The list of study-units is updated for Academic Year 2024/25 except where indicated by asterisk (*).
General study-units *
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Interdisciplinary Theories of Performance
5
Semester 1
Performance and Philosophy
4
Semester 1
Musical Theatre: Histories and Training
4
Semester 1
Musical Theatre: Performance
4
Semester 2
Dance Studies
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Dance Techniques Lab 3
5
Semester 1
Dance Techniques Lab 4
5
Semester 2
Dance and Performance Theory
5
Semester 2
Dance Theatre
4
Semester 1
Choreography: Modernism and Postmodernism
4
Semester 2
Technology and Interdisciplinary Performance-Making
6
Semester 1
Dance Education
4
Semester 1
Dance in the Community
4
Semester 2
Movement Analysis: Theory and Practice
2
Semester 1
Dance Criticism
2
Semester 2
Music Studies
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
History of Jazz
4
Semester 1
Basic Music Technology
4
Semester 1
Vocal Ensemble 2
2
Semester 2
History of Music: Classical Period to Twenty-first Century
6
Semester 2
Music and Creativity in Cyberspace
4
Semester 2
Fundamentals of Music
6
Year
Essential Elements of Piano Technique
6
Year
The Spiritual in Music (1100-1900): Selected Themes
2
Semester 1
History of Music: Classical Antiquity to Baroque
6
Semester 1
Basic Keyboard Proficiency
6
Year
Practical Harmony 1
6
Semester 2
Applied: Vocal Training in Pop and Musical Theatre
4
Year
Pop Song Production
4
Semester 1
Performing and Producing Music in the Creative Industries
4
Semester 2
Vocal Training
2
Semester 1
Research, Writing, and Presentation Techniques in Music
4
Semester 2
Ethnomusicology
4
Semester 2
Ensemble Techniques 1
4
Semester 2
Jazz Improvisation 1
4
Semester 1
Composing for Dance
4
Semester 1
Oral Music Traditions of the Mediterranean
4
Semester 2
Music and Spirituality in Contemporary Music
2
Semester 2
Vocal Ensemble 3
2
Semester 1
Areas of Research in Music Studies
4
Semester 2
Eighteenth-Century Maltese Music
4
Semester 1
Vocal Ensemble 4
2
Semester 2
Introduction to Composition
4
Semester 1
Practical Harmony 2
6
Semester 1
Contemporary Composition in Practice
4
Semester 2
Performance 1: Violin
4
Semester 1
Performance 1: Voice
4
Semester 1
Performance 1: Piano
4
Semester 1
Basic Conducting
2
Semester 1
Performance 2: Violin
4
Semester 2
Performance 2: Voice
4
Semester 2
Performance 2: Piano
4
Semester 2
Orchestration Techniques 2
4
Semester 2
Introduction to Editorial Techniques
4
Semester 2
Repertoire Studies: Voice
4
Semester 2
Repertoire Studies: Violin
4
Semester 2
Repertoire Studies: Piano
4
Semester 2
Orchestral Playing 1
4
Semester 1
Orchestration Techniques 1
5
Semester 1
Music Technology in Composition
6
Semester 2
Nineteenth-Century Maltese Music
6
Semester 2
Synoptic Study-Unit 2: Music Studies Ordinary
6
Semester 2
Ensemble Techniques 2
4
Semester 2
Performance 3: Violin
4
Semester 1
Performance 3: Woodwind
4
Semester 1
Performance 3: Flute
4
Semester 1
Performance 3: Voice
4
Semester 1
Practice as Research in Music
4
Semester 1
Jazz Improvisation 2
4
Semester 1
Performance 3: Piano
4
Semester 1
Music in Community
4
Semester 2
Composing for Voice
6
Semester 1
Music for the Media
4
Semester 1
Music and Meaning
6
Semester 2
Opera in the Classical and Romantic Eras
6
Semester 2
Acousmatic Music Composition
4
Semester 1
Maltese Popular Music
4
Semester 1
Vocal Ensemble 5
2
Semester 1
Performance 4: Violin
6
Semester 2
Performance 4: Flute
6
Semester 2
Performance 4: Voice
6
Semester 2
History of Musical Performance
6
Semester 2
Performance 4: Piano
6
Semester 2
Avant-Garde Music
6
Semester 1
Vocal Ensemble 6
2
Semester 2
Performance 3: Vocal Training in Pop and Musical Theatre
4
Semester 1
Performance 4: Vocal Training in Pop and Musical Theatre
6
Semester 2
Theatre Studies
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Histories of Theatre 1
6
Semester 1
Histories of Theatre 2
6
Semester 2
Performance Skills 1: Training
5
Semester 1
Performance Skills 2: Festival
5
Semester 2
Studying Performance
4
Semester 1
Studies in Theatre and Performance Practices
6
Semester 2
Theories of Performance: Critical Perspectives
5
Semester 2
Applied Performance 1: Skills
4
Semester 1
Arts and Cultural Management 1: Theories and Perspectives
6
Semester 2
Popular Performance
5
Semester 2
Theatre and Performance in Malta
5
Semester 2
Contemporary Theatre and Performance
5
Semester 1
Theatrical Texts
5
Semester 1
Theatre Skills: Writing for the theatre
5
Semester 2
Applied Performance 2: Community Project
6
Semester 2
Arts and Cultural Management 2: Placement
6
Semester 1
Musicality in Theatre and Performance
6
Semester 1
World and Intercultural Performance
6
Semester 2
Shakespeare in Performance
6
Semester 1
Practice Research
6
Semester 1
Last Updated: 19 April 2024
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.
