| CODE | LAS1040 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Valletta: The Making of a City | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | I - Introductory Level | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Centre for the Liberal Arts and Sciences | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This Unit will provide students with anthropological, architectural, historical, sociological, and cultural-artistic perspectives on Valletta and its people from the city’s sixteenth century beginnings to the present. By drawing on the expertise of university academics, scholars and experts, the Unit will offer a multi-disciplinary study of Valletta’s rich heritage as well as the ways that its residents and visitors have experienced the city today and in the past. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the Unit the student will be able to: - Identify key features of Valletta’s urban, social and economic history from its origins to the present; - Appreciate the material and cultural heritage of Valletta; - Recognize the challenges and opportunities confronting Valletta’s residents today. 2. Skills: By the end of the Unit the student will be able to: - Analyze the impact of change over time; - Examine issues of causality and consequence; - Select, process and organize material to produce, to a deadline, a coherent and concise argument presented in written and oral form. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Blouet, B. (2009). The Story of Valletta: A Companion to the City. - De Piro, N. (1999). Valletta: A City Built by Gentlemen for Gentlemen. - Mitchell, J. P. (1996). Gender, Politics and Ritual in the Construction of Social Identities: the Case of San Pawl, Valletta, Malta. Unpubl. Ph.D. thesis. - Mallia-Milanes, V. (1988). ‘Valletta 1566-1798: An Epitome of Europe’, Bank of Valletta Annual Report and Financial Statements. - Schofield, J. and E. Morrissey (forthcoming). Malta’s Living Heritage: Strait Street Valletta – Culture, Heritage and Landscape. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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