Honours Bachelor of Arts in Ethics and Contemporary Social Issues

Foundational Courses (12 credits)

Compulsory Courses: 12 credits

• 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 credits)

Compulsory Courses: 42 credits

• 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 1
• PHI4121 Applied Ethics in Organizational Contexts
• PHI4181 Research Project

Optional Courses: 18 credits

9 credits 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 credits 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 2

Elective Courses (48 credits)

Students choose 48 credits or a minor (30 credits) and 18 credits to complete their bachelor program.

12 credits must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.