The list of study-units is updated for Academic Year 2025/26 except where indicated by asterisk (*).
Cognitive Science
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Cognitive Psychology of Communications
4
Semester 2
Cognitive Psychology of Mass Communication
4
Semester 1
Corporate Communication
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Introduction to Marketing Communications
4
Semester 1
Digital Arts
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Introduction to Text and Image
6
Semester 1
Introduction to Visual Narrative
2
Semester 1
Introduction to Illustration
6
Semester 2
Introduction to Animation
6
Semester 2
Introduction to Design Thinking
4
Semester 1
Comparative Approaches to Art, Design and Visual Culture
4
Semester 1
History of Photography
4
Semester 1
Contemporary Art Photography
4
Semester 1
Audiovisual Language and Film Analysis
4
Semester 1
Designing for the Screen 1
4
Semester 1
Visual Narrative
6
Semester 1
Animation Principles
6
Semester 1
Digital Animation Production (3D)
6
Semester 2
Motion Graphics and Compositing
4
Semester 2
Intermedia Studio 4
4
Semester 2
Introduction to Interactive Art
4
Semester 2
Negotiated Practice
4
Semester 1
Information Policy and Governance
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Principles of Information Law
4
Semester 1
Library Information and Archive Sciences
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Maltese Archival and Manuscript Collections
4
Semester 2
Classification, Subject Indexing and Authority Control
4
Semester 1
Information Organization and Management
4
Semester 1
The Information Professions, Sectors and Contexts
4
Semester 2
Research Methods for Undergraduates
4
Semester 2
Management in the Information Sector
4
Semester 1
Media and Communications
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Media Aesthetics
4
Semester 2
Intercultural Communication
4
Semester 1
Film Appreciation
4
Semester 2
Media in Maltese Society
4
Semester 1
Media Conference Basics
4
Semester 2
Using Communication for Social Change
4
Semester 2
Cyberculture
4
Semester 2
Introduction to Film Studies
4
Semester 1
Introduction to Analogue Photography and the Darkroom
4
Semester 1
Human Communication
4
Semester 1
Introduction to Journalism
4
Semester 1
Visual Communications and Graphic Design
4
Semester 1
New Media and the Social World
4
Semester 1
Personal Communications
4
Semester 2
Introduction to Photography
4
Semester 1
Media, Society and Culture
4
Semester 2
Introduction to Video Production
4
Semester 2
Cultural Theory and Semiotics
4
Semester 2
Introduction to Research Methods
4
Semester 2
Development of Film Language
6
Semester 1
Video Production 1
4
Semester 1
Journalism Lab
4
Semester 2
Basic Photography
4
Semester 1
Ethics in the Media
6
Semester 2
Practical Graphic Design
4
Semester 1
Analogue, Monochrome Photography and Darkroom
4
Semester 2
Magazine and Digital Publishing
8
Year
Advanced Photography
4
Semester 2
Audio Production
4
Semester 1
Video Production 2
4
Semester 1
Online Journalism
4
Semester 2
Video Manipulation and Animation
4
Semester 1
Website Creation
4
Semester 1
Radio Production
4
Semester 1
In-Depth Reporting
4
Semester 2
Integrated Marketing Communications
4
Semester 2
Intoduction to Scriptwriting
4
Semester 1
Producing Film
4
Semester 2
Adaptation for the Screen
4
Semester 2
Consumer and Organizational Buying Behaviour
4
Semester 2
Documentary Film Production
4
Semester 2
Digital Media and Information Literacies
4
Semester 1
Last Updated: 16 October 2025
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 study-units is 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.
The language of instruction at the University of Malta is English (where applicable, that is except for students following study-units in foreign languages), and students are expected to be fluent in the English language which will enable them to successfully complete their Erasmus+ Mobility.
