Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Philosophy

Were recognized as the strongest philosophy department east of Montreal with an active engaged intellectual community both in and out of the classroom. Philosophy helps make sense of life. Our program encourages independent thinking makes us more thoughtful tolerant citizens and will prepare you for any career because philosophy is the ultimate transferable skill.Our curriculum represents traditional areas of philosophy like ethics epistemology and logic but we also investigate newer fields of philosophical inquiry like feminism biomedical ethics and philosophy of race. We designed our program to be extremely flexible allowing you to focus on specific areas or acquire a wide-ranging knowledge of the discipline.Any subject can be studied philosophically. Our program has interdisciplinary affiliations with many programs including Psychology Womens Studies Classics International Development Studies Computing Science and Mathematics.

Students must haveCompletion of secondary school (Grade 12)A minimum overall average of 70 in five academic Grade 12 coursesA final grade of at least 70 in Grade 12 academic English and any other required subject.