The list of study-units is updated for Academic Year 2026/27 except where indicated by asterisk (*).
General study-units
Study-unit code
Title
ECTS
Offered during
Maltese Sign Language 1 for Linguistics Students
2
Semester 1
Hands-on Language
4
Semester 2
Academic Reading and Writing in English (Visiting)
2
Semester 1
Academic Reading and Writing in English (Visiting)
2
Semester 2
Academic Speaking in English (Visiting)
2
Semester 1
Language for Humans and Machines
4
Semester 1
Dissertation Writing for Undergraduates
2
Semester 2
Discourse Analysis
4
Semester 1
Maltese Sign Language 1: Beginners Course
2
Semester 1
Maltese Sign Language 1: Beginners Course
2
Semester 2
Developmental Psycholinguistics: The Acquisition of a First Language
6
Year
Issues in Phonetics and Phonology
4
Semester 2
Language Typology and Universals
4
Semester 1
Maltese Sign Language 2: Intermediate Course
2
Semester 1
Writing Systems
4
Semester 2
Corpus Linguistics
4
Semester 2
Experimental Psycholinguistics
4
Semester 1
Multimodal Interaction and Communication
4
Semester 1
Multilingual Computing
4
Semester 1
Introduction to Linguistics 1
6
Semester 1
Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language Variation and Change
4
Year
Lingua Francas
4
Semester 2
Language Variation and Change: Historical Linguistics
4
Semester 1
Psycholinguistics: Language Acquisition
4
Semester 1
Language and Culture of Deaf People
4
Semester 1
Introduction to Programming for Language Applications
4
Semester 1
Introducing Research Methods and Quantitative Research Basics for Linguistics
4
Semester 1
Introducing Qualitative Research Basics for Linguistics
2
Semester 1
Advanced Issues in the Sound Structure of Languages
4
Semester 1
Second Language Acquisition and Language Learning
4
Semester 2
Foundations in Sign Linguistics
4
Semester 2
Discourse, Ideology and Power
4
Semester 1
Deep Learning Approaches to Natural Language Processing
5
Semester 1
Speech Technology
5
Semester 1
Last Updated: 19 May 2026
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Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice.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.
