Philosophy Honours (B.A.)

60 credits · Faculty of Arts · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Courses (15 credits)

  • PHIL 210 Introduction to Deductive Logic 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
  • PHIL 301 Philosophical Fundamentals (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHIL 334 Ethical Theory (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHIL 499 Tutorial 06 (6 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Complementary Courses (45 credits)

45 credits distributed as follows:

3 credits from: (3 credits)

3 credits from:

  • PHIL 306 Philosophy of Mind (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHIL 310 Intermediate Logic (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHIL 411 Topics in Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHIL 415 Philosophy of Language (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHIL 419 Epistemology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHIL 421 Metaphysics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHIL 470 Topics in Contemporary Analytic Philosophy (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

3 credits from: (3 credits)

3 credits from:

  • PHIL 230 Introduction to Moral Philosophy 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHIL 237 Contemporary Moral Issues (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Winter
  • PHIL 240 Political Philosophy 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHIL 242 Introduction to Feminist Theory (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

6 credits from: (6 credits)

6 credits from:

  • PHIL 345 Greek Political Theory (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHIL 350 History and Philosophy of Ancient Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHIL 353 The Presocratic Philosophers (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHIL 354 Plato (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHIL 355 Aristotle (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHIL 452 Later Greek Philosophy (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHIL 453 Ancient Metaphysics and Natural Philosophy (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHIL 454 Ancient Moral Theory (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

6 credits from: (6 credits)

6 credits from:

  • PHIL 360 17th Century Philosophy (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHIL 361 18th Century Philosophy (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHIL 366 18th and Early 19th Century German Philosophy (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHIL 367 19th Century Philosophy (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHIL 444 Early Modern Political Theory (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHIL 445 19th Century Political Theory (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

3 credits from: (3 credits)

3 credits from:

  • PHIL 375 Existentialism (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
  • PHIL 474 Phenomenology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHIL 475 Topics in Contemporary European Philosophy (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Remaining credits (24 credits)

24 additional credits in Philosophy (PHIL) with 12 credits at the 400 and 500 levels (not including the Honours tutorial PHIL 499 Tutorial 06. ) at least 3 credits of which must be at the 500 level. A maximum of 15 credits from 200-level courses may be used toward the Honours program. Only one of PHIL 200 Introduction to Philosophy 1. or PHIL 201 Introduction to Philosophy 2. may be counted toward the program.

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