Knowledge and Information Management
Knowledge and Information Management is offered as an honours main area of study together with a subsidiary area of study, or as one of two ordinary main areas of study, consisting of:
- Year 1: to which 60 ECTS credits are assigned, and
- Years 2 and 3: to which 120 ECTS credits are assigned.
At the end of Year 1, if you obtain an average mark of
- 65% or better in the Knowledge and Information Management area of study, and
- 60% or better in all the study units of Year 1,
then you will be eligible to proceed to the Honours programme. As a manager in knowledge and information, you will be responsible for the organisation, acquisition, documentation and handling of the body of information that a community or company shares. In your final year, you may have the opportunity to write a research-based dissertation to demonstrate your knowledge.
Linguistics
The undergraduate programme of study in Linguistics will give you an academic perspective of Maltese and global linguistics. During the course we will provide you with knowledge on the multifaceted qualities of linguistics, ranging from sociolonguistics, psycholinguistics and Maltese sign language, to applied linguistics, Python programming, Stylistics and the tripartite influence of discourse, ideology and power. We also encourage you to participate in our Erasmus+ mobility programme, as we believe that a multicultural and diversified international experience will deliver a more holistic and beneficial academic journey.
Knowledge and Information Management
Knowledge and Information Management is offered as an honours main area of study together with a subsidiary area of study, or as one of two ordinary main areas of study. Applicants shall be required to indicate the other area of study at the time of applying for admission to the course.
The course consists of two parts:
- Part One (Year 1) to which 60 ECTS credits are assigned, and
- Part Two (Years 2 and 3) to which 120 ECTS credits are assigned.
At the end of Part One of the course, if you obtain an average mark of
- 65% or better in the Knowledge and Information Management area of study, and
- 60% or better in all the study units of Part One, then you will be eligible to proceed to the Honours programme.
In order to be eligible for the award of the Honours degree, you shall be required to successfully complete study-units to which a total of 180 ECTS credits are assigned, of which not less than 132 ECTS credits shall be in Knowledge and Information Management and not less than 36 ECTS credits shall be in the Subsidiary area of study.
In order to be eligible for the award of an Ordinary degree in Knowledge and Information Management and another main area of study, you must obtain credit for study-units to which a total of 180 ECTS credits are assigned, of which not less than 80 ECTS credits shall be obtained in each of the two areas.
Communication and Academic Skills Programme
The communication and academic skills programme complements students’ main course of study. It introduces them to writing and presenting as situated within academic contexts sensitive to specific disciplines and develops their competences for future careers.
Knowledge and Information Management
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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LIA1010 | Libraries and Documentary Heritage: History, Formats and Structures | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
LIA1325 | Information Theories: Concepts, Frameworks and Philosophies | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIS1211 | Introduction to Records and Archives: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Recommended Optional Units | |||||
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ELP1106 | Advanced English Writing Skills | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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ELP1426 | English Writing Skills | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
LIA1201 | Introduction to Archival Description | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIA1410 | An Introduction to Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
LIS1011 | Research Methods for Undergraduates | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIS1100 | Introduction to ICT for Information Professionals | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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LIA1518 | Classification, Subject Indexing and Authority Control | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIA2230 | Collection Development | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIA2325 | Information Organization and Management | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIS2612 | Management in the Information Sector | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Recommended Optional Unit | |||||
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LIS2721* | Special Topic | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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LIA1313 | Maltese Archival and Manuscript Collections | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIA2201 | The Globalised Dimension of Archives | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIA2326 | The Information Professions, Sectors and Contexts | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Recommended Optional Units | |||||
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LIS2412 | Library Services to Children and Young Adults | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIS2555 | Basic Palaeography and Diplomatics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIS2611 | Preservation Studies | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIS2721* | Special Topic | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
* Before registering for study-unit LIS2721, students are required to check its availability with the Student Helpdesk.   |
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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LIA3001 | Research Seminar | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIA3711* | Special Topic | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIS2223 | Print and Digital Publishing | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIS3110 | Advanced Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIS3111 | Advanced Archival Description | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIS3311 | Legal Issues in Memory Institutions | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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LIA3864 | Synoptic Issues 1: Library and Information | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
LIA3865 | Synoptic Issues 2: Archives and Records | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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LIA3325 | Knowledge Management | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIA3711* | Special Topic | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIS3331 | Specialised Archives | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIS3710 | Aspects of Melitensia | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
* Before registering for study-unit LIA3711, students are required to check its availability with the Student Helpdesk.   |
Linguistics
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Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2) | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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LLT1160 | Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language Variation and Change | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT1910 | Language Skills for Linguistics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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LIN1024 | Hands-on Language | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT1011 | Introduction to Linguistics 1 | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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LIN1017 | Maltese Sign Language 1 for Linguistics Students | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT1012 | Introduction to Linguistics 2 | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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LLT2810 | Introduction to Research Methods in Linguistics | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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LIN1060* | Tools and Techniques in the Analysis of Language | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
LIN1121 | Language for Humans and Machines | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIN2017 | Maltese Sign Language 2 for Linguistics Students | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
LIN2034 | Conversation Analysis | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT2180 | Language Variation and Change: Historical Linguistics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT2191 | Psycholinguistics: Language Acquisition | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT2360 | Language and Culture of Deaf People | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT2510 | Introduction to Programming for Language Applications | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
* Study-unit LIN1060 is highly recommended.   | |||||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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LIN2022 | Models of Grammar | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIN2083 | Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIN2350 | Issues in Phonetics and Phonology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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LIN2033 | Discourse Analysis | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIN3098 | Corpus Linguistics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT2161 | Lingua Francas | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT2830** | Quantitative Research in Linguistics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT3190 | Second Language Acquisition and Language Learning | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT3370 | Foundations in Sign Linguistics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
** Study-unit LLT2830 is highly recommended.   |
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Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2) | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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LIN3003 | Synoptic Study-Unit: General Linguistics | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
LIN3004 | Synoptic Study-Unit: Interdisciplinary Issues in Linguistics | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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LIN3010 | Language Typology and Universals | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Recommended Optional Unit (Recommended Optional units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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LIN2017 | Maltese Sign Language 2 for Linguistics Students | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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LIN2034 | Conversation Analysis | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIN3301 | Experimental Psycholinguistics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIN3502 | Multimodal Interaction and Communication | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIN3503 | Speech Technology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT2180 | Language Variation and Change: Historical Linguistics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT2191 | Psycholinguistics: Language Acquisition | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT2360 | Language and Culture of Deaf People | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT2510 | Introduction to Programming for Language Applications | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT2520 | Introduction to Machine Learning for Language Applications | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT3060 | Advanced Issues in the Sound Structure of Languages | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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LIN2033 | Discourse Analysis | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LIN3098 | Corpus Linguistics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT2161 | Lingua Francas | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT2830 | Quantitative Research in Linguistics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT3190 | Second Language Acquisition and Language Learning | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
LLT3370 | Foundations in Sign Linguistics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 and by the Bye-Laws for the Award of the Bachelor of Knowledge and Information Management (Honours) - B.KIM (Hons) - and Bachelor of Knowledge and Information Management - B.KIM – under the auspices of the Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences.