The table below includes only the discipline-specific courses. Please refer to the Academic Regulations for information on the Honours bachelor's with double major and the Honours bachelor's with major and minor.
Major in Philosophy |
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French immersion is available when taken as part of an honours degree.
Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2015-2016 calendars for the previous requirements.
3 course credits from :
| PHI1101 | Reasoning and Critical Thinking | 3 |
| PHI1301 | Philosophy: Ideas and Arguments | 3 |
3 course credits from:
| PHI1102 | Moral Reasoning | 3 |
| PHI1103 | Fundamental Philosophical Questions | 3 |
| PHI1104 | Great Philosophers | 3 |
| PHI1302 | Philosophy: Themes and Texts | 3 |
| PHI2170 | Logic I | 3 |
| PHI2380 | Greek Philosophy or the Birth of Philosophy | 3 |
| PHI2382 | Philosophy in the Middle Ages | 3 |
| PHI2383 | Modern Philosophy | 3 |
24 course credits in one of the two profiles (Metaphysics and theory of knowledge or Ethics)
Profile: Metaphysics and theory of knowledge
| PHI3377 | Contemporary Continental Philosophy | 3 |
3 course credits from:
| PHI3397 | Origins of Analytic Philosophy | 3 |
| PHI3398 | Contemporary Analytic Philosophy | 3 |
Required optional courses for the profile in Metaphysics and theory of knowledge1
6 optional course credits in philosophy (PHI) from the list of optional courses
9 optional course credits in philosophy (PHI) from list B of optional courses
3 optional course credits in philosophy (PHI) from list C of optional courses
3 course credits from:
| PHI4164 | Seminar in Ethics | 3 |
| PHI4311 | Problems in Contemporary Political Philosophy | 3 |
| PHI4312 | Problems in Contemporary Ethics | 3 |
Required optional courses for the profil in Ethics2
6 optional course credits in philosophy (PHI) from the list of optional courses
3 optional course credits in philosophy (PHI) from list B of optional courses
6 optional course credits in philosophy (PHI) from list C of optional courses
Note(s)
| 1 | A minimum of 6 optional course credits in philosophy (PHI) at the 3000 or 4000 level and a minimum of 6 optional course credits in philosophy (PHI) at the 4000 level are required. |
| 2 | A minimum of 6 optional course credits in philosophy (PHI) at the 3000 or 4000 level and a minimum of 3 optional course credits in philosophy (PHI) at the 4000 level are required. |
List of Optional Courses
List of Optional Courses
List A - History of philosophy
| PHI2122 | Greek Wisdom | 3 |
| PHI2381 | Arab Philosophy | 3 |
| PHI2386 | Existentialism | 3 |
| PHI2389 | Asian Philosophy | 3 |
| PHI3108 | Texts in Modern Philosophy | 3 |
| PHI3370 | Plato. The Philosopher as Poet, Lover, Dialectician and King | 3 |
| PHI3380 | Aristotle. The Pursuit of Wisdom for its Own Sake | 3 |
| PHI3382 | Kant and critical philosophy | 3 |
| PHI3386 | Topics in 19th Century Philosophy | 3 |
| PHI3387 | Philosophy of the Enlightenment | 3 |
| PHI4160 | Greek Philosophical Texts | 3 |
| PHI4307 | Texts in French Philosophy | 3 |
| PHI4385 | Hegel and German Idealism | 3 |
List B - Metaphysics and theory of knowledge
| PHI2172 | Philosophy of Mind | 3 |
| PHI2197 | Philosophy of History | 3 |
| PHI2391 | Philosophy of Science | 3 |
| PHI3105 | Phenomenology | 3 |
| PHI3125 | Philosophy of Cognitive Science | 3 |
| PHI3170 | Topics in Theory of Knowledge | 3 |
| PHI3171 | Logic II | 3 |
| PHI3174 | Topics in Metaphysics | 3 |
| PHI3390 | Philosophical Logic | 3 |
| PHI3391 | Philosophy of Language | 3 |
| PHI3393 | Philosophy of Religion | 3 |
| PHI4308 | Texts in American Philosophy | 3 |
| PHI4309 | Wittgenstein | 3 |
List C - Ethics
| PHI2390 | Philosophical Issues in Women's Studies | 3 |
| PHI2392 | Esthetics and Philosophy of Art | 3 |
| PHI2393 | Philosophy of Culture | 3 |
| PHI2394 | Scientific Thought and Social Values | 3 |
| PHI2396 | Bioethics | 3 |
| PHI2397 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| PHI2398 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| PHI3164 | Contemporary Ethical Theories | 3 |
| PHI3395 | Philosophy of Law | 3 |
| PHI3396 | Philosophy of the Social Sciences | 3 |
| PHI4164 | Seminar in Ethics | 3 |
| PHI4311 | Problems in Contemporary Political Philosophy | 3 |
| PHI4312 | Problems in Contemporary Ethics | 3 |