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Honours BA in Ethics and Society
Honours BA in Ethics and Society
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Compulsory first-year courses:
ENG1100 Workshop in Essay Writing 3
PHI1101 Reasoning and Critical Thinking 3
Three credits from:
ENG1120 Literature and Composition I: Prose Fiction 3
ENG1121 Literature and Composition II: Drama and Poetry 3
Three credits from:
PHI1102 Moral Reasoning 3
PHI1103 Fundamental Philosophical Questions 3
PHI1104 Great Philosophers 3
Honours courses
78 credits with at least 18 at the 3000-level or more and six credits at the 4000-level:
Fundamental courses
15 credits with at least nine PHI courses from:
ANT1101 Social Anthropology 3
PHI2174 Ethics 3
PHI2183 Political Philosophy 3
PHI3164 Contemporary Ethical Theories 3
PHI3395 Philosophy of Law 3
POL3105 Theories of Democracy 3
SCS1160 History of Ideas in Social Sciences 3
Specialized seminars
Six credits from:
ETH4164 Seminar in Ethics 3
or
PHI4564 Séminaire en éthique 3
ETH4111 Seminar in Applied Ethics 3
or
SOC4111 Seminar in Appled Ethics 3
PHI4312 Problems in Contemporary Ethics 3
Other pertinent seminars with the permission of the Department.
Applied Ethics
18 credits from:
APA3301 Ethics in Sport, Physical Activity and Health in Canada 3
CMN3105 Media Ethics 3
CMN4105 Ethics and Information Society 3
CRM4303 Intervention and Ethics in Criminology 3
PAP3360 Managing Difference 3
PAP4355 Ethics and Public Affairs 3
PHI1370 Philosophical Issues in Health Care 3
PHI2396 Bioethics 3
PHI2397 Business Ethics 3
PHI2398 Environmental Ethics 3
SOC3109 Ethics and the Professions 3
SOC3111 Ethics, Technology and Society 3
Nature, Culture and Society
Nine credits from:
a) Nature and Society
BIO1109 Principles of Biology 3
or
BIO1300 The Human Animal 3
GEG1301 The Physical Environment 3
GEG1302 Society and Environment 3
b) Culture and Society
FEM2107 Women, Racism and Power 3
FEM3104 Feminism, Justice and the Law 3
PED3704 L'éducation aux valeurs en milieu scolaire 3
PHI2393 Philosophy of Culture 3
SOC2106 Introduction to Deviance and Social Problems 3
SRS2112 The Religions of the World I 3
SRS2113 The Religions of the World II 3
SRS2195 Religion and Politics in Global Society 3
SRS3191 Sociology of Religious and Cultural Pluralism 3
Disciplinary Studies
30 credits in section A or 30 credits in one of the related disciplines listed in section B.
Section A - Other courses of interest
ANT3132 Psychological Anthropology 3
CMN2181 Intercultural Communication 3
CMN3130 Communication Planning 3
CMN4131 Negotiation and Mediation 3
DRC5438 Course Title Not Found! 0
DRC4549 Philosophie du droit 0
DRC4654 Droit de l'environnement 0
ENV3101 Legal Context of Environmental Issues 3
FEM3303 Feminist Activism 3
GRT3510 Santé et vieillissement 3
NSG3120 Ethical and Legal Basis for Nursing 3
PHI2172 Philosophy of Mind 3
PHI2197 Philosophy of History 3
PHI2312 Greek Wisdom 3
PHI2312 Greek Wisdom 3
PHI2312 Greek Wisdom 3
PHI2382 Medieval Philosophy 3
PHI2383 Modern Philosophy 3
PHI2389 Asian Philosophy 3
PHI2390 Philosophical Issues in Women's Studies 3
PHI2394 Scientific Thought and Social Values 3
PHI3370 Plato: the Philosopher as Legislator 3
PHI3380 Aristotle or the Search for Happiness 3
PHI3382 Kant and critical philosophy 3
PHI3387 Philosophy of the Enlightenment 3
PHI3393 Philosophy of Religion 3
PHI3394 Philosophy of Science 3
PHI3396 Philosophy of the Social Sciences 3
PHI4311 Problems in Contemporary Political Philosophy 3
POL2101 Introduction to Canadian Politics 3
POL2103 Introduction to International Relations and Global Politics 3
POL2107 Introduction to Political Thought 3
POL2108 Modern Political Thought I 3
POL3102 Modern Political Thought II 3
POL3509 Le nationalisme 3
POL4536 Le marxisme 3
POL4537 Le libéralisme 3
POL4540 Conservatisme et néoconservatisme 3
POL4545 Politique comparée : questions identitaires 3
PSY2110 Social Psychology 3
PSY3102 Interpersonal Relationships 3
PSY3126 Cross-Cultural Psychology 3
SOC2103 Socio-anthropology of the Family 3
SOC3137 Minority Groups 3
SOC3330 Globalization, Identities and Social Ties 3
SRS2114 Religion and Sexuality 3
SRS2191 Sociology of Religion 3
SRS2194 Anthropology of Religion 3
SRS2393 On Death and Dying 3
SRS3194 Anthropological Theories in Inter-Cultural and Inter-Religious Issues 3
SVS3530 Exclusion sociale et intervention sociale 0
Section B - Related Disciplines
The student can choose to complete 30 credits in one of the following disciplines. He will then be elegible for gradute studies in the chosen discipline (the selection of the 30 credits will have to be done in order to establish an academic training equivalent to a qualifying year, a normal requirement for a student who has an honours degree in a related discipline).
Possible disciplines: Communication, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, Sociology.
30 credits of electives.
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