistics

MQF Level

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

Knowledge and Information Management

Knowledge and Information Management is offered as an honours main area of study together with a subsidiary area of study, or as one of two ordinary main areas of study, consisting of:

Year 1: to which 60 ECTS credits are assigned, and
Years 2 and 3: to which 120 ECTS credits are assigned.

At the end of Year 1, if you obtain an average mark of

65% or better in the Knowledge and Information Management area of study, and
60% or better in all the study units of Year 1,

then you will be eligible to proceed to the Honours programme. As a manager in knowledge and information, you will be responsible for the organisation, acquisition, documentation and handling of the body of information that a community or company shares. In your final year, you may have the opportunity to write a research-based dissertation to demonstrate your knowledge.

Linguistics

The undergraduate programme of study in Linguistics will give you an academic perspective of Maltese and global linguistics. During the course we will provide you with knowledge on the multifaceted qualities of linguistics, ranging from sociolonguistics, psycholinguistics and Maltese sign language, to applied linguistics, Python programming, Stylistics and the tripartite influence of discourse, ideology and power. We also encourage you to participate in our Erasmus+ mobility programme, as we believe that a multicultural and diversified international experience will deliver a more holistic and beneficial academic journey.

Knowledge and Information Management

Knowledge and Information Management is offered as an honours main area of study together with a subsidiary area of study, or as one of two ordinary main areas of study. Applicants shall be required to indicate the other area of study at the time of applying for admission to the course.

The course consists of two parts:

Part One (Year 1) to which 60 ECTS credits are assigned, and
Part Two (Years 2 and 3) to which 120 ECTS credits are assigned.

At the end of Part One of the course, if you obtain an average mark of

65% or better in the Knowledge and Information Management area of study, and
60% or better in all the study units of Part One, then you will be eligible to proceed to the Honours programme.

In order to be eligible for the award of the Honours degree, you shall be required to successfully complete study-units to which a total of 180 ECTS credits are assigned, of which not less than 132 ECTS credits shall be in Knowledge and Information Management and not less than 36 ECTS credits shall be in the Subsidiary area of study.

In order to be eligible for the award of an Ordinary degree in Knowledge and Information Management and another main area of study, you must obtain credit for study-units to which a total of 180 ECTS credits are assigned, of which not less than 80 ECTS credits shall be obtained in each of the two areas.

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.

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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 Management
26 ECTS credits in the other area
4 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 Management
26 ECTS credits in the other area
8 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 Management
28 ECTS credits in the other area
8 ECTS credits in optional study-units.Requirement for award of Bachelor of Knowledge and Information Management: 180 ECTS credits.

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
LLT1910	Language Skills for Linguistics	4 ECTS


Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

LIN1024	Hands-on Language	4 ECTS
LLT1011	Introduction to Linguistics 1	6 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

LIN1017	Maltese Sign Language 1 for Linguistics Students	2 ECTS
LLT1012	Introduction to Linguistics 2	6 ECTS	(NC)

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)

LLT2810	Introduction to Research Methods in Linguistics	6 ECTS

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

LIN1060*	Tools and Techniques in the Analysis of Language	2 ECTS
LIN1121	Language for Humans and Machines	4 ECTS
LIN2017	Maltese Sign Language 2 for Linguistics Students	2 ECTS
LIN2034	Conversation Analysis	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
LLT2510	Introduction to Programming for Language Applications	4 ECTS
* Study-unit LIN1060 is highly 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)

LIN2033	Discourse Analysis	4 ECTS
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
** Study-unit LLT2830 is highly recommended.

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 12 ECTS credits from the elective and recommended optional 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)

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

Recommended Optional Unit (Recommended Optional units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

LIN2017	Maltese Sign Language 2 for Linguistics Students	2 ECTS

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

LIN2034	Conversation Analysis	4 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
LLT2510	Introduction to Programming for Language Applications	4 ECTS
LLT2520	Introduction to Computational Models for Language Data	4 ECTS
LLT3060	Advanced Issues in the Sound Structure of Languages	4 ECTS
LLT3550	Speech Technology	5 ECTS


Semester 2

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

LIN2033	Discourse Analysis	4 ECTS
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

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.

Knowledge and Information Management

The course is designed to develop your competences and skills in:

Understanding of and ability to critically analyse and apply major concepts, theories, practices, and diverse contexts of the Library and Information Science (LIS) discipline and the information professions.
Ability to understand the complexities and connections between concepts and practicalities of information, including what it is, where it is found, how it is used, how it is organized, how it is managed, how it is stored, and how it is preserved.
Understanding of the important functions, links, similarities, and differences between diverse information professions ֠from information and knowledge management to librarianship to archival work ֠and ability to navigate between them.
Ability to use analogue and digital means for information organization and management.
Critically reflect on and respond to changing information contexts and practices, and their associated organizations, systems, platforms, portals, products, collections, and other data-related materials.
Critically assess, and be aware of, the value of documentary materials for culture, heritage, and memory.

Linguistics

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

Have a specific skill-set that will contribute to your heightened verbal and written communication faculties.
Carry out and conduct critical academic research through the use of quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
Be proficient in language and data analysis which are crucial for the accurate collection, management and interpretation of data.
Solve problems through your honed ability to analyse language and your refined capacity for critical thinking.
Be aware of contemporary linguistic-use in different cultures, mediums and societies.

Knowledge and Information Management

The course is designed to develop a number of important competences and skills, including:

Understanding of and ability to critically analyse and apply major concepts, theories, practices, and diverse contexts of the Library and Information Science (LIS) discipline and the information professions.
Ability to understand the complexities and connections between concepts and practicalities of information, including what it is, where it is found, how it is used, how it is organized, how it is managed, how it is stored, and how it is preserved.
Understanding of the important functions, links, similarities, and differences between diverse information professions ֠from information and knowledge management to librarianship to archival work ֠and ability to navigate between them.
Ability to use analogue and digital means for information organization and management.
Understanding of the educational role of diverse information organizations within formal educational systems and processes, public institutions such as public libraries, and beyond.
Critically reflect on and respond to changing information contexts and practices, and their associated organizations, systems, platforms, portals, products, collections, and other data-related materials.
Critically assess, and be aware of, the value of documentary materials for culture, heritage, and memory.
Critically assess, and help expand, the LIS discipline and information professions through research, communications, publications, etc.
Capacity to continue engagement with infinite learning, lifelong intellectual growth, and professional development.

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Fee per academic year: Eur 8,500

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Knowledge and Information Management

As a graduate, you will be well-positioned to provide informed analysis, evaluation, and insight for various organisations aiming to leverage and maximise their knowledge and information assets and possibilities. You will be prepared for professional careers as knowledge and information managers, records managers, information policy consultants and researchers, knowledge consultants, information specialists, archivists, curators, and librarians.

Linguistics

As a graduate of this course you will be employable, both locally and foreign, as a linguist, lexicographer, technical writer, forensic linguist, accent coach, translator, copywriter, interpreter, editor, language therapist and as a computational linguist. If you are interested in furthering your studies, or are considering an academic profession, then we encourage you to pursue on of our postgraduate local programmes.