This section specifies the major discipline requirements only. Information on additional Bachelor of Arts requirements begins in
this section and includes the requirements for declaring a major. Credit requirements are dependent on completion of courses in each of the following areas. Students must complete a minimum of 18 lower-level course credits and a minimum of 30 upper-level credits.
Please check the Bachelor of Arts residency section of the calendar for how many upper-level credits must be completed at UFV in order to graduate with this program.
Introductory courses
Course
Title
Credits
PHIL 100
Reasoning: An Introduction to Critical Thinking
3
PHIL 110
Introduction to Ethics and Moral Problems
3
PHIL 120
Knowledge and Reality
3
History of Philosophy
Course
Title
Credits
PHIL 251A
Rationalism and Early Modern Philosophy
3
or PHIL 251B
Empiricism and Early Modern Philosophy
PHIL 252
History of Continental Philosophy
3
or PHIL 352
History of Analytic Philosophy
One of:
3
PHIL 250
History of Western Philosophy: Ancient Greek Philosophy
PHIL 353
Philosophies of India
PHIL 375
Death, Desire, and Art in Continental Thought
PHIL 482
Selected Topics in the History of Philosophy
IPK 386
Indigenous Worldviews of Turtle Island
Logic
Course
Title
Credits
PHIL 300
Symbolic Logic in Context
3
Philosophical theory
Course
Title
Credits
PHIL 315
Contemporary Ethical Theory
3
or PHIL 480
Selected Topics in Morality and Politics
One of:
3
PHIL 322
The Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 425
20th Century Continental Philosophy
PHIL 426
Contemporary Analytic Philosophy
PHIL 481
Selected Topics in Epistemology and Metaphysics
Applied Philosophy
Course
Title
Credits
Three of:
9
PHIL 230
Philosophy of Law
PHIL 240
Faith and Reason: Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 305
Philosophy of Decision Making and Dispute Resolution
PHIL 310
Ethics and Public Policy
PHIL 318
Environmental Ethics
PHIL 323
Philosophical Issues in the Social Sciences: Values, Objectivity, and Neutrality
PHIL 360
Special Topics: Contemporary Issues for Philosophical Analysis
PHIL 362
Philosophy of Education
PHIL 364
Philosophy of Childhood
PHIL 367
Philosophy for Counsellors
PHIL 412
Corporations, Globalization, and Ethics (formerly PHIL 312)
Philosophy extended minor
This section specifies the extended minor discipline requirements only. Information on additional Bachelor of Arts requirements begins in this section and includes the requirements for declaring an extended minor. Please check the Bachelor of Arts residency section of the calendar for how many upper-level credits must be completed at UFV in order to graduate with this program.
Lower-level requirements: 18 credits
Course
Title
Credits
PHIL 100
Reasoning: An Introduction to Critical Thinking
3
PHIL 110
Introduction to Ethics and Moral Problems
3
PHIL 120
Knowledge and Reality
3
Three of:
9
PHIL 210
Contemporary Issues in Morality and Politics
PHIL 220
Issues in Metaphysics and Epistemology
PHIL 230
Philosophy of Law
PHIL 240
Faith and Reason: Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 250
History of Western Philosophy: Ancient Greek Philosophy
PHIL 251A
Rationalism and Early Modern Philosophy
PHIL 251B
Empiricism and Early Modern Philosophy
PHIL 252
History of Continental Philosophy
Upper-level requirements: 15 credits
Course
Title
Credits
15 credits of upper-level PHIL
15
Philosophy minor
This section specifies the minor discipline requirements only. Information on additional Bachelor of Arts requirements begins in this section and includes the requirements for declaring a minor. Please check the Bachelor of Arts residency section of the calendar for how many upper-level credits must be completed at UFV in order to graduate with this program.
Lower-level requirements: 12 credits
Course
Title
Credits
Two of:
6
PHIL 100
Reasoning: An Introduction to Critical Thinking
PHIL 110
Introduction to Ethics and Moral Problems
PHIL 120
Knowledge and Reality
Two of:
6
PHIL 210
Contemporary Issues in Morality and Politics
PHIL 220
Issues in Metaphysics and Epistemology
PHIL 230
Philosophy of Law
PHIL 240
Faith and Reason: Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 250
History of Western Philosophy: Ancient Greek Philosophy
