University of Malta
Faculty of Arts
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Anthropology
(for courses offered in 2015/16)
One Year Programme for 2015/16
Courses listed will all be given in 2015/16
YEAR ONE
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)
8 ECTS (NC) ANT1004 Ethnography and Anthropological Theory
Semester 1
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
ANT1003 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
ANT1055 Writing Anthropology
Semester 2
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
4 ECTS (NC)
4 ECTS (NC)
ANT1001
Human Societies: The Comparative Perspective
PT(JM/MD&1oth)
ANT1009 Anthropology and the Contemporary World
ANT 1060 Anthropological Readings of Malta
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
4 ECTS (NC)
2 ECTS (NC)
4 ECTS (NC)
1

YEAR TWO intake 2014/15
In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose studyunits to the value of 30 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)
Elective Units Elective units are offered subject to availability and time-table constraints.
ANT3038 Ecology and Culture in the Mediterranean
Semester 1
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
4 ECTS
ANT2020 Kinship, Family and Marriage
ANT2058 Research Methods for Anthropologists
4 ECTS NC
4 ECTS NC
ANT3060 Advanced Topic in Social or Cultural Anthropology 2 ECTS
Elective Units Elective units are offered subject to availability and time-table constraints.
ANT2047 Emotions, Culture and Society
ANT2055 Anthropology and Art
ANT3026 Culture, Morality and Ethics
ANT3034 Orientalism
ANT 2054 The Body in Culture and Society
ANT2002 Law, State and Society in Southern Europe
Semester 2
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
4 ECTS
2 ECTS
4 ECTS
2 ECTS
2 ECTS
4 ECTS
ANT2008 Ethnographic Research Strategies 4 ECTS NC
ANT3016 Anthropology of Religion 4 ECTS NC
Elective Units Elective units are offered subject to availability and time-table constraints.
ANT3022 Anthropology of Gender
ANT3049 Culture and Society in Modern China
ANT2082 Introduction to Evolutionary Anthropology
4 ECTS
4 ECTS
2 ECTS
2

Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
46 ECTS credits in Anthropology
10 ECTS credits from the subsidiary area
4 ECTS credits optional study-units
Total credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits
3

YEAR THREE intake 2013/14
In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose studyunits to the value of 22 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)
ANT3065 Dissertation 12 ECTS (NC)
Elective Units Elective units are offered subject to availability and time-table constraints.
ANT3038 Ecology and Culture in the Mediterranean
Semester 1
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
4 ECTS
ANT2020 Kinship, Family and Marriage
ANT3062 Research Seminar
4 ECTS
4 ECTS
(NC)
(NC)
ANT3060 Advanced Topic in Social or Cultural Anthropology
PT/(Caroline Ifeka/or other)
2 ECTS
Elective Units Elective units are offered subject to availability and time-table constraints.
ANT2047
ANT2055
ANT3026
ANT3034
ANT
Emotions, Culture and Society
Anthropology and Art
Culture, Morality and Ethics
Orientalism
2054 The Body in Culture and Society
ANT2002 Law, State and Society in Southern Europe
4 ECTS
2 ECTS
4 ECTS
2 ECTS
2 ECTS
4 ECTS
4

Semester 2
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
ANT3016 Anthropology of Religion
ANT3066 Synoptic Study-Unit: General Anthropology
4 ECTS (NC)
6 ECTS (NC)
ANT3067 Synoptic Study-Unit: Regional and Global Anthropology 6 ECTS (NC)
ANT3010
Current Issues in Cultural and Social Anthropology:
Synoptic Revisions [PSC,PC,RF,JPB]
2 ECTS NC
Elective Units Elective units are offered subject to availability and time-table constraints.
ANT3022 Anthropology of Gender
ANT3049 Culture and Society in Modern China
4 ECTS
4 ECTS
ANT2082 Introduction to Evolutionary Anthropology 2 ECTS
Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS credits
Requirement for award of B.A. (Hons) in Anthropology: 180 credits, of which:
132 ECTS credits in Anthropology
36 ETCS credits in the subsidiary area
12 ECTS credits optional study-units
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