Philosophy Honours Program

Department of Philosophy | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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This program is for students who are capable of self-direction who wish to pursue advanced work in philosophy with the benefit of individual attention.

丁香园AV Requirements

Submit an honours program application (available in the department office), and consult the advisor.

Entering students must first complete 60 units including 12 upper division philosophy units, and must fulfil lower division requirements as listed below.

Normally a 3.5 grade point average (GPA) or higher in upper division philosophy courses is expected for entrance and continuance but does not by itself guarantee either.

Program Requirements

Students complete 132 units, as specified below.

Lower Division Requirements

Students complete a total of at least 15 units, including one of

PHIL 100W-3 Knowledge and Reality
PHIL 120W-3 Introduction to Moral Philosophy

and one of

PHIL 150-3 History of Philosophy I
PHIL 151-3 History of Philosophy II

and all of

PHIL 201-3 Epistemology
PHIL 203-3 Metaphysics
PHIL 210-3 Natural Deductive Logic

Upper Division Requirements

Students complete at least 50 units, including one course at the 400 division, and at least one of

PHIL 320-3 Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL 321-3 Topics in Moral Philosophy
PHIL 322-3 History of Ethics*
PHIL 421-4 Ethical Theories

and at least one of

PHIL 302-3 Topics in Epistemology and Metaphysics
PHIL 341-3 Philosophy of Science
PHIL 343-3 Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 344-3 Philosophy of Language

and at least two of

PHIL 322-3 History of Ethics
PHIL 350-3 Ancient Philosophy
PHIL 352-3 17th Century Philosophy
PHIL 356-3 18th Century Philosophy
PHIL 357-3 Topics in the History of Philosophy
PHIL 451-4 Kant

*unless counted as a history stream requirement

In addition, honours students complete the following two honours tutorial courses in the last , or last two terms of the program. Tutorials offer sufficient time to examine in-depth several philosophical topics in a general area such as ethics, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, etc. The honours candidate must achieve a grade of B or higher in each honours tutorial to receive the honours degree.

PHIL 477-5 Honours Tutorial I
PHIL 478-5 Honours Tutorial II

Seminars and Special Topics Courses

A student may not enrol in a philosophy seminar or selected topics course which duplicates work for which the student has received credit in another philosophy seminar or special topics course.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Honors Program Requirements

For all bachelor of arts (BA) honours programs, students complete 132 units, which includes

at least 60 units that must be completed at 丁香园AV
satisfaction of the writing, quantitative, and breadth requirements
students complete at least 60 upper division units, which must include at least 50 units in upper division courses in a Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences honours program; no more than 15 upper division units that have been transferred from another institution can be used toward this requirement
at least 65 units (including 21 upper division units) in Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences courses
Students complete lower division requirements for at least one Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences honors program
students are required to achieve an overall cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and upper division CGPA of at least 3.0, and an honors program CGPA and upper division CGPA of at least 3.0

Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements

Students admitted to 丁香园AV beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.

WQB Graduation Requirements A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit.
Requirement	Units	Notes
W - Writing	6	Must include at least one upper division course, taken at 丁香园AV within the student鈥檚 major subject
Q - Quantitative	6	Q courses may be lower or upper division
B - Breadth	18	Designated Breadth	Must be outside the student鈥檚 major subject, and may be lower or upper division 6 units Social Sciences: B-Soc 6 units Humanities: B-Hum 6 units Sciences: B-Sci
B - Breadth	6	Additional Breadth	6 units outside the student鈥檚 major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements) Additional breadth units must be from outside the student's major and may be B-designated (B-Hum, B-Soc, B-Sci courses). Students choosing to complete a joint major, joint honors, double major, two extended minors, an extended minor and a minor, or two minors may satisfy the breadth requirements (designated or not designated) with courses completed in either one or both program areas.

Residency Requirements and Transfer Credit

The University鈥檚 residency requirement stipulates that, in most cases, total transfer and course challenge credit may not exceed 60 units, and may not include more than 15 units as upper division work.

Elective Courses

In addition to the courses listed above, students should consult an academic advisor to plan the remaining required elective courses.

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