ObjectivesAs a student of philosophy, you'll become highly skilled in the kinds of critical and reflective thinking required for many philosophical problems. You'll also become adept at shifting between different ways of thinking or conceptual frameworks, learned in part by exploring the systematic theories produced by some of the great minds of the past, such as Aristotle, Descartes, and Kant. By studying philosophy, you'll gain a unique kind of intellectual flexibility and sophistication, something that can benefit every university student.
Academic titleBachelor of Arts (Combined Honours) in Philosophy
Combined Honours programs are available in Philosophy with the following subjects: Art History, Biology, Economics, English, French, History, Human Rights, Journalism, Law, Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Sociology-Anthropology and Women's Studies. Special arrangements may be made for combining with other subjects.
Students taking any of the above programs or proposing other combinations must consult the Supervisor of Undergraduate Studies.
1. Credits Included in the Philosophy CGPA (7.0 credits):
1. 2.0 credits in the History of Philosophy or 1.0 credit in History of Philosophy and HUMS 2000;
2. 1.0 credit in PHIL 2010 and PHIL 2020;
3. 1.0 credit in Language, Mind, and World;
4. 1.0 credit in Ethics, Society and Aesthetics;
5. 1.0 credit in PHIL at the 4000-level or above;
6. 1.0 credit in PHIL, which may be satisfied by FYSM 1208, FYSM 1209, or FYSM 1300;
2. Additional Credit Requirements (13.0 credits):
7. The requirements of the other discipline must be satisfied;
8. 5.0 credits in electives not in PHIL or the other discipline (not applicable to B.Hum.);
9. Sufficient free electives to make 20.0 credits in total for the program.
PHIL 1000 - Introductory Philosophy: Fields, Figures and Problems
PHIL 1100 - Looking at Philosophy
PHIL 1301 - Mind, World, and Knowledge
PHIL 1500 - Contemporary Moral, Social and Religious Issues
PHIL 1550 - Introduction to Ethics and Social Issues
PHIL 1600 - History of Philosophy
PHIL 2001 - Introduction to Logic
PHIL 2003 - Critical Thinking
PHIL 2005 - Western Philosophy Before 1600
PHIL 2010 - Issues in Theoretical Philosophy
PHIL 2020 - Issues in Practical Philosophy
PHIL 2101 - History of Ethics
PHIL 2103 - Philosophy of Human Rights
PHIL 2104 - Computer Ethics
PHIL 2106 - Information Ethics
PHIL 2201 - Introduction to Marxist Philosophy
PHIL 2202 - Topics in Marxist Philosophy
PHIL 2301 - Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
PHIL 2306 - Philosophy and Feminism
PHIL 2307 - Gender and Philosophy
PHIL 2380 - Introduction to Environmental Ethics
PHIL 2405 - Philosophy of the Paranormal
PHIL 2408 - Bioethics
PHIL 2501 - Introduction to Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 2504 - Language and Communication
PHIL 2520 - Introduction to Philosophical Logic
PHIL 2540 - Personal Identity and the Self
PHIL 2550 - Moral Psychology
PHIL 2601 - Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 2807 - Philosophy of Art
PHIL 2900 - Truth and Propaganda
PHIL 3001 - Early Greek Philosophy
PHIL 3002 - 17th Century Philosophy
PHIL 3003 - 18th Century Philosophy
PHIL 3005 - 19th Century Philosophy
PHIL 3009 - Topics in European Philosophy
PHIL 3010 - Philosophical Traditions
PHIL 3102 - Philosophy of Law: The Logic of Law
PHIL 3104 - The Roots of Analytic Philosophy
PHIL 3140 - Epistemology
PHIL 3150 - Metaphysics
PHIL 3301 - Issues in the Philosophy of Science
PHIL 3306 - Symbolic Logic
PHIL 3320 - Contemporary Ethical Theory
PHIL 3330 - Topics in History of Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL 3340 - Topics in Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL 3350 - Philosophy, Ethics, and Public Affairs
PHIL 3380 - Environments, Technology and Values
PHIL 3450 - Topics in Aesthetics
PHIL 3501 - Philosophy of Cognitive Science
PHIL 3502 - Mind and Action
PHIL 3504 - Pragmatics
PHIL 3506 - Semantics
PHIL 3530 - Philosophy of Language
PHIL 3901 - Independent Study
PHIL 3902 - Independent Study
PHIL 3903 - Independent Study
PHIL 3906 - Independent Study
PHIL 3907 - Independent Study
PHIL 3908 - Independent Study
PHIL 4003 - Seminar in philosophy Before the Modern Period
PHIL 4004 - Seminar in philosophy Before the Modern Period
PHIL 4005 - Seminar in Modern Philosophy
PHIL 4006 - Seminar in Modern Philosophy
PHIL 4007 - Seminar in Contemporary Philosophy
PHIL 4008 - Seminar in Contemporary Philosophy
PHIL 4100 - Special Topic
PHIL 4210 - Seminar in philosophy of Language or Linguistics
PHIL 4220 - Seminar in philosophy of Mind or Cognition
PHIL 4230 - Seminar in Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Science
PHIL 4300 - Seminar in Ethical Theory or Meta-Ethics
PHIL 4320 - Seminar in Ethics or Moral Philosophy
PHIL 4330 - Seminar in Social or Political Philosophy
PHIL 4403 - Special Topic in Applied Ethics
PHIL 4404 - Special Topic in Applied Ethics
PHIL 4405 - Special Topic in Aesthetics or Philosophy of Art
PHIL 4406 - Special Topic in Aesthetics or Philosophy of Art
PHIL 4407 - Special Topic in philosophy of Law
PHIL 4408 - Special Topic in philosophy of Law
PHIL 4503 - Special Topic in philosophy of Computing
PHIL 4504 - Special Topic in philosophy of Computing
PHIL 4505 - Semantics II
PHIL 4507 - Contemporary Formal Semantics
PHIL 4603 - Special Topic in Feminist Philosophy
PHIL 4604 - Special Topic in Feminist Philosophy
PHIL 4606 - Special Topic in Continental Philosophy
PHIL 4607 - Special Topic in Continental Philosophy