Academic Calendar 2023/24

Philosophy

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Philosophy major

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
Four of: 12
PHIL 100 Reasoning: An Introduction to Critical Thinking  
PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy  
PHIL 110 Introduction to Ethics and Moral Problems  
PHIL 120 Knowledge and Reality  
PHIL 210 Introduction to Political Philosophy  
PHIL 240 Philosophy of Religion

History of Western Philosophy

Course Title Credits
Two of: 6
PHIL 250 History of Western Philosophy: Ancient Greek Philosophy  
PHIL 251A Rationalism and Early Modern Philosophy  
PHIL 251B Empiricism and Early Modern Philosophy  

Philosophical Traditions

Course Title Credits
PHIL 351 History of Continental Philosophy 3
or PHIL 352 History of Analytic Philosophy  

Non-Western Philosophy

Course Title Credits
One of: 3
PHIL 311 Contemporary Political Philosophy: Recognition and Resurgence  
PHIL 353 Classical Indian Philosophy  
PHIL 354 Classical Chinese Philosophy  
PHIL 355 Indigenous 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 320 Contemporary Metaphysics and Epistemology  

Upper-level electives

Course Title Credits
Three of: 9
PHIL 308 Philosophy of Gender and Sexuality  
PHIL 309 Feminist Philosophy  
PHIL 318 Environmental Ethics  
PHIL 322 The Philosophy of Mind  
PHIL 362 Philosophy of Education  
PHIL 364 Philosophy of Childhood  
PHIL 365 Teaching Children Philosophy  
PHIL 375 Death, Desire, and Art in Continental Thought  
PHIL 412 Corporations, Globalization, and Ethics  
PHIL 425 20th Century Continental Philosophy  
PHIL 426 Contemporary Analytic Philosophy  
PHIL 480 Selected Topics in Morality and Politics  
PHIL 481 Selected Topics in Epistemology and Metaphysics  
PHIL 482 Selected Topics in the History of Philosophy  
PHIL 483 Selected Topics in Philosophy  
Plus: Three additional upper-level PHIL courses 9

Note: A single course cannot be used to satisfy more than one requirement.

 

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
Six of: 18
PHIL 100 Reasoning: An Introduction to Critical Thinking  
PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy  
PHIL 110 Introduction to Ethics and Moral Problems  
PHIL 120 Knowledge and Reality  
PHIL 210 Introduction to Political Philosophy
PHIL 240 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

Upper-level requirements: 15 credits

Course Title Credits
  Five upper-level PHIL courses 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
Four of: 12
PHIL 100 Reasoning: An Introduction to Critical Thinking  
PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy  
PHIL 110 Introduction to Ethics and Moral Problems  
PHIL 120 Knowledge and Reality  
PHIL 210 Introduction to Political Philosophy  
PHIL 240 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  

Upper-level requirements: 15 credits

Course Title Credits
  Five upper-level PHIL courses 15

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