Program Requirements | Saint Paul University

Honours B.A. with Major 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 in Canada

Discipline Specific Courses (42 units)

Compulsory Course : 24 units

  • PHI1105 Introduction to Critical Thinking
  • PHI2111 History of Western Ethics
  • PHI2146 Social Justice
  • PHI3134 Environmental and Animal Ethics
  • PHI3307 Ethics, Multiculturalism and Immigration
  • PHI3308 Ethics and Public Service
  • PHI4121 Applied Ethics in Organizational Contexts
  • PHI4313 Ethics and Disability

Optional Courses: 18 Units

  • PHI2141 Fundamentals of Democracy and Governance
  • PHI2182 Philosophical Anthropology
  • PHI2185 Ethics and Education
  • PHI3129 Ethics, AI and Big Data
  • PHI3133 Feminist Ethics
  • PHI3309 Ethics and Religion
  • PHI3901 Internship I / Stage I
  • PHI4119 Ethics, War and Terrorism
  • PHI4155 Selected Topics in Ethics and Politics

Elective Courses (66 units)

Students complete a second major (42 units) and 24 units or a minor (30 units) and 36 units.

18 units must be of 3000 or 4000 level.