Overview

In your first year, you will explore diverse aspects of communications, including journalism, photography, film, visual communication, academic writing, and media culture.

As the Communications - Film and Screen Arts (Hons) course offered by University of Malta progresses, if you choose the Film and Screen Arts stream, you will be immersed in the art and craft of filmmaking. From your second year, the focus will shift to film theory, screen direction, cinematography, and scriptwriting, with elective options that allow you to tailor your studies to your interests.

In your final year, you will engage in advanced film production, documentary work, and a professional placement, while also developing a major dissertation and producing a short film. This hands-on, interdisciplinary degree prepares you for diverse careers in the media and screen industries.

Careers

As a graduate with a Bachelor of Communications (Hons), majoring in Film and Screen Arts, you will be prepared for careers as a film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, film editor, documentary filmmaker, script supervisor, producer or production manager, sound designer, motion graphics or animation artist, or film festival programmer or curator, among others.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Human Communication

Visual Communications and Graphic Design

New Media and the Social World

Writing for Media and Communications

Cognitive Psychology of Communications

Video Production

Film Theory

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

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Language

English

Credits

180 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Msida, Malta

Disciplines

Film Studies Communication Studies View 48 other Bachelors in Communication Studies in Malta

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

The General Entry Requirements are the Matriculation Certificate and a pass at grade 5 or better or at SEC Level 3 in the Secondary Education Certificate examinations in English Language, Maltese and Mathematics.

The Matriculation Certificate comprises six subjects and is awarded if students obtain a certain number of points including passes in a language, a science subject and a humanistic subject as well as a pass in a subject entitled ‘Systems of Knowledge’. Two of the six subjects must be at Advanced Level, three others at Intermediate Level and Systems of Knowledge.

If you pursued your secondary education outside Malta, the University would accept comparable qualifications, provided that the required mix of subjects and levels would is comparable to the Matriculation Certificate.

An Intermediate Level pass in English.

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Tuition Fees

Living costs

Msida

Malta

690 - 1170 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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