Philosophy Joint Honours Component (B.A.)

36 credits · Faculty of Arts · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Courses (9 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

Complementary Courses (27 credits)

27 credits distributed as follows:

Group A (0–6 credits)

6 credits from Group A or Group B.

  • 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

Group A or Group B (6 credits)

Joint Honours Tutorial with Thesis (3 credits)

3 credits of Joint Honours tutorial with thesis, which can take either of two forms: a 6-credit interdisciplinary thesis, or a 3-credit thesis in Philosophy, i.e., PHIL 498 Tutorial 05. below.

  • PHIL 498 Tutorial 05 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

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

Group B (0–6 credits)

6 credits from Group A or Group B.

  • 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 (9 credits)

9 credits of Philosophy (PHIL) at the 400 and 500 level (not including the Joint Honours tutorial), at least 3 credits of which must be at the 500 level.

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