Faculty of Arts REGISTRATION FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2018-2019 B.A. YEAR I FIRST AND SECOND SEMESTER B.A. Year I students must complete this form for the study-units to be followed during the 1 st and 2 nd semester of the Academic Year 2018-2019. Students need to obtain a total of 60 ECTS during their 1 st year of studies as follows: Area 1-26 ECTS Area 2-26 ECTS Optionals - 8 ECTS Before choosing your elective study-units, it is advisable that you check the timetable available at http://www.um.edu.mt/arts/notices/time-tables because if they clash with a compulsory study-unit you will not be able to take it. Please ensure that you do not register for more than 60 ECTS for the whole academic year and not more than 36 ECTS per semester. Kindly keep a copy of this form before submitting it to the home Faculty. It is important to print Page 1, Page 7 and the other pages which concern your areas of study. Students are encouraged to consult the general regulations available at: http://www.um.edu.mt/registrar/regulations/general as well as the Faculty of Arts Bye-Laws available at: http://www.um.edu.mt/registrar/regulations/faculties/arts SURNAME: NAME: I.D. NO. COURSE: YEAR : AREA OF STUDY 1 AREA OF STUDY 2 If you are registered for one or two of the following areas you do not need to register for the studyunits because all the study-units are compulsory and therefore have already been registered. The areas are: Arabic, Archaeology, Chinese, Classics, German, Hebrew, History of Art, Language Technology, Linguistics, Maltese, Music Studies, Near Eastern Studies, Philosophy, Social Studies, Sociology and Theatre Studies. Optionals choose your optionals from the list of optional study units from your e-sims or from your areas of study. It is very important that you choose Level 1 study-units i.e. the study-unit code starts with 1. LIN1063 Academic Reading and Writing in English strongly recommended. (If you have Linguistics as your main area you cannot take it as an optional) 1
Please indicate the study-units you intend to follow by ticking ( ) the box provided. Compulsory study-units have already been marked. (cn) Compulsory & non-compensatable ANTHROPOLOGY Compulsory Study-Units (Total 16 ECTS) ANT1004 Ethnography and Anthropological Theory (cn) 8 Year ANT1003 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology 4 Sem 1 (cn) ANT1030 Anthropologists at Work 4 Sem 1 Elective Study-Units (Choose study-units to the value of 10 ECTS) ANT1010 Introduction to the Anthropology of Music and 2 Sem 1 Dance ANT1009 Anthropology and the Contemporary World 2 Sem 1 FRE1500* Français de base pour grands débutants: niveaux 1 et 2 A1 (à suivre) 5 Sem 1 GRM1031* German for Beginners Level A1.1 5 Sem 1 ITL1005* Proficiency in Italian 1: beginner level A1 5 Sem 1 SLA1030* Spanish Language Ab Initio 1 5 Sem 1 ANT1005 Locating the Anthropology of the Mediterranean 4 Sem 2 ARB1014 Proficiency in Arabic 1: Breakthrough 5 Sem 2 ARC1105 Introduction to Human Evolution 2 Sem 2 * Students may only select one from these study-units. COMMUNICATION STUDIES In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to register for 4 ECTS credits from the Support elective study-units and 8 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year. Compulsory Study-Units (Total 14 ECTS) ELP1164 Reflective Writing: An Introduction 2 Sem 1 MCS1000 Aspects of Communications 4 Sem 1 MCS1021 Human Communication 4 Sem 1 MCS1311 Methods of Inquiry 4 Sem 2 Support Elective Study-Units (Total 4ECTS) SOC1040* Sociology and Communications 4 Sem 1 ELP1206** English Rhetoric and Writing Skills for Media and Communications Students 4 Sem 2 MAL1211*** Il-Malti għall-komunikazzjoni 4 Sem2 * SOC1040 is not available for BA students who have Sociology as an area of study. ** ELP1206 is not available for BA students who have English as an area of study. *** MAL1211 is not available for BA students who have Maltese as an area of study. Elective Study-Units (Total 8ECTS) MCS1010 Introduction to Film Studies 4 Sem 1 MCS1022 Interpersonal and Small Group Communication 4 Sem 1 Skills MCS1030 Journalism 1 4 Sem 1 MCS1040 Visual Communications and Graphic Design 4 Sem 1 CRC1010 Introduction to Marketing Communications 4 Sem 2 MCS1050 Internet Communications 4 Sem 2 2
MCS1070 Presentation Techniques 4 Sem 2 CONTEMPORARY MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES Elective Study-Units (Choose study-units to the value of 26 ECTS) ANT1004* Ethnography and Anthropological Theory 8 Year ANT1003 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology 4 Sem 1 GEO1005 The Geography of Populations: Concepts and 4 Sem 1 Theories HST1023 Introduction to Maltese Historical Demography 2 Sem 1 HST1026** Malta and the Mediterranean in Modern Times 6 Sem 1 HST1126** The Mediterranean in Modern Times 2 Sem 1 IRL1045 Political Theory and Governance 4 Sem 1 IRL1193 Introduction to Modern Europe 4 Sem 1 SOC2102 Key Concepts in Contemporary Sociology 4 Sem 1 ANT1005 Locating the Anthropology of the Mediterranean 4 Sem 2 GEO1007 Culture and Society 4 Sem 2 IRL1088 Introduction to Foreign Policy 4 Sem 2 IRL1089 Theories of International Relations 4 Sem 2 IRL2066 Religion and Secularism in International Relations 4 Sem 2 * Only students who have Anthropology as their other area may register for study-unit ANT1004. ** Students may register for either HST1026 or HST1126. These study-units cannot be taken concurrently. ENGLISH Compulsory Study-Units (Total 22 ECTS) ENG1077 Literary Criticism and Theory: An Introduction (cn) 6 Year ENG1082 Shakespeare and Tudor Drama (cn) 4 Year ENG1078 Writing Seminars 1 2 Sem 1 ENG1080 English in Society 1 (cn) 4 Sem 1 ENG1173 Romantic Poets 1: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge 2 Sem 1 ENG1174 English Fiction of the Nineteenth Century: An 2 Sem 1 Introduction ENG1274 English Fiction of the Nineteenth Century: Further Studies 2 Sem 2 Elective Study-Units (Choose study-units to the value of 4 ECTS) ENG1076 Genre: Prose 4 Year ENG1071 Chaucer: An Introduction 2 Sem 2 ENG1273 Romantic Poets 2: Byron, Keats, Shelley 2 Sem 2 ENG1278 The Art of the Essay 2 Sem 2 3
Please indicate the study-units you intend to follow by ticking ( ) the box provided. Compulsory study-units have already been marked. (cn) Compulsory & non-compensatable EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL HISTORY Compulsory Study-Units (Total 16 ECTS) HST1010 Medieval Europe I 6 Year HST1026 Malta and the Mediterranean in Modern Times 6 Sem 1 HST1021 Europe in Early Modern Times c.1450- c.1789 4 Sem 2 Elective Study-Units (Choose study-units to the value of 10 ECTS) CHN1014 An Overview of Chinese History 4 Sem 1 HST1022 The Order of St. John 1530-1798: 2 Sem 1 A Cultural History Approach HST1028 World History: From Early Societies to 1500 4 Sem 1 HST1014 Western Europe in Modern and Contemporary 4 Sem 2 Times: Cultural and Political Development SPA1018 An Introduction to Latin America 2 Sem 2 SPA1019 An Introduction to Spain 2 Sem 2 HISTORY HST1010 Medieval Europe 1 6 Year HST1026 Malta and the Mediterranean in Modern Times 6 Sem 1 HST1011 Structure and Change in Malta s Economic History 4 Sem 2 HST1021 Europe in Early Modern Times c.1450- c.1789 4 Sem 2 Elective Study-Units (Choose study-units to the value of 6 ECTS) HST1020 Aspects of the Parish in 18 th Century Malta 2 Sem 1 HST1022 The Order of St. John 1530-1798: 2 Sem 1 A Cultural History Approach HST1023 Introduction to Maltese Historical Demography 2 Sem 1 HST1028 World History: From Early Societies to 1500 4 Sem 1 HST1014 Western Europe in Modern and Contemporary 4 Sem 2 Times: Cultural and Political Development HST1027 Topics in Twentieth-Century Maltese History 4 Sem 2 HISTORY OF ART WITH FINE ARTS ART1001 Introduction to History of Art as a Discipline (cn) 4 Sem 1 ART1010 Introduction to Drawing Skills: Practical Sessions 4 Sem 1 ART1208 Painting (cn) 4 Sem 1 ART1003 Artistic Techniques: Painting, Sculpture and 4 Sem 2 Printing ART1005 The Birth of Modern Art (cn) 4 Sem 2 Elective Study-Units (Choose study-units to the value of 6 ECTS) ART1013 The Early Renaissance in Italy 4 Sem 1 ART1016 Paleochristian and Byzantine Art 4 Sem 1 ART1120 Museum Placement 1 2 Sem 2 ART1140 Italian Renaissance Architecture 1400-1600 4 Sem 2 4
ART1214 Carolingian, Ottonian and Romanesque 4 Sem 2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IRL1045 Political Theory and Governance (cn) 4 Sem 1 IRL1025* Introduction to Economics 4 Sem 1 IRL1091 Soft Power in International Relations: An 4 Sem 1 Introduction to the role of Media and Culture (cn) IRL1193** Introduction to Modern Europe 4 Sem 1 IRL1088 Introduction to Foreign Policy (cn) 4 Sem 2 IRL1089 An Introduction to the Theory of International 4 Sem 2 Relations (cn) PBL1013 Introduction to the Legal System (cn) 4 Sem 2 * Study-unit IRL1025 is to be taken only by students who do not have an Advanced Level in Economics. It is compulsory for students who do not have an Advanced Level in Economics. ** Study-unit IRL1193 is to be taken only by students who do not have an Advanced Level in History. It is compulsory for students who do not have an Advanced Level in History. Elective Study-Units (Choose study-units to the value of 2 ECTS) HST1126 The Mediterranean in Modern Times 2 Sem 1 LIN1063 Academic Reading and Writing in English 2 Sem 1 IRL2066 Religion and Secularism in International Relations 4 Sem 2 SOC1016 Theories of Social Policy 4 Sem 2 ITALIAN Compulsory Study-Units (Total 22 ECTS) ITL1008 La morfologia dell italiano 1 &2(cn) 4 Year ITL1023 Linguistica storica (cn) 4 Year ITL1009 Introduzione al cinema 2 Sem 1 ITL1121 Letteratura Italiana dalle origini al duecento (cn) 4 Sem 1 ITL1030 Dante: Inferno e Purgatorio (cn) 4 Sem 2 ITL1222 Letteratura italiana dal Trecento al Quattrocento cn) 4 Sem 2 Elective Study-Units (Choose study-units to the value of 4 ECTS) ITL1080 Voci al femminile: Protagoniste dell industria 4 Sem 1 culturale italiana dall Ottocento ai giorni nostri ITL1014 Introduzione alle linguistica contemporanea 4 Sem 2 ITL1026 Shooting the Mob - Literary and Cinematic Representations of Organised Crime in Italy and the United States 4 Sem 2 KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT LIA1325 Knowledge and Information Science: Approaches, Frameworks and Theories 4 Sem 1 LIS1010 Information Case Studies and Practices 4 Sem 1 LIS1211 Recordkeeping Theory, Principles and Processes 4 Sem 1 LIA1326 History of Information: Ideas, Infrastructures and 4 Sem 2 Instituitions LIS1410 Cataloguing and Bibliographic Management 1 4 Sem 2 5
Elective Study-Units (Choose study-units to the value of 6 ECTS) ENG1426 English Writing Skills 2 Sem 1 LIA1111 Records Management for Public Administration 4 Sem 1 LIS1011 Research Methods 4 Sem 1 LIS1100 Introduction to ICT for Information Professionals 4 Sem 1 ELP1106 Advanced English Writing Skills 2 Sem 2 LIS1313 Maltese Archival and Manuscript Collections 4 Sem 2 LIS1212 Introduction to Electronic Records Management 4 Sem 2 LIS1332 Bibliographical Control 6 Sem 2 LIS1411 Intellectual Control of Records 4 Sem 2 PSYCHOLOGY Compulsory Study-Units (Total 18 ECTS) PSY1610 Major Paradigms in Psychology: Introduction, the 6 Sem 1 Psychoanalytic and Humanistic Paradigms, and Systematic Thinking (cn) PSY1622 Development Psychology 1 (cn) 6 Sem 1 PSY1623 Developmental Psychology 2 (cn) 6 Sem 2 Elective Study-Units (Choose study-units to the value of 8 ECTS) PSY1315* Understanding Research in Psychology 4 Sem 1 PSY1617** Biological Psychology 1 4 Sem 1 PSY1630** Foundations in Human Biology for Psychology 4 Sem 1 PSY1625 Psychology of Communication 4 Sem 2 PSY1635*** Cognitive Psychology 4 Sem 2 * Study-unit PSY1315 is strongly recommended however it is not offered for students taking Communications, International Relations, Sociology, Social Studies, and Knowledge and Information Management. Study-unit PSY1315 is compulsory for those students who plan on following the Higher Diploma in Psychology. It is also a pre-requisite for Elective study-units PSY2628 and PSY2629 found in the second year. ** Study-unit PSY1617 is compulsory for those students who plan on following the Higher Diploma in Psychology. Students intending to do the Higher Diploma in Psychology may take PSY1617 as an Optional study-unit instead of an elective study-unit if they have an Intermediate Biology at grade C or better. If not, students are required to register for study-unit PSY1630 and then register for study-unit PSY1617 as an Elective during their second year. *** Students who are interested to register for the elective study-unit PSY1635 should have Biology at an intermediate level at grade C or better. If not, they may register for study-unit PSY1630 during semester one and then register for study-unit PSY1635. PSY1635 is also available during the second year of study. Study-unit PSY1635 is compulsory for those students who plan on following the Higher Diploma in Psychology. Although students may register for study-units PSY1617 or PSY1630 as Optional study-units, other Optional Psychology units may not be taken. 6
Please indicate the study-units you intend to follow by ticking ( ) the box provided. Compulsory study-units have already been marked. (cn) Compulsory & non-compensatable SPANISH AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES Compulsory Study-Units (Total 22 ECTS) SPA1008 A History of the Spanish Language 4 Sem 1 SPA1012 Spanish Literature 1 (Medieval) 6 Sem 1 SPA1020 Aspects of Spanish Language and Grammar 1 4 Sem 1 SPA1003 An Overview of Spanish History 4 Sem 2 SPA1021 Aspects of Spanish Language and Grammar 2 4 Sem 2 Elective Study-Units (Choose study-units to the value of 4 ECTS) SPA1006 Spanish Art from the Earliest Times to Goya 4 Sem 2 SPA1013 Christians, Muslims and Jews in Al-Andalus 4 Sem 2 Optional Study-Units Please choose optional study-units for a total of eight [8] ECTS credits. Optional study-units can be chosen either from the list of recommended optional study-units accessible from https://www.um.edu.mt/esims or from the elective study-units (if any) offered from one or both your areas of study. Students are advised to check their list of registered study-units on e-sims as soon as they are informed by Faculty Officer that study-units have been inputted so as to ensure that they are registered for the correct study-units. Optional Study-Units Code Title of study-unit ECTS Sem Total number of ECTS registered as optional study-units: Total number of ECTS registered for (not to exceed 60 ECTS) Name of Student in BLOCK LETTERS Signature of Student Date 7