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Public Ethics (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
Discipline Specific Courses (60 credits)
Compulsory Courses: 42 credits
- PHI1105 Introduction to Philosophical Reasoning
- PHI2110 Methodology in Philosophy and Ethics
- PHI2111 History of Ethics
- PHI2141 Fundamentals of Democracy and Governance
- PHI2142 Ethical and Political Thought of John Stuart Mill
- PHI2143 Ethical and Political Thought of Kant
- PHI2144 Ethical and Political Thought of Aristotle
- PHI2182 Human Existence
- PHI2311 Selected Topics in Political Philosophy I
- PHI3132 Contemporary Political Issues
- PHI3307 Ethics and Multiculturalism
- PHI3308 Ethics and Politics
- PHI4121 Applied Ethics
- PHI4181 Seminar in Ethics
Optional Courses: 18 credits
9 credits from:
- ISC2306 Media and Ethics
- PHI1106 Philosophy and the Meaning of Life
- PHI2121 Texts in Bioethics
- PHI2145 Contemporary Trends in Ethical Thought
- PHI2154 Moral Philosophy
- PHI2183 Political Philosophy (UO)
- PHI2185 Ethics and Education
- PHI2398 Environmental Ethics (UO)
9 credits from:
- ECS3126 Discrimination and Conflict
- PHI3133 Feminist Ethics
- PHI3309 Ethics and Religion
- PHI3901 Internship 1
- PHI4112 Social Justice
- PHI4155 Selected Topics in Political Philosophy II
- PHI4901 Internship 2
Elective Courses (36 credits)
- Students choose 36 credits or a minor and 6 credits to complete their bachelor program.
- 12 credits must be of 3000 or 4000 level.