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Philosophy and Theology (Joint Honours Bachelor of Arts)
Download the program description (PDF)Foundational Courses (24 credits)
Compulsory Courses: 21 credits
- HTP1101 Trends in Western Thought
- HTP1102 Artistic and Literary Imagination: Expressions of the Human Experience
- HTP1103 People, Politics and the Planet
- HTP1104 Faith, Justice and the Common Good
- ISC2309 English Composition
- ISC2314 Public Speaking
- PHI2181 Human Knowledge
Optional Courses: 3 credits from
- MIS2103 World Religions
- THO1306 Exploring the Sacred
- THO1307 Understanding the Bible (this course is a prerequisite for many THO courses)
Discipline Specific Courses - Philosophy (42 credits)
Compulsory Courses: 42 credits
- PHI1105 Introduction to Philosophical Reasoning
- PHI1106 Philosophy and the Meaning of Life
- PHI1110 Elementary Logic
- PHI2144 Ethical and Political Thought of Aristotle
- PHI2153 Christian Philosophers
- PHI2154 Moral Philosophy
- PHI2182 Human Existence
- PHI2184 Philosophy of Religion
- PHI3107 Thomas Aquinas
- PHI3112 Philosophical Theology
- PHI3141 Augustine
- PHI3152 Philosophical Hermeneutics
- PHI3309 Ethics and Religion
- PHI4155 Selected Topics in Political Philosophy II
Discipline Specific Courses - Theology (42 credits)
Compulsory Courses: 18 credits
- THO2189 Introduction to Theology
- THO2315 Ethics and the Human Person
- THO3160 Pentateuch and Historical Books
- THO3161 Gospel Interpretation – Mark
- THO3166 Moral Existence
- THO3169 Christian Liturgy
Optional Courses: 24 credits (12 credits from 3000 Level Courses and 12 credits from 4000 Level Courses)
6 credits from (History of the Church):
- THO3123 Medieval Church History
- THO3124 Modern Church History
- THO3125 Contemporary Church History
- THO3167 History of the Church: The First Five Centuries
6 credits from (Systematics):
- THO3162 Christian Revelation and Faith
- THO3163 The Christian God
- THO3164 Jesus the Christ
- THO3165 The Church
- THO3168 Christian Spirituality
3 credits from (Scripture):
- THO4100 Wisdom Literature
- THO4101 Prophetic Literature
- THO4102 Pauline Literature
- THO4103 Johannine Literature
3 credits from (Ethics):
- THO4104 Sexual Ethics
- THO4105 Social and Political Ethics
- THO4106 Bioethics
3 credits from (Systematics):
- THO4107 Humanity: Creature and Creator
- THO4108 Grace and Christian Existence
- THO4109 Sin and the Question of Evil
3 credits from (Practice of the Church):
- MIS2108 Theory and Praxis of Interreligious Dialogue
- THO4110 The Eucharist
- THO4111 Sacraments of Initiation, Reconciliation, and Anointing. Funeral Rites.
Elective Courses (12 credits)
- Students choose 12 credits to complete their bachelor program.