Program requirements | Saint Paul University

Honours B.A. in Ethics and Contemporary Social Issues

School of Ethics, Social Justice and Public Service

Université Saint Paul University (USP SPU)

Foundational Courses (12 units)

Compulsory Courses: 12 units

  • HTP1102 Approaches in the Humanities: Interpreting the Human Experience
  • HTP1103 People, Social Justice and Ecology
  • HTP1105 Critical Analysis, Reading and Writing Academic Works
  • HTP1106 The First Peoples of Canada

Discipline Specific Courses (60 units)

Compulsory Courses: 42 units

  • PHI1105 Introduction to Critical Thinking
  • PHI2141 Fundamentals of Democracy and Governance
  • PHI2142 Utilitarian Ethics
  • PHI2143 Deontological Ethics
  • PHI2144 Virtue Ethics
  • PHI2146 Social Justice
  • PHI2181 Human Knowledge
  • PHI2182 Philosophical Anthropology
  • PHI3133 Feminist Ethics
  • PHI3307 Ethics, Multiculturalism and Immigration
  • PHI3308 Ethics and Public Service
  • PHI3901 Internship I / Stage I
  • PHI4121 Applied Ethics in Organizational Contexts
  • PHI4181 Research Project

Optional Courses: 18 units

9 units from:

  • ISC2306 Media and Ethics
  • PHI2111 History of Western Ethics
  • PHI2121 Ethics and New Biotechnologies
  • PHI2185 Ethics and Education
  • PHI3134 Environmental and Animal Ethics
  • PHI3383 Conservatism and Libertarianism
  • PHI3385 Marx and Marxian Traditions

9 units from:

  • PHI3129 Ethics, AI and Big Data
  • PHI3309 Ethics and Religion
  • PHI4119 Ethics, War and Terrorism
  • PHI4155 Selected Topics in Ethics and Politics
  • PHI4313 Ethics and Disability
  • PHI4901 Internship II / Stage II

Elective Courses (48 units)

Students choose 48 units or a minor (30 units) and 18 units.

12 units must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.