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Q: What Does CommA Stand
For? A : CommA stands for Communications
Association, as is shown in our logo
Q : What is ECTS?
A : ECTS is an acronym for European Credit Transfer System. This means that
a credit in the University of Malta is equally transferrable with one credit
in any European University. Think of it as a common currency of credits.
Q : Credits... What are credits?
A : The idea of a credit is that each credit means a certain amount of work.
If you say you have a credit in something, then you have a certain Idea of
how much work was done on the subject. The European credit system is in
favour of grouping credits to reduce the number of tests and to add
congruency.
Q : How does the system of the Communications course work out?
A : The communications course is divided into two parts, The first part
consists of the first two years of the course. In this part the student
needs to fulfill a certain quota of credits in certain areas. You need 32
credits in communications, 24 credits in the complementary areas and 24
credits in your secondary area. You also need an extra 10 credits from
whichever area of university you like. These 10 could also be extra
curricular credits.
The second stage of the course depends on your performance in the first
stage. If you get a B average in your communications credits you can
continue to B.Communications (Hons), otherwise you can continue to achieve a
B.Communications (general) degree. The former will lead you to an extra two
years, while the latter will only take an extra year.
Q : Complementary, secondary ... I’m getting confused here.
A : The complementary area is a selection of credits which goes well with
the communications degree. These credits will help you understand
communications in the larger picture. The complementary credits must be
taken from a choice of credits chosen by the faculty. These are made up of 6
credits each of : a) Philosophy, b) Psychology, c) Sociology and d) English
or Maltese.
On the other hand, the secondary area is an area which you choose from a
list of other courses offered from the arts faculty. A larger amount of
credits will be followed in this area, and the number of credits here is
only slightly less than the ones in Communications.
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