University of Malta
Faculty of Arts
Anthropology (Joint Area)
(for courses commencing October 2022)
YEAR ONE
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.
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)
| ANT1004 |
Ethnography and Anthropological Theory |
8 ECTS |
(NC) |
Semester 1
Compulsory Units (All students
must register for this/these unit/s)
| ANT1003 |
Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
| ANT1030 |
Academic Writing and Anthropology |
4 ECTS |
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
| ARC1105* |
Introduction to Human Evolution |
2 ECTS |
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| CVL1013 |
Introduction to Legal Anthropology |
4 ECTS |
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* Study-unit ARC1105 cannot be taken by students who registered for study-unit ARC1005 in their Archaeology area.
Semester 2
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
| ANT1001 |
Human Societies: The Comparative Perspective |
4 ECTS |
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| ANT1005 |
Locating the Anthropology of the Mediterranean |
4 ECTS |
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| ANT1009 |
Anthropology and the Contemporary World |
2 ECTS |
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Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in Anthropology
26 ECTS credits in the other area
8 ECTS credits in optional study-units
Total credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits
YEAR TWO
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.
Semester 1
Compulsory Units (All students
must register for this/these unit/s)
| ANT2020 |
Kinship, Family and Marriage |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
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 |
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| ANT2003 |
Nation, State and Society in the Middle East/North Africa |
4 ECTS |
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| ANT2057 |
Anthropology of Food |
4 ECTS |
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| ANT2059 |
Refugees and Forced Displacement: Anthropological Perspectives |
4 ECTS |
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| ANT3019 |
Historical Anthropology |
4 ECTS |
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| ANT3027 |
Visual Anthropology: Theory and Photographic Applications |
4 ECTS |
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Semester 2
Compulsory Units (All students
must register for this/these unit/s)
| ANT3016 |
Anthropology of Religion |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
| ANT2050 |
Anthropology of Borders |
4 ECTS |
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| ANT2054 |
The Body in Culture and Society |
2 ECTS |
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| ANT2055 |
Anthropology and Art |
2 ECTS |
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| ANT3022 |
Anthropology of Gender and Sexualities |
4 ECTS |
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| ANT3060 |
Advanced Topic in Social or Cultural Anthropology |
2 ECTS |
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| ANT3082 |
Anthropology and the Hellenic World |
4 ECTS |
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| ANT3122 |
Anthropology and Literature |
2 ECTS |
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Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 credits in Anthropology
26 credits in the other area
8 credits optional study-units
Total credits for this year: 60 credits
YEAR THREE
In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 4 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)
| ANT3006 |
Political Anthropology |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
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 |
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| ANT3023 |
Anthropological Perspectives on Human Rights |
4 ECTS |
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| ANT3030 |
Anthropology of Migration |
4 ECTS |
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| ANT3035 |
Special Topic in Anthropology |
2 ECTS |
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| ANT3037 |
Anthropology and Post-Colonialism |
4 ECTS |
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Semester 2
Compulsory Units (All students
must register for this/these unit/s)
| ANT3007 |
Economic Anthropology |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
| ANT3033 |
Current Issues in Cultural and Social Anthropology: Synoptic Revisions |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
| ANT3068 |
Synoptic Study-Unit: General Anthropology |
6 ECTS |
(NC) |
| ANT3069 |
Synoptic Study-Unit: Regional and Global Anthropology |
6 ECTS |
(NC) |
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
| ANT2082 |
Themes in Evolutionary Anthropology |
2 ECTS |
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| ANT3021 |
Feminisms and Anthropology |
2 ECTS |
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| ANT3041 |
Anthropology of Islam |
4 ECTS |
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| ANT3052 |
Medical Anthropology |
4 ECTS |
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| ANT3064 |
Psychoanalysis and Anthropology |
4 ECTS |
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| ANT3080 |
History, Memory and Identity |
4 ECTS |
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Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS credits, of which:
28 ECTS credits in Anthropology
28 ECTS credits in the other area
4 ECTS credits optional study-units
Requirement for award of B.A. Anthropology and in another area of study: 180 ECTS credits, of which:
80 ECTS credits in Anthropology
80 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 the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts.
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Last Updated: 26 August 2022
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The University makes every effort to ensure that the published Courses Plans, Programmes of Study and Study-Unit information are complete and up-to-date at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to make changes in case errors are detected after publication.
The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints.
Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice.
Unless for exceptional approved reasons, no changes to the programme of study for a particular academic year will be made once the students' registration period for that academic year begins.
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