The Master of Science in Human Language Science and Technology falls under the auspices of the Erasmus Mundus LCT (Language and Communication Technologies) consortium. The programme aims to create education and training opportunities for future generations of leaders in research and innovation in the area of Human Language Technology. It provides you with deep knowledge and insight into the various disciplines that contribute to the methods of LCT and strengthens your ability to work according to scientific methods.
Non-Maltese students spend one year at the University of Malta and another year at a partner University of the LCT consortium. Maltese students spend both years at partner universities of the LCT consortium, other than the University of Malta.
This programme is offered as an interfaculty programme of the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology and the Institute of Linguistics and Language Technology.
The study-units which students may register for during their studies at the University of Malta (either during their first or second year of the course, and following consultation with the course coordinator) are as follows:
Not more than 20 ECTS may be taken from the Elective study-units at Levels below 5.
| Year and Summer Semester | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| CSA5310* | Dissertation | 30 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| ARI5101 | Placement | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
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| 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) | |||||||||||
| CSA5024 | Advanced Issues in LCT 1 | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| CSA5312** | Project | 10 ECTS | |||||||||
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| Semester 1 | |||||||||||
| Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||||||||
| ARI5905 | Research Topics in Natural Language Processing | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| ARI1101 | Foundations of Data Science | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| ARI1102 | Programming for AI | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| ARI1103 | AI Numerical Methods 1 | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| ARI2571 | Computational Morphology and Syntax | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| ARI3900 | Ethics and Artificial Intelligence | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| CPS3235 | Data Science: From Data to Knowledge | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| EBI3085 | Entrepreneurship: Start-up your Innovative Business | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| ICS2205 | Web Intelligence | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| ICS2207 | Machine Learning: Introduction to Classification, Search and Optimisation | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| ICS5110 | Applied Machine Learning | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| ICS5111 | Mining Large-Scale Data | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN3010 | Language Typology and Universals | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN3301 | Experimental Psycholinguistics | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LIN3502 | Multimodal Interaction and Communication | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT1011 | Introduction to Linguistics 1 | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2510 | Introduction to Programming for Language Applications | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT2520 | Introduction to Computational Models for Language Data | 4 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3511 | Deep Learning Approaches to Natural Language Processing | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT3550 | Speech Technology | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
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| Semester 2 | |||||||||||
| Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||||||||
| ARI1204 | AI Numerical Methods 2 | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| ARI5102 | Data Analysis Techniques | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| ARI5121 | Applied Natural Language Processing | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| CPS5201 | Discrete Mathematics | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| ICS1019 | Knowledge Representation and Reasoning | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| ICS2203 | Statistical Natural Language Processing | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| ICS5114 | Big Data Processing | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| ICS5115 | Statistics for Data Scientists | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| ICS5119 | Intelligent Image and Video Analytics | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| ICT5101 | Internet of Things | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| IOT5028 | Creativity, Innovation and New Digital Technologies | 5 ECTS | |||||||||
| LLT1012 | Introduction to Linguistics 2 | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
| PHB2505 | Science Communication | 6 ECTS | |||||||||
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**Compulsory for students registered at the University of Malta during the first year of the course.
This programme of study is governed by the Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Human Language Science and Technology - M.Sc. (HLST) - Degree Course Regulations, 2020 under the auspices of the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology and the Institute of Linguistics and Language Technology.
In addition to the total number of credits for the programme (120 ECTS credits), students may apply to the Board to register for the extra study-unit listed hereunder. Extra study-units cannot substitute compulsory, elective or optional study-units that form part of the official Senate-approved programme of studies, and do not count towards the Year Average Mark or towards the Final Weighted Average Mark. The conditions and criteria for Extra study-units can be accessed here.
